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    de Morny, 1st Duc de Morny (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl oɡyst lwi ʒozɛf dəmɔʁni]; 15/16 September 1811 – 10 March 1865) was a French statesman. Morny...
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    Deauville (redirect from Prix de Deauville)
    renown for its horse farming and for cultivating sainfoin. Duc Charles Auguste Louis Joseph de Morny, the half brother of the emperor Napoleon III, transformed...
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    Hortense de Beauharnais (Queen of Holland), with whom he had an illegitimate son, Charles de Morny (1811–1865) who later became Duc de Morny and married...
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    Jean-Gilbert Victor Fialin, Duc de Persigny (11 January 1808 – 12 January 1872) was a statesman of the Second French Empire. Fialin was born at Saint-Germain-Lespinasse...
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    was possibly later owned by the marquis des Razins de Saint-Marc, and certainly by the duc de Morny. After his death in 1865, it was bought at auction...
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    (Seine-Saint-Denis) Duc de Morny's Funeral chapel, cemetery du Père-Lachaise, Paris Barons d'Arbelles' Funeral chapel, cemetery des Carmes, Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme)...
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  • Emperor of the French as Napoléon III Charles Auguste Louis Joseph, duc de Morny (1811–1865), French statesman Archduke Charles Louis of Austria (1833–1896)...
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    Jacques Offenbach and the Duc de Morny (under the pseudonym "M. de St Rémy"). The French libretto is also credited to Morny, though Ludovic Halévy, Hector-Jonathan...
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    Trouville-sur-Mer. It was constructed in 1862 by Charles Auguste Louis Joseph, duc de Morny, the half brother of Napoleon III. The countryside around Deauville is...
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    general and statesman, Charles, Comte de Flahaut by his wife, Margaret. Her half-brother was Charles, Duc de Morny, the half-brother of Emperor Napoleon...
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    the throne of the Netherlands, Ludovic, Duc de Grammont-Caderousse, and more significantly Charles Duc de Morny, who was the half-brother of the Emperor...
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  • criminal, and the fictional character of the Comte Édouard de Montray was inspired by the Duc de Morny. The idea for making a movie based on these characters...
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    trʊbʲɪt͜sˈkajə]) or Sophie Troubetskoy, Duchess of Morny (French: Sophie Troubetskoï, Duchesse de Morny, IPA: [sɔfi tʁubɛt͜skɔi dyʃɛs də mɔʁni]), later Sophie...
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    half-brother Charles, duc de Morny, and a few close advisors quietly began to organize a coup d'état. They included minister of war Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud...
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    Adelaide's true father; according to others (including her grandson Charles, duc de Morny), her father was also the king. Charles François Filleul became one of...
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  • M. de Saint-Remy, a pseudonym used by Charles Auguste Louis Joseph, duc de Morny Saint-Rémi, Quebec This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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    Henckel von Donnersmarck (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    illustrious figures to sit on the board of his companies, among them the Duc de Morny, the brother of Emperor Napoleon III. He invested in many different countries...
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    his heyday around 1860 he was known as the banking partner of Charles, duc de Morny, a key figure of the Second French Empire, with whom he partnered for...
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    microscopic detail. Typical examples include Halt at an Inn, owned by the Duc de Morny and The Brawl, which was owned by Queen Victoria. After his Soldiers...
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    called The Ranger. The initial prize of 100,000 francs was raised by the Duc de Morny, who obtained half of the money from the Paris Municipal Council and...
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    France in Great Britain, and later by Charles Auguste Louis Joseph, duc de Morny, half-brother of Napoleon III, Grandson of Talleyrand, and speaker of...
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    hearse was the same one used for the funerals of Cardinal Morlot, the duc de Morny and Adolphe Thiers. On the following day, thousands of mourners attended...
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    acquired by the Marquess of Hertford. In France, they were purchased by the Duc de Morny. The year 1843 was also the year that he was named a Chevalier in the...
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  • Holmes Herbert as Marshal Randon (uncredited) Frank Reicher as Charles, duc de Morny (uncredited) As early as 1935, producer Hal B. Wallis had proposed a...
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    American markets. To give him further encouragement, his half-brother, the duc de Morny, was the largest holder of Mexican bonds on which President Juárez had...
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    La Fayette; his wife, Madame de La Fayette, stayed there. Under the Second Empire, Chouvigny belonged to the duc de Morny. The castle is privately owned...
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    Russia made him chamberlain and Councillor of state. In 1860, he, the duc de Morny and doctor Oliffe made up the consortium of investors which founded the...
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  • Mam'selle Douglas Wilmer as Montigny David Langton as Duc De Morny Simon Williams as Henri de Ligne John Castle as Damala Edward Judd as Jarrett Rosemarie...
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    Simon & Schuster. p. 347. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Morny, Charles Auguste Louis Joseph, Duc de" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge...
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    Guide Michelin. In 1950, the restaurant moved to the mansion of the Duc de Morny, built in 1852, which was a family house before becoming the embassy...
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