Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (Louis Henri Joseph; 18 August 1692 – 27 January 1740), was a French nobleman and politician who served as Prime Minister...

of Valois and then Bourbon, which ruled without interruption until the French Revolution abolished the monarchy in 1792. The Bourbons were restored in 1814...

century, when it was still a French colony in the Indian Ocean known as Bourbon Island. In this capacity, he traversed many of the territories of the Highlands...

Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, to replace the late Duke of Orléans as prime minister. One of the first priorities of the Duke of Bourbon was to find a bride...

Île Royale-Cape Breton), Hudson Bay (and James Bay), Terre-Neuve (south Newfoundland), and Louisiana;. Acadia (1604–1713) — (areas, Port Royal, Île Saint-Jean...

no large businesses or heavy industry and 40% of the population works in Île-de-France. Chantilly straddles the junction of the Paris Basin and the western...

(French: [nəmuʁ] ) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Nemours is located on the Loing...

titles. As was common in European democracies of the 1815–1958 period (the Bourbon Restoration and July Monarchy, the Second, Third, and Fourth Republic,...

foreign policy interests in regards to Italy existed between Bourbon France and Bourbon Spain with Habsburg Austria usually in opposition. King Charles...

in the Île Saint-Louis for the sum of 140,000 livres. On 9 June 1733 he acquired the magnificent Château de Chenonceau from the Duke of Bourbon for 130...

For instance, it was flown above the lodgings of Pierre Du Gua de Monts at Île Sainte-Croix in 1604. There is some evidence that the banner also flew above...

deporting the Acadian population with a wave of major operations against Île Saint-Jean (present-day Prince Edward Island), and the St. John River and...

with European powers in which Britain had formed grand coalitions against Bourbon ambitions in Europe, as well as the alliance with Austria, prevailed, and...

Department Creation Family Status Notes Abos* Île-de-France Yvelines 1718 Abos de Binanville (d') Extinct 1811 Achères Île-de-France Seine-et-Marne 1680 Argouges...

Marc-Hyacinthe Rosmadec, Chevalier de Tréguier, was captain of the 64-gun Bourbon. In 1689 he was in command of the 56-gun Fort (formerly L'Ecueil). He served...

Olivier Levasseur (1688, 1689, or 1690 – 7 July 1730), was a French pirate, nicknamed La Buse ("The Buzzard") or La Bouche ("The Mouth") in his early days...

referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité (an island in the River Seine), in the 4th arrondissement of Paris...

Hesse-Kassel weren't able to liberate it. Capture of Belle Île 7 April-8 June – British capture Belle Île from France Capture of Agra 3 May-12 June – Bharatpur...

the Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis. He died on 25 June 1715 in Bourbon-l'Archambault, Auvergne. As fixed spellings of surnames was not yet common...

the reign of Henry IV, the central portion of this crypt was devoted the Bourbon dynasty, but the tombs themselves were simple lead coffins in wood cases...

British crown, and eventually this sparked an exodus by the Acadians to Île-Royale and Île-Saint-Jean (present-day Prince Edward Island). By the 1740s, French...

30 days. July 22 – The English, under the Duke of Buckingham, invade the Île de Ré off the coast of France in support of the Huguenots in La Rochelle;...

employed craftsmen from the Chantilly manufactory, whose patron, the duc de Bourbon, had recently died. Notable defectors from Chantilly were the debt-ridden...

law meant that with the extinction of the Valois in the male line, the Bourbons succeeded to the throne as descendants of Louis IX. Very few of the names...

Centuries. London: IWA Publishing. p. 5. Benton and DiYanni 1998, p. 67. Bourbon 1998, p 34 Letesson, Quentin (January 2013). "Minoan Halls: A Syntactical...

Switzerland, Rousseau decided to accept an offer to move to a tiny island, the Île de St.-Pierre, having a solitary house. Although it was within the Canton...

Charles de Wailly (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl də waji]) (9 November 1730 – 2 November 1798) was a French architect and urbanist, and furniture designer...

Seine's main arm15 for several centuries, and to protect the route between the Île de la Cité and the abbey of Saint-Denis from the brutality of invasions....

Lakes Kenya Wituland 1858–1885 Africa: East, Lakes Kenya Bukunzi Kingdom 1730–1925 Africa: East, Lakes Tanzania Kingdom of Rwanda Kingdom 11th century–1962...

et de Coublans, née de Bourbon-Malause (1691–1778), who was the Dame de compagnie (Lady companion) to Françoise-Marie de Bourbon, Duchesse d'Orléans, and...