Parthenay (French: [paʁtənɛ] ; Poitevin: Partenaes) is an ancient fortified town and commune in the Deux-Sèvres department of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region...
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Catherine de Parthenay, Viscountess and Princess of Rohan (1554–1631) was a French noblewoman, mathematician, philosopher, poet, playwright, and translator...
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Ludique International de Parthenay, otherwise known as the Festival de Jeux or FLIP, is a games festival held in the town of Parthenay in western France. The...
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The Gare de Parthenay is a former railway station – now closed to passengers except as a bus station – in the town of Parthenay, in the department of...
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Anne de Parthenay was a 16th-century woman who received a thorough classical education from her mother, Michelle de Saubonne, the governess to Renée,...
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Beaulieu-sous-Parthenay (French pronunciation: [boljø su paʁtənɛ], literally Beaulieu under Parthenay) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the...
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François Viète (section Serving Parthenay)
Parthenay presented him to King Charles IX of France. Viète wrote a genealogy of the Parthenay family and following the death of Jean V de Parthenay-Soubise...
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bypasses Bressuire as a dual carriageway before heading south east towards Parthenay. It cuts through the villages of Saint-Sauveur and Chiche before turning...
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The canton of Parthenay is a canton located in the arrondissement of Parthenay, in the département of Deux-Sèvres, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine région of...
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Jean V de Parthenay-L'Archevêque, or Larchevêque, Sieur de Soubise (c. 1512 – 1 September 1566), was a Protestant French nobleman, last lord of Mouchamps...
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The arrondissement of Parthenay is an arrondissement of France in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 78 communes. Its...
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Parthenay-de-Bretagne (French pronunciation: [paʁtənɛ də bʁətaɲ]; Breton: Parzheneg) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern...
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and the baron of Pont-l'Abbé, Brittany, France. He married Catherine de Parthenay in 1568. Quelennec fought in the Battle of Jarnac (1569) and was taken...
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and horses. The Parthenais breed of cattle is named after the town of Parthenay in the north of the département. Also, dairy products are produced in...
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Pons married Anne de Parthenay in 1534. Their marriage united the Pons family with Michelle de Saubonne and Jean de Parthenay-L'Archevêque's family,...
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of the reigning houses of Europe. René de Rohan, his wife Catherine de Parthenay, their sons Henri II, Duke of Rohan and Benjamin, Duke of Soubise, and...
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La Ferrière-en-Parthenay is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. Communes of the Deux-Sèvres department...
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Communauté de communes de Parthenay-Gâtine is the communauté de communes, an intercommunal structure, centred on the town of Parthenay. It is located in the...
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was a residence of René II, Viscount of Rohan and his wife Catherine de Parthenay, key leaders of the religious, political, and cultural circles during...
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February (Assembly Winter) Festival Ludique International de Parthenay (FLIP) – Parthenay in July Paris Games Week (PGW) – Paris in November DreamHack...
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late 1800s. It is a landscape painting that depicts a river scene in Parthenay, France. It is part of the permanent collection at the Memorial Art Gallery...
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in Paraty, Brazil Festival Ludique International de Parthenay, or FLIP, a games fair in Parthenay, France Flip Animation Festival, Wolverhampton (UK)...
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he inherited the lordship of Soubise through his mother Catherine de Parthenay. He served his apprenticeship as a soldier under Maurice of Nassau in...
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Championship. He was second place at the 1992 European championship held in Parthenay. "FMJD profile page". Fmjd.org. Retrieved 2013-11-18. "World Championship...
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leader in the fight for Calvinism. Rohan and her mother Catherine de Parthenay were principal figures at the famous Siege of La Rochelle. At the end...
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kings' establishment in Poitou), Niort, La Roche-sur-Yon, Thouars, and Parthenay. Historically Poitou was ruled by the count of Poitou, a continuous line...
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Antoinette d'Aubeterre (category People from Parthenay)
secretary, and tutor to Antoinette and her husband Jean V de Parthenay's daughter Catherine de Parthenay. Catherine married at about the age of 14 to Charles...
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children. He married a second time to Marie of Harcourt (d. 1464), Lady of Parthenay 26 October 1439 and had four children: Jean (1443-1453) François Ι d'Orléans-Longueville...
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retreated; in November, the rebel François de Dunois seized the castle of Parthenay. On 11 January 1487, Louis of Orléans escaped from the castle of Blois...
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successes, among them the capture of Saumur and the victory of Parthenay (Bataille de Parthenay), but the insubordination of his troops and the suspicions...
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