Duke of Fronsac (French: duc de Fronsac) was a title of French nobility, first created by promoting the seigneurie of Fronsac to a duchy in 1608, but...
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Armand Emmanuel Sophie Septimanie de Vignerot du Plessis, 5th Duke of Richelieu and Fronsac (25 September 1766 – 17 May 1822), was a French statesman during...
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Plessis, 4th Duke of Richelieu (4 February 1736 – 1791), was a French nobleman and general. He was known by the courtesy title of Duke of Fronsac before 1788...
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1631), Duke of Château-Thierry and of Fronsac, Count of Saint-Pol was governor of Orléans, Blois and Tours and a general of the French Wars of Religion...
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2nd Marquis of Brézé, Duke of Fronsac (18 October 1619 – 16 June 1646) was a French admiral. Jean was born in Milly-le-Meugon, in one of the most powerful...
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Orléanais (category Former provinces of France)
legitimate heir, the title of 'Duke of Orléans' and the duchy itself were merged into the royal domain (crown lands) of the King of France. In 1392, the duchy...
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Chevalier de Fronsac and Mani of the Iroquois tribe are sent to investigate the mysterious slaughter of hundreds by an unknown creature in the county of Gévaudan...
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Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 3rd Duke of Richelieu (French: [lwi fʁɑ̃swa aʁmɑ̃ də viɲʁo dy plɛsi]; 13 March 1696 – 8 August 1788), was...
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explanation of the French peerage, see the article Peerage of France. Note that peerages and titles were distinct, and the date given for the extinction of the...
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Cardinal Richelieu (redirect from Armand Jean du Plessis, Duke of Richelieu)
Armand Jean du Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu (9 September 1585 – 4 December 1642), known as Cardinal Richelieu, was a French Catholic prelate and statesman...
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led by duke Lupo came to pledge allegiance to the Frankish King after Aquitaine's submission. In 849, Fronsac was pillaged by Hasting, the chief of the Vikings...
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Armand Jean de Vignerot du Plessis, 2nd Duke of Richelieu (3 October 1629 – 20 May 1715), was a French naval officer and nobleman. His surname has also...
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16th century onwards, the title of Monsieur le Duc was used to designate the eldest son of the Prince of Condé. Duke Henri de Bourbon, who was a minister...
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ten days of siege, after which only the citadel remained in French hands. The French general François d'Orléans-Longueville, Duke of Fronsac and Château-Thierry...
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sister of the sixth duke. the Dukes of Fronsac, descended from the sixth duke. Louise de Bourbon and Anne Geneviève de Bourbon, wives of the eighth duke. Marie...
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of the preceding. 1826–1879: Armand-Odet Chapelle de Jumilhac (1804–1879), 6th Duke of Richelieu and Duke of Fronsac in 1822, Peer of France, son of the...
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1829) was a French librettist, playwright and man of letters. Faur was a secretary of the Duke of Fronsac and, although he left many productions, he ended...
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(1597-1662), Seigneur de Monaco (1604-1612), Prince of Monaco (1612-1662), Peer of France, Duke of Valentinois, Marquis des Baux, Comte de Carlades "Source"...
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Bourbon-Condé (1621–1686), duke-peer of Fronsac (1646–1674) and of Bourbon Armand Jean de Vignerot du Plessis (1629–1718), duke-peer of Fronsac (1674–1711) Louis-Armand...
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Rohan-Gié or the "Marshal of Gié" (Saint-Quentin-les-Anges, 1451 – Paris, 22 April 1513), Lord of Gié, viscount of Fronsac, Marshal of France. He was a diplomat...
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admiral and succeeded his uncle as Duke of Fronsac. Claire Clémence de Maillé, (1628–1694), who married the Prince of Condé (1621-1686). Despite an enormous...
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Below is a list of lords of Chantilly including the name of the Château de Chantilly, for which the titles takes its name from. Several families have...
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Tesson (category Communes of Charente-Maritime)
of Paulmy, Secretary of State for War from 1743 to 1757) and Marshal of Richelieu ( Louis François Armand du Plessis, Duke of Fronsac, also Prince of...
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Louise de Bourbon (category Princesses of Neuchâtel)
their fathers both grandsons of François d'Orléans, Duke of Fronsac. The couple eventually had three children, only one of which survived infancy. Dying...
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Marguerite Gourdan (category Year of birth unknown)
the Marshal Duke of Richelieu, the Duke of Fronsac and other numerous noble personages, prelates and magistrates was heard. The President of Gourges granted...
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against the Duchy of Aquitaine and the Duchy of Gascony. He leads a Frankish army to the city of Bordeaux, where he sets up a fort at Fronsac. His younger...
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was one of the most heroic figures of the time; both of them were born at Milly. The duke of Fronsac is buried with his father in the church of Milly....
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de Rohan, Viscount of Fronsac and Jeanne de Saint-Séverin. Françoise had an older brother, Leonor, Duke of Longueville, Duke of Estouteville, and Prince...
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generate interest among women. Greene uses Fronsac, the Duke of Richelieu and Gabriele D'Annunzio as examples of Rakes. SYMBOL: Fire. The Rake burns with...
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betrothal was arranged between him and the duke's daughter. This engagement was broken off by François, Duke of Guise upon it becoming clear that Longueville...
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