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    Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle (22 September 1684 – 26 January 1761) was a French general and statesman. Born in Villefranche-de-Rouergue...
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    Nicolas Fouquet, marquis de Belle-Île, vicomte de Melun et Vaux (French pronunciation: [nikɔla fukɛ]; 27 January 1615 – 23 March 1680) was the Superintendent...
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    and diplomat. He was the younger brother to Marshal Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle. He served as a junior officer in the War of the Spanish...
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  • Fouquet was appointed colonel of the Champagne regiment. Louis Marie Fouquet de Belle-Isle was appointed governor of Metz and the country of Messin in...
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    monarchs Outline of France Louis XIV style Nicolas Fouquet French forestry Ordinance of 1669 Potager du Roi Éléphante de Louis XIV Some monarchs of states...
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  • Chavigny 1741–1742: Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet de Belle-Isle 1763–1772: Louis-Gabriel Du Buat-Nançay 1775–1780: Marc Marie de Bombelles 1797–1799:...
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    Belle-Île (French pronunciation: [bɛl il]), Belle-Île-en-Mer (French pronunciation: [bɛl il ɑ̃ mɛʁ]), or Belle Isle (Breton: Ar Gerveur, [arˌɡɛrˈvøːr];...
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  • Belle Isle State Park Belle Isle (Richmond, Virginia), an island and public city park in the James River Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle...
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  • the surname include: Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, Duke of Belle-Isle (1684–1761), French general and statesman Christophe Fouquet (born 1974), French...
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    procuring for her letters that King Louis XV had written to his cousin's wife, Charlotte-Rosalie de Romanet, comtesse de Choiseul-Baupré, with whom the king...
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    highest ranking general, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle, the Maréchal de Belle-Isle, the grandson of Nicolas Fouquet, the famous disgraced...
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  • Charles Louis may refer to: Nobility: Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine (1617–1680) Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle (1684–1761), French...
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    to French service in 1754 in the service of Marshal Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet de Belle-Isle. He then returned to England, this time disguised as...
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    Fort-Louis, under the orders of the Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, whilst another army the same size crossed the Meuse at the same time - Charles served...
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  • concessions owned by a group of rich Frenchmen including Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle, an important patron and protector of Dumont's throughout...
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    durant, le droit de transférer la dénomination de Duché-pairie de Belle-Isle sur ses autres possessions.Source: Duché de Belle-Isle sur www.heraldique-europeenne...
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    France in 1741 Charles Fouquet, Duke of Belle-Isle, called the Marshal of Belle-Isle (1684–1762), Marshal of France in 1741 Maurice, comte de Saxe (1696–1750)...
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    the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Chisholm 1911, p. 459. Noted by Louis Courajod , Le livre-journal de Lazare Duvaux, Paris, 1873:xxxiii...
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    superior French force of 25,000 men under the command of Louis Fouquet, Chevalier de Belle-Isle against a Sardinian army of 15,000 men led by Giovanni Bricherasio...
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    de Bouillon, archbishop of Vienne, first Almoner of the King and later cardinal. Knight : Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle, comte de Gisors...
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    private donations. Opéra-Théâtre de Metz Métropole, built by benefactor Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle during the 18th century; it is...
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    Berthier, sent by the Secretary of State for War Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, Duc de Belle-Isle, to ask Louis XV approve the construction of a building near...
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    regent (Philippe II, Duke of Orléans); along with Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle, he became a confidante of Guillaume Dubois during...
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  • Henri de Nesmond, 1710–1727, ecclesiastic Jean-Jacques Amelot de Chaillou, 1727–1749, politician Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle, 1749–1761...
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    France (redirect from Belle France)
    officiel de la Cathedrale de Notre-Dame de Reims Archived 17 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine Loire, Mission Val de. "Charles VII et Louis XI -Know -Val de Loire...
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    Carolingian Empire would not survive Louis I's death. Two of his sons — Charles the Bald and Louis the German — swore allegiance to each other against their brother...
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    Jean-Baptiste Berthier (category Knights of the Order of Saint Louis)
    After attracting the attention of marchal de camp Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle, he was deputed by him to supervise construction of...
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  • theologian, nominated archdeacon in Metz in 1654. Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle (1684–1761), French general and statesman, governor...
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    January 26 – Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle, French general and statesman (b. 1684) February 1 – Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix...
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    Provence stalled, and the French, now commanded by Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle, took the offensive (1747). Genoa held out against...
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