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Maintenon, Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de
(Encyclopedia)Maintenon, Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de fräNswäzˈ dōbēnyāˈ märkēzˈ də măNtənôNˈ [key], 1635–1719, second wife of the French king Louis XIV. Her grandfather was Théodore Agrippa...Le Vau, Louis
(Encyclopedia)Le Vau, Louis lwē lə vō [key], 1612–70, French architect, involved in most of the important building projects for Louis XIV. He settled on the Île Saint-Louis, where he built his own house and t...Beyle, Marie Henri
(Encyclopedia)Beyle, Marie Henri: see Stendhal. ...de Candolle, Augustin Pyrame
(Encyclopedia)de Candolle, Augustin Pyrame də käNdōlˈ [key], 1778–1841, Swiss botanist. Considered the most important Swiss botanist of his era, de Candolle wrote on a wide variety of botanical topics, from m...Howe, Marie Jenney
(Encyclopedia)Howe, Marie Jenney: see under Howe, Frederic Clemson. ...Belle-Isle, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de
(Encyclopedia)Belle-Isle, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de shärl lwē ōgüstˈ fo͞okāˈ dük də bĕl-ēlˈ [key], 1684–1761, marshal of France and diplomat; grandson of Nicolas Fouquet. His support of t...Enghien, Louis Antoine Henri de Bourbon-Condé, duc d'
(Encyclopedia)Enghien, Louis Antoine Henri de Bourbon-Condé, duc d' lwē äNtwänˈ äNrēˈ də bo͝orbôNˈ-kôNdāˈ dük däNgyăNˈ [key], 1772–1804, French émigré; son of Louis Henri Joseph de Condé (se...Courier, Paul Louis
(Encyclopedia)Courier, Paul Louis (Paul Louis Courier de Méré) pōl lwē ko͞oryāˈ də mārāˈ [key], 1772–1825, French political writer and classical scholar. His translation (1810) of the Greek text of Dap...Paris, Louis Philippe Albert d'Orléans, comte de
(Encyclopedia)Paris, Louis Philippe Albert d'Orléans, comte de: see Orléans, family. ...Maisonneuve, Paul de Chomedey, sieur de
(Encyclopedia)Maisonneuve, Paul de Chomedey, sieur de pōl də shômdāˈ syör də māzôNnövˈ [key], 1612–76, founder and first governor of Montreal, b. France. A soldier, he fought in European wars before be...Browse by Subject
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