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Molé, Louis Mathieu, Comte
(Encyclopedia)Molé, Louis Mathieu, Comte lwē mätyöˈ kôNt môlāˈ [key], 1781–1855, French politician. He was made a count and minister of justice by Emperor Napoleon I and later served in several cabinets ...Caylus, Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de
(Encyclopedia)Caylus, Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de än klōd fēlēpˈ də tübyĕrˈ kôN də kālüsˈ [key], 1692–1765, French archaeologist and antiquarian. Caylus learned drawing from Watteau....Du Plessis-Mornay
(Encyclopedia)Du Plessis-Mornay: see Mornay, Philippe de. ...Brion, Amiral de
(Encyclopedia)Brion, Amiral de: see Chabot, Philippe de. ...Paris, Louis Philippe Albert d'Orléans, comte de
(Encyclopedia)Paris, Louis Philippe Albert d'Orléans, comte de: see Orléans, family. ...Elizabeth Charlotte of Bavaria
(Encyclopedia)Elizabeth Charlotte of Bavaria, 1652–1722, German princess, called the Princess Palatine and also known as Charlotte Elizabeth; wife of Philippe I d'Orléans, brother of King Louis XIV. She abjured ...Barrot, Camille Hyacinthe Odilon
(Encyclopedia)Barrot, Camille Hyacinthe Odilon kämēˈyə yäsăNtˈ ōdēlôNˈ bärōˈ [key], 1791–1873, French political leader. An opponent of the Bourbon restoration, he aided the July Revolution (1830), b...Mornay, Philippe de, seigneur du Plessis-Marly
(Encyclopedia)Mornay, Philippe de, seigneur du Plessis-Marly fēlēpˈ də môrnāˈ sānyörˈ dü plĕsēˈ-märlēˈ [key], 1549–1623, diplomat and publicist for the French Protestants, or Huguenots, during th...Duvergier de Hauranne, Jean
(Encyclopedia)Duvergier de Hauranne, Jean zhäN düvĕrzhyāˈ də ōränˈ [key], 1581–1643, French theologian. He is often called the Abbé de Saint-Cyran from an abbacy he held in commendam (i.e., received the...Delambre, Jean Baptiste Joseph
(Encyclopedia)Delambre, Jean Baptiste Joseph zhäN bätēstˈ zhôzĕfˈ dəläNˈbrə [key], 1749–1822, French astronomer and mathematician. He was a member of the bureau of longitudes from 1795 and professor at...Browse by Subject
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