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Seneschal (1,387 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The word seneschal (/ˈsɛnəʃəl/) can have several different meanings, all of which reflect certain types of supervising or administering in a historic context

Constable of France (1,644 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Constable of France (French: Connétable de France, from Latin comes stabuli for 'count of the stables') was lieutenant to the King of France, the first

Bombardment of Algiers (1688) (310 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The bombardment of Algiers in 1688 was a military expedition ordered by Louis XIV against the Regency of Algiers in order to enforce the peace treaty of

Dame d'atours (547 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Dame d'atour was an office at the royal court of France. It existed in nearly all French courts from the 16th-century onward. The dame d'honneur was selected

French livre (1,215 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The livre (abbreviation: £ or ₶., French for libra (pound)) was the currency of Kingdom of France and its predecessor states of Francia and West Francia

Early modern Switzerland (3,927 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

economic or religious revolts. This period came to be referred to as the Ancien Régime retrospectively, in post-Napoleonic Switzerland. The loosely organized

Governess of the Children of France (773 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The governess of the children of France (sometimes the Governess of the Royal Children) was an office at the royal French court during pre-Revolutionary

René de Longueil (824 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

René de Longueil, marquis (1658) de Maisons (1596–1677), le président de Maisons, was Surintendant des Finances under Louis XIV. He built the Château de

Première dame d'honneur (1,076 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Première dame d'honneur ('first lady of honour'), or simply dame d'honneur ('lady of honour'), was an office at the royal court of France. It existed in

Louis XIII style (263 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Louis XIII style or Louis Treize was a fashion in French art and architecture, especially affecting the visual and decorative arts. Its distinctness

Affair of the Poisons (1,596 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Affair of the Poisons (French: affaire des poisons) was a major murder scandal in France during the reign of King Louis XIV. Between 1677 and 1682

Bombardment of Algiers (1683) (1,029 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The bombardment of Algiers in 1683 was a French naval operation against the Regency of Algiers during the French-Algerian War 1681–88. It led to the rescue

Old French law (1,005 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Old French law, referred to in French as Ancien Droit, was the law of the Kingdom of France until the French Revolution. In the north of France were the

Truce of Ratisbon (197 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Truce of Ratisbon, or Truce of Regensburg, concluded the War of the Reunions, fought by France against Spain and the Holy Roman Empire. The Truce was

The Fronde (2,990 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Fronde was divided into two campaigns, the Parlementary Fronde and the Fronde of the Princes. The timing of the outbreak of the Parlementary Fronde

Surintendante de la Maison de la Reine (350 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Surintendante de la Maison de la Reine ("Superintendent of the Queen's Household"), or only Surintendante, was the senior lady-in-waiting at the royal

Livre tournois (957 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The livre tournois (French pronunciation: [livʁ tuʁnwa]; lit. 'Tours pound'; abbreviation: ₶ or £) was one of numerous currencies used in medieval France

Joseph Marie Terray (1,096 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

d'Aiguillon pour me renvoyer du ministère". Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, The Ancien Régime: a history of France, 1610-1774 1998:144. Clark, Henry (2004), "Grain

Surintendante de la Maison de la Reine (350 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Surintendante de la Maison de la Reine ("Superintendent of the Queen's Household"), or only Surintendante, was the senior lady-in-waiting at the royal

Parlement of Paris (1,181 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Parlement of Paris (French: Parlement de Paris) was the oldest parlement in the Kingdom of France, formed in the 14th century. Parlements were judicial

Livre parisis (307 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The livre parisis ([livʁ paʁizi], Paris pound), also known as the Paris or Parisian livre, was a medieval French coin and unit of account originally notionally

League of the Rhine (388 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The League of the Rhine (also known as the Erster Rheinbund, First Rhine-Bund; or the Rheinische Allianz - Rhenish Alliance) was a defensive union of more

Bombardment of Algiers (1682) (1,118 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The bombardment of Algiers in 1682 was a naval operation by France against the Regency of Algiers during the French-Algerian War 1681–1688. Louis XIV sent

Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762) (516 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The Treaty of Fontainebleau, signed on November 3, 1762, was a secret agreement of 1762 in which the Kingdom of France ceded Louisiana to Spain. The treaty

Edict of toleration (1,737 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

An edict of toleration is a declaration, made by a government or ruler, and states that members of a given religion will not suffer religious persecution

Presidial court (52 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The presidial courts (French: présidiaux; singular présidial) were judicial courts of the Kingdom of France set up in January 1551 by Henry II of France

Affair of the Diamond Necklace (2,842 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Affair of the Diamond Necklace (French: Affaire du collier de la reine, "Affair of the Queen's Necklace") was an incident from 1784 to 1785 at the

Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean (France) (870 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The French Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean, also known as CECMED (French for Commandant en chef pour la Méditerranée) is a French Armed Forces regional

Treaty of Troyes (1,025 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Treaty of Troyes was an agreement that King Henry V of England and his heirs would inherit the French throne upon the death of King Charles VI of France

17th-century French art (695 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

17th-century French art is generally referred to as Baroque, but from the mid- to late 17th century, the style of French art shows a classical adherence

Revolt of the va-nu-pieds (678 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Revolt of the va-nu-pieds (French pronunciation: [vanypje], barefooted ones) was an unsuccessful popular uprising in Normandy in 1639 following King

Louis XV style (2,050 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Louis XV style or Louis Quinze (/ˌluːi ˈkæ̃z/, French: [lwi kɛ̃z]) is a style of architecture and decorative arts which appeared during the reign of

Peace of Alès (142 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Peace of Alais, also known as the Edict of Alès or the Edict of Grace, was a treaty negotiated by Cardinal Richelieu with Huguenot leaders and signed

Gobelins Manufactory (963 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Gobelins Manufactory (French: Manufacture des Gobelins) is a historic tapestry factory in Paris, France. It is located at 42 avenue des Gobelins, near

Treaty of the Pyrenees (1,082 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Treaty of the Pyrenees was signed on 7 November 1659 and ended the Franco-Spanish War that had begun in 1635. Negotiations were conducted and the treaty

Pierre Séguier (872 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Ancien Régime office-holder

Gallicanism (4,712 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Gallicanism is the belief that popular secular authority—often represented by the monarch's or the state's authority—over the Catholic Church is comparable

Catholic League (French) (1,778 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The Catholic League of France (French: Ligue catholique), sometimes referred to by contemporary (and modern) Catholics as the Holy League (La Sainte Ligue)

Antoine Furetière (472 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Antoine Furetière (28 December 1619 – 14 May 1688) was a French scholar, writer, and lexicographer, known best for his satirical novel Scarron's City Romance

Restoration and Regeneration in Switzerland (1,701 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

"Restoration" is the period of 1814 to 1830, the restoration of the Ancien Régime (federalism), reverting the changes imposed by Napoleon Bonaparte on

Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) (360 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle or Aachen ended the War of Devolution between France and Spain. It was signed on 2 May 1668 in Aachen (French: Aix-la-Chapelle)

Madame de Ventadour (1,127 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Charlotte de La Motte Houdancourt, Duchess of Ventadour (Charlotte Eléonore Madeleine; 1654–1744) was a French office holder of the French Royal Court

Treaty of Vienna (1738) (261 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The Treaty of Vienna or Peace of Vienna of 1738 ended the War of the Polish Succession. By the terms of the treaty, Stanisław Leszczyński renounced his

Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard (752 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Camille d'Hostun de la Baume, duc de Tallard (14 February 1652 – 20 March 1728) was a French nobleman, diplomat and military commander, who became a Marshal

Historiographer Royal (135 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Historiographer Royal is the title of an appointment as official chronicler or historian of a court or monarch. It was initially particularly associated

Marc-René de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson (1652–1721) (779 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Marc-René de Voyer de Paulmy, marquis d’Argenson (4 November 1652 – 8 May 1721) was a French politician. D'Argenson was born in Venice on 4 November 1652

Peace of Vervins (482 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Peace of Vervins or Treaty of Vervins was signed between the representatives of Henry IV of France and Philip II of Spain under the auspices of the

Commoner (2,373 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

A commoner, also known as the common man, commoners, the common people or the masses, was in earlier use an ordinary person in a community or nation who

Château de Compiègne (515 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

49°25′09″N 2°49′52″E / 49.41917°N 2.83111°E / 49.41917; 2.83111 The Château de Compiègne is a French château, a royal residence built for Louis XV and

Parlement of Aix-en-Provence (951 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Provincial French parlement during the Ancien Régime

Écu (1,533 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The term écu (French pronunciation: [eky]) may refer to one of several French coins. The first écu was a gold coin (the écu d'or) minted during the reign

Michel Bégon (naturalist) (757 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Michel Bégon (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl beɡɔ̃]; 25 December 1638 – 14 March 1710) was a French colonial official and naturalist. He was intendant de

Académie de Marine (278 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Royal Naval Academy of France (French: Académie royale de marine) was founded at Brest by a ruling of 31 July 1752 by Antoine Louis de Rouillé, comte

Salon Carré (690 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Salon Carré is an iconic room of the Louvre Palace, created in its current dimensions during a reconstruction of that part of the palace following

Louis Phélypeaux, Marquis of Phélypeaux (961 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Louis Phélypeaux, marquis of Phélypeaux (29 March 1643 – 22 December 1727), Marquis of Phélypeaux (1667), Comte de Maurepas (1687), Count of Pontchartrain

Field of the Cloth of Gold (4,345 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Field of the Cloth of Gold (French: Camp du Drap d'Or, pronounced [kɑ̃ dy dʁa d‿ɔʁ]) was a summit meeting between King Henry VIII of England and King

Battle of the Faubourg St Antoine (437 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Battle of the Faubourg Saint Antoine occurred on 2 July 1652 during the Fronde rebellion in France. It is named after the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, a

Alain I of Albret (507 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Alain I of Albret (1440–1522), called "The Great", was a powerful French aristocrat. He was 16th Lord of Albret, Viscount of Tartas, the 2nd Count of Graves

Treaties of Nijmegen (755 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Treaties of Peace of Nijmegen (French: Traités de Paix de Nimègue; German: Friede von Nimwegen; Dutch: Vrede van Nijmegen) were a series of treaties

Dévots (499 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Dévots (French pronunciation: [devo], Devout) was the name given in France to a group, active in both politics and social welfare, in the first half of

Académie royale d'architecture (954 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Académie Royale d'Architecture (French: [akademi ʁwajal d‿aʁʃitɛktyʁ]; English: "Royal Academy of Architecture") was a French learned society founded

Blonde lace (523 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Blonde lace is a continuous bobbin lace from France that is made of silk. The term blonde refers to the natural color of the silk thread. Originally this

Charles IX of France (2,214 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Charles IX (Charles Maximilien; 27 June 1550 – 30 May 1574) was King of France from 1560 until his death in 1574. He ascended the French throne upon the

Capitoul (3,322 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The capitouls, sometimes anglicized as capitols, were the chief magistrates of the commune of Toulouse, France, during the late Middle Ages and early Modern

Dévots (499 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Dévots (French pronunciation: [devo], Devout) was the name given in France to a group, active in both politics and social welfare, in the first half of

Château de Marly (1,232 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Château de Marly (French pronunciation: [ʃato də maʁli]) was a French royal residence located in what is now Marly-le-Roi, the commune on the northern

Dame du Palais (3,537 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Dame du Palais, originally only Dame, was a historical office in the royal court of France. It was a title of a lady-in-waiting holding the official

Blonde lace (523 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Blonde lace is a continuous bobbin lace from France that is made of silk. The term blonde refers to the natural color of the silk thread. Originally this

Treaty of Paris (1229) (330 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The Treaty of Paris, also known as Treaty of Meaux, was signed on 12 April 1229 between Raymond VII of Toulouse and Louis IX of France in Meaux near Paris

Jérôme Phélypeaux (556 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Jérôme Phélypeaux, Count of Pontchartrain (March 1674 – 8 February 1747), comte de (count of) Pontchartrain, was a French statesman, son of Louis Phélypeaux

Master of Crossbowmen (242 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Master of Crossbowmen (French: Maître des Arbalétriers) or more precisely, Master of Arbalesters or Master of Archers was the title of a commander

Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts (1,039 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts (French: Ordonnance de Villers-Cotterêts) is an extensive piece of reform legislation signed into law by Francis I of

Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin (787 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Louis Antoine de Pardaillan (5 September 1664 – 2 November 1736) was a French nobleman, marquis of Antin, Gondrin and Montespan, and first Duke of Antin

Persian embassy to Louis XIV (867 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Persian embassy to Louis XIV caused a dramatic flurry at the court of Louis XIV in 1715, the year of the Sun King's death. Mohammad Reza Beg (Persian:

Victor-Marie d'Estrées (461 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Vice-Admiral Victor Marie d'Estrées, 5th Duke of Estrées (30 November 1660 – 27 December 1737) was a French military officer, politician and nobleman.

Truce of Ulm (1647) (147 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The Truce of Ulm (German: Waffenstillstand von Ulm) (also known as the Treaty of Ulm) was signed in Ulm on 14 March 1647 between France, Sweden, and Bavaria

Treaty of London (1358) (241 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The Treaty of London (French: Traités de Londres), also known as the First Treaty of London, was signed during the Hundred Years' War, between the English

French conquest of Corsica (1,183 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The French conquest of Corsica was a successful expedition by French forces of the Kingdom of France under Comte de Vaux, against Corsican forces under

Antoine-Louis Séguier (113 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Antoine-Louis Séguier (1 December 1726 in Paris – 26 January 1792 in Tournai) was a French lawyer and magistrate. Séguier became avocat du roi in 1748

Dragonnades (846 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Dragonnades was a policy implemented by Louis XIV in 1681 to force French Protestants known as Huguenots to convert to Roman Catholicism. It involved

Grand Panetier of France (265 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Grand Panetier of France (roughly "Great Breadmaster", sometimes rendered as Panter) was one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France, a member

François de Neufville, 2nd Duke of Villeroy (786 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

François de Neufville, 2nd Duke of Villeroy (7 April 1644 – 18 July 1730) was a French Royal Army officer and nobleman. Villeroy was born in Lyon into

Louise Diane d'Orléans (736 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Louise Diane d'Orléans (27 June 1716 – 26 September 1736) was Princess of Conti from her marriage to Prince Louis François in 1732, until her death in

Jean Calas (615 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Jean Calas (1698 – 10 March 1762) was a merchant living in Toulouse, France, who was tried, judicially tortured, and executed for the murder of his son

École des Beaux-Arts (1,628 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

École des Beaux-Arts (French for 'School of Fine Arts'; pronounced [ekɔl de boz‿aʁ]) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term

Château de la Muette (1,390 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Château de la Muette (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto də la mɥɛt]) is a château located on the edge of the Bois de Boulogne in Paris, France, near the

Pavillon du Roi (1,032 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Pavillon du Roi was a tower-like structure built in the mid-16th century at the southern end of the Lescot Wing of the Louvre Palace. On its main floor

Edict of Saint-Germain (3,557 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Edict of Saint-Germain (French: édit de tolérance de Saint-Germain), also known as the Edict of January (Édit de janvier), was a landmark decree of

Parlement of Toulouse (391 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Parlement of Toulouse (French: Parlement de Toulouse) was one of the parlements of the Kingdom of France, established in the city of Toulouse and responsible

Treaty of Paris (1763) (3,175 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The Treaty of Paris, also known as the Treaty of 1763, was signed on 10 February 1763 by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal

Canada (New France) (1,897 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Canada was a French colony within the larger territory of New France. It was claimed by France in 1535 during the second voyage of Jacques Cartier, in

Armand-Jérôme Bignon (342 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Armand-Jérôme Bignon (21 October 1711, Paris – 8 March 1772, Paris) was a French lawyer, royal librarian and conseiller d'État. The lord of Île Belle and

Canada (New France) (1,897 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Canada was a French colony within the larger territory of New France. It was claimed by France in 1535 during the second voyage of Jacques Cartier, in

Dillon's Regiment (France) (622 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Dillon's Regiment (French: Régiment de Dillon) was first raised in Ireland in 1688 by Theobald, 7th Viscount Dillon, for the Jacobite side in the Williamite

Jean-Joseph Languet de Gergy (562 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Jean-Joseph Languet de Gergy (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʒozɛf lɑ̃ɡɛ də ʒɛʁʒi]; 25 August 1677 – 11 May 1753) was a Catholic French bishop and theologian

Jean Calas (615 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Jean Calas (1698 – 10 March 1762) was a merchant living in Toulouse, France, who was tried, judicially tortured, and executed for the murder of his son

Louis d'or (1,535 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Louis d'or (French pronunciation: [lwi dɔʁ]) is any number of French coins first introduced by Louis XIII in 1640. The name derives from the depiction

Guyenne Regiment (309 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Régiment de Guyenne was a French Army infantry regiment in the 18th century. It is principally known for its role in the Seven Years' War, when it

List of wars involving Switzerland (28 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Wars and conflicts involving Switzerland since the creation of the Old Swiss Confederacy include: List of battles involving the Old Swiss Confederacy Military

Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges (420 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges, issued by King Charles VII of France, on 7 July 1438, required a General Church Council, with authority superior to

Grand Panetier of France (265 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Grand Panetier of France (roughly "Great Breadmaster", sometimes rendered as Panter) was one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France, a member

Treaty of Baden (1714) (273 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The Treaty of Baden, signed 7 September 1714 in Baden, Switzerland, made peace between France and the Holy Roman Empire. Together with the Treaties of

Charles VIII of France (2,628 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Charles VIII, called the Affable (French: l'Affable; 30 June 1470 – 7 April 1498), was King of France from 1483 to his death in 1498. He succeeded his

Peace of Ryswick (1,687 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Peace of Ryswick, or Rijswijk, was a series of treaties signed in the Dutch city of Rijswijk between 20 September and 30 October 1697. They ended the

Malcontents (France) (242 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The Malcontents were a faction of gentlemen in the "fifth" French War of Religion (1574–1576). They opposed the policy of Henry of Valois, duc d'Anjou

Timurid relations with Europe (1,490 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Timurid relations with Europe developed in the early 15th century, as the Persianate Turco-Mongol ruler Timur and European monarchs attempted to operate

Estates of Languedoc (25 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Estates of Languedoc was the provincial assembly for the province of Languedoc during the ancien regime, during which time it was a pays d'états.

Nicolas René Berryer (547 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Nicolas René Berryer, comte de La Ferrière (4 March 1703, in Paris – 15 August 1762, in Versailles) was a French magistrate and politician. He is best

Hôtel de Vendôme (place Vendôme, Paris) (430 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The Hôtel de Vendôme is a five-star hotel situated at 1 Place Vendôme in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. Founded in 1858, it is located at the southern

Edict of Fontainebleau (1540) (202 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The Edict of Fontainebleau was issued June 1, 1540 by French King Francis I at his Palace of Fontainebleau. It occurred after the "Affair of the Placards"

Raoul II of Brienne, Count of Eu (350 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Raoul II of Brienne (1315 – 19 November 1350) was the son of Raoul I of Brienne, Count of Eu and Guînes and Jeanne de Mello. He succeeded his father in

Languedoc Regiment (195 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Régiment de Languedoc was a French Army regiment active in the 18th century. It is known mainly for its role in the Seven Years' War, when it served

Treaty of London (1359) (269 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The Treaty of London (French: Traités de Londres; also known as the Second Treaty of London) was proposed by England, accepted by France, and signed in

Normandy Regiment (60 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Régiment de Normandie was created in 1616 from different military groups in Normandy by the Maréchal of France Concini, marquis d'Ancre and the favorite

Treaty of Lambeth (556 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Treaty of Lambeth of 1217, also known as the Treaty of Kingston to distinguish it from the Treaty of Lambeth of 1212, was a peace treaty signed by

Touraine Regiment (494 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Founded in 1625, the Régiment de Touraine was a French infantry regiment raised in the province of Touraine. At the end of 1624, the Protestant stronghold

Marie Louise de Rohan (807 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Marie Louise de Rohan (Marie Louise Geneviève; 7 January 1720 – 4 March 1803), also known as Madame de Marsan, was the governess of Louis XVI of France

Pierre Goubert (359 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

history. He was a noted specialist on the 17th century, especially of the Ancien Régime societies and mentalities. Beauvais et le Beauvaisis de 1600 à 1730 :

Béarn Regiment (259 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Régiment de Béarn was a French Army regiment active in the 18th century. It is principally known for its role in the Seven Years' War, when it served

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Henriette Louise de Bourbon (Henriette Louise Marie Françoise Gabrielle; 15 January 1703 – 19 September 1772) was a French princess by birth and a member

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André-Hercule de Fleury (22 June or 26 June 1653 – 29 January 1743) was a French Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Fréjus and as the chief minister

Peace of Étaples (309 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Peace of Étaples was signed on 3 November 1492 in Étaples between Charles VIII of France and Henry VII of England. Charles agreed to end his support

Petite Galerie of the Louvre (960 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Petite Galerie is a wing of the Louvre Palace, which connects the buildings surrounding the Cour Carrée with the Grande Galerie bordering the River

Anne Julie de Melun (432 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Anne Julie de Melun (Anne Julie Adélaïde; 1698 – 18 May 1724) was a French court office holder. She served as deputy Governess of the Children of France

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An Ottoman embassy to France occurred in 1534, with the objective to prepare and coordinate Franco-Ottoman offensives for the next year, 1535. The embassy

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The Royal Château of Blois (French: Château Royal de Blois, pronounced [ʃɑto ʁwajal də blwa]) is a château located in the city center of Blois, Loir-et-Cher

Henry II of France (3,198 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Henry II (French: Henri II; 31 March 1519 – 10 July 1559) was King of France from 1547 until his death in 1559. The second son of Francis I and Duchess

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Jules François Louis de Rohan (16 January 1697 – 6 May 1724) was a French nobleman and 3rd Prince of Soubise. He died of smallpox aged twenty-seven. Born

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The Beauvais Manufactory (French: Manufacture de Beauvais) is a historic tapestry factory in Beauvais, France. It was the second in importance, after the

Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (825 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (21 June 1636 – 26 July 1721) was a French nobleman and member of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne

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Première femme de Chambre ('First Chamber Maid') was an office at the royal court of France. The Première femme de Chambre was in charge of the preparing

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The Académie Française (French pronunciation: [akademi fʁɑ̃sɛːz]), also known as the French Academy, is the principal French council for matters pertaining

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Antoine de Gramont, 4th Duke of Gramont (January 1672 – 16 September 1725), Duke of Guiche, was a Marshal of France. French military figure and member

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The Treaty of Seville was signed on 9 November 1729 between Britain, France, and Spain, formally ending the 1727–1729 Anglo-Spanish War; the Dutch Republic

Victoire de Rohan (991 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Victoire Armande Josèphe de Rohan, Princess of Guéméné (28 December 1743 – 20 September 1807) was a French noblewoman and court official. She was the governess

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Joseph Jean Baptiste Fleuriau, seigneur d'Armenonville (22 January 1661 – 27 November 1728) was a French politician. Fleuriau d'Armenonville was born in

Criminal Ordinance of 1670 (458 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Criminal Ordinance of 1670 (French: Ordonnance criminelle de 1670, or Ordonnance criminelle de Colbert) was a Great Ordinance dealing with criminal

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Évrard Titon du Tillet (January 1677 – 26 December 1762) is best known for his important biographical chronicle, Le Parnasse françois, composed of brief

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Noël Bouton, Marquis de Chamilly (6 April 1636 – 8 January 1715) was a French military commander of the 17th and 18th centuries. He was named a Marshal

Grand Falconer of France (609 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Grand Falconer of France (French: Grand Fauconnier de France) was a position in the King's Household in France from the Middle Ages to the French Revolution

Colloquy of Poissy (1,168 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Colloquy at Poissy was a religious conference which took place in Poissy, France, in 1561. Its object was to effect a reconciliation between the Roman

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An Ottoman embassy to France was sent in 1533 by Hayreddin Barbarossa, the Ottoman Governor of Algiers, vassal of the Ottoman Emperor Suleiman the Magnificent

Charles de Schomberg (228 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Charles de Schomberg (16 February 1601 – 6 June 1656), Duke d'Halluin, was a French soldier from the 17th century and Marshal of France. Charles de Schomberg

Blockade of La Rochelle (498 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Blockade of La Rochelle (French: Blocus de La Rochelle) took place in 1621-1622 during the repression of the Huguenot rebellion by the French king

Château de Saint-Cloud (1,894 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Château de Saint-Cloud (French pronunciation: [ʃato d(ə) sɛ̃ klu]) was a château in France, built on a site overlooking the Seine at Saint-Cloud in

Charles de Bourbon, Count of Charolais (632 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Charles de Bourbon, Count of Charolais (19 June 1700 – 23 July 1760) was a French noble. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, he was a Prince

Royal German Cavalry Regiment (613 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Régiment Royal-Allemand Cavalerie was a regiment in the French Royal army, composed of German-speakers (both French-born and immigrants from German

Nobles of the Sword (1,106 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Nobles of the Sword (French: noblesse d'épée) were the noblemen of the oldest class of nobility in France dating from the Middle Ages and the early

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From the seventeenth century to the early part of the twentieth century, artistic production in France was controlled by artistic academies which organized

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Jules François Louis de Rohan (16 January 1697 – 6 May 1724) was a French nobleman and 3rd Prince of Soubise. He died of smallpox aged twenty-seven. Born

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The Château de Choisy was a royal French residence in the commune of Choisy-le-Roi in the Val-de-Marne department, not far from Paris. The commune was

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Jeanne Louise Henriette Campan (née Genet; 2 October 1752, Paris – 16 March 1822, Mantes) was a French educator, writer and Lady's maid. In the service

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The Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto d(ə) sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ ɑ̃ lɛ]) is a former royal palace in the commune of Saint-Germain-en-Laye

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The King's Secret (Secret du Roi or Secret du Roy in French) refers to the secret diplomatic channels used by King Louis XV of France during his reign

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The Louvre Colonnade is the easternmost façade of the Louvre Palace in Paris. It has been celebrated as the foremost masterpiece of French Architectural

Great Ordinance (291 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The phrase "Great Ordinance" was also an early term for artillery, more usually spelt "Great Ordnance". In French political history, a great ordinance

Pacte de Famine (1,132 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Pacte de Famine (French pronunciation: [pakt də famin], Famine Pact) was a conspiracy theory adopted by many living in France during the 18th century

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The Régiment Artois was a French Army regiment active during the late 17th century and 18th century. It is principally known for its role in the Seven

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The Edict of Amboise (1560) was a decree that created the framework to separate heresy from sedition, promulgated by the young king Francis II on the advice

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Louis of Lorraine (13 February 1692 – 9 September 1743) was a member of a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine, the House of Guise and known as the Prince

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Champart (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃paʁ]) was a tax in Medieval France levied by landowners on tenants. Paid as a share of the harvest, the amount due

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The Régiment de la Reine (Queen's Regiment) was a French Army infantry regiment active in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is principally known for its

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The 1720 Treaty of The Hague was signed on 17 February 1720 between Spain and the Quadruple Alliance, established by the 1718 Treaty of London. Its members

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Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne (1668 – 17 April 1730) was a French nobleman and ruler of the Sovereign Duchy of Bouillon. He was the son of Godefroy

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The Treaty of Corbeil was an agreement signed on 11 May 1258, in Corbeil (today Corbeil-Essonnes, in the region of Île-de-France) between Louis IX of France

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Alexandre Bontemps (French pronunciation: [alɛksɑ̃dʁ bɔ̃tɑ̃]; 1626–1701) was the valet of King Louis XIV and a powerful figure at the court of Versailles

Régence (2,344 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Régence (French pronunciation: [ʁeʒɑ̃s], Regency) was the period in French history between 1715 and 1723 when King Louis XV was considered a minor

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The Honneurs de la Cour (Honors of the Court) were ceremonious presentations to the sovereign at the Royal Court of France that were formal for women but

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Henri François d'Aguesseau, seigneur de Fresnes (French: [ɑ̃ʁi fʁɑ̃swa daɡɛso]; 27 November 1668 – 5 February 1751) was Chancellor of France three times

Declaration of the Clergy of France (2,996 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Declaration of the Clergy of France was a four-article document of the 1681 assembly of the French clergy. Promulgated in 1682, it codified the principles

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The Scottish Guards (French: Gardes Écossaises) was a bodyguard unit founded in 1418 by the Valois Charles VII of France, to be personal bodyguards to

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The Académie de Saint-Luc (French pronunciation: [akademi də sɛ̃ lyk]; English: "Academy of Saint Luke") was a guild of painters and sculptors set up in

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The levee (from the French word lever, meaning "getting up" or "rising") was traditionally a daily moment of intimacy and accessibility to a monarch or

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The 1720 Treaty of The Hague was signed on 17 February 1720 between Spain and the Quadruple Alliance, established by the 1718 Treaty of London. Its members

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The croquant rebellions ("Jacquerie des croquants" in French) were several peasant revolts that erupted in Limousin, Quercy, and Perigord (France) and

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Enguerrand de Marigny, Baron Le Portier (1260 – 30 April 1315) was a French chamberlain and minister of Philip IV. He was born at Lyons-la-Forêt in Normandy

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Maximilien de Béthune Sully, 1st Prince of Sully, Marquis of Rosny and Nogent, Count of Muret and Villebon, Viscount of Meaux (13 December 1560 – 22 December

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Pierre de Chauvin de Tonnetuit (born c. 1550, died 1603) was a French naval and military captain and a lieutenant of New France who built at Tadoussac

Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans (1,314 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans (9 December 1709 – 16 June 1742) was Queen of Spain as the wife of King Louis I. Their reign is regarded as one of the shortest

Levant Fleet (497 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Levant Fleet (French: Flotte du Levant) was the designation under the Ancien Regime for the naval vessels of the Royal French Navy in the Mediterranean

Philippine Élisabeth d'Orléans (1,086 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Philippine Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans (18 December 1714 – 21 May 1734) was the daughter of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, and his wife, Françoise-Marie

Day of the Dupes (490 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Day of the Dupes (in French: la journée des Dupes) is the name given to a day in November 1630 on which the enemies of Cardinal Richelieu mistakenly believed

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Clairval, real name Jean-Baptiste Guignard, (27 April 1735, Étampes – 1795, Paris) was an 18th-century French operatic singer (tenor), comedian and librettist

Jacques d'Armagnac (373 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Jacques d'Armagnac (c. 1433 – 4 August 1477), duke of Nemours, was a 15th-century French nobleman and military leader. He served under King Charles VII

Lord Chamberlain of the Archduchess (434 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Lord Chamberlain of the Archduchess was a ceremonial function at the imperial court of Brussels. This position was given to important members of the Nobility

Concordat of Bologna (575 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Concordat of Bologna (1516) was an agreement between King Francis I of France and Pope Leo X that Francis negotiated in the wake of his victory at

Chambre Ardente (878 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

La chambre ardente was the name given to a special court established for the trial of heretics in France during the reign of Francis I in the 16th century

Pierre de la Broce (350 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Pierre de la Broce or de la Brosse (died 30 June 1278) was a royal favorite and councilor during the early reign of Philip III of France. De la Broce was

Louis Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne (452 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Louis Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne (2 August 1679 – 3 August 1753) was a French nobleman and member of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne. Given the title

Antoine Watteau (4,095 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Jean-Antoine Watteau (UK: /ˈwɒtoʊ/, US: /wɒˈtoʊ/, French: [ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃twan vato]; baptised 10 October 1684 – died 18 July 1721) was a French painter and draughtsman

Duke of Berry's Regiment (240 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Régiment de Berry was a French Army regiment active in the 18th century. It is principally known for its role in the Seven Years' War, when it served

Cahouët Affair (130 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Affaire Cahouët, or Cahouët Affair, was an incident taking place in France in 1777, in which the socialite Victoire Cahouët de Villers managed to acquire

Claude le Blanc (662 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Claude Le Blanc (1669, Normandy – 19 May 1728, Versailles) was a French royal official of the ancien regime. He was twice Secretary of State for War. He

Unigenitus (2,207 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Unigenitus (named for its Latin opening words Unigenitus Dei Filius, or "Only-begotten Son of God") is an apostolic constitution in the form of a papal

François, Duke of Guise (1,829 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

François de Lorraine, 2nd Duke of Guise, 1st Prince of Joinville, and 1st Duke of Aumale (17 February 1519 – 24 February 1563), was a French general and

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existed from 1172 to 1797 Grand Conseil, two institutions during the Ancien Régime in France Grand Council (Switzerland), a unicameral legislative style

Claude Louis Hector de Villars, 1st Duke of Villars (1,246 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Prince of Martigues, Marquis then (1st) Duke of Villars, Viscount of Melun (French pronunciation: [klod lwi ɛktɔʁ də vilaʁ]

Daniel-Charles Trudaine (527 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Daniel-Charles Trudaine (3 January 1703 – 19 January 1769) was a French administrator and civil engineer. Trudaine was one of the primary developers of

Unigenitus (2,207 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Unigenitus (named for its Latin opening words Unigenitus Dei Filius, or "Only-begotten Son of God") is an apostolic constitution in the form of a papal

Jacques d'Armagnac (373 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Jacques d'Armagnac (c. 1433 – 4 August 1477), duke of Nemours, was a 15th-century French nobleman and military leader. He served under King Charles VII

Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 3rd Duke of Richelieu (1,161 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 3rd Duke of Richelieu (pronounced [aʁmɑ̃ d(ə) viɲəʁo dy plɛsi]; 13 March 1696 – 8 August 1788), was a French

Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse (956 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Louis Alexandre de Bourbon (6 June 1678 – 1 December 1737), a legitimated prince of the blood royal, was the son of Louis XIV and of his mistress Françoise-Athénaïs

La Sarre Regiment (692 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Régiment de la Sarre was a French Army regiment active in the 18th century. It is principally known for its role in the Seven Years' War during which

French Baroque architecture (3,660 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

French Baroque architecture, usually called French classicism, was a style of architecture during the reigns of Louis XIII (1610–1643), Louis XIV (1643–1715)

Grand Council (178 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

existed from 1172 to 1797 Grand Conseil, two institutions during the Ancien Régime in France Grand Council (Switzerland), a unicameral legislative style

Daniel-Charles Trudaine (527 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Daniel-Charles Trudaine (3 January 1703 – 19 January 1769) was a French administrator and civil engineer. Trudaine was one of the primary developers of

Clairval (292 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Clairval, real name Jean-Baptiste Guignard, (27 April 1735, Étampes – 1795, Paris) was an 18th-century French operatic singer (tenor), comedian and librettist

La Fère Regiment (103 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Le Régiment de La Fère was a regiment of infantry of the Kingdom of France, formed in 1645 as the Régiment de Mazarin-Français. It was renamed in 1661

Charles VII of France (3,003 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Charles VII (22 February 1403 – 22 July 1461), called the Victorious (French: le Victorieux) or the Well-Served (le Bien-Servi), was King of France from

Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment (345 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment (French: Régiment Royal-Deux-Ponts; German: Infanterieregiment Königlich Zweibrücken) was a line infantry regiment of the

Peace of Westphalia (3,165 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Peace of Westphalia (German: Westfälischer Friede, pronounced [vɛstˈfɛːlɪʃɐ ˈfʁiːdə] ) is the collective name for two peace treaties signed in October

Jean-Baptiste Chavannes (313 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Jean-Baptiste Chavannes (c. 1748 – 23 February 1791) was a Dominican Creole abolitionist, and rebel soldier. He was the son of rich mulatto parents, and

Exchequer of Normandy (235 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Exchequer of Normandy (Échiquier de Normandie) or Exchequer of Rouen (Échiquier de Rouen) was the fiscal and administrative court of the Duchy of Normandy

Persecution of Huguenots under Louis XV (1,283 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The persecution of Huguenots under Louis XV refers to hostile activities against French Protestants between 1715 and 1774 during the reign of Louis XV

Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine (2,295 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine (31 March 1670 – 14 May 1736) was an illegitimate son of Louis XIV and his official mistress, Madame de Montespan

Edict of July (2,191 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Edict of July, also known as the Edict of Saint-Germain was a decree of limited tolerance promulgated by the regent of France, Catherine de' Medici

Louis Phélypeaux, Marquis of La Vrillière (334 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Louis Phélypeaux, Marquis of La Vrillière (14 April 1672–7 September 1725) was a French statesman and nobleman. He succeeded his father Balthazar Phélypeaux

The Pleasures of the Enchanted Island (236 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Pleasures of the Enchanted Island (French: Les Plaisirs de l’Île enchantée) was a multi-day performance presented from 7 to 13 May 1664 to the court

Grande Galerie (1,738 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Grande Galerie (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃d ɡalʁi]), in the past also known as the Galerie du Bord de l'Eau (Waterside Gallery), is a wing of the

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Prix Morny in 1968, 1978, 1980 and 1987 on Princeline, Irish River, Ancien Régime and First Waltz. the Grand Critérium (now Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère) in

Estates of Béarn (691 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Estates of Béarn are the former Provincial Estates of Béarn. It was formed following the death of Gaston III/X of Foix-Béarn, alias Gaston Phoebus

Louis period styles (115 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Louis period styles is the collective name for five distinct styles of French architecture and interior design. The styles span the period from 1610 to

Clément II Métezeau (373 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Jacques-Clément Métezeau (French pronunciation: [klemɑ̃ metəzo]; 1581–1652), also Clément II Métezeau, was Royal architect of Louis XIII, and French engineer

Anne Louis Henri de La Fare (24 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Anne-Louis-Henri de La Fare (1752–1829) was a French Roman Catholic cardinal and counter-revolutionary. Portals: Biography Catholicism France v t e

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Various Franco-Indian Alliances were formed between France and various Indian kingdoms from the 18th century to the ascent of Napoleon. Following the alliances

Hôtel du Plessis-Guénégaud (530 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Hôtel du Plessis-Guénégaud was a French aristocratic townhouse (hôtel particulier), built 1630–1632 for the financier Louis Le Barbier [fr] to the

Matthieu Coignet (220 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Matthieu Coignet (c. 1514–1586) was a French lawyer, ambassador, landowner, and author. Thanks to an early English translation, some English-language sources

Guillaume de La Perrière (396 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Guillaume de La Perrière (1499/1503 in Toulouse – 1565) was one of the earliest French writers of emblem books. His work is often associated with the French

François Victor Le Tonnelier de Breteuil (184 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

François Victor Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquis de Fontenay-Trésigny, Marquis de Breteuil (17 April 1686 – 7 January 1743 in Issy) was a French nobleman

French school of fencing (831 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The known history of fencing in France begins in the 16th century, with the adoption of Italian styles of fencing. There are medieval predecessors, such

Treaty of Breda (1667) (3,063 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The Peace of Breda, or Treaty of Breda was signed in the Dutch city of Breda, on 31 July 1667. It consisted of three separate treaties between England

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Jules de Polignac, 1st Duke of Polignac (Armand Jules François; 7 June 1746 – 21 September 1817) was a French nobleman and the husband of Yolande de Polastron

Château de Chambord (3,241 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Château de Chambord (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto d(ə) ʃɑ̃bɔʁ]) in Chambord, Centre-Val de Loire, France, is one of the most recognisable châteaux in

Code Noir (8,870 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Code noir (French pronunciation: [kɔd nwaʁ], Black code) was a decree passed by King Louis XIV of France in 1685 defining the conditions of slavery

Soissonnais Regiment (51 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Régiment de Soissonnais has a long history in the French armed forces. They fought at the Battle of Fontenoy 1745 and the Battle of Yorktown (1781)

Cum occasione (532 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Cum occasione is an apostolic constitution in the form of a papal bull promulgated by Pope Innocent X in 1653 which condemned five propositions said to

Cum occasione (532 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Cum occasione is an apostolic constitution in the form of a papal bull promulgated by Pope Innocent X in 1653 which condemned five propositions said to

Septimanie d'Egmont (356 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Jeanne Sophie de Vignerot du Plessis (Jeanne Louise Armande Élisabeth Sophie ; 1740 – 14 October 1773) known as Septimanie d'Egmont was a French salonist

Marie Isabelle de Rohan, Duchess of Tallard (627 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Marie Isabelle de Rohan, Duchess of Tallard (Marie Isabelle Gabrielle Angélique; 17 January 1699 – 5 January 1754) was a French noblewoman and grand daughter

Vincent Ogé (2,055 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Vincent Ogé (c. 1757 – 6 February 1791) was a Creole revolutionary, merchant, military officer and goldsmith who had a leading role in a failed uprising

Guillaume Delisle (2,713 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Guillaume Delisle, also spelled Guillaume de l'Isle, or Guillelmo Delille (French pronunciation: [ˌɡi:yom ˈthe:líl]; 28 February 1675, Paris – 25 January

École des Jeunes de langues (280 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The École des Jeunes de langues was a language school founded by Jean-Baptiste Colbert in 1669 to train interpreters and translators (then called dragomans

John II of France (3,460 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

John II (French: Jean II; 26 April 1319 – 8 April 1364), called John the Good (French: Jean le Bon), was King of France from 1350 until his death in 1364

Nicolas Chevalier (210 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Nicolas Chevalier, Baron de Grissé (1562–1630) was first president of the Cour des aides in Paris from 20 April 1610, as well as Councillor of State, superintendent

Edict of Roussillon (197 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Edict of Roussillon (French: Édit de Roussillon) was a 1564 edict decreeing that in France the year would begin on 1 January. During a trip to various

Guy Coquille (276 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Guy Coquille (1523, Decize – 1603), also called Conchyleus, was a French jurist. He studied the humanities in the Collège de Navarre, Paris, from 1532

Louis Bénigne François Bertier de Sauvigny (303 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Louis Bénigne François Bertier de Sauvigny (1737–1789) was a French public servant under the monarchy. He held the position of intendant of Paris from

Paul Phélypeaux de Pontchartrain (868 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Paul Phélypeaux de Pontchartrain (1569 – 21 October 1621), lord of Pontchartrain and Villesavin, was a French statesman. He served both Marie de' Medici

Henri II, Prince of Condé (1,558 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Henri II de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (1 September 1588 – 26 December 1646) was a French prince who was the head of the House of Bourbon-Condé, the senior-most

Hôtel de Saint-Aignan (677 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Hôtel de Saint-Aignan, originally the Hôtel d'Avaux, is a 17th-century hôtel particulier, located at 71 Rue de Temple, in the 3rd arrondissement and

Inter multiplices pastoralis officii (420 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Inter multiplices pastoralis officii (Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈinter mulˈtiplitʃes pastoˈralis ofˈfitʃi.i]) is an apostolic constitution in the form of

Frédéric Jérôme de La Rochefoucauld (309 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Frédéric Jérôme de La Rochefoucauld (Versailles, 16 July 1701 – Paris, 29 April 1757) was a French cardinal known as the Cardinal de La Rochefoucauld.

Louis Hercule Timoléon de Cossé, 8th Duke of Brissac (526 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

v t e Military governors of Paris Governors of Paris under the Ancien Régime Louis I d'Anjou: 1356–1357 Jean ade Berry: 1411 Waléran III de Luxembourg:

Marine Regiment (France) (87 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The Régiment de La Marine was an infantry regiment of the Kingdom of France created in 1635, later being designated as 11th Infantry Regiment (French:

French formal garden (4,108 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The French formal garden, also called the jardin à la française (French for 'garden in the French manner'), is a style of "landscape" garden based on symmetry

Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally (1,890 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally, baron de Tollendal (13 January 1702 – 9 May 1766) was a French general of Irish Jacobite ancestry. Lally commanded French

Spanish Council of State (1,090 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Spanish monarchs since Carlos I established it in 1526. During the Ancien Régime, the Council of State advised the King about foreign policy. The council

Angélique Victoire, Comtesse de Chastellux (432 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Angélique Victoire de Durfort-Civrac (2 December 1752 – 14 November 1816), Countess of Chastellux, was a French courtier. She served as dame d'honneur

Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon (1,684 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon (22 November 1693–27 May 1775) was a daughter of Louis III de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, and his wife, Louise Françoise de Bourbon

Ranks in the French Navy (486 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

until 1791, such as in the Levant Fleet and Flotte du Ponant of the Ancien Régime. Major of the French Navy has a similar history to that of the former

Charles VI of France (3,460 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Charles VI (3 December 1368 – 21 October 1422), nicknamed the Beloved (French: le Bien-Aimé) and in the 19th century, the Mad (French: le Fol or le Fou)

Daniel Voysin de la Noiraye (202 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Daniel Voysin de La Noiraye, seigneur du Mesnil-Voysin, de Bouray, du Plessis, de La Noraye, de Ionville et de Lardy (1655–1717) was a French nobleman

Marquess of Wemmel (184 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

The Marquess of Wemmel was a Flemish title in use during the Ancien Régime, Wemmel is a city in Flanders. The title was created in 1688 for Philip Taye

Louis XIII (4,656 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Louis XIII (French pronunciation: [lwi tʁɛz]; sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death

Pierre-Paul Lemercier de La Rivière de Saint-Médard (220 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Pierre-Paul Le Mercier de La Rivière (10 March 1719 – 27 November 1801) was a French colonial administrator and physiocrat economist. Mercier was a councilor

Hereditary Marshal of Brabant (378 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Marshal of Brabant (erfmaarschalk van Brabant/ maréchal-héreditaire de Brabant) is a hereditary royal officeholder and chivalric title at the Court

Louis, Duke of Orléans (1703–1752) (1,976 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Louis, Duke of Orléans (4 August 1703 – 4 February 1752) was a member of the House of Bourbon, and as such was a prince du sang. At his father's death

Royal Marine Regiment (France) (1,113 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The Régiment de Royal Marine was an infantry regiment of the Kingdom of France, established in 1669. The regiment was directly involved in the Day of the

Peace of Longjumeau (2,275 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Peace of Longjumeau (also known as the Treaty of Longjumeau or the Edict of Longjumeau) was signed on 23 March 1568 by Charles IX of France and Catherine

Isaac Arnauld (157 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Isaac Arnauld (1566 – 14 October 1617), seigneur de Corbeville, was a member of the Arnauld family, a French family which during the 17th century produced

Louis Marc Pons, marquis de Pons (74 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Louis Marc Pons, marquis de Pons (fl. 1789), was a French diplomat. He was the ambassador of France in Stockholm from 1783 to 1789, and in Madrid in 1790

Edict of 19 April (3,054 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Edict of 19 April was a religious edict promulgated by the regency council of Charles IX of France on 19 April 1561. The edict would confirm the decision

Cardin Le Bret (87 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Cardin Le Bret (1558–1655) was a French jurist, known as the major supporter of the legal basis for the rule of Cardinal Richelieu in France. On the key

Act of Mediation (1,314 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Act of Mediation was Napoleon's attempt at a compromise between the Ancien Régime and a republic. This intermediary stage of Swiss history lasted until

Cardin Le Bret (87 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Cardin Le Bret (1558–1655) was a French jurist, known as the major supporter of the legal basis for the rule of Cardinal Richelieu in France. On the key

Jean Bilhères de Lagraulas (595 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Jean Bilhères de Lagraulas or Jean Villier de la Grolaie, or Groslaye etc., also called the Cardinal of Saint-Denis (died 1499), was a French Roman Catholic

Hôtel de Chevreuse (534 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The former Hôtel de Chevreuse (later known as the Hôtel de Luynes) was a Parisian hôtel particulier located at 33 Rue Saint-Dominique (on a site that now

Cardinal de Bouillon (957 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Emmanuel-Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne, cardinal de Bouillon (24 August 1643 – 2 March 1715, Rome) was a French prelate and diplomat. Originally known

Louis de Cardevac, marquis d'Havrincourt (170 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Louis de Cardevac, marquis d'Havrincourt (born 20 June 1707 at Havrincourt; died 15 February 1767 in The Hague) was a French nobleman, soldier and diplomat

Irish Brigade (France) (3,541 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The Irish Brigade (Irish: Briogáid Éireannach, French: Brigade irlandaise) was a brigade in the French Royal Army composed of Irish exiles, led by Lord

Jean Elleviou (802 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Jean Elleviou (14 June 1769 in Rennes – 5 May 1842 in Paris) was a French operatic tenor, one of the most celebrated French singers of his time. Born

Louis-Urbain-Aubert de Tourny (76 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Louis-Urbain-Aubert de Tourny (1695, in Les Andelys – 1760, in Paris) was a French administrator active in 18th century Bordeaux. At first maître des requêtes

Valet de chambre (3,029 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Valet de chambre (French pronunciation: [valɛ də ʃɑ̃bʁ]), or varlet de chambre, was a court appointment introduced in the late Middle Ages, common from

Charles Gautier de Vinfrais (141 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Charles Gautier de Vinfrais, better known under the name Vinfrais l'ainé, (7 November 1704 – 4 Novembre 1797) was an 18th-century French officer of the

Louis XI (4,447 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Louis XI (3 July 1423 – 30 August 1483), called "Louis the Prudent" (French: le Prudent), was King of France from 1461 to 1483. He succeeded his father

Maltôte (305 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

In medieval French law, a maltôte is an extraordinary tax that applied to everyday consumer goods (wine, beer, wax ...), raised to cope with unusual expenses

Siamoise (379 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Siamoise is a term for various woven fabric varieties, usually cotton and linen blends, with patterns such as checks and stripes. Siamoise was so named

Marie Anne de Bourbon (2,016 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Marie Anne de Bourbon, Légitimée de France, born Marie Anne de La Blaume Le Blanc, by her marriage Princess of Conti then Princess Dowager of Conti, suo

Château de Malesherbes (95 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Château de Malesherbesis is a French château located in Malesherbes, in the commune of Malesherbois and the department of Loiret in the Centre-Val de Loire

Domain congéable (108 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Domaine congéable was a type of contract between a landowner and the person exploiting it agriculturally, very common in Lower Brittany, above all in Cornouaille

Principality of Bidache (560 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Principality of Bidache was from 1570 to 1793 a small feudal state in the south west of modern-day France. The sovereignty of Bidache was proclaimed

Treaty of Troyes (1564) (281 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The Treaty of Troyes of 1564 was an agreement between the rival kingdoms of England and France after the ejection of English forces from France in 1563

Parlement of Pau (416 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Parlement of Pau (French: "Parlement de Pau", alias "Parlement de Navarre et de Béarn", alias "Parlement de Navarre séant à Pau") was created in 1620

Edict of Romorantin (1,492 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Edict of Romorantin, was a decree designed to alter the prosecution of heretics, promulgated by the King of France, François II, in May 1560. The decree

Club de l'Entresol (1,243 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Club de l'Entresol (French pronunciation: [klœb də lɑ̃tʁəsɔl], "Mezzanine Club") was a discussion group and early think tank in Paris, active from

Maupeou Triumvirate (156 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Maupeou Triumvirate was the powerful trio of ministers that ruled Ancien Regime France from 1771 to 1774. They came to power in 1771 following a coup

Vermandois Regiment (640 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Régiment de Vermandois was an infantry regiment of the Kingdom of France created in 1643. December 24, 1669 : creation of the Régiment de l’Amiral

Twelve Years' Truce (3,977 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Twelve Years' Truce was a ceasefire during the Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Dutch Republic, agreed in Antwerp on 9 April 1609 and ended

Crown lands of France (2,883 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The crown lands, crown estate, royal domain or (in French) domaine royal (from demesne) of France were the lands, fiefs and rights directly possessed by

Charles Louis de Biaudos de Casteja (204 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Charles-Louis de Biaudos, Count of Castéja (1693-1755) was a French diplomat. He was the French ambassador to Sweden in 1727–1737. He was the second son

Luc Siméon Auguste Dagobert (638 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Luc Siméon Auguste Dagobert de Fontenille (8 March 1736, La Chapelle-en-Juger, near Saint-Lô, Manche – 18 April 1794, Puigcerdà) was a French general of

Polysynody (504 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Polysynody (from Greek πολυς numerous, several, and Greek συνοδος meeting, assembly) was the system of government in use in France between 1715 and 1718

Jean Toussaint de la Pierre, marquis de Frémeur (64 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Jean Toussaint de la Pierre, marquis de Frémeur (1697–1759) was a French noble and soldier. He commanded the 5th Dragoon Regiment between 1727 and 1744

Regiminis Apostolici (365 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Regiminis Apostolici is an apostolic constitution in the form of a papal bull promulgated by Pope Alexander VII in 1665 which required, according to the

Louis Hesselin (604 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Louis Hesselin, Seigneur de Condé (February 1602 – 8 August 1662) was a French aristocrat, government official, patron and collector. He held various positions

Castellania (479 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

A castellania was the smallest administrative subdivision of land in medieval Malta, Poland, Hungary and the Netherlands, signifying the territory over

Salon (gathering) (7,200 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

A salon is a gathering of people held by a host. These gatherings often consciously followed Horace's definition of the aims of poetry, "either to please

Pierre Surirey de Saint-Remy (130 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Pierre Surirey de Saint-Remy (1645–1716) was a French general. He followed a military career and from 1670 in the Royal Corps of Artillery. Provincial

Regiment of the Crown (France) (593 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The Régiment de La Couronne (Regiment of the Crown) was an infantry regiment of the Kingdom of France, created in 1643. 1643 : creation of the Régiment

Louis XVI style (4,944 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Louis XVI style, also called Louis Seize, is a style of architecture, furniture, decoration and art which developed in France during the 19-year reign

Menin (111 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

village and municipality in the Czech Republic Menin (title), office in Ancien Régime France Manin, Syria, old name of this Syrian village Menin Gate, a war

Castellania (479 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

A castellania was the smallest administrative subdivision of land in medieval Malta, Poland, Hungary and the Netherlands, signifying the territory over

Luc Siméon Auguste Dagobert (638 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Luc Siméon Auguste Dagobert de Fontenille (8 March 1736, La Chapelle-en-Juger, near Saint-Lô, Manche – 18 April 1794, Puigcerdà) was a French general of

Salon (gathering) (7,200 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

A salon is a gathering of people held by a host. These gatherings often consciously followed Horace's definition of the aims of poetry, "either to please

Assembly of the French clergy (2,578 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The assembly of the French clergy (assemblée du clergé de France) was in its origins a representative meeting of the Catholic clergy of France, held every

Françoise Marie de Bourbon (3,004 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Françoise Marie de Bourbon (Légitimée de France; 4 May 1677 – 1 February 1749) was the youngest illegitimate daughter of King Louis XIV of France and his

Antoine Augereau (515 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Antoine Augereau (1485–1534) was a Renaissance printer, bookseller and punchcutter in Paris. He was one of the first French punchcutters to produce Roman

Thomas Mahieu (477 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Thomas Mahieu (born between 1515 and 1527 – died after 1588), also known as Thomas Maiolus, was a French courtier and bibliophile with a special interest

Anne Robert Jacques Turgot (5,059 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

2307/2554177, JSTOR 2554177. Dakin, Douglas (1939), Turgot and the Ancien Régime in France, London: Methuen. Fraser, Antonia (2006). Marie Antoinette:

Helvetic Republic (2,249 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

consequent dissolution of the Old Swiss Confederacy, marking the end of the ancien régime in Switzerland. Throughout its existence, the republic incorporated

Château de Boisgibault (309 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Château de Boisgibault is located 10 kilometers south of Orléans on D168 in the commune of Ardon in the Loiret département of France. The original

French attack on the Vaudois (587 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The French attack against the Vaudois was a systematic military campaign in 1686 ordered by Louis XIV against a small Protestant community across the French

Karrer Regiment (1,091 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Régiment de Karrer (Karrer's Regiment/Karrer Regiment) was a Swiss foreign regiment in French colonial service 1719–1763. The regiment de Karrer was

Justin Bonaventure Morard de Galles (1,057 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Justin-Bonaventure Morard de Galles (French pronunciation: [ʒystɛ̃ bɔnavɑ̃tyʁ mɔʁaʁ də ɡal]; 30 March 1741, Goncelin – 23 July 1809, Guéret) was a French

Louis Hesselin (604 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Louis Hesselin, Seigneur de Condé (February 1602 – 8 August 1662) was a French aristocrat, government official, patron and collector. He held various positions

Treaty of Lambeth (1212) (154 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The Treaty of Lambeth was signed on 4 May 1212 by King John of England and several French counts, including Renaud I of Dammartin and Boulogne and Ferdinand

François-Pierre Blin (52 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

François-Pierre Blin or Pierre-François Blin, was born in Rennes on 8 June 1756, and died on 4 November 1834 in Chantenay-sur-Loire. He was a doctor and

Corsican Guard Affair (373 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Corsican Guard Affair was an event in French and papal history, illustrating Louis XIV of France's will to impose his power on other European leaders

Edict of Saint-Maur (1,637 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Edict of Saint-Maur was a prohibitive religious edict, promulgated by Charles IX of France at the outbreak of the third war of religion. The edict

Nicolas Gouïn Dufief (437 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Nicolas Gouïn Dufief (c. 1776–1834) was a French language teacher who taught in England and America. He was a native of Nantes, was born in or about 1776

Grand Chancellor (125 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

historic Danish title Grand Chancellor of France, an officer in the Ancien Régime Grand chancellor (Republic of Venice), head of the ducal chancery of

House of Grimaldi (1,819 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

his mother in 1949 and adopted the Grimaldi name. During much of the Ancien Régime, the family resided in the French court, where from 1642 to 1715, they

Jean-Laurent Mosnier (239 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

1808) was a French painter and miniaturist. Court painter under the Ancien Régime, Mosnier began, from 1789, a brilliant career as society painter in

Séparation de corps et d'habitation (235 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Séparation de corps et d'habitation or only Séparation de corps ('Separation of Person') was one of two forms of divorce which was available in France

Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans (3,171 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans (22 October 1700 – 19 January 1761) was Duchess of Modena and Reggio by marriage to Francesco III d'Este. She was the third daughter

Royal Watch (343 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Royal Watch, in French guet royal, was a French police unit founded in December 1254 by King Louis IX. It was officially merged with the "Lieutenancy

Carignan-Salières Regiment (3,684 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Carignan-Salières Regiment was a 17th-century French military unit formed by the merging of two other regiments in 1659. Approximately 1,100 men from

Charles V of France (5,146 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Charles V (21 January 1338 – 16 September 1380), called the Wise (French: le Sage; Latin: Sapiens), was King of France from 1364 to his death in 1380.

William Hazlitt (registrar) (316 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

many translations, including Victor Hugo's Notre-Dame: A Tale of the Ancien Régime (1833), Michelet's History of the Roman Republic (1847), Table Talk

Great Ordinance of 1357 (2,063 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Great Ordinance of 1357 was an edict through which Étienne Marcel attempted to impose limits on the French monarchy, in particular in fiscal and monetary

Paris architecture in the era of absolutism (2,351 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The architecture of Paris and its nearest surrounding suburbs in the era of absolutism (16–18th centuries) went through several important historical stages:

Marshalcy (105 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

with jurisdiction in civil law enforcement Maréchaussée, the French Ancien Régime military police force Royal Marechaussee, the military police force

Académie Royale de Danse (2,903 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Académie Royale de Danse, founded by Letters Patent on the initiative of King Louis XIV of France in March 1661, was the first dance institution established

Sovereign Council of Navarre and Béarn (588 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Sovereign Council of Navarre and Béarn (French: Conseil Souverain de Navarre et de Béarn) was created by Henry II of Navarre at the Château de Pau