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unusual facts about Agrippa d'Aubigné


Crest Castle

Agrippa d'Aubigné, a nobleman, a reformed French Huguenot squire of Henry IV, who was expelled from France as result of his participation in the conspiracy against Duke of Luynes acquired the rights to the ruins of the chateau.


César Malan

Malan was part of the Société des Amis, a group of conservative evangelicals at Geneva, which included Merle D'Aubigne, Louis Gaussen, the Monod brothers and others.

Château de Maintenon

1674: Madame de Maintenon (1635–1719) bought the marquisate from the previous;

It is best known as being the private residence of the second spouse of Louis XIV, Madame de Maintenon.

Domaine of Villarceaux

Françoise Chandernagor, L’allée du roi : souvenirs de Françoise d’Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon, épouse du Roi de France, Paris, Julliard, 1995 ISBN 2-266-06787-7

Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné

This family was closely related to the French throne, three of the dukes were Marshals of France and some members were made Grandees of Spain in 1711.

Jean Philippe d'Orléans

Amable Angélique was the daughter of Amable Gabrielle de Noailles (18 February 1706 - 16 September 1742) who was in turn the daughter of Adrien Maurice de Noialles and Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné, niece of Madame de Maintenon.

Kenneth J. Gergen

The son of John Jay Gergen, the Chair of the Mathematics Department at Duke University, and Aubigne Munger (née Lermond), Gergen grew up in Durham, North Carolina.

Nicolas Rapin

Rapin was close to many writers of the period, including Joseph Justus Scaliger, Jacques-Auguste de Thou, Etienne Pasquier, Jacques Gillot and Agrippa d'Aubigné.

Saint-Cyr-l'École

King Louis XIV of France, at the request of Madame de Maintenon, founded Maison royale de Saint-Louis, an institute for young ladies, which later became a military hospital.


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