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unusual facts about Aignan-Aimé Massue


Aignan-Aimé Massue

His brother Louis Massue served as a member of the Legislative Council for the Province of Canada.


Benoît Quessandier

Benoît Quessandier (born 2 December 1985 in Mont-Saint-Aignan) is a professional French ice hockey defenceman who participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the France National men's ice hockey team.

Bernard Lefebvre

Les Cinématographes de la Saint-Romain de Rouen : 1896-1907, CRDP, Mont-Saint-Aignan, 1982

Charles de Blanchefort

He had a quarrel extending over years with Philip, the bastard of Savoy, which ended in a duel fatal to Philip in 1599; and in 1620 he defended Saint-Aignan, who was his prisoner of war, against a prosecution threatened by Louis XIII.

Duke of Saint-Aignan

Duke of Saint-Aignan (Fr.: duc de Saint-Aignan) was a title of nobility in the peerage of France created by Louis XIV of France for François de Beauvilliers in 1663.

Eloy d'Amerval

In 1468 and 1471 he is mentioned as choirmaster of the boys at St. Aignan in Orléans.

Étienne Duchesnois

In 1797, he married Josette Massue, the daughter of the seigneur of Varennes, Gaspard Massue, and the sister of Aignan-Aimé Massue and Louis Massue.

François de Beauvilliers, 1st duc de Saint-Aignan

In reward for his devotion to the court party during the Fronde, his county of Saint-Aignan was elevated to a dukedom in 1663, with the special privilege of the peerage (duché-pairie), making him one of the highest ranking aristocrats of the kingdom of France.

Jean de Nogaret de La Valette

He was born at Caumont-Guienne, the son of Pierre Nogaret de La Valette (1497-1553) and Marguerite de L'Isle de St. Aignan (1499-1535), and died in battle at the Siege of La Rochelle (1572-1573).

Northamptonshire Yeomanry

It was during Operation Totalize that Joe Ekins a Sherman Tank gunner of the Northamptonshire Yeomanry gained recognition for killing the renowned German tank commander, Michael Wittmann, the 4th top scoring tank ace in history, on August 8, 1944 near St. Aignan de Cramesnil, France.

Romani people in France

In retaliation, a group later identified as 'travellers' ("Gens du voyage") attacked and pillaged the village of Saint-Aignan in central France.

Saint-Aignan d'Orléans

Saint-Aignan d'Orléans (pronounced like Agnan in French) is a collegiate church (today the Collégiale Saint-Aignan) in the Bourgogne quarter of Orléans on the north bank of the Loire.

Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil

This village is known as the resting place of the famous German tank commander Michael Wittmann; however, this is under dispute.

Tom Boardman, Baron Boardman

By this time he was an acting captain, he was detailed to act as navigator for four armoured columns formed from his own regiment, and 1st battalion Black Watch, the columns were to take Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil, about 20 kilometres south of Caen.

Yvan Griboval

Yvan Griboval was born on 7 January 1957 in Mont-Saint-Aignan (near Rouen in the French Department Seine-Maritime) from Cécile Griboval born Toutain (1924-2012) and from Roger Griboval (1908-1997).


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