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7 unusual facts about Amaury


Amaury

Montfort-l'Amaury, a French commune in the Yvelines département in the southwestern suburbs of Paris

Château de Groussay

The Château de Groussay is located in the town of Montfort-l'Amaury, in the Department of Yvelines, in France.

Henri George Doll

Henri George Doll (1902, Paris, France – 25 July 1991, Montfort-l'Amaury, France) was a French-American scientist.

Montfort of Brittany

It shouldn't be confused with the older House of Montfort which ruled as Counts of Montfort-l'Amaury and were the female line ancestors of this royal house.

Ralph de Gael

Ralph de Gael (otherwise Ralph de Guader, Radulf Waders or Ralph Wader) (before 1042 – c. 1096) was the Earl of East Anglia (Norfolk and Suffolk) and Lord of Gaël and Montfort (Seigneur de Gaël et Montfort).

Yolande of Dreux, Queen of Scotland

Her father was a patrilineal descendant of King Louis VI of France, her paternal grandmother Marie de Bourbon was a cousin of Guy of Dampierre, Count of Flanders, while her mother Beatrice was the only child of Count John I of Montfort-l'Amaury and his wife Jeanne, Dame de Chateaudun.

She was the daughter of Robert IV, Count of Dreux, and Beatrice, Countess of Montfort.


Amalric, Prince of Tyre

Amalric de Lusignan or Amaury II de Lusignan, Prince of Tyre (c. 1272 – June 5, 1310, Nicosia), of the Lusignan family, was a son of Hugh III of Cyprus and Isabella of Ibelin.

Amaury Bischoff

Amaury Armindo Bischoff (born 31 March 1987) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for SC Preußen Münster in Germany, as a central midfielder.

Amaury Cazana

Amaury Antonio Cazana Marti (born October 19, 1976) is a Cuban professional baseball player who plays for the Rojos del Águila de Veracruz in the Mexican League.

Amaury de Montfort, Canon of York

In 1275, after the death of his mother at Montargis Abbey, Amaury, by then a Papal Chaplain, accompanied his younger sister Eleanor de Montfort on a winter sea voyage to Wales and her new husband, Llywelyn ap Gruffydd (the grandson of Llywelyn Fawr).

Amaury Leveaux

After a couple of years far from his best form, Amaury Leveaux did a come back at the 2012 European championship in Debrecen (Hungary).

Amaury VI of Montfort

Amaury VI de Montfort (1195–1241) was the son of the elder Simon de Montfort and Alice of Montmorency, and the brother of the younger Simon de Montfort.

Azar Lawrence

It featured Raul de Souza, Gerald Hayes, Amaury Tristão, Dom Salvador, Ron Carter, Guilherme Franco on the songs "Novo Ano" and "Highway" which were composed by Amaury Tristão, and Lawrence, Souza, Albert Dailey, Carter and Billy Hart on all other selections.

Émilien Amaury

The Tour de France is still run by Amaury Sport Organisation, part of the general Amaury group, which also organises the Dakar car rally and the Paris marathon.

Amaury died after falling from his horse in the forest near Chantilly, Oise.

Fontaine de Léda

The fountain was condemned by the critic Amaury Duval in 1812 because of the subject of the bas-relief, Jupiter transforming himself into a swan to seduce Leda.

Jacques Trémollet de Villers

In 1974 he founded his law practice, where he handled some famous legal matters such as the inheritance issues of Émilien Amaury, the founder of the media group Amaury-Le Parisien.

Robert IV, Count of Dreux

In 1260 he married Beatrice de Montfort, Countess of Montfort-l'Amaury daughter of Jean I de Montfort and Jeanne, Dame de Chateaudun, and granddaughter of Amaury de Montfort.


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