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unusual facts about Benoite-Vaux


Clerics Regular of Our Savior

The congregation was founded in 1851, at the former Norbertine Abbey of Benoite-Vaux in the Department of Meuse.


Agnes Wenman, Viscountess Wenman

She was a friend of Mrs Elizabeth Vaux, the sister-in-law of Anne Vaux, the ally of Henry Garnet.

Anarcho-naturism

In 1902, he was one of the main initiators, alongside Georges Butaud and Sophie Zaïkowska, of the cooperative Colonie de Vaux established in Essômes-sur-Marne, in l'Aisne.

Antoine-Alexis Cadet de Vaux

Antoine-Alexis Cadet de Vaux (1743–1828) was a French chemist and Pharmacist.

Barthélemy Catherine Joubert

A monument to Joubert at Bourg-en-Bresse was razed by order of Louis XVIII, but another memorial was afterwards erected at Pont de Vaux.

Bert Vaux

Vaux's Law (as labelled by Avery & Idsardi 2001, Iverson & Salmons 2003), which he first formulated in a 1998 article in Linguistic Inquiry, states that laryngeally unspecified—i.e. voiceless--fricatives become GW/sg in systems contrasting fricatives without reference to GW/sg; thus they are to be aspirated or, more technically, to be pronounced with a spread glottis.

Blakeney, Norfolk

This was the gift of Maud de Roos or latterly de Ros, née de Vaux, wife of William de Ros, 1st Baron de Ros who distinguished himself in the Crusades, was knighted and granted land at Cley and Blakeney.

Calvert Vaux

Together they designed many significant projects, such as the grounds in the White House and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. Vaux’s work on the Smithsonian inspired an article he wrote for The Horticulturalist, of which Downing was the editor, in which he stated his view that it was time the government should recognize and support the arts.

Vaux also designed a large Canadian city park in the city of Saint John, New Brunswick called Rockwood Park it is one of the largest of its kind in Canada.

Canal de Pont-de-Vaux

The Canal de Pont-de-Vaux is a canal in eastern France connecting the Saone at Fleurville to Pont-de-Vaux.

Château de Blandy-les-Tours

The Château de Blandy-les-Tours is a medieval castle in the village of Blandy-les-Tours (Seine-et-Marne, France); it is about 5 km from the château de Vaux-le-Vicomte and 10 km from Melun.

Chenogne, Belgium

Chenogne (or Chegnogne) is a village in the municipality of Vaux-sur-Sûre, in the Belgian province of Luxembourg.

Clotilde de Vaux

In 1835, according to traditions of nobility, she had a marriage of convenience with a nobleman, Amédée de Vaux, tax perceptor of Méru.

De Vaux Continental

wheelbase and still carried the facelift that Count Alexis de Sakhnoffsky did for the De Vaux in 1931.

Dirleton

It was built in the middle of the twelfth century by a branch of the Anglo-Norman family of De Vaux, a family with its origins in Rouen, Normandy, which had settled at Dirleton during the reign of King Malcolm IV (1153–1165).

Dirleton Castle

The Norman family of de Vaux originated in Rouen, northern France, and settled in England following the Norman Conquest of 1066.

Épinay-sur-Orge

Épinay is served by two stations on different branches of line C of the RER suburban railway system: Épinay-sur-Orge and Petit-Vaux.

Everard Digby

On 21 October Digby, his wife, Garnet and Vaux were at Harrowden celebrating a delayed Feast of St Luke.

Fred Koch Brewery

After just 3 years, Vaux Breweries sold the Fred Koch Brewery to the Genesee Brewing Company.

George Throckmorton

Vaux appointed Throckmorton one of his executors and as such in September 1523 he was commissioned to deliver Guisnes to William, first Baron Sandys of the Vyne.

Heinrich Sutermeister

Heinrich Sutermeister (born Feuerthalen, 12 August 1910 – died Vaux-sur-Morges, 16 March 1995) was a Swiss opera composer.

Henry Brougham, 3rd Baron Brougham and Vaux

Lord Brougham and Vaux married Adora Frances Olga, daughter of Peter Wells and widow of Sir Richard Musgrave, 11th Baronet, in 1882.

Illecillewaet Glacier

On a more anecdotal level, the Vaux family carefully photographed the glacier and surrounding area, first using glass plates which were transported up and down the mountain and sent back to Philadelphia; and later more modern Mamiya medium format cameras.

Jacques Boyceau

It was designed for the patron rather than for the gardener, but it had an influence on the designs of André Le Nôtre, who transformed the manner of Boyceau and of the Mollet dynasty of royal gardeners—Claude Mollet and André Mollet—to create the culminating French Baroque gardens, exemplified at Vaux-le-Vicomte and Versailles.

Jefferson Market Library

It was originally built as the Third Judicial District Courthouse from 1874 to 1877, and was designed by architect Frederick Clarke Withers of the firm of Vaux and Withers.

The commission for the new courthouse went to the firm of Vaux and Withers, but as Calvert Vaux was busy with the American Museum of Natural History and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the design fell to his partner, the English-born Frederick Clarke Withers.

John C. Villepigue

While fighting near Vaux-Andigny, France, on October 15, 1918, Villepigue and two other soldiers were ordered to scout through the village of Vaux-Andigny.

Laurence Vaux

After several examinations Vaux was finally committed by the Bishop of London to the Gatehouse Prison, Westminster.

Maud de Braose

Reginald de Braose (1178 9 June 1228), he married firstly, Grecia Briwere, daughter of William Briwere and Beatrice de Vaux, and secondly, after 1222, Gwladus Ddu, daughter of Welsh Prince Llewelyn the Great.

Mitsubishi Motors Europe

The European design studio Mitsubishi Design Europe (MDE) and the research and development center Mitsubishi R&D Europe (MRDE) are based at Trebur in Germany, while Mitsubishi Motors Motor Sports (MMSP), responsible for the company's record-breaking success in the Dakar Rally, work out of Pont-de-Vaux, France.

Montmerle Charterhouse

Montmerle Charterhouse was dissolved in 1792 during the French Revolution, when some of its paintings, including a number by Nicolas-Guy Brenet, were moved to the parish church of Pont-de-Vaux.

Romainmôtier Priory

Some monks settled in Vaux-et-Chantegrue and created a simple countryside priory, which was abolished during the French Revolution.

Rue du Bac, Paris

Some of its elements have been redisplayed at the musée Jacquemart-André, the Hôtel de Pontalba (rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré) and the castle of Vaux-le-Pénil (near Melun in Seine-et-Marne department).

Saint Brioc

He then traveled to Upper Brittany where he established an oratory at at St Brieuc-des-Vaux, between St. Malo and Land Triguier, where he eventually became the abbot of a monastery.

Sury-en-Vaux

The English poet, author and biographer Richard Aldington lived in Sury-en-Vaux from 1958 until his death in 1962.

The Letters Organize

Their sound earned them recognition in the independent music scene, playing with bands such as Vaux and the SXSW festival.

Vaux Breweries

In 2000 two former Vaux directors and the former head brewer formed the Double Maxim Beer Company, buying the beer brands and recipes.

Vaux-de-Cernay Abbey

Three years later he was one of the principal figures in the Albigensian Crusade, which fought against the Cathars.

Vaux-en-Beaujolais

It is the inspiration for the fictional town of Clochemerle.

Vaux-le-Vicomte

Inspired by Vaux-le-Vicomte, a similar chateau, the Champ d'Or Estate, was built in Hickory Creek, Texas by Alan and Shirley Goldfield in 2002.

Vaux-sur-Aure

Vaux-sur-Aure has international relations with the city of Nagasaki, Japan, since 2005.

William Brougham, 2nd Baron Brougham and Vaux

Lord Brougham and Vaux survived her by two years and died at Brougham Hall in January 1886, aged 90.


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