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4 unusual facts about Dampierre, Aube


Abraham ben Nathan

In Lunel, Abraham may have studied under RABaD III (Abraham ben David of Posquières), but his regular rabbinical studies, were pursued at Dampierre, in northern France, at the academy of R. Isaac ben Samuel, called R. Isaac ha-Zaḳen.

Eliezer ben Samuel of Verona

He was a disciple of Rabbi Isaac the elder, of Dampierre, Aube, and grandfather of the philosopher and physician Hillel of Forli.

William II of Dampierre

William II (1196 – 3 September 1231) was the lord of Dampierre from 1216 until his death.

William II, Count of Flanders

William III (1224 – 6 June 1251) was the lord of Dampierre from 1231 and count of Flanders from 1247 until his death.


4th Regiment of Line Infantry

Despite the fact that in 1812 Napoleon lost control over Poland, the regiment remained loyal to the emperor and fought in, among others, the bloody Battle of Leipzig and the Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube, the penultimate battle of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Aubé

Pierre Aubé (born 1944), a French medieval specialist and the author of many important books

Stéphan Aubé (born 1971), a French music video director and pianist

Aubenton

Aubenton derives its name from its location near the confluence (in the commune of Hannappes to the east) of the Aube (Thon) and the Thon.

Battle of Bar-sur-Aube

Schwarzenberg tested that assumption by advancing upon Bar-sur-Aube (in part because Alexander I of Russia and Frederick William III of Prussia wanted him to do so), and on the twenty-sixth Napoleon ordered Oudinot to follow Schwarzenberg to the town, near Troyes.

Battle of Saint-Dizier

Blücher, therefore, marched from Rheims to Châlons, Schwarzenberg from Arcis-sur-Aube to Vitry, in search of Napoleon: instead of falling back before him at some distance from one another, and thus giving Napoleon plenty of room, as he had expected, they boldly formed a junction of their several divisions behind him.

Brunetto Latini

He took refuge for some years (1260–1266) in France working as a notary - in Montpellier, Arras, Bar-sur-Aube and Paris.

Canton of Troyes-1

The Canton of Troyes-1 is one of the 22 cantons of the arrondissement of Troyes, in the Aube department, in northern France.

Canton of Troyes-3

The Canton of Troyes-3 is one of the 22 cantons of the arrondissement of Troyes, in the Aube department, in northern France.

Canton of Troyes-5

The Canton of Troyes-5 is one of the 22 cantons of the arrondissement of Troyes, in the Aube department, in northern France.

Canton of Troyes-6

The Canton of Troyes-6 is one of the 22 cantons of the arrondissement of Troyes, in the Aube department, in northern France.

Canton of Troyes-7

The Canton of Troyes-7 is one of the 22 cantons of the arrondissement of Troyes, in the Aube department, in northern France.

Centraco

The ingots, conical cylinders of about 1.5 t are considered as final waste and are sent to the Center of storage l'Aube in Soulaines-Dhuys for a long-term storage.

Château de Chacenay

The Château de Chacenay is a castle situated in the commune of Chacenay, in the Aube département of France.

Clairvaux Abbey

Clairvaux Abbey (Clara Vallis in Latin) is a Cistercian monastery in Ville-sous-la-Ferté, 15 km from Bar-sur-Aube, in the Aube département in northeastern France.

Dampierre Nuclear Power Plant

The Dampierre nuclear power plant is located in the town of Dampierre-en-Burly (Loiret), 55 km upstream of Orleans and 110 km downstream of Nevers, it uses water from the Loire for cooling.

Erard II of Chacenay

They also had three daughters: Matilda, who married Guy d'Arcis-sur-Aube; Alix, who succeeded her brother as dame; and Joanna, who is only known from the donation of 1218.

Floris de Voogd

He defeated the army of Flanders that had invaded Walcheren in 1253, where he captured Guy and John of Dampierre, both sons of Margaret II, Countess of Flanders and commanders for Flanders.

François Coudray

1678 in Villecerf, in the Province of Champagne (now commune of Messon in the French departement of Aube) and died the died April 29, 1727 in Dresden, Duchy of Saxony (now federal state of Saxony, Germany) is a French sculptor who spent more of his proeminent artistic life in Dresden where he was the First sculptor of the King Augustus II the Strong.

Fulgence Bienvenüe

In 1886, Bienvenüe moved on to Paris to design and supervise the construction of aqueducts for the city, drawing water from the Aube and Loire Rivers.

Gisèle Bienne

Gisèle Bienne (born 1946 in Chavanges, Aube) is a French writer who has written many novels.

House of Bourbon-Dampierre

Through the marriage of the last female of that line, Agnès of Bourbon-Dampierre († 1287), with John of Burgundy, her House merged with the House of Burgundy, and to their daughter Beatrix of Burgundy (1257-1310), Lady of Bourbon.

House of Dampierre

In 1263, the count of Namur, Baldwin II of Courtenay, sold his county to Guy I of Dampierre.

House of Villehardouin

The House of Villehardouin was a noble dynasty originating in Villehardouin, a former commune of the Aube department, now part of Val-d'Auzon, France.

Jan Zygmunt Skrzynecki

At the Battle of Leipzig he greatly distinguished himself and at Arcis-sur-Aube, in 1814, saved Napoleon from the sudden onslaught of the enemy by sheltering him in the midst of his battalion.

John Edward Thompson

In a picturesque French village of Gargilesse-Dampierre, Thompson found himself surrounded by natural light painting landscapes in the style of Paul Cézanne.

John I of Brienne, Count of Eu

# Isabelle (d. 1302/07), married John II of Dampierre, Viscount of Troyes (d. c.1307)

Lignol

Lignol-le-Château, a commune in the Aube department in north-central France

Lovesliescrushing

The decidedly more experimental Vir released a 7" on Drone Records, a lovesliescrushing remix on Bluesanct, a compilation tracks for the magazine 'Losing Yesterday' and an interpretation of a work by Japanese sound artist Aube for the 'Rewriting the Book' compilation on Elsie & Jack Recordings.

Lupien

Saint-Lupien, commune in the Aube department in north-central France

Marie de Sales Chappuis

Venerable Marie de Sales Chappuis, was born Marie-Thérèse Chappuis (16 June 1793 in Soyhières, today in the Canton of Jura in Switzerland and at that time in the Département du Mont-Terrible in France – 6 October 1875 in Troyes, Aube, France) was a Roman Catholic nun and a spiritual leader in the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary.

Poitou donkey

This preceded the creation of the Asinerie Nationale Experimentale, which opened in Charente-Maritime in Dampierre-sur-Boutonne in 1982, as an experimental breeding farm for Poitous.

Samson ben Abraham of Sens

He studied under Rabbeinu Tam at Troyes and David ben Kalonymus of Münzenberg, and for ten years attended the Yeshiva of Rabbi Isaac ben Samuel ha-Zaken (the Ri) of Dampierre, after whose death he took charge of the yeshiva of Sens. The Rosh said of him that only Rabbeinu Tam and Rabbi Isaac ben Samuel exercised greater influence upon Talmudical studies in France and in Germany during the 13th century.

The Soufflet Group

Based on its expertise in solid state fermentation, since 2008 it has been investing researching new ways of adding value to agricultural resources, through its Osiris programme, backed by OSEO, and four regional biotechnology research programmes (PRBR - Programmes de Recherche Biotechnologique Régionaux) backed by the FEDER, the Champagne-Ardenne region, the department of Aube and the town of Nogent-sur-Seine.

Treasure of Pouan

The grave was accidentally uncovered in 1842 by a labourer at Pouan-les-Vallées (Aube), a French village in the canton of Arcis-sur-Aube on the south bank of the Aube River.

Vernouillet Airport

A completely new NATO airfield was eventually built near the village of Dampierre, about 10 miles to the west, to accommodate the United States Air Force as a tactical airlift base.

Vitry-Brienne Air Base

Vitry-Brienne Air Base is an abandoned military airfield in France, located approximately 17 miles northwest of Bar-sur-Aube (Departement de l'Aube,Champagne-Ardenne); 85 miles east-southeast of Paris.


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