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Duke d'Aiguillon

Armand, duc d'Aiguillon, member of the National Assembly and son of the former


Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles

During the Régence, when the court of the Duchesse du Maine, at the Château de Sceaux, was amusing itself with frivolities, and when that of the Duc d’Orléans, at the Palais-Royal, was devoting itself to debauchery, the salon of the Marquise de Lambert passed for the temple of propriety and good taste, in a reaction against the cynicism and vulgarity of the time.

Battle of Auberoche

Derby used this opportunity to seize more towns in the region including Montségur and conduct successful sieges against La Réole and Aiguillon, placing the region firmly in English hands.

Civil list of the July Monarchy

This law decreed that its amount be 12 million francs annually, along with 1 million annually for the King's eldest son, Prince Ferdinand Philippe, who was The Prince Royal and Duc d'Orléans.

Duc d'Anville Expedition

On 10 September, lead elements of the expedition had arrived at Sable Island.

Duc d'Auerstaedt

Colonel Léopold Henri Jean Louis Marie Davout d'Auerstaedt (12 February 1904-18 May 1985)

General Léopold Davout d'Auerstaedt (9 August 1829 – 1904), restored to the extinct title in 1864

Duke of Aiguillon

Duke of Aiguillon (Fr.: duc d'Aiguillon) was a title of nobility in the peerage of France created in 1599 by Henry IV of France for Charles, Duke of Mayenne.

Duke of Montmorency

On the death of the last duke in 1830, the title passed to Louis Philippe III, Duke of Orléans, a great-great-grandson of the Louis I, Duke of Enghien through the female line.

EFW N-20

The N-20 design was not produced, both the single Aiguillon and Arbalète airframes survive and are on public display at the Flieger-Flab-Museum, Dübendorf, the glider test aircraft was destroyed in an accident.

Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon

After the death of Louis XV he quarrelled with Maupeou and with the young queen, Marie Antoinette, who demanded his dismissal from the ministry (1774).

Feliks Janiewicz

There he was employed by the Duc d'Orléons and for a short time he enjoyed the pension of a musician on the establishment of Mlle. d'Orléans; on the outbreak of the revolution he left France for London in 1790 and did not reappear until his 1792 London debut at Salomon's Concerts among others.

Hôtel-Dieu de Québec

The hospital was officially founded in 1637 to meet the colony's need for healthcare by Marie-Madeleine de Vignerot, the Duchesse d'Aiguillon (1604-1675), a niece of Cardinal Richelieu.

L'Aiguillon

Formerly consecrated to the Virgin Mary, it is now dedicated to Saint Sernin.

The main industries in the 19th and 20th centuries were, as is the case in all of Olmes Country, were those of horn comb manufacturing (formerly made of boxwood) and spinning.

Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme

Following the departure of Vendôme to shore up the shattered army in the Flanders, Prince Eugène and the Duke of Savoy inflicted a heavy loss on the French under the duc d'Orléans and Ferdinand de Marsin at the Battle of Turin, driving the French out of Italy by the end of the year.

Louisbourg Expedition

Duc d'Anville Expedition or Louisbourg Expedition (1746), a French attempt to capture Louisbourg during the War of the Austrian Succession

Margareta Fouché

The daughter of Charles Louis Fouché, 4th duc d'Otrante (a descendant of Napoleonic statesman Joseph Fouché), and his first wife, Countess Hedvig Ingeborg Madeleine Douglas (a descendant of Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden), she was born Margareta Fouché d'Otrante in Elghammar, Sweden.

Maupeou Triumvirate

Maupeou became Keeper of the Seals, Joseph Marie Terray became Controller-General of Finances, and the Duc d'Aiguillon became foreign minister.

Philippe Charles, Duke of Anjou

Philippe-Charles de France, born at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, was the second son of the Louis XIV, and titled duc d'Anjou at birth, title previously held by his uncle, Philippe de France, duc d'Orléans, younger brother of Louis XIV.

Philippe de Vitry

In addition to all this, he was a diplomat and a soldier, known to have served at the siege of Aiguillon in 1346.

Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford

Further battles included the battle of Auberoche, the siege of Aiguillon, from where he escaped prior to its lifting, a raid on Barfleur and the English victory at the Battle of Crecy, on 26 August 1346.

Siege of Louisbourg

Duc d'Anville Expedition (1746), a failed French attempt to capture Louisbourg

Trocadéro

The place was named in honour of the Battle of Trocadero, in which the fortified Isla del Trocadero, in southern Spain, was captured by French forces led by the Duc d'Angoulême, son of the future king, Charles X, on August 31, 1823.

William de Ros, 3rd Baron de Ros

He was knighted by the Black Prince in 1346, having helped raise the siege of Aiguillon.


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