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unusual facts about François de Vendôme, Duke of Beaufort



Duke of Beaufort

The principal burial place of the Dukes and Duchesses of Beaufort is St Michael and All Angels Church, Badminton.

François de Vendôme, Duke of Beaufort

He also appears in Le Roi Soleil, a French musical which opened in Paris in 2005 where he was played by Merwan Rim.

Chéruel, La France sous le ministère de Mazarin (1879)

Neath and Tennant Canal

Again he sought support from local landowners, including Lord Jersey, Lord Dynevor and the Duke of Beaufort, but again none was forthcoming.

Piercefield House

The work was largely undertaken by architect Charles Howells and builder William Knowles of Chepstow, who had also undertaken work at nearby Tintern for the Duke of Beaufort.

Shire Hall, Monmouth

The Grand Jury included Lord Granville Somerset, brother of the Duke of Beaufort; John Etherington Welch Rolls; Octavius Morgan; and four Members of Parliament, Joseph Bailey, William Addams Williams, Reginald James Blewitt, and Sir Benjamin Hall.

The Castle School

The official opening ceremony took place in 1966, attended by the Duke of Beaufort, Chancellor at the University of Bristol at the time.

Twenty Years After

The scene then changes, to focus on the Duc de Beaufort, Mazarin's prisoner at Vincennes, who finds a new jailer, Athos' servant, the silent Grimaud.


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