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2 unusual facts about Marie d'Alençon


Marie d'Alençon

She married firstly in 1411, Peter d' Évreux, Infante of Navarre, Count of Mortain, and secondly on 1 October 1413, Louis VII, Duke of BavariaIngolstadt.

Through her eldest daughter Marie, Marie d'Alençon was the ancestress of Mary, Queen of Scots, kings Henry IV of France and Louis XIV of France, and Henrietta Maria of France, wife of Charles I of England.


Amyraldism

The national Synods at Alençon, 1637; at Charenton, 1645; and at Loudun, 1659 (the last synod permitted by the French government), decided against the excommunication of Amyraut but delimited his views in order to avoid further variance with historic Reformed orthodoxy.

Augustin-Marie d'Aboville

During the return trip of the expedition, d'Aboville was placed in command of the 36-pounder battery of the ship of the line Bucentaure, which was involved in the battle engaged by the French squadron with that of British Admiral Robert Calder.

The debut of the Napoleonic Wars saw d'Aboville join the expedition to Martinique, under the orders of General Lauriston.

Baron Augustin-Marie d'Aboville (1776–1843) was a French artillery officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars, who rose to the rank of general of brigade.

Taking a brief part to the July Revolution of 1830, which saw the ousting of King Charles X, d'Aboville was then included in the reserve on 22 March 1831.

Charles Gabriel Morel d'Escures

Charles Gabriel Morel d'Escures (3 January 1751, Alençon – 13 July 1786, Baie des Français, Lituya, Alaska) was a French navigator and explorer and a member of the La Pérouse expedition (1 August 1785 to 13 July 1786) and of the Académie de Marine.

Charles Ottley Groom Napier

In the 1870s Napier began styling himself as the Prince of Mantua and Montferrat with subsidiary titles as prince of Ferrera, Nevers, Rethel, and Alençon; Baron de Tobago; and master of Lennox, Kilmahew, and Merchiston.

Charles-René d'Hozier

Charles subsequently became reconciled to Ambroise-Louis-Marie d'Hozier, his nephew, to whom he left all the papers he had accumulated from the date of the quarrel until his death, which occurred in Paris.

Counts and Dukes of Alençon

Peter I (died 1283), received the county of Alençon and part of the county of Perche in appanage from his father Louis IX of France

His son, Jean, 2nd Duc d'Alençon (who features in Shakespeare's Henry VI), was dispossessed of his duchy in the Battle of Verneuil, August 17, 1424: the Duke was defeated and taken prisoner by English forces led by John, Duke of Bedford.

A third house of Alençon counts descended from Charles, second son of the Count of Valois, who was killed at the Battle of Crécy in 1346.

Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria

Soon after, on 28 September 1868 she married the Duke of Alençon, son of Louis d'Orléans, at Possenhofen Castle near Starnberg.

Éléonore-Aglaé-Marie Despierres

A correspondent of the French Ministry of Education, she published studies on topics related to her hometown, such as the Alençon lace, the Notre-Dame d'Alençon basilica, the history of printing, theater and sculptors of Alençon.

Étard reaction

It is named for the French chemist Alexandre Léon Étard (5 January 1852, Alençon – 1 May 1910).

Falaise pocket

Although Montgomery acknowledged the possibilities, both he and Patton had misgivings; if the Allies did not take Argentan, Alençon, and Falaise quickly, a large proportion of von Kluge's force might escape.

Forêt d'Écouves

Following the recapture of Alençon on 12 August 1944, the Division, led by General Leclerc, proceeded north towards Argentan.

Imbert de Batarnay

During the differences that arose in 1485 between the regent, Anne of Beaujeu, and the dukes of Orléans, Brittany and Alençon, Imbert de Batarnay kept the inhabitants of Orléans faithful to the king.

Jean I, Duke of Alençon

# Charlotte d'Alençon (1413, Argentan – 1435, Lamballe)

Jean-Baptiste de Voglie

Descended from the Ferrara branch of the Bentivoglio, Jean de Voglie entered the Corps of Bridges and Roads in France in 1742 and was appointed under-engineer to Jean-Rodolphe Perronet at Alençon.

Josef Wurmheller

Josef "Sepp" Wurmheller (born 4 May 1917 in Hausham, Bavaria, killed in action 22 June 1944 near Alençon, France) was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe from 1937 until his death on 22 June 1944.

Margaret of Lorraine

Margaret of Lorraine (1463, castle of Vaudémont, Lorraine- 2 November 1521, Argentan, Normandy) was Duchess of Alençon, and a nun of the order of Poor Clares (Ordre des Clarisses).

Maria de La Cerda y de Lara

By her second marriage she was Countess consort of Alençon.

Marie D. Kassing

Marie D. Kassing is one of the founders of the Women's Crisis Center in Salinas, California, a founder of the National Organization for Women in Monterey, CA and has won the 1995 Outstanding Woman Honoree award in Monterey County, California.

Marie d'Agoult

She was portrayed by Geneviève Page in the 1960 film Song Without End, opposite Dirk Bogarde as Liszt, by Fiona Lewis in the 1975 Ken Russell film Lisztomania, opposite Roger Daltrey as Liszt, and by Bernadette Peters in the 1991 James Lapine film Impromptu, which last dramatized encounters between d'Agoult, Liszt (Julian Sands), Chopin (Hugh Grant), and George Sand (Judy Davis).

Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel

Marie was born in the Chateau de Cuffy, France on 25 March 1491, the eldest child of Jean d'Albret, Sire of Orval, Governor of Champagne (died 10 May 1524), and Charlotte of Nevers, Countess of Rethel (1472- 23 August 1500).

Moses Amyraut

This gave rise to a charge of heresy, of which he was acquitted at the national synod held at Alençon in 1637, and presided over by Benjamin Basnage (1580–1652).

Ninanajna

The lyrics for the English version was written by Leroy Chambers, he also, play bass guitar and produced the English vocal production in San Francisco USA and at Shaman Studio in Alençon France.

Pierre II, Count of Alençon

Peter II of Alençon, called the Noble (1340 – 20 September 1404, Argentan), was the son of Charles II of Alençon and Maria de la Cerda.

# Catherine (1380, Verneuil – 25 June 1462, Paris), married 1411 in Alençon Peter d'Évreux, Infante of Navarre and Count of Mortain (1366–1412), married 1 October 1413 in Paris Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria-Ingolstadt (1365–1447)

Princess Henriette of Belgium

Prince Charles Philippe Emmanuel Ferdinand Louis Gérard Joseph Marie Ghislain Baudoin Christophe Raphaél Antoine Expédit Henri d'Orléans (4 April 1905 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France – 10 March 1970 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France), Duc de Nemours, de Vendôme et d'Alençon, married Marguerite Watson (12 Feb 1899 Richmond, Virginia - 27 Dec 1993) on September 24, 1928, in Paris, without issue.

Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers

He then fought under Somerset and Shrewsbury in 1439 and the Duke of York in 1441–2, when he was made captain of Alençon and knight banneret.

Sir Gallahad

Sir Gallahad was retired after his four-year-old season to stand at stud at Haras du Bois-Roussel in Alençon.

Sophie Charlotte

Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria (1847–1897), Duchess of Alençon and born Duchess in Bavaria

St. Theresa's Convent Sr. Sec. School

St. Therese, also known as 'St. Therese of the child Jesus' was born on 2 January 1873 at Alençon, in Normandy, a small town in northern France .

Szerelmi álmok – Liszt

Women are pursuing him and his lengthy affair with countess Marie d'Agoult is in trouble.

Victor-Marie d'Estrées

At the beginning of the War of the Grand Alliance, he volunteered in the army and was wounded in the siege of Philippsburg in 1688.

Vimoutiers Tiger tank

It is thought the tank ran out of fuel on RN 179 between Lisieux and Alençon just before entering Vimoutiers.

William of Bellême

With the consent of Richard I, Duke of Normandy William had constructed two castles, one at Alençon and the other at Domfront, while the caput of Yves' lordship was the castle of Bellême, constructed "a quarter of a league from the old dungeon of Bellême" in Maine.


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