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9 unusual facts about Tonnerre


Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre

Aimé-Marie-Gaspard, comte de Clermont-Tonnerre (November 27, 1779, Paris – January 8, 1865, Glisolles) was a French general and statesman.

Congress of Arras

In return, Burgundy recognized Charles VII as King of France and returned the County of Tonnerre.

Counts of Clermont-Tonnerre

This lady, dame d'honneur to Henry II's queen, Catherine de' Medici, and afterwards wife of Albert de Gondi, duc de Retz, won a great reputation by her intellectual attainments, being referred to as the tenth muse and the fourth grace.

Jardin botanique de l'Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Clermont-Tonnerre

The garden is described in Actu Santé as containing the oldest two Chinese palms in Europe, the largest Ginkgo biloba in Europe, and excellent specimens of Camelias and Gunnera manicata.

Jean Gaspard de Vence

Died March 11, 1808 in Tonnerre at the age of 61 years, buried in the cemetery of Saint-Pierre parish.

Jean-Baptiste Campenon

General Jean Baptiste Marie Edouard Campenon (5 May 1819, Tonnerre – 16 March 1891, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French general and politician.

Odo II, Count of Troyes

By a charter dated 25 October 876, Charles the Bald ceded Chaource, in Tonnerre, to Robert and Odo.

Robert I, Count of Troyes

Lay abbot of Saint-Loup, he was mentioned for the first time on 25 October 874, when he appeared in a charter of Charles the Bald ceding Chaource, in Tonnerre, to the abbey.

Savaric of Auxerre

He gathered a large army and subjected the region of the Nivernais, Avallonais, and Tonnerre to his rule during the reigns of Childebert III and Dagobert III.


Bon-Albert Briois de Beaumetz

In the subsequent National Constituent Assembly, Beaumetz sat on the right side with conservatives such as the comte de Clermont-Tonnerre, yet is moderate in his conservatism.

Sadissou Bako

The ex-Tonnerre striker who is on break in Yaounde he cited François Omam-Biyik as his mentor insinuating that his dream is to one day put on the national colours and defend his beloved fatherland as his standard-bearer did.

William IV, Count of Nevers

William IV, Count of Nevers, (c. 1130 – Acre, 24 October 1168) Count of Nevers, Auxerre and Tonnerre (1161–1168).


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