X-Nico

17 unusual facts about Troyes


Bruno Subtil

He was elected regional councillor, and he also serves as municipal councillor in the city of Troyes.

Charles Joseph Tricassin

Charles Joseph Tricassin (Tricassinus) (b. at Troyes; d. in 1681) was a French Capuchin theologian.

Chester Cathedral Choir

Chester Cathedral choir toured the USA for the first time in October 2007 and toured France in the summer of 2012 (performing in the cathedrals of Troyes and Albi, and the basilica of St-Sernin, Toulouse).

Jean Malouel

also sometimes associated with Melchior Broederlam, and a damaged Entombment of Christ in Troyes.

John I of Brienne, Count of Eu

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

Louis the Stammerer

Twice married, he and his first wife, Ansgarde of Burgundy, had two sons: Louis (born in 863) and Carloman (born in 866), both of whom became kings of France, and two daughters: Hildegarde (born in 864) and Gisela (865–884), who married Robert, Count of Troyes.

He was crowned on 8 December 877 by Hincmar, archbishop of Rheims, and was crowned a second time in September 878 by Pope John VIII at Troyes while the pope was attending a council there.

Louise McIlroy

Dr. Louise McIlroy commanded a unit of the hospital at Troyes, France before being posted to Serbia and, three years later, Salonika.

Montiéramey Abbey

The abbey, dedicated to Saint Peter, was founded in 837 on both banks of the Barse by Arremar, a monk of Troyes, and remained a house of the Benedictines until 1655, when it was reformed and became part of the Congregation of St. Vanne until its dissolution in 1790.

Musée d'art moderne de Troyes

The Musée d'art moderne de Troyes is one of the two main museums in the French city of Troyes - the other is the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Troyes.

Nicolas Lebègue

He was equally famous as an expert on organ building: in this capacity, Lebègue travelled as far as Bourges, Blois, Chartres, Soissons, and Troyes.

Nicolas Siret

He was born and died in Troyes, France, where he worked as organist in the Church of Saint Jean and the Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul.

Sases

The magnificent cathedral at Troyes in France is famous for its exquisite architecture and magnificent stained glass windows, one of which, apparently, has a representation of the famous Indo-Parthian king Gondophares.

Vauluisant Abbey

The energetic Cistercians of Vauluisant produced more than the abbey needed; the surplus was sold in the market towns of Troyes and Provins, where the abbots retained domiciles, and at the cathedral town of Sens.

At Troyes, the Hôtel de Vauluisant, the abbot's seat in the cathedral city, has housed the Musée historique de Troyes et de Champagne, with a decorative arts collection that includes a 19th-century model of Troyes Cathedral.

Victor Collin de Plancy

Collin de Plancy was born on November 22, 1853 in Plancy, a small town near Troyes in the Champagne region of eastern France, the son of Jacques Auguste Simon Collin de Plancy, a Jesuit priest and prolific writer on the occult whose name is still much more familiar in France than that of his son.

Yisroel Meir Gabbai

Placement of a plaque at the burial site of Rashi and other Rishonim, alerting visitors that an unmarked square in the city of Troyes, France is in fact part of an ancient Jewish cemetery


1902 Gordon Bennett Cup

The first section began in Champigny-sur-Marne, a commune in the south-eastern suburbs of Paris, before proceeding south-easterly through the towns of Nangis, Troyes, Langres, and coming to an end at Belfort, a distance of 375 km.

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.

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.

Fenwick Groupe

Approximately 200,000 of these were built by 870 employees at factory at Saint-Julien-les-Villas in Troyes.

Gilbert, Duke of Burgundy

Gilbert of Chalon or Giselbert (died April 8, 956) was count of Chalon, Autun, Troyes, Avallon and Dijon, and duke of Burgundy between 952 and 956.

Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine

When the House of Bar, which ruled in Upper Lorraine, became extinct in 1033, with the death of his cousin Frederick III, Conrad made him duke of both duchies, so that he could assist in the defence of the territory against Odo II, count of Blois, Meaux, Chartres, and Troyes (the later Champagne).

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.

Patroclus of Troyes

In 960, Bruno I, Archbishop of Cologne translated Patroclus' relics from Troyes and buried them in 964 in the cathedral in Soest, Germany dedicated to the saint, where he is still today venerated.

Saint Patroclus

Patroclus of Troyes (d. 259), wealthy native of Troyes, known for his charity

Salimbene di Adam

He then led a life of wandering, avoiding his father who did not wish him to join the Order, and visited Pisa and other Italian towns; then in 1247 he was sent to Lyon, and visited Paris, Ferrara Cremona, Troyes, Florence, Ravenna, Genoa, Reggio and the friary of Montefalcone (near San Polo d'Enza in the region of Emilia-Romagna).

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.

Thuram

Yohann Thuram-Ulien (born 1988), French football player, who currently plays for Troyes.

William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu

He died at Troyes, France on 28 May 1420 and was buried at Llanthony Priory, Gloucestershire.

Yannick Nomede

Yannick Nomede (born in September 20, 1983 Mâcon, France) is a French footballer who played 1 match in Ligue 1 for Troyes in the 2002=2003 season and played 1 match in Ligue 2 for Troyes in the 2004-2005 season.