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  Candida Martinelli's Italophile Site(The Medici 6)
Giuliano Duke of Nemours by Michelangelo in the Medici tomb
Giuliano Duke of Nemours's tomb by Micheangelo in the Medici tomb
Giuliano Duke of Nemours, one of Lorenzo the Magnificent's sons.
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  Duke of Nemours information - Search.com
In the 12th and 13th centuries the lordship of Nemours, in the Gatinais, France, was in possession of the house of Villebeon, a member of which, Gautier, was marshal of France in the middle of the 13th century.
The lordship was sold to King Philip III of France in 1274 and 1276 by Jean and Philippe de Nemours, and was then made a county and given to Jean III de Grailly, captal de Buch in 1364.
The title of duc de Nemours was afterwards given to Louis Charles, son of King Louis Philippe I of France.
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  Louis, Duke of Nemours - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Louis Charles Philippe Raphael, duc de Nemours (October 25, 1814 – June 26, 1896) was the second son of the duke of Orleans, afterwards King Louis-Philippe of France, and his wife Marie Amalie of Bourbon-Sicilies.
The death of his elder brother, Ferdinand, duke of Orleans, in 1842 gave him a position of greater importance as the natural regent in the case of the accession of his nephew, the young count of Paris.
Nemours had lived at Bushy House after the death in 1866 of Queen Marie Amélie, widow of Louis Philippe.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Louis,_Duke_of_Nemours   (919 words)

  
 Lords And Dukes Of Nemours - LoveToKnow 1911
NEMOURS In the 12th and r3th centuries the lordship of Nemours, in Gatinais, France, was in possession of the house of Villebeon, a member of which, Gautier, was marshal of France in the middle of the r3th century.
Nemours was treated with the utmost rigour, being shut up in a cage; and was finally condemned to death by the parlement and beheaded on the 4th of August 1477.
Philip Of Savoy, duke of Nemours (1490-1533), was a son of Philip, duke of Savoy, and brother of Louise of Savoy, mother of Francis I.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Lords_And_Dukes_Of_Nemours   (1180 words)

  
 Duke of Nemours - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the 12th and 13th centuries the lordship of Nemours, in the Gatinais, France, was in possession of the house of Villebeon, a member of which, Gautier, was marshal of France in the middle of the 13th century.
The lordship was sold to King Philip III of France in 1274 and 1276 by Jean and Philippe de Nemours, and was then made a county and given to Jean III de Grailly, captal de Buch in 1364.
The title of duc de Nemours was afterwards given to Louis Charles, son of King Louis Philippe I of France.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Duc_de_Nemours   (624 words)

  
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Nemours, without being conscious of his danger, conceived a violent passion for this lady: it seemed in a short time to have robbed him of all other thoughts; he took care to be constantly of her party, and to refuse all those, where she was not to be one.
Nemours returned the day after the entertainment, and was informed that the Princess of Cleves had not been present at it; and a flattering hope arose, that his conversation had been repeated to her.
Nemours durst make scarcely any enquiries about the Prince of Cleves, after her arrival; a little reserve, at such a crisis, was but prudent and decent, he could not be insensible to the prospect that opened to his view.
www.chawton.org /novels/Cleves/docs/Cleves.doc   (17150 words)

  
 Obedience of Malta - History
The Duke of Seville died on 6 December 1952 and was succeded by his son, H.R.H. Don Francisco Enrique de Borbón y de Borbón, Grandee of Spain, elected 45th Grand Master.
Don Francisco de Borbón forbade all members to attend the Oxford meeting and according to the Constitution the Spiritual Protector had no authority to call together such a meeting.
He was succeeded by the Coadjutor, H.R.H. Don Francisco de Paula de Borbón y Escasany, Duke of Seville and Grandee of Spain, who was declared according to the Order’s Constitution 48th Grand Master of the Malta Obedience in January 1996 by the Supreme Council.
www.st-lazarus.net /maltao/history.htm   (1170 words)

  
 Search Results for "Nemours"
Nemours, Gaston de Foix, duc de, see Foix, Gaston de....
Nemours (1515-16); younger son of Lorenzo de' Medici (Lorenzo il Magnifico) and brother of Pope Leo X. He entered Florence in 1512 when the Holy League restored his...
...Roman Catholic Church; an illegitimate son of Giuliano de' Medici, duke of Nemours.
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 King Rene's Tournament Book: About the Translation
Five copies of this manuscript were made in the fifteenth century; their owners included Jacques d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours; Louis de la Gruthuyse; and Charles VIII.
Many of the illustrations have been reproduced in books on the medieval tournament, and all the illustrations from MS 2695 have been reproduced in a recent facscimile with an introduction by François Avril.
Throughout the text, I have regularly suppressed the word "said," as in "the said Duke will send the said herald to the said court." I have also broken many of René's long sentences, with their subordinate clauses, into shorter sentences.
www.princeton.edu /~ezb/rene/renetran.html   (613 words)

  
 JAMES - Online Information article about JAMES
title to the duchy of Nemours in 1462.
patience became exhausted, and he besieged the duke's See also:
Nemours was treated with the utmost rigour, being shut up in a cage; and was finally condemned to See also:
encyclopedia.jrank.org /INV_JED/JAMES.html   (305 words)

  
 Hotel Alessandra - Monuments
The Accademy Gallery ("Galleria dell'Accademia") is one of the best known museums in Florence, because it houses famous sculptures by Michelangelo, including the "David", "The four prisoners" and the "Pieta of Palestina".
There are also many paintings collected by the Grand Duke Peter Leopold to help the young Florentine artists, enrolled in the Academy of Arts school which is still next door to the gallery.
It was above all Cardinal Giulio de' Medici, future Pope Clement VII who wished to erect a mausoleum for certain members of his family, Lorenzo the Magnificent and his brother Giuliano, and Lorenzo, Duke of Urbino and Giuliano, Duke of Nemours.
www.hotelalessandra.com /english/monumenti.html   (1235 words)

  
 English.firenze.net - museums in Florence book now the tickets and avoid queue
The project provided that in the chapel would be placed the tombs of Lorenzo il Magnifico, of his brother Giuliano de' Medici, of Lorenzo the Duke of Urbino (Piero's son, the eldest son of Lorenzo) and of Giuliano the Duke of Nemours (the third son of the Magnifico): the two Magnifici and the two Capitani.
The Stairway of the Duke of Athens is an escape route built inside the thick walls of the Palazzo between 1342 and 1343 that exits from a tiny door in Via della Ninna.
The Tesoretto and the Studiolo, located one on top of the other next to the Salone dei Cinquecento, are reminiscent of the refined and cultured climate of the Italian courts during the Renaissance and represent one of the most significant examples of the princes' passion for collecting.
hotel.firenze.net /museums.htm   (2734 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "Duke John": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In April 1402 he himself married Joan of Navarre, the widow of Duke John IV of Brittany and sister of King Charles III of Navarre.
It was Duke John the Fearless, who had placed her near the king,...
Key Phrases: King of England, Duke of Orleans, Duke of Berry, Duke Charles, Duke John, King Charles, Duke of Brittany, Count of Charolais, Emperor Maximilian, Duke of Nemours, Jacques Coeur, Joan of Are (see more)
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 The Princess of Cleves - CHAPTER X   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Duke was not at all shocked at this refusal; he thought it presaged him no ill, that she expressed a little coldness at a time when she might be touched with jealousy.
The Duke de Nemours added whatever he thought proper to persuade her of it; and as one is easily persuaded of the truth of what one wishes, he soon convinced Madam de Cleves that he had no concern in the letter.
The Duke would not have confined his discourse to the Viscount's concerns, but from the liberty he had of free conversation with her, would have assumed a boldness he had never yet done, had not a message been brought in to Madam de Cleves, that the Queen-Dauphin had sent for her.
www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/lit/romance/ThePrincessofCleves/chap10.html   (521 words)

  
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The Duke d'Aumale, the Duke of Guise's brother, had married one of her daughters, and the Constable aspired to the fame alliance; he was not contented with having married his eldest son with Madam Diana, the King's daughter by a Piemontese lady, who turned nun as soon as she was brought to bed.
The Duke's person was turned in so delicate a manner, that it was impossible not to express surprise at the first sight of him, particularly that evening, when the care he had taken to adorn himself added much to the fine air of his carriage.
A little after the Duke of Orleans died at Farmontiers of a kind of contagious distemper: he was in love with one of the finest women of the Court, and was beloved by her.
www2.cddc.vt.edu /gutenberg/etext96/pclev10.txt   (7366 words)

  
 European Royal History: The Coburgs   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The leading candidates were the Duke of Nemours, King Louis-Philippe’s son, and the Duke of Leuchtenberg, son of Prince Eugene de Beauharnais, and grandson both of Empress Josephine, Napoleon’s first wife, and the dead King Maximilian I of Bavaria.
The Belgian authorities chose the Duke of Nemours as the founder f their country’s new dynasty, yet their choice was not approved by other European governments.
Leopold’s cause was also sponsored by Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, one of the bachelor sons of George III and Charlotte’s favorite uncle.
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Nemours was not less embarrassed by the question, than the person to whom it was addressed.
That on which the Duke de Nemours rode, was so extremely mettlesome, that in pulling him in rather too much, he started against a post with great violence, and his rider received such a shock as for a while deprived him of sense.
Nemours gladly took the billet, as he was impatient to clear himself to Madame de Cleves, who he was certain by this time was fully acquainted with the matter.
www.chawton.org /novels/Cleves/Cleves.html   (10680 words)

  
 Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici by MICHELANGELO Buonarroti
The Pope wanted to combine the tombs of his younger brother Giuliano, Duke of Nemours, and his nephew Lorenzo, Duke of Urbino, with those of the "Magnifici", Lorenzo and his brother Giuliano, who had been murdered in 1478; their tombs were then in the Old Sacristy of San Lorenzo.
In the lower part are the sarcophagi with the mortal remains of the Dukes, on which lie Twilight and Dawn, Night and Day as the symbol of the vanity of things.
Above this temporal area, the nobility of the figures of the Dukes and the subtlety of the richly decorated architecture which surrounds them represent a higher sphere: the abode of the free and redeemed spirit.
gallery.euroweb.hu /html/m/michelan/1sculptu/medici/1giulia1.html   (242 words)

  
 Channel 4 - History - The Medici: A chronology
He abdicates as ruler of Florence in favour of two illegitimate Medici: Alessandro, bastard son of the Duke of Urbino, and Ippolito, bastard son of Giuliano, Duke of Nemours.
Alessandro is made Duke of Florence by Charles V and Clement VII; his cousin Ippolito is made cardinal to prevent him from competing with Alessandro.
Website of the project to translate and disseminate the archive of the Medici Grand Dukes of Tuscany (1537-1743), housed in the Archivio di Stato in Florence.
www.channel4.com /history/microsites/H/history/i-m/medici1.html   (2309 words)

  
 I Medici & Il Rinascimento
He spent the years of the Medici exile from Florence (1494-1516) at the court of Mantua and at the court of Urbino, ruled by the Duke and Duchess Guidobaldo da Montefeltro and Elisabetta Gonzaga.
Here he was surrounded by many of the great artistic and literary figures of the time, and he became good friends with such men as Pietro Bembo, Raphael Sanzio, and Baldassare Castiglione.
Giuliano, a kind, gentle, generous man of whom Pope Leo X stated was "too good to govern a state" was created Duke of Nemours by Francis I, King of France.
www.angelfire.com /ky/Rovato/page2.html   (698 words)

  
 The Transfiguration of Death: the Medici Chapel
To the right is the tomb of Giuliano, Duke of Nemours, (died 1516), to the left that of Lorenzo, Duke of Urbino (1519).
Including the smaller segmental arches on either side of the dukes, there is a rhythmic vertical relation of arches spreading from center to side, up and back to the center, up to the largest arch sweeping over the whole.
It is the object of the gaze of the dukes and the literal attention of the living priest.
www.crucifixion.com /visual/theology/johndixon/transfig.htm   (5945 words)

  
 XVII CENTURY
The Duke of Guise had also given proofs of extraordinary velour, and had, been so successful, that there was not a general who did not look upon him with envy; to his velour he added a most exquisite genius and understanding, grandeur of mind, and a capacity equally turned for military or civil affairs.
The Duke d'Anville was desperately in love with the Dauphin-Queen, and how little hope so ever he might have of succeeding in his passion, he could not prevail with himself to enter into an engagement that would divide his cares.
His favor with the King gave him a luster which he supported by his merit and the agreeableness of his person, by a splendor in his table and furniture, and by the most profuse magnificence that ever was known in a private person, the King's liberality enabling him to bear such an expense.
www.utm.edu /staff/lflorido/texts2.htm   (1959 words)

  
 French Royal Family
Patrice de Mac-Mahon's father Marie Edme "Patrice Maurice" de Mac-Mahon (1808-1893) was granted the title (1 st) Duke de Magenta by Napoleon III on 6 June1859.
"Patrice Maurice" (1 st Duke de Magenta) was President of the Third Republic from 1875 to 1879.
None of Prince Antoine's sons obtained French titles and on his death the title of Duke of Montpensier reverted to the Orleans (it was later granted to Prince Ferdinand).This branch of the Orleans family became Spanish Nationals.
www.btinternet.com /~allan_raymond/French_Royal_Family.htm   (1263 words)

  
 The Princess Of Cleves by Madame de Lafayette : Arthur's Classic Novels
The Princess of Cleves had never heard before of the amour between the Duke de Nemours and the Queen-Dauphin; she was so much surprised at what her mother had told her, and seemed to see so plainly how she had been mistaken in her thoughts about the Duke, that she changed countenance.
Proclamation was made throughout the kingdom, that on the 15th of June in the City of Paris, his most Christian Majesty, and the Princes Alphonso d'Ete Duke of Ferrara, Francis of Loraine Duke of Guise, and James of Savoy Duke of Nemours would hold an open tournament against all comers.
The princes and lords were wholly taken up in providing what was necessary for a splendid appearance, and in mingling in their cyphers and devices somewhat of gallantry that had relation to the ladies they were in love with.
arthursclassicnovels.com /arthurs/women/cleves10.html   (7001 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Philip II of Savoy   (Site not responding. Last check: )
1497), surnamed the Landless, was the Duke of Savoy from 1496 to 1497.
1524, married Julian II di Medici, duke of Nemours
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 RiL Web ver 4a   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Duke of Oléans was replaced as head of the Army by his brother Duke of Nemours, a student of d'Aure, the leader of the anti-Baucherists, and well decided in this matter, as in any other, to disagree with all that his brother had done.
In spite of all the positive, and sometimes enthusiastic, reports written by all the officers who had been in charge of monitoring the experiments, Duke of Nemours was firmly decided not to let Baucher's method be accepted by the Army.
In this second "manner" (this term being used to remain faithful to the French terminology), the "effet d'ensemble" is no longer the cornerstone of the edifice.
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 Belgian Royal Family
See 28.8 - King Leopold was previously Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (from 1826 Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) and became King of the Belgians on 21 July 1831, some fourteen years after the death of his wife Charlotte who died in childbirth.
The Belgian crown was originally offered to Prince Louise of Orleans (Duke of Nemours) but this was rejected by his father King Louis-Philippe I of France.
The Law of Succession in Belgium was changed by Royal Decree published on 05 December 1991 but with effect from 02 December 1991, whereby the standards of Salic Law was abolished in favour of succession by order of birth and applying to the descendants of King Albert II.
www.btinternet.com /~allan_raymond/Belgian_Royal_Family.htm   (1360 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Lists of office-holders   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Electors of Brandenburg, Dukes of Prussia, etc, see: Hohenzollern and Elector of Brandenburg
Dukes of the Archipelago, see Duchy of the Archipelago
See also: List of national leaders (in office), state leaders by year.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Lists_of_office-holders   (1002 words)

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