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  Montmorency family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Montmorency is the name of one of the oldest and most distinguished families in France, derived from the city of Montmorency, now in the Val-d'Oise département, in the immediate neighborhood of Enghien-les-Bains and Saint-Denis, and about 9 m.
His first wife was Aline, the natural daughter of Henry I of England; his second, Adélaide de Maurienne, widow of Louis VI and mother of Louis VII, and according to Duchesne, he shared the regency of France with Suger, during the absence of the latter king on the Second Crusade.
Matthieu II of Montmorency had an important share in the victory of Bouvines (1214), and was made constable in 1218.
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Henri IV attacks the Bresse in spite of the concluded alliance between the Marshal (maréchal) of France and Charles-Emmanuel.
The accession of Frédéric-Augustus II at the throne of Poland (1697)
10,46: The accession of Frederic-Augustus II at the throne of Poland in 1697.
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 CONK! Encyclopedia: 1595   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Henry IV of France defeats the Spanish, but is nearly killed due to his rashness.
The Spanish navigator and explorer, Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira leads the voyage that discovers (for Europeans), the first known islands of Polynesia, the Marquesas.
January 24 - Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria, regent of Tyrol and Further Austria (born 1529)
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 Montmorency, Chute
Chute Montmorency, located 13 km east of Québec City at the mouth of Rivière Montmorency where it empties into the St Lawrence River, is the highest waterfall in the province of Québec and the eighth-highest in Canada.
Rivière Montmorency rises in the Réserve faunique des Laurentides north of Québec City and courses 100 km before reaching the St Lawrence.
The ensuing Battle of Montmorency (31 July 1759) saw the British, under General James WOLFE, repulsed and forced to evacuate their positions by French forces sent from Québec City.
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 Montmorency, Isle de France
MONTMORENCY is an old city with a prestigious name: cradle of one of the most famous families of France.
Jean II of Montmorency (1402-1477) saw the two sons of his first marriage, JEAN OF BUBBLE and LOUIS OF FOSSEUX, pass to the party the Burgundian ones, thus fighting against the royal cause.
This famous name of Montmorency thus does not remain by any more than by the collateral branches and it is hardly a great family throughout the world which does not have in its districts of nobility the red cross and alérions of azure.
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 Encyclopedia: 1595
Henry IV (French: Henri IV) (December 13, 1553 – May 14, 1610), called the Great (French: le Grand), was the first of the Bourbon kings of France, reigning from 1589 until 1610.
Sir Henry Herbert (1595-1673) was Master of the Revels to both King Charles I and King Charles II of England.
Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga (born in Madrid on the 7th of August 1533, died 29th of November 1595 in Madrid), Basque nobleman, soldier and poet.
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Louis II de Bourbon Condé (1621 - 1686), known as Le Grand Condé, transformed the estate by commissioning the landscape architect André Le Nôtre, the future designer of the Parc de Versailles, to design the grounds.
Louis Henri, Prince de Bourbon Condé (1692 - 1740), the prime minister of Louis XV from 1723 to 1726, commissioned Jean Aubert to build the Grands Ecuries, a masterpiece of the 18th century, and to decorate the apartments of Le Petit Château.
In 1884, the Duc d'Aumale, a member of the Institut de France since 1871, bequeathed Chantilly to the Institut under the condition that, on his death, the Condé Museum would be opened to the public and that the presentation of the collections would not be changed or loaned out.
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 Montmorency Falls biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The falls are at the mouth of the Rivière Montmorency where it drops over the cliff shore into the Saint Lawrence River, opposite the western end of the Île d'Orleans.
He named them in honour of Henri II, duc de Montmorency, who served as viceroy of New France from 1620 until 1625.
Each year, a few kilometers North of the falls, one of the largest Ice sculptures in the world is erected in January (later to melt in April) in the form of an 85 bed ice hotel.
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 Duc de Montmorency   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The duchy was then recreated in 1633 for his sister Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency and her husband the Prince de Condé.
However, in 1864 the Emperor Napoleon III extended the title to the Duc de Valençay, second son of the Duc de Talleyrand by Anne Louise Charlotte de Montmorency, sister of the 6th Duke.
Louis Henri Joseph de Bourbon-Condé, 9th Prince de Condé, 7th Duc d'Enghien (1756-1830) On the death of the Prince de Condé in 1830, the title passed to Louis Philippe III, Duc d'Orléans, a great-great-grandson of the 4th Duc d'Enghien through the female line.
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 NEW FRANCE 1615 - 1629
Henri II, Duc de Montmorency (1595-1632), Grand Admiral of France, had bought Prince de Conde's interests, and he established Compagne de Montmorency for la Nouvelle France that gave a trade monopoly to Guillaume William de Caen, a merchant, and Calvinist and his cousin Emary, a naval Captain.
November 8: Henri, Duc de Montmorency (1595-1632), Viceroy of New France, bought the Prince de Conde's commercial interests and established the Compagnie de Montmorency pour la Nouvelle France which gave a monopoly to Guillaume de Caen and his cousin Emery.
March 20: Louis XIII merged the Compagne de Montmorency and the older Compagne des Matchands de Rouen and de Saint Malo, under the direction of the William de Caens- a Calvinist.
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 Henri II, duke de Montmorency --  Encyclopædia Britannica
a rebel against the leadership of Cardinal de Richelieu; he was executed as a traitor, thus ending the peerage duchy of Montmorency.
The son of Henri de Montmorency by his second wife, Louise de Budos, Henri was appointed to succeed his father as governor of Languedoc in 1608 and became grand admiral in 1612.
The foremost French poet of the first decade of the 20th century was Henri de Régnier.
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 Henry II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henry II of Germany (972-1024), Holy Roman Emperor
Henry II of Jerusalem (died 1324), also Henry II of Cyprus
This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
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 Henri II Estienne --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
or Henri II Étienne As a young man he traveled Europe studying ancient manuscripts and visiting scholars before returning to his father's Geneva printing firm to publish the first printed editions of several Greek texts.
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Nemours, Henri II de Savoie, Duke (duc) de
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 Henri II de Montmorency -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Henri II de Montmorency -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Henri II de Montmorency (1595 - October 30, 1632), son of (Click link for more info and facts about duke Henry I) duke Henry I, succeeded to the title in 1614, having previously been made (Click link for more info and facts about grand admiral) grand admiral.
(King of England from 1100 to 1135; youngest son of William the Conqueror; conquered Normandy in 1106 (1068-1135)) Henry I
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 LANGUEDOC - Online Information article about LANGUEDOC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Henri de Montmorency, seigneur de Damville, later duc de Montmorency, governor of the province from 1563, who was, at first, hostile to the Protestants, then from 1574 to 1577, as See also:
By the edict of Nantes, the Protestants were given ten places of safety in Languedoc; but civil strife did not come to an end, even under Henry IV.
episode of the rebellion of Henri II., duc de Montmorency, son of the old governor of Languedoc.
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His/her son, Robert II, Count de Dreux and of Braine, husband of Yolande de Coucy, start to build the fortress in 1206.
In 1632, Louis XIII fact of decapitating Henri II of Montmorency in Toulouse.
Its confiscated goods are allotted to Henri II of Bourbon, prince de Condé.
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 Marshal of France
The title of Marshal of France (Maréchal de France) was derived from the office of marescallus Franciae created by Philippe Auguste for Albéric Clément (circa 1190).
It later became a distinction and takes precedence above the constable, which was originally an office above the marshal.
François Marie, Duc de Broglie (1671-1745) - 1734
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 Montmorency Falls   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The falls are quite high and were named by Samuel de Champlain in 1613 after Henri II, duc de Montmorency who served as viceroy of New France from 1620 to 1625.
Sadly, following a battle at Montmorency Falls in 1759, the commanding officer came to visit the maiden to break the sad news about how her beloved lost his life on the battleground.
As she fell, her long white wedding veil blew off in the wind like a velvet mist and slowly tumbled down the stone wall adjacent to the falls.
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 marshal of france
The title of Marshal of France (Maréchal de France) was created by Philippe Auguste for Albéric Clément (circa 1190).
Under the Restauration, Empire marshals were reverted to Marshals of France and Napoléon III kept the name unchanged.
Jean-Marie de Lattre de Tassigny (1889-1952) - 1952 (posthumous)
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 Nothingandall: On this day in History - Oct. 30
1470 - Henry VI of England returns to the throne after Earl of Warwick defeats Yorkists in battle.
American physiologist who was one of three who shared the 1956 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning heart catheterization and pathological changes in the circulatory system".
Finnish-born Swedish physiologist who was a corecipient (with George Wald and Haldan Hartline) of the 1967 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his analysis of the internal electrical changes that take place when the eye is exposed to light.
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 Citadines Apart'Hotel Montpellier Antigone in Montpellier, France   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
You are right in the center of Montpellier, one of the most animated and pleasantly relaxing towns in the South of France.
In this area, you will be close to Promenade du Peyrou, the Jardin des Plantes and Fabre museum, as well as the quaint little streets of the old town around Sainte-Anne.
Turn right (west) onto Allee Henri II de Montmorency, then immediately turn left (south) onto Boulevard D'Antigone.
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 Montmorency Falls   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Montmorency Falls are located about 10 km east of Quebec City at the mouth of the Rivière Montmorency, just in front of the Island of Orleans.
The falls were named by Samuel de Champlain in 1613 after Henri II, duc de Montmorency who served as viceroy of New France from 1620 to 1625.
With the falls as a backdrop, the show is spectacular.
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Name and address of organization: ENPC Paris 28 rue des Saints Pères 75343 Paris.
Name and address of organization: DDE 11 Avenue de la mer 11 120 Narbonne France.
Reason for leaving: Success to the ENPC civil servant competitive entrance (Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees) and success to U.E civil servant competitive entrance (Town Planning Degree).
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 Ile de France, photos Jacques VERREES - Namur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
It is said that his fortune was amassed by mixing his own with the state's.
Saint Denis's cathedral is the mausoleum of Kings od France The Count's grandson, Henri II de Montmorency built the park and Sylvie's House.
Chantilly was confiscated by Louis XII who often came here to hunt.
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 Henry II - Art History Online Reference and Guide
Henry II Rulers with the title Henry II include:
Henry II of Germany, also Holy Roman Emperor
Henry II of Jerusalem (also Henry II of Cyprus)
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Address : 334, allee Henri II de Montmorency - 34954 Montpellier cedex 2- France
The full price registration fee includes participation, abstract book, conference proceedings, gala diner and half-day trip.
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 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron (1524-1592) - 1576
Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles (1678-1766) - 1734
François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie (1671-1745) - 1734
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 1632 @ BaseballLiving.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
1429 – Henry VI is crowned king of England, seven years after acceding to the throne at the age of eight months.
1632 – Sweden's King Gustavus II is killed in the Battle of Lutzen.
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 Upto11.net - Wikipedia Article for 1595   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Henry Herbert, English master of the revels (died 1673)
January 15 - Murad III, Ottoman Emperor (born 1546)
November 12 - John Hawkins, English navigator (born 1532)
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 The Montmorency Falls of Québec City 1 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
The Montmorency Falls of Québec City 1 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
In the summer, an international fireworks competition is held here.
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