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  Valois Dynasty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Valois Dynasty succeeded the Capetian Dynasty as rulers of France from 1328-1589.
They were descendants of Charles of Valois, the third son of King Philip III and based their claim to be ahead of Edward III of England on a reintroduction of the Salic law.
The term "Valois Dukes of Burgundy" is employed to refer to the dynasty which began after a member of the Royal family (Philip, son of King Jean II), was given the Duchy of Burgundy.
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 COUNTS AND DUKES OF VALOIS - LoveToKnow Article on COUNTS AND DUKES OF VALOIS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Soon detached from the royal domain, Valois was the property of Blanche of Castile, widow of Louis VIII., from 1240 to 1252, and of Jean Tristan, a younger son of Louis IX., from 1268 to 1270.
The house of Valois, a branch of the great Capetian family, is thus descended from Charles, a son of Philip III., and has been divided into several lines, three of which have reigned in France.
Excluding the royal house, the most illustrious of the Valoi~ branches are: the dukes of Alencon, descendants of Charles, a younger son of Charles I., count of Valois; the dukes of Anjou,
www.1911encyclopedia.org /V/VA/VALOIS_COUNTS_AND_DUKES_OF.htm   (470 words)

  
 Marguerite de Valois - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
She should not be confused with the famous author of the same name who was also of the Valois family.
Born Marguerite de Valois at the Royal Château in Saint-Germain-en-Laye on May 14, 1553 and nicknamed Margot by her brothers, she was the daughter of Henri II and Catherine de Medici.
Marguerite died in Paris on May 27, 1615, and is buried in the Chapel of the Valois.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /margot.htm   (811 words)

  
 Valois on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
At the death of Henry III (1589), the house of Bourbon, descending from a younger son of Louis IX, succeeded to the throne in the person of Henry IV.
Valois of America heads to New York state.
Marie Valois Tees Off in U.S. Market with Her Feminine Golf/City Fashion Designs; - Moving Golf Apparel from the Course to the City, the Leading French Golf Designer for Women Introduces Collection in U.S. and Crosses...
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 Valois, Marcel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Valois (b Dufresne), Marcel (b Joseph Henri Jean).
Valois was the commentator 1941-2 for a series of recitals - 'Les liedistes français' - in a salon at the Windsor Hotel, in which the soprano Jeanne Desjardins, and the pianist Marie-Thérèse Paquin took part.
In 1957 Valois was named honorary professor of the Faculty of Music at the University of Montreal
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=U0003559   (187 words)

  
 VALOIS, HENRI DE (VALESIUS) - LoveToKnow Article on VALOIS, HENRI DE (VALESIUS)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
VALOIS, HENRI DE [VALESIUS] (1603-1676), French scholar, was born at Paris on the loth of September 1603.
When almost sixty years of age, and nearly blind, he married Marguerite Chesneau (1664), and had by her four sons and three daughters He died in Paris on the 7th of May 1676.
Adrien's son, CHARLES DE VALOIS (1671-1747), was a distinguished numismatist, and formed a fine collection of medals, chiefly Roman.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /V/VA/VALOIS_HENRI_DE_VALESIUS_.htm   (1204 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Valois Dynasty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Charles III of Valois (1270 - 1325) was the third son of Philip III of France and Isabella, daughter of James I. He was the father of Phillip VI, and uncle to three kings (Louis X, Phillip V, and Charles IV).
Philip VI of Valois (French: Philippe VI de Valois; 1293–August 22, 1350) was the King of France from 1328 to his death.
John I of Valois (May 28, 1371 in Dijon – killed September 10, 1419 on the bridge of Montereau), also known as the Fearless was duke of Burgundy from 1404 to 1419.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Valois-Dynasty   (1674 words)

  
 09.25.2003 - Pioneering vision researcher Russell De Valois has died at 76
De Valois and his students also shed light on human color-blindness by showing that certain species of New World monkeys showed impaired red-green vision similar to a type of red-green impairment found in a small percentage of human males.
In 1968, De Valois joined the faculty at UC Berkeley, where he continued his color vision research and also began looking at perception of spatial information and how it is analyzed and encoded in the brain.
De Valois was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a recipient of various awards, including the Tillyer Medal of the Optical Society of America, the Warren Medal of the Society of Experimental Psychologists and the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award of the American Psychological Association.
www.berkeley.edu /news/media/releases/2003/09/25_devalois.shtml   (1378 words)

  
 Visit of German Fleet (Admiral and Mrs. Valois)
Valois, the wife of the Admiral in command of the squadron, is a famous German beauty, admired greatly in court and social circles in most every capital in Europe.
Valois learned that her husband would probably be required to remain on the Chinese coast for a long time, she made up her mind to join him there.
Admiral Valois expects to join his wife in Berlin in a few months, he having been on foreign service long enough to be entitled to a relief.
www.sfmuseum.org /hist11/germanfleet.html   (492 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Valois, royal house of France (French History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Valois, royal house of France, French History, Biographies
At the death of Charles IV, the last of the direct Capetians, the Valois dynasty came to the throne in the person of Philip VI, son of Charles of Valois and grandson of Philip III.
The direct Valois line ended (1498) with Charles VIII; the dynasty was continued by Louis XII (Valois-OrlEans) and, after his death (1515), by the Valois-AngoulEme line, of which Francis I was the first to rule.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Henri Valois
Henri Valois made excellent studies with the Jesuits, first at Verdun and then at the Collège de Clermont at Paris, where he had Pétau as professor of rhetoric.
Valois took from it numerous unedited fragments which he published in 1634: "Polybii, Diodori Siculi.
Valois was associated with the greatest scholars of his time, with whom however he always maintained his liberty of judgment.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/15263a.htm   (486 words)

  
 Valois dynasty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
The House of Valois was a branch of the Capetian family, for it was descended from Charles of Valois, whose Capetian father, King Philip III, awarded him the county of Valois in 1285.
Charles's son and successor, Philip, count of Valois, became king of France as Philip VI in 1328, and thus began the Valois dynasty.
The Valois kings gradually increased their authority at the expense of the privileges of the feudal lords.
gallery.euroweb.hu /tours/gothic/history/valois.html   (349 words)

  
 Document sans nom
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Any other website that is accessible through the VALOIS Site is not under the control of VALOIS and VALOIS cannot be held responsible for their content, links contained in the site, or changes or updates that are made.
VALOIS is not responsible for Webcasting or any other form of transmission.
www.valois.com /html/legalnotice/cadre.asp   (584 words)

  
 Dance Magazine: Call Her `Madame' - Ninette de Valois - Obituary
De Valois was one of the tiny handful of people who have exerted a crucial influence on twentieth-century dance.
De Valois provided Baylis with dancers for the operas and the plays, and finally, in 1931, formed the Vic-Wells Ballet, while her school morphed into the Vic-Wells Ballet School.
When de Valois handed over the directorship to Ashton, The Royal Ballet, effectively headed by the formidable pairing of Fonteyn and Soviet defector Rudolf Nureyev, was poised to move into its great period, lasting until Ashton's own very premature retirement in 1970.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1083/is_6_75/ai_75089747   (1238 words)

  
 OSA News: Nominations for the 2003 David Richardson Medal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Russell De Valois, a professor of psychology and vision science at the University of California, Berkeley, died Saturday, September 20, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
Over his tenure at UC Berkeley, De Valois, often in conjunction with his wife, Karen, who was a colleague also specializing in psychology and vision science, concentrated on the early stages of spatial vision, specifically highlighting how perception varies depending upon the graininess or resolution of what is seen.
De Valois was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a recipient of several prestigious awards, including the Tillyer Medal from OSA, the Warren Medal of the Society of Experimental Psychologists and the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award of the American Psychological Association.
www.osa.org /News/release/10.2003/devalois.asp?appName=Help   (475 words)

  
 Dame Ninette de Valois
Valois, Dame Ninette de, 1898–2001, English ballet director, b.
De Valois did much to increase the prestige of ballet in England, and in 1951 she was made a Dame of the British Empire.
The mother of British ballet: the founder of Britain's Royal Ballet, still a formidable presence at the age of ninety-five, recalls her long and illustrious career.
www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0850387.html   (342 words)

  
 (News) Valois Acquires New Inhaler (PMPN archive, Feb 04)
Valois Pharmaceutical Division (Marly-le-Roi, France) has acquired the rights to a dry powder inhaler from Quadrant Technologies Ltd. With this acquisition, the company has expanded its pulmonary franchise.
According to Olivier Fourment, president of Valois, the technology complements the firm’s metering valves used for pressurized metered dose inhalers.
Valois has also secured the services of Quadrant Drug Delivery for the development of dry powder formulations suitable for the inhaler.
www.devicelink.com /pmpn/archive/04/02/014.html   (138 words)

  
 QUOTES AND IMAGES: MARGUERITE DE VALOIS
The Project Gutenberg EBook of Quotes and Images From Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, by Marguerite de Valois, Edited and Arranged by David Widger This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
Memoirs of Maguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre
These quotations were collected from the works of the author by David Widger while preparing etexts for Project Gutenberg.
www.gutenberg.org /dirs/7/5/6/7566/7566-h/7566-h.htm   (2273 words)

  
 Recreating 16th and 17th Century Clothing: The Renaissance Tailor
Older sister of Margaret of Valois who was married to Henry of Navarre (later Henry IV of France).
Elisabeth of Austria, Hapsburg, (1554-1592), daughter of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, married in 1570 Charles IX (de Valois) of France, King of France.
Elizabeth de Valois wears the higher necked partlet of the Spanish court while Elizabeth of Austria wears a very sweet ruff.
www.vertetsable.com /diaries_redbrocade.htm   (1578 words)

  
 Russell De Valois -- UC professor of psychology
Russell L. De Valois, a professor of psychology and vision science at UC Berkeley who conducted award-winning research in color and spatial vision, has died of injuries from a car accident in Rock Springs, Wyo.
Professor De Valois began working at UC Berkeley in 1968 and was on sabbatical at the time of his death.
Professor De Valois was born in Ames, Iowa, and raised in India, where his parents worked as missionaries.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/10/02/BA5492.DTL&type=printable   (308 words)

  
 Valois Restaurant Reviews by Users Like You - Centerstage Chicago
Valois is one of the great institutions in Hyde Park.
During one dark period of my life, the only cheering words I would here on any given day were the heavily accented phrase "what kind of potatoes my friend", any hesitation led to the follow-up questions "mashed or boiled?" Boiled with the roast beef, mashed with the chicken.
In 1959, when I was 19 years old, I used to go to Valois because the food was wonderful and the price was great.
centerstage.net /patronreviews/pr.cfm?ID=4847&which=place   (392 words)

  
 Patronage at the Early Valois Courts (1328-1461) | Special Topics Page | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
The Valois branch of the Capetian dynasty acceded to the French throne in 1328 with Philip VI (r.
Despite, or perhaps because of, the troubled times in which they lived, the early Valois monarchs, their relatives, and members of their courts commissioned sumptuous works in all media, from architecture to
To promote Valois interests, he commissioned effigies of Philip VI, Jean II le Bon, and himself for the abbey church of Saint-Denis from André Beauneveu.
www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/valo_1/hd_valo_1.htm   (1699 words)

  
 Marguerite de Valois
By 1578 there was still no Valois heir, so Marguerite was permitted to join her husband at his court in Gascony, charged with bearing legitimate sons.
To Calvinist polemicists, she was a Valois and a Medici, so by nature sexually depraved; to the extreme Catholic pamphleteers, her support for the politically moderate Alencon could be due only to an incestuous relationship, her ability to convince a Usson governor to ameliorate the condition of her captivity could be due only to seduction.
Illustrious dames of the court of the Valois kings, by Pierre de Bourdeille and C.-A. Saint-Beuve; literally translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley; illustrated with photogravures from the original paintings.
home.infionline.net /~ddisse/valois.html   (4138 words)

  
 Valois Coat of Arms
The name Valois has a long French heritage that first began in the northern region of Normandy.
The name is derived from when the family lived at Valois, in Normandy.
This place-name is extremely common in France and is derived from the Old French word valois, meaning valley.
www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp.c/qx/valois-coat-arms.htm   (1438 words)

  
 From Fascism to Libertarian Communism
Georges Valois is the enigma who stands at the center of French fascism.
Writer, publisher, economic and political organizer, Valois went from adolescent anarchism to fascism and finally to libertarian socialism.
From Fascism to Libertarian Communism is the first study of Valois to take his entire life and work as its focus, explaining how certain basic assumptions and patterns of thought took form in strikingly different ideological options.
www.ucpress.edu /books/pages/5870.html   (174 words)

  
 Business Wire: Textron Completes Valois Acquisition
In February, Textron announced plans to acquire Valois, subject to French government and European Commission approvals.
Valois is now a part of a growing European presence for Textron Fastening Systems, which also includes U.K.-based Avdel Textron and Germany-based Friedr.
The addition of Valois makes Textron one of the leading suppliers of engineered fastening products in Europe and the world.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1996_April_1/ai_18144072   (318 words)

  
 Valois, Dame Ninette de on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
After attaining distinction as a dancer, most notably in Diaghilev 's Ballets Russes (1923-26), she became choreographic director of both the Abbey Theatre and the Old Vic Theatre in 1926, the year she founded the Academy of Choreographic Art.
With dancers from the school de Valois established (1931) the Vic-Wells Ballet (later the Sadler's Wells Ballet and the Royal Ballet), which she directed for more than three decades (1931-63).
The genius who helped give ballet its magic; Dame Ninette de Valois, dance pioneer who brought Fonteyn and Nureyev together, dies at 102.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/V/Valois-D1.asp   (465 words)

  
 Valois unveils dose counter for inhalers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
French company Valois has developed a new dose counter that should improve the safety of inhalers used to delivery drugs to asthmatics and people with chronic bronchitis.
This may have serious risks for the patient, for example in the event of a sudden attack of asthma, for example.
Valois said it had anticipated this and was already working on a counter — called Landmark — which is now available less than 18 months later.
www.in-pharmatechnologist.com /news/news-ng.asp?n=58681-valois-unveils-dose   (530 words)

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