of Béthune or Baldwin de Béthune (French: Baudouin de Béthune Dutch: Boudewijn van Béthune) (c. 1158–1212), a French knight from the House of Béthune in...
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de Béthune, who succeeded his father as Lord of Béthune and Advocate of Arras; Guillaume II de Béthune, who succeeded his brother as Lord of Béthune and...
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dates back to Guillaume de Béthune who made his will in 1213. This family became extinct in 1807 with Maximilien-Alexandre de Béthune, Duke of Sully (1784-1807)...
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Chrétien de Troyes (Modern French: [kʁetjɛ̃ də tʁwa]; Old French: Crestien de Troies [kresˈtjẽn də ˈtrojəs]; fl. c. 1160–1191) was a French poet and trouvère...
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Adam de la Halle (1245–50 – 1285–8/after 1306) was a French poet-composer trouvère. Among the few medieval composers to write both monophonic and polyphonic...
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A. (1914). "La famille de Robespierre et ses origines. Documents inédits sur le séjour des Robespierre à Vaudricourt, Béthune, Harnes, Hénin-Liétard,...
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Raoul de Houdenc was esteemed as a master poet in the ranks of Chrétien de Troyes by Huon de Méry (Tournoiement de l’Antéchrist, 1226). Raoul de Houdenc...
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Lascaris of the Empire of Nicaea. Died of natural causes Regency of Conon de Béthune (1219) and Giovanni Colonna (1220–1221) Robert I 25 May 1221 – early 1228...
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Richard I of England (redirect from Richard Coeur de Lion)
I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199), known as Richard Cœur de Lion (Norman French: Quor de Lion) or Richard the Lionheart because of his reputation as...
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Saint-Esprit and the order of Saint-Louis. His mother, Marie Françoise de Béthune (1712–1799) was the daughter of the duke of Charost, himself governor...
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