with Madame de Raimond, one of his father's former lovers, at the château de Longeville in the Champagne region. There, he met Madame de Saint-Germain...

Empire (1851–1871), quit political life and retreated to his castle (Château de Tocqueville). Against this image of Tocqueville, biographer Joseph Epstein...

 122. Pearson 2005, pp. 155, 157. "Voltaire and Emilie du Chatelet". Château de Cirey – Residence of Voltaire. Archived from the original on 6 November...

Montesquieu was born at the Château de la Brède in southwest France, 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of Bordeaux. His father, Jacques de Secondat (1654–1713), was...

She moved first into the Château de Chaumont (1810), then relocated to Fossé and Vendôme. She was determined to publish De l'Allemagne in France, a multi-volume...

Monticello, and others. It has been speculated that he was inspired by the Château de Rastignac in south-west France—the plans of which he saw during his ambassadorship—to...

social or religious background to appreciate. Speaking about his role, Fukuyama said that he almost did not take the role of Albert due to auditioning...

Bonald came from an ancient noble family of Provence. Louis was born in the chateau of Le Monna, a modest estate that served as the family seat; the only son...

statesman Joseph de Maistre. The first established use of the term in a political context originated in 1818 with François-René de Chateaubriand during...

honourable behaviour; privilege entails responsibility." The Dictionnaire de l'Académie française defines it thus: Whoever claims to be noble must conduct...