Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (French: [øʒɛn vjɔlɛ lə dyk]; 27 January 1814 – 17 September 1879) was a French architect and author, famous for his restoration...
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Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond (redirect from Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond and 1st Duke of Lennox, 1er Duc d' Aubigny)
in Sussex, was the youngest of the seven illegitimate sons of King Charles II, and was that king's only son by his French-born mistress Louise de Kérouaille...
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Francis, Duke of Anjou (redirect from François, Duc d'Anjou)
Catherine de' Medici. Among members of Elizabeth's Privy Council, only William Cecil, Lord Burghley, and Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex, supported...
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of Sussex. p. 136. John Farrant. Growth of Communications 1840-1914 in Leslies. An Historical Atlas of Sussex. pp. 80-81 Steve Brown and Tony Duc. Planning...
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Duke of Kendal (redirect from Duc de Candale)
comte de Candale, 2nd duc d'Epernon (1592–1661) (created duc de La Valette in 1622) Louis Charles Gaston de Nogaret de La Valette, styled comte de Candale...
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A classic example is the "Transi de René de Chalons" by Ligier Richier, in the church of Saint Etienne in Bar-le-Duc, France, pictured below right. Cadaver...
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who married Louis de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme and became the mother of the famous French general Louis Joseph de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme, Olympe (1638–1708)...
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Turducken (redirect from Tur-duc-hen)
stuffed with a chicken. In his 1807 Almanach des Gourmands, gastronomist Grimod de La Reynière presents his rôti sans pareil ("roast without equal")—a bustard...
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Duke of Normandy (redirect from Duc de Normandie)
Rouai, Nouot' Duc" (PDF). Jersey and Guernsey Law Review. 1999 (2). Base Mérimée: Statue de Guillaume le Conquérant, Ministère français de la Culture. (in...
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they are ranked below princes and grand dukes. The title comes from French duc, itself from the Latin dux, 'leader', a term used in republican Rome to refer...
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