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    A seigneur (French pronunciation: [sɛɲœʁ] ) or lord is an originally feudal title in France before the Revolution, in New France and British North America...
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    Droit du seigneur ('right of the lord'), also known as jus primae noctis ('right of the first night'), sometimes referred to as prima nocta, was a supposed...
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  • Look up Seigneur or seigneur in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Seigneur (English: Lord), was the name formerly given in France to someone who had been...
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    The Seigneur of Sark is the lord of the manor of Sark in the Channel Islands. A female seigneur of Sark is called Dame of Sark, of which there have been...
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    Hermine seigneur of Sully seigneur of Saint-Gaudon seigneur of Courcelles seigneur of Antilly seigneur of Bauché seigneur of Amboise seigneur of Montrichard...
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  • Belle du Seigneur is a 1968 novel by the Swiss writer Albert Cohen. Set in Geneva in the 1930s, the narrative revolves around a Mediterranean Jew employed...
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    Montigny, seigneur de la Boisse │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Louise │ │ │ │ │ X Jean, seigneur des Loges │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Marie │ │ │ │ X 1) seigneur de La Velette...
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    Sark (section Seigneur)
    appointed by the Seigneur, but nowadays there is an Appointment Committee consisting of the Seigneur and two other members appointed by the Seigneur. In 2010...
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  • The Seigneur of Saint Ouen is a manorial title in Jersey. Their traditional seat is Saint Ouen's Manor. The first was Renaud De Carteret I. Sir Renaud...
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    (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ də buʁdɛj], c. 1540 – 15 July 1614), called the seigneur et abbé de Brantôme, was a French memoirist, soldier and biographer. Born...
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