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    Canisy (French pronunciation: [kanizi]) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2017, the former commune...
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    Château de Canisy is a château constructed on the site of a former castle in the commune of Canisy, in the Manche département of France. The present building...
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    The Mont Canisy battery was a World War II German artillery battery constructed close to the French village of Benerville-sur-Mer in the Calvados department...
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    Portrait of Mathilde de Canisy, Marquise d'Antin is a 1738 oil-on-canvas portrait by Jean-Marc Nattier, produced ten years before he became official painter...
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    and sense of composition is his 1738 portrait of Mathilde de Carbonnel-Canisy, marquise d'Antin. The portrait is permanently exhibited at the musée Jacquemart-André...
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    made multiple copies of the painting. The original hangs at the Château de Canisy, with a copy hanging in the library at Chequers. The copy at Chequers was...
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    when seigneur Hubert du Mont-Canisy controlled the land, which was previously known as Auevilla. In 1066, Hubert du Mont-Canisy left to follow William the...
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    Amfreville Azeville Crisbecq Houlgate Longues-sur-Mer Maisy Merville Mont Canisy Other places Falaise pocket Hill 262 Hillman Fortress Pegasus Bridge Military...
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    (1715–1784), comtesse d'Estrades. 1749: Marie-Françoise de Carbonnel de Canisy (1725–1796), marquise d’Antin puis comtesse de Forcalquier. 1750: Alexandrine...
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    the chapel remains. Marie-François-Renée (known as Mathilde) de Carbonnel-Canisy was orphaned at an early age, and was raised by her paternal grandmother...
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