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Le Boudin" (French pronunciation: [lə budɛ̃]), officially "Marche de la Légion Étrangère" (English "March of the Foreign Legion"), is the official march of the Foreign Legion. "Le Boudin" is a reference to boudin, a type of blood sausage or black pudding. "Le boudin" colloquially meant the gear (rolled up in a blanket) that used to be ...
A corporal in the Royal Irish Fusiliers during WW II, awarded the Légion d'honneur in 2015, aged 91, in recognition for his part in the D-Day Normandy Landings (Gold Beach). [150] Derrick Dighton, a British veteran, was awarded Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 2016 for his efforts during the D-Day landings.
Boso I le Vieux (the Old), count of La Marche and count of Périgord (958–988) Aldebert I, count of La Marche and Périgord (988–997) Boso II, count of La Marche and Périgord (988–1010) Bernard I (1010–1041) His daughter, Almodis, married firstly with Hugh V of Lusignan, and their son Hugh VI inherited later the county of Marche by her ...
Robert II de la Marck (1468 – November 1536) was the Duke of Bouillon and Lord of Sedan. [1] He was the son of Robert I de la Marck and Jeanne de Saulcy. [2] Biography
Born in Sedan, Ardennes, in 1491, Robert was the son of Robert II de la Marck; Duke of Bouillon, Seigneur of Sedan and Fleuranges, [1] and Catherine de Croÿ. [2]A fondness for military exercises displayed itself in his earliest years, and at the age of ten, Robert was sent to the court of Louis XII, and placed in charge of the count of Angoulême, afterwards King Francis I.
Robert II de Brus, le Meschin (the Cadet) (fl. 1138, died c. 1194) was a 12th-century Norman noble and 2nd Lord of Annandale. He was the son, perhaps the second son, [ 1 ] of Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale .
On 11 November 1915 – the Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion (R.M.L.E) was created from the veterans of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th Marching Regiments of the 1st Foreign Regiment, R.M.1 er R.E, (Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment) and from the 2nd Marching Regiment of the 2nd Foreign Regiment 2 e R.M.2 e R.E (2nd Marching Regiment of the 2nd Foreign Regiment).
Robert V de Brus (Robert de Brus), 5th Lord of Annandale (ca. 1215 – 31 March or 3 May 1295 [1]), was a feudal lord, justice and constable of Scotland and England, a regent of Scotland, and a competitor for the Scottish throne in 1290/92 in the Great Cause. He is commonly known as "Robert the Competitor".