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The average population of Missouri's counties is 53,880; St. Louis County is the most populous (987,059), and Worth County is the least (1,907). The average land area is 599 sq mi (1,550 km 2 ). The largest county is Texas County (1,179 sq mi, 3,054 km 2 ) and the smallest is St. Louis city (61.9 sq mi, 160 km 2 ).
Dauphin County (named for Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France) Decatur Township (named for Stephen Decatur, U.S. navy officer of French descent) Delano (after a scion of the famous Delano Family, originally Huguenots named "De Lannoye") DuBois ("Of the Woods") Duquesne (named after Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville, governor-general of New France ...
His wife, Julie Françoise de Crussol, was a grand daughter of Charles de Sainte Maure, Duke of Montausier and a great-grand daughter of the famous marquise de Rambouillet. He was also an ally of his half-brothers the Duke of Maine and the Count of Toulouse, legitimised bastard children of Madame de Montespan and Louis XIV.
Philippe was styled Duke of Anjou from birth; [1] this title had last been bestowed on his father, from his own birth in 1710 until his accession to the throne in 1715. Philippe grew up at Versailles with his brother, the Dauphin, and their twin sisters Louise Élisabeth ( Madame Royale , later Duchess of Parma) and Henriette ( Madame Seconde ).
Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (6 December 1685 – 12 February 1712) was the wife of Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Burgundy. She was the eldest daughter of Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy, and of Anne Marie d'Orléans. Her betrothal to the Duke of Burgundy in June 1696 [1] was part of the Treaty of Turin, signed on 29 August
“I think the time has come for the citizens of Jackson County to be able to have their say on their assessor just like every other county in Missouri,” said House Majority Leader Jonathan ...
Louis Joseph Xavier, styled duke of Burgundy from birth, was born at the Palace of Versailles on September 13 1751. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was the second surviving child and eldest son of Louis, Dauphin of France and Maria Josepha of Saxony , [ 3 ] and was thus the oldest brother to the future kings Louis XVI , Louis XVIII and Charles X . [ 4 ]
Louis, Duke of Brittany (8 January 1707 – 8 March 1712) was Heir Apparent of France, the second son of Louis of France, Duke of Burgundy, and Marie Adélaïde of Savoy. [1] The eldest surviving son of the Dauphin, he was a fils de France. Louis was born at Versailles to the Duke and Duchess of Burgundy.