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The French nobility (French: la noblesse française) was an aristocratic social class in France from the Middle Ages until its abolition on 23 June 1790 during the French Revolution. From 1808 [1] to 1815 during the First Empire the Emperor Napoléon bestowed titles [2] that were recognized as a new nobility by the Charter of 4 June 1814 ...
e. De la démocratie en Amérique (French pronunciation: [dəla demɔkʁasi ɑ̃n‿ameˈʁik]; published in two volumes, the first in 1835 [1] and the second in 1840) [2] is a classic French work by Alexis de Tocqueville. In the book, Tocqueville examines the democratic revolution that he believed had been occurring over the previous several ...
Peerage of France. The Peerage of France (French: Pairie de France) was a hereditary distinction within the French nobility which appeared in 1180 during the Middle Ages. The prestigious title and position of Peer of France (French: Pair de France) was held by the greatest, highest-ranking members of the French nobility. [1]
List of French peerages. Heraldic depiction of a duke's coronet, with blue bonnet of a peer. Coronet and mantle of a duke and peer of France, shown here with the collars of the Ordres du roi. For an explanation of the French peerage, see the article Peerage of France. Note that peerages and titles were distinct, and the date given for the ...
Terrebonne Parish ("Good Land") Timbalier Island (" timpani player") Tulane/Gravier New Orleans neighborhood named after Paul Tulane, philanthropist and son of Louis Tulane, a French immigrant. Vacherie ("Cowshed") Verdun. Versailles. Vieux Carré ("Old Square") also known as the French Quarter in New Orleans.
Nobility and royalty. Kings of France used the honorific Sire, princes Monseigneur. Queens and princesses were plain Madame. Nobles of the rank of duke used Monsieur le duc / Madame la duchesse, non-royal princes used Prince / Princesse (without the Monsieur / Madame), other noblemen plain Monsieur and Madame. Only servants ever addressed their ...
Signature. René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (/ ləˈsæl /; November 22, 1643 – March 19, 1687), was a 17th-century French explorer and fur trader in North America. He explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, and the Mississippi River. He is best known for an early 1682 expedition in which he canoed the lower ...
Josiah Harlan, Prince of Ghor, ennobled (Emirate of Afghanistan) Alice Heine, Princess of Monaco, by marriage (Monaco) Paul Ilyinsky, by birth (Russia) Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco, by marriage (Monaco) Lee Radziwill, by marriage (Holy Roman Empire) May Stewart, Princess Anastasia of Greece and Denmark, by marriage (Kingdom of Greece)