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Alençon lace (UK: / ˈælənsɒn, æˈlɒ̃sɒ̃ /, [1] US: / əˈlɛnsɒn, - sən /) [2][3] or point d'Alençon (French: [pwɛ̃ dalɑ̃sɔ̃]) is a needle lace that originated in Alençon, France. It is sometimes called the "Queen of lace." Lace making began in Alençon during the 16th century and the local industry was rapidly expanded ...
Alençon (UK: / æˈlɒ̃sɒ̃ /, [ 3 ] US: / ˌælɒ̃ˈsoʊn /, [ 4 ]French: [alɑ̃sɔ̃] ⓘ; Norman: Alençoun) is a commune in Normandy, France, and the capital of the Orne department. [ 5 ] It is situated 173 kilometres (107 mi) west of Paris. Alençon belongs to the intercommunality of Alençon (with 52,000 people).
Éléonore-Aglaé-Marie Despierres (16 January 1843 – 9 November 1895), was a French historian. Éléonore Bonnaire was born on 16 January 1843 at Alençon. A correspondent of the French Ministry of Education, she published studies on topics related to her hometown, such as the Alençon lace, the Notre-Dame d'Alençon basilica, the history of ...
Type. Fine art, lace. Website. paysdalencontourisme.fr. Musée des Beaux-arts et de la Dentelle d'Alençon (In English: Museum of Fine Arts and Lace of Alençon) is an art museum located in Alençon, France. [1] [2] The museum has been open since 1981. [3]
Margaret was born in 1463 in Vaudémont Castle, Lorraine as the youngest daughter of Frederick II, Count of Vaudémont and Yolande d'Anjou. She lost her father when she was the age of seven, and was brought up at Aix-en-Provence by her grandfather René of Anjou. When latter died in 1480, she was sent back to Lorraine to her brother, René II.
The county of Alençon was raised to a dukedom in 1414. Jean, 1st Duc d'Alençon, was killed at Agincourt, 1415, after having with his own hand slain the Duke of York. His son, Jean, 2nd Duc d'Alençon (who features in Shakespeare 's Henry VI), was dispossessed of his duchy in the Battle of Verneuil on 17 August 1424: the Duke was defeated and ...
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Françoise d'Alençon (1490 – 14 September 1550) was the eldest daughter of René of Alençon and Margaret of Lorraine, [1] and the younger sister and despoiled heiress of Charles IV, Duke of Alençon. The sister and heiress of Charles IV of Alençon, she was despoiled of her heritage by her sister-in-law Marguerite of Angoulême, sister of ...