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Pages in category "French noblewomen" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Sofia Achaval de Montaigu;
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 ...
Marie de La Tour d'Auvergne (1601–1665), French noblewoman. [709] Gabriel de Lorges comte de Montgomery, French nobleman, responsible for accidental death of King Henri II. [424] [710] [711] Lothar de Maizière (1940–), German Christian Democrat politician. [712]
Burial sites of French noble families (19 C) Noble families of the First French Empire (5 C) A. House of Albert (1 C, 27 P) House of Albon (3 P) House of Albret (1 C ...
Pages in category "14th-century French nobility" The following 138 pages are in this category, out of 138 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Marguerite de La Rocque de Roberval (fl 1515–1542) was a French noblewoman who spent some years marooned on the Île des Démons while on her way to New France (Quebec). She became well known after her subsequent rescue and return to France; her story was recounted in the Heptaméron by Queen Marguerite of Navarre, and in later histories by François de Belleforest and André Thévet.
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Charles-Alexandre de Calonne by Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun (1784), London, Royal Collection.Calonne is shown in the costume of his rank, noblesse de robe. Under the Ancien Régime of France, the Nobles of the Robe or Nobles of the Gown (French: noblesse de robe) were French aristocrats whose rank came from holding certain judicial or administrative posts.