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Jean Talon, Bishop François de Laval and several settlers welcome the King's Daughters upon their arrival. Painting by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale. The King's Daughters (French: filles du roi, or filles du roy in the spelling of the era) were the approximately 800 young French women who immigrated to New France between 1663 and 1673 as part of a program sponsored by King Louis XIV.
The Maison du Roi (French pronunciation: [mɛzɔ̃ dy ʁwa], 'King's Household') was the royal household of the King of France. It comprised the military, domestic, and religious entourage of the French royal family during the Ancien Régime and Bourbon Restoration. Coat of arms of the King of France.
The Manuscrit du Roi or Chansonnier du Roi ("King's Manuscript" or "King's Songbook" in English) is a prominent songbook compiled towards the middle of the thirteenth century, probably between 1255 and 1260 and a major testimony of European medieval music. It is currently French manuscript no.844 of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
In 1555 Charny was established as a chevalier (knight) of the Ordre de Saint-Michel (Order of Saint-Michel) at that time the most senior royal chivalric order in France. . Four years later he entered the royal household as a gentilhomme ordinaire de la chambre du roi (ordinary gentleman of the kings cham
Isaac de Porthau (also Portau or Portaut; January 30, 1617, Pau – July 13, 1712) was a Gascon black musketeer [1] of the Maison du Roi in 17th century France.In addition, he was the first cousin once removed of the Comte de Troisville, captain of the Musketeers of the Guard (the captain of the musketeers could only be the king himself), and first cousin of Armand d'Athos.
Joachim du Bellay [a] (French: [ʒɔaʃɛ̃ dy bɛlɛ]; c. 1522 – 1 January 1560) [2] was a French poet, critic, and a founder of La Pléiade. He notably wrote the manifesto of the group: Défense et illustration de la langue française , which aimed at promoting French as an artistic language, equal to Greek and Latin.
Richard Coeur-de-lion. (opera) Richard I of England, depicted in a 13th-century manuscript. Richard Cœur-de-lion (Richard the Lionheart) is an opéra comique, described as a comédie mise en musique, by the Belgian composer André Grétry. The French text was by Michel-Jean Sedaine. The work is generally recognised as Grétry's masterpiece and ...
The Potager du roi (Kitchen Garden of the King), near the Palace of Versailles, produced fresh vegetables and fruits for the table of the court of Louis XIV. It was created between 1678 and 1683 by Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie, the director of the royal fruit and vegetable gardens. Today it is run by the École nationale supérieure du paysage ...