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Franco-Provençal-language surnames (14 P) Pages in category "French-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,773 total.
Pages in category "Surnames of French origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 469 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The French colonization of Texas started in 1685 when Robert Cavelier de La Salle intended to found the colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River, but inaccurate maps and navigational errors caused his ships to anchor instead 400 miles (640 km) to the west, off the coast of Texas. The colony survived until 1688.
LeFleur's Bluff State Park (named after earlier French-Canadian trader and settler Louis Lafleur) Leflore County (named after Greenwood LeFleur, son of the French-Canadian trader and settler Louis Lafleur) [184] Macon (named for Nathaniel Macon, Revolutionary War veteran and United States Senator of Huguenot ancestry) Magnolia [184]
Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais, French naval officer and administrator, in the service of the French East India Company. Joseph François Dupleix, Governor for French territories in India; Lally-Tollendal, Governor for French territories in India; Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau, Governor for French territories in India; Louis Faidherbe ...
French statesman Charles de Gaulle's surname may not be a traditional French name with a toponymic particule, but a Flemish Dutch name that evolved from a form of De Walle meaning "the wall". In the case of nobility, titles are mostly of the form [title] [ particle ] [name of the land]: for instance, Louis, duc d'Orléans ("Louis, duke of ...
This is a list of Hispanos, both settlers and their descendants (either fully or partially of such origin), who were born or settled, between the early 16th century and 1850, in what is now the southwestern United States (including California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, southwestern Colorado, Utah and Nevada), as well as Florida, Louisiana (1763–1800) and other Spanish colonies in what is ...
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 extinction of the peerage is not necessarily the same as that of the extinction of the title. For more on noble titles and distinctions, see French nobility.