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Marguerite du Tertre de Lamarche (1638–1706) was a French midwife. [1] [2] Marguerite Dutertre was born in 1638 to a poor family in Paris, and was orphaned at an early age. She was brought up by a woman named LaTouche, who acted as a mother to her.
Plucking the Daisy (French: En effeuillant la marguerite) is a 1956 French comedy film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Daniel Gélin and Brigitte Bardot. It was also known as Mam'selle Striptease and Please Mr Balzac. (Also known as "Mademoiselle Striptease" and often confused with 1957 French film "Mademoiselle Strip-tease" [2])
Sir Jacques le Gris (lit. "the Gray") (c. 1330s – 29 December 1386) was a French squire and knight who gained fame and infamy, and was ultimately killed when he engaged in one of the last judicial duels permitted by the Parlement of Paris after he was accused of rape by Marguerite de Carrouges, the wife of his neighbour and rival, Jean de Carrouges.
Duel between Jacques Le Gris and Jean de Carrouges. Shortly after his marriage, Carrouges revealed another motive for the union. The valuable estate of Aunou-le-Faucon, given to his rival Jacques Le Gris two years earlier, had been formerly owned by Carrouges' father-in-law, Robert de Thibouville, and had been bought by Count Pierre II of Alençon for 8,000 French livres in 1377.
After the death of her husband, René Lescop, she attended writing workshops and wrote her autobiography, Le Tour de ma vie en 80 ans, published in 1996 by Salon du livre de Montréal. [2] The book obtained considerable success, with more than 100,000 copies sold. [3] She gave numerous conferences at retirement homes across Quebec. [4]
Marguerite Marie Alibert (9 December 1890 – 2 January 1971 [1] [2]), also known as Maggie Meller, [3] Marguerite Laurent, and Princess Fahmy, was a French socialite. She started her career as a prostitute and later courtesan in Paris, and from 1917 to 1918, she had an affair with the prince of Wales (later Edward VIII ).
The death of her mother when she was just 5 years old hit Madonna hard.. In archival clips and audio featured in the new Sky documentary Becoming Madonna, the Queen of Pop, 66, opens up about how ...
La Magwit (Antillean Creole for "The Marguerite") is one of the two historic cultural associations (societés) of Saint Lucia, and also the name of the society's yearly festival held every October 17. The "marguerite" referred to by the name is not a daisy but a small magenta coloured globe flower, rather like a clover.