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Pages in category "French-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,773 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Beau Brummell wearing a subdued color palette of white, black, navy blue, and buff; watercolor by Richard Dighton (1805) The Great Male Renunciation ( French : Grande Renonciation masculine ) is the historical phenomenon at the end of the 18th century in which wealthy Western men stopped using bright colours, elaborate shapes and variety in ...
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 .
This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:18th-century French Jews and Category:18th-century French LGBTQ people and Category:18th-century French women The contents of these subcategories can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it.
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 ...
French emigration from the years 1789 to 1815 refers to the mass movement of citizens from France to neighboring countries, in reaction to the instability and upheaval caused by the French Revolution and the succeeding Napoleonic rule.
Pages in category "18th-century French nobility" The following 110 pages are in this category, out of 110 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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.