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Jarnac (French pronunciation:; Occitan: [d͡ʒaɾˈnak]; Saintongese: Jharnat) is a commune in the Charente department, southwestern France. [3] It was the site of the Battle of Jarnac in 1569. It is the birthplace and resting place of François Mitterrand, President of France from 1981 to 1995.
The Battle of Jarnac on 13 March 1569 was an encounter during the French Wars of Religion between the Catholic forces of Marshal Gaspard de Saulx, sieur de Tavannes, and the Huguenots led by Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé. The two forces met outside Jarnac between the right bank of the Charente and the high road between Angoulême and ...
The Jarnac Convention was a bilateral agreement between the Kingdom of France and the United Kingdom in 1847 at the end of the Franco-Tahitian War. Its purpose was to end Franco-British diplomatic tension by guaranteeing the independence of the Leeward Islands in Polynesia .
Guy I de Chabot, seigneur de Jarnac (1514-1584) was a French courtier, soldier and governor. Rising to prominence with the elevation of his family to great office during the reign of François I, Jarnac became entangled with the great factions of court, and a marriage between himself and Louise de Pisseleu, the sister of the king's mistress, secured his centrality at court.
The last duel to be publicly authorised took place on 10 July 1547 at the castle of Saint-Germain-en-Laye: it opposed Guy Chabot de Jarnac against François de Vivonne, following a request by Jarnac to King Henry II for permission to duel to regain his honour. [3] Jarnac went on to win the duel after injuring Vivonne.
Jarnac-Champagne (French pronunciation: [ʒaʁnak ʃɑ̃paɲ]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Population. Historical population;
Charles de Quelennec (1548–1572) was a French Protestant and the baron of Pont-l'Abbé, Brittany, France.. He married Catherine de Parthenay in 1568. Quelennec fought in the Battle of Jarnac (1569) and was taken prisoner and escaped.
The canton of Jarnac is an administrative division of the Charente department, southwestern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015.