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The Musketeers of the military household of the King of France (Mousquetaires de la maison militaire du roi de France), also known as the Musketeers of the Guard (French: Mousquetaires de la garde) or King's Musketeers (Mousquetaires du roi), were an elite fighting company of the military branch of the Maison du Roi, the royal household of the French monarchy.
The Three Musketeers: One For All, All For One! (translated: Les Trois Mousquetaires: Un Pour Tous, Tous Pour Un!) is a French musical show, directed by René Richard Cyr and Dominic Champagne and produced by Nicole and Gilbert Coullier, Roberto Ciurleo, Eléonore de Galard and NRJ Group, which began its performances on September 29, 2016, at the Palais des Sports in Paris and continue on tour ...
Jean Marais in Le Masque de fer (French film of The Man in the Iron Mask) (1962) George Nader in The Secret Mark of D'Artagnan (1962, Italian) Jean-Pierre Cassel in Cyrano and d'Artagnan (1964, French) Jim Backus in "The Three Musketeers", (an animated TV adaptation shown as a two-part episode of The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo) (1964)
Over 300 musketeers served in the Kongo army against the Portuguese at the Battle of Mbwila in 1665. [29] [30] Musketeers were employed into the Wydah army from 1680 AD but they did not completely replace the spearmen, swordsmen and archers. In war, the Musketeers were first to go into action as they fought in the front ranks of the army. [31]
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.
The idea of Puy du Fou originated in 1977, when Philippe de Villiers, a 27-year-old student, decided to create an original show named "Cinéscénie". [citation needed]On 13 June 1977, Villiers discovered the ruins of an old Renaissance castle in the village of Les Epesses, near Cholet, and wrote a story about a (fictitious) local family named Maupillier (the real name of a soldier of Vendée ...
The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) is a French historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is the first of the author's three d'Artagnan Romances. As with some of his other works, he wrote it in collaboration with ghostwriter Auguste Maquet.
A full recording of the Ballet de la Merlaison was made in 1967 by Roger Cotte and Jacques Chailley with the Groupe d'instruments anciens de Paris.; Although the ballet is said to be composed in 1635, André Danican Philidor the elder includes in his "Recueil de plusieurs vieux Airs faites par Philidor l'Aîné" a concert, allegedly composed in 1627, which features the air "Les Gascons" from ...