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He was the son of Jean-Frédéric de la Tour du Pin-Gouvernet, a French Minister of War. Following her marriage, she was given her mother's place as an honorary or apprentice lady-in-waiting ( Dame du Palais surnuméraire ) to Marie Antoinette , Queen of France, and served as such every sunday from 1787 until the outbreak of the French ...
André Marie Chénier (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃dʁe maʁi ʃenje]; 30 October 1762 – 25 July 1794) was a French poet of Greek and Franco-Levantine [1] origin, associated with the events of the French Revolution, during which he was sentenced to death.
Marie-Madeleine d'Aubray, Marquise de Brinvilliers (French: [bʁɛ̃vilje]; 22 July 1630 – 16 July 1676) was a French aristocrat who was accused and convicted of murdering her father and two of her brothers in order to inherit their estates. After her death, there was speculation that she tested her poisons on upwards of 30 sick people in ...
Thomas de Mahy, Marquis de Favras (26 March 1744 – 18 February 1790), was a French aristocrat and supporter of the House of Bourbon during the French Revolution.Often seen as a martyr of the Royalist cause, Favras was executed for his part in "planning against the people of France" under the Count of Provence.
— John Calvin, French theologian and Protestant reformer, principal developer of Calvinism (27 May 1564) "Tomorrow, at sunrise, I shall no longer be here." [8] [25] [36] [78] ("Vous ne me trouverez pas vivant au lever du soleil.") — Nostradamus, French seer (2 July 1566), correctly predicting his death "I desire to die and be with Christ." [8]
Researchers used digital imaging to learn more about the aristocrat’s golden smile. How did French aristocrat keep from losing her teeth? Secret revealed 400 years later
Charles-Henri Sanson was the fourth in a six-generation family dynasty of executioners. His great-grandfather, a soldier in the French royal army named Charles Sanson (1658–1695) of Abbeville, was appointed as Executioner of Paris in 1688. [1]
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour (/ ˈ p ɒ m p ə d ʊər /, French: [pɔ̃paduʁ] ⓘ; 29 December 1721 – 15 April 1764), commonly known as Madame de Pompadour, was a member of the French court. She was the official chief mistress of King Louis XV from 1745 to 1751, and remained influential as court favourite until her death ...