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Download QR code; Print/export ... Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët: ... is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. History
Henriette de La Guiche, the daughter of Philibert, built the stables for her second husband, Louis-Emmanuel de Valois, comte d'Alais , colonel général of the king's cavalry, governor of Provence, and a grandson of Charles IX of France. Alais had also inherited the Château d'Écouen. These royal connections account for the monumentality of ...
The village's history is closely linked to the Saint Stephen abbey "Abbaye Saint-Étienne-de-Fontenay" founded on his land of Fontenay by Raoul Tesson around 1047 under the patronage of Duke William of Normandy (before he became King of England following his victory in Hastings in 1066) and which survived until the French Revolution at the end of the 18th century.
Calvados (UK: / ˈ k æ l v ə d ɒ s /, US: /-d oʊ s, ˌ k æ l v ə ˈ d oʊ s, ˌ k ɑː l v ə ˈ-/, French: ⓘ) [needs Norman IPA] is a department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. [3] It takes its name from a cluster of rocks off the Normandy coast. In 2019, it had a population of 694,905. [4]
The Château de Guernon-Ranville (Castle of Guernon-Ranville) is located in the hamlet of Le Bas de Ranville in the commune of Ranville, in the Calvados department of Normandy in Northwestern France. This private 18th-century domain carries the name of the family who were for a long period of time the proprietors of the château.
The present Château de La Roche-Guyon [4] was built in the 12th century, controlling a river crossing of the Seine, itself one of the routes to and from Normandy; [5] The Abbé Suger described its grim aspect: "At the summit of a steep promontory, dominating the bank of the great river Seine, rises a frightful castle without title to nobility, called La Roche.
Foulques du Merle - (1239 - 1314) was Seigneur of Gacé and Bellou-en-Houlme, and Baron of Le Merlerault, Briouze and Messei. [10] Charles Auguste de Goÿon (1647-1729), a French diplomat and soldier who was the Count of Gacé. [11]
Saint-Amand (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿amɑ̃]) is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. [2] On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Saint-Amand-Villages. [3] It has 2,266 inhabitants (2019). [1]