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Good King Dagobert (French title: Le Bon Roi Dagobert; in Italian: Dagobert) is a 1984 French-Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi and starring the French comedian Coluche. Its title comes from French " Le bon roi Dagobert " nursery rhyme , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and though the cast contains historical characters the plot is fiction.
"Le bon roi Dagobert" (French for "The good king Dagobert") is a French satirical anti-monarchical and anti-clerical song written around 1787. [1] It references two historical figures: the Merovingian king Dagobert I (c. 600–639) and his chief advisor, Saint Eligius (Éloi) (c. 588–660), the bishop of Noyon .
"Marche Henri IV", alternatively "Vive Henri IV" or "Vive le roi Henri", is a popular French song celebrating King Henry IV of France (also known as Le Bon Roi Henri, "Good King Henry"). The melody was heard of as early as 1581, when it was mentioned in the book of Christmas songs of Christophle de Bordeaux, under the name "Chant de la
Lettre de cachet ordering Jean-François Marmontel's detention at the Bastille, signed by Louis XV and minister Louis Phélypeaux in 1759. The power to issue lettres de cachet was a royal privilege recognized by the French monarchic civil law that developed during the 13th century, as the Capetian monarchy overcame its initial distrust of Roman law.
In the "Revue de Belgique" of 15 August 1912 he articulates this in his famous and notorious "Lettre au roi sur la séparation de la Wallonie et de la Flandre" (Letter to the king on the separation of Wallonia and Flanders), where he wrote: Il y a en Belgique des Wallons et des Flamands. Il n'y a pas de Belges.
Le bon roi Dagobert may refer to: Le bon roi Dagobert (song) Le bon roi Dagobert, directed by Pierre Chevalier, starring Fernandel and Gino Cervi; Le bon roi Dagobert, directed by Dino Risi, starring Coluche and Michel Serrault
The Romain du Roi (French pronunciation: [ʁɔmɛ̃ dy ʁwa], "King's roman") was a typeface developed in France beginning in 1692. The name refers to Louis XIV who commissioned the design of the new typeface for use by the Royal Print Office. [1] [2] The Romain du Roi stands as a landmark of typography in the Age of Enlightenment.
"Le Retour des Princes français à Paris" ("The Return of the French Princes to Paris") was the de facto national anthem of France during the Bourbon Restoration. It used the melody of the then popular marching tune Vive Henri IV .