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Sébastien de Luxembourg (1,010 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

peer of France and governor of Brittany. Martigues began his political career serving under his uncle Étampes the governor of Brittany as the lieutenant-general

Anne de Laval (1385–1466) (330 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Laval-Tinténiac and her second husband Guy XII de Laval [fr] (died 1412), governor of Brittany and baron of Laval (Jeanne's first husband had been Bertrand du Guesclin)

List of reportedly haunted locations in France (423 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in her bed chambers by her husband, Jean de Laval-Châteaubriant, Governor of Brittany, jealous of her relationship with the King. She died on 16 October

Port-Louis, Morbihan (416 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Port Blavet during the War of the Catholic League. At the time, the governor of Brittany, Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur, a Catholic, was in revolt against

Battle of Craon (841 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Catholic League of France in the region, the Duke of Mercœur, Governor of Brittany, ordered his chief lieutenant, Urbain de Laval Boisdauphin, to strengthen

House of Laval (745 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

consort of Naples and Sicily Jean de Laval, count of Châteaubriant and Governor of Brittany, who was married to Françoise de Foix Anne de Laval (1505–1554),

Capture of Belle Île (2,159 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

for some relief to reach him from the French mainland. The French Governor of Brittany, the Duc d'Aiguillon had gathered a force at Vannes with the intention

Louis de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier (3,693 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Martigues during the siege of Saint-Jean-d'Angély, Montpensier became governor of Brittany. In 1575 it was agreed that upon his death his grandson would be

Revolt of the papier timbré (1,722 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

de Chaulnes (nicknamed an hoc'h lart, "the fat pig", in Breton), governor of Brittany reduced the land revenues (fermages) and those on wine and canvas

War of the Three Henrys (1,813 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Duke of Mercœur, a prominent member of the Catholic League and governor of Brittany since 1582, conducted campaigns against the Protestants in 1585,

Saint-Nazaire (4,732 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

annexed by France. In 1756, a fort was built on the order of the governor of Brittany to protect the town, which by then had 600 inhabitants.[citation

Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse (956 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

named governor of Guyenne, a title which he exchanged for that of governor of Brittany six years later. On 3 January 1696, he was created a marshal of France

Louis XIV (18,087 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

numerous offices, of which: Admiral of France, Governor of Guyenne, Governor of Brittany, and Grand Huntsman of France. Also Duke of Damville, of Rambouillet

Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan (3,286 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

numerous offices, of which: Admiral of France, Governor of Guyenne, Governor of Brittany, and Grand Huntsman of France. Also Duke of Damville, of Rambouillet

François Cacault (712 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

circles. In 1775 he became the secretary of marshal d'Aubeterre, governor of Brittany, following him to Italy in 1785. Also in 1785 he began his diplomatic

Nantes (15,945 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the city was a Catholic League stronghold. The Duke of Mercœur, governor of Brittany, strongly opposed the succession of the Protestant Henry IV of France

68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) (6,791 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

concentrated their army and engaged the British army at St. Cast. The governor of Brittany, the Duc d'Aiguillon, led a force of 6,000 regulars, several squadrons

Jean IV de Brosse (1,543 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

necessary to maintain their position at court. In 1543 he was appointed governor of Brittany, to assist him in administering the province, his nephew Martigues

Pouancé Castle (2,057 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

joined the King in 1596, but Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur, Governor of Brittany, continued the combat. In September 1597, Chanjus, commander of Pouancé

Henri-Charles de Beaumanoir of Lavardin (6,670 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

men-at-arms assembled by Molac, both showed frenetic activity, with the governor of Brittany playing the leading role. Indeed, his presence – whereas that of

Château de Châteaubriant (3,146 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mistress of Francis I. Jean fought in the Italian Wars and became Governor of Brittany in 1531. Françoise de Foix was on her side rejected from the Court

Raid on Lorient (5,496 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

place from 1750 onwards and the duc d'Aiguillon arrived as the new governor of Brittany. He divided the coast into twenty 'capitaineries', each with a battalion