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Ange Du Fresnay
Ange Antoine Guy du Fresnay (1839-1900) was a knight of the Order of Carlos III of Spain and director of The Phoenix Companies in France. He was the son of French writer Maria Du Fresnay, the half-brother of Honoré de Balzac's daughter Marie-Caroline Du Fresnay, and the ancestor of French writer and silent film director Guy du Fresnay as well as of French essayist and economist Philippe du Fresnay. Biography In 1858, he began working at The Phoenix Companies (now Royal & SunAlliance) in Paris, later becoming their CEO until his death. In 1877, he bought from Claude Monet his painting ''Riverbank at Argenteuil'', which he sold in 1894. In 1880, he had the "Villa Belza" built as a gift to his wife Belza, née Dubreuil.La "Villa Belza": extrait de "Petite histoire de Biarritz" de Michel Fabre. Classified in 1997, this is now one of Biarritz's landmarks. In 1883, Ange du Fresnay was made Knight of the Order of Carlos III by king Alphonso XII of Spain. Bibliography * * G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sartrouville
Sartrouville () is a commune in the Yvelines department, Île-de-France, north central France. it is located in the north-western suburbs of Paris, from the center of Paris. Name In the Middle Ages the name Sartrouville was recorded in Medieval Latin as ''Sartoris Villa''. The origin and meaning of ''Sartoris Villa'' is still debated. Some think the name comes from the Roman patronym ''Saturus'' (probably a Gallo-Roman landowner) and means "estate (''villa'') of Saturus". Others believe that the word ''sartoris'' comes from the Medieval Latin past participle ''exsartum'' ("cleared for cultivation"), from Latin ''sartum'' ("hoed"), and means "estate of the land-clearers", probably in reference to the deforestation that took place around Sartrouville in Antiquity or in the Early Middle Ages to enable the cultivation of the land. Demographics Immigration Sport Most popular sports can be practiced in Sartrouville, but it is worldwide famous for its triathlon club called ECS Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |