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Balsan State
Balsan may refer to: People * Étienne Balsan (1878–1953), French socialite * Humbert Balsan (1954–2005), French film producer * Jacques Balsan (1868–1956), French aviator and industrialist * Louis Balsan (1911–1982), French bobsledder * Václav Balšán, Czech racewalker Other uses * Balsan (company), French textile manufacturer * Balsan-dong Balsan-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Gangseo-gu in Seoul, South Korea. See also *Administrative divisions of South Korea South Korea is made up of 17 first-tier administrative divisions: 6 metropolitan cities (''gwangyeoksi'' ), 1 ..., neighbourhood of Gangseo-gu in Seoul, South Korea * Balsan Station, station on the Seoul Subway Line 5 See also * Balzan (other) {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Étienne Balsan
Étienne Balsan (February 11, 1878 – 1953) was born in Paris, France, as Fulcran Étienne Balsan. Life A French socialite and heir, he was born into the family of wealthy industrialists from Châteauroux (Indre) who created Balsan (Company) and provided the French Army, army with uniforms and originated the famous cloth known as "blue horizon." Balsan is best known in the present day as having kept Coco Chanel as his mistress. Among his other lovers was famed French actress and courtesan Émilienne d'Alençon. While the Balsan family was a part of the upper class circle, Étienne (and his brother Jacques Balsan) were neither landed gentry nor titled aristocrat.http://womenineuropeanhistory.org/index.php?title=Consuelo_Vanderbilt_Balsan An officer in the cavalry, he renounced his career, to breed horses and participate in races. A polo, polo-player, he owned the estate Chateau de Royallieu (destroyed during World War II) near Compiègne (Oise). The chateau was located near ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humbert Balsan
Humbert Jean René Balsan (21 August 1954 – 10 February 2005) was a French film producer and chairman of the European Film Academy. He was known for securing financing and distribution for diverse and often challenging films. In February 2005, Balsan was found dead in the offices of his production company, Ognon Pictures, in Paris. He was known to have suffered from depression, and killed himself by hanging. Early life and career Born in Arcachon in 1954, Balsan was part of France's upper class as a member of the Wendel family, an industrial dynasty. He received a Jesuit education in Amiens and later studied economics in Paris. In 1973, Balsan's film career began when he was cast as Gawain in Robert Bresson's ''Lancelot of the Lake'' (1974). While Balsan continued to act in small roles in friends' films (he played a pirate in Jacques Rivette's '' Noroit'' (1976)), his interest turned to production. He assisted Bresson on '' The Devil, Probably'' (1977) in 1976 and lensed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Balsan
Louis Jacques Balsan (September 16, 1868 – November 4, 1956) was a French aviator and industrialist, born at Châteauroux (Indre) in 1868, who was the second husband of society beauty Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duchess of Marlborough. He married her immediately after her divorce from the 9th Duke of Marlborough in 1921. Early life Balsan was born on September 16, 1868 in Châteauroux, France. He was the son of Auguste Balsan and Marie (née Dupuytren). Among his siblings was brother Étienne Balsan, the first patron of Coco Chanel, and sister, Viscountess de Villeneuve-Bargemon of Davenescourt, France. Through his mother, he was descended from Guillaume Dupuytren, the anatomist and surgery, surgeon who treated Napoleon I of France, Napoleon Bonaparte and, today, is best known today for his description of Dupuytren's contracture, which is named after him and which he first operated on in 1831 and published in ''The Lancet'' in 1834. Jacques Balsan came from a manufacturing fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Balsan
Louis Balsan (22 October 1911 – 22 May 1982) was a French bobsledder who competed in the 1930s. He later became a writer in the 1950s, discussing his involvement in World War II espionage and the history of mountain climbing in the Pyrenees. He was born in Paris. Bobsleigh career Competing in two Winter Olympics, Balsan earned his best finish of ninth in the four-man event at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1936. At the 1932 Winter Olympics he and Daniel Armand-Delille finished eleventh in the two-man event Other activities Balsan was later arrested by the Gestapo in 1942 during World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ... for participating in resistance activities. He was taken to Mauthausen and then Loibl Pass, until the 8th Army (UK) liberated the area in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Václav Balšán
Václav Balšán (19 November 1914 – 18 November 1972) was a Czechoslovak racewalker (of the AC Sparta Prague and Spartak Nusle Nusle () is a district of Prague. It became part of the city in 1922. Location Part of Nusle is in Prague 2 while most is in Prague 4. Nusle is located south of the city centre in ''Nuselské údolí'' (Nusle Valley) on the Botič brook. It bo ... Club) who established the 1945 world record of 42 minutes and 31 seconds in a 10,000 metres race. He was the champion on this distance at Czechoslovak Athletics Championships in 1945, 1946, 1948 and 1949. He also won the silver medal in 1954. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Balsan, Vaclav 1914 births 1972 deaths Date of death missing Czechoslovak male racewalkers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balsan-dong
Balsan-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Gangseo-gu in Seoul, South Korea. See also *Administrative divisions of South Korea South Korea is made up of 17 first-tier administrative divisions: 6 metropolitan cities (''gwangyeoksi'' ), 1 special city (''teukbyeolsi'' ), 1 special self-governing city (''teukbyeol-jachisi'' ), and 9 provinces ('' do'' ), including one ... References External links Gangseo-gu official website*Gangseo-gu mapat the Gangseo-gu official website *Dong Resident offices of Gangseo-gu Neighbourhoods of Gangseo District, Seoul {{Seoul-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
