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Caraman
Caraman may refer to: __NOTOC__ Places * Caraman, Haute-Garonne, a commune in the Haute-Garonne department, France * Saint-Félix-de-Caraman, the old name of Saint-Félix-Lauragais, a commune in the Haute-Garonne department, France People * Alexandru Caraman (fl. 1990–2016), former Transnistrian politician * Ludmila Caraman (born 1985), Moldovan footballer Caraman-Chimay family of Belgium * François-Joseph-Philippe de Riquet (1771–1843), Count of Charaman * Joseph de Riquet de Caraman (1808–1886), Belgian diplomat and industrialist * Joseph de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay (1836–1892), Belgian diplomat and politician * Joseph, Prince de Caraman-Chimay (1858–1937), Belgian aristocrat and Olympic fencer * Élisabeth, Countess Greffulhe (1860–1952), born Riquet de Caraman-Chimay * Clara Ward, Princesse de Caraman-Chimay (1873–1916), wealthy American socialite and wife of Joseph (1858–1937) See also * Karaman, a city in south central Turkey * Karamanids, an Anatolian be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph, Prince De Caraman-Chimay
Marie Joseph Anatole Élie de Riquet et de Caraman, 19th Prince de Chimay (4 July 1858 – 25 July 1937), known as Joseph de Caraman-Chimay, the younger, was a Belgian aristocrat and fencer. He was titled "Prince de Chimay" from 1892 until his death in 1937. Early life He was born to Joseph de Riquet, Prince de Chimay and Prince de Caraman (of Belgium), and Marie Joséphine Anatole de Montesquiou-Fézensac. Named for its Belgian "château de Chimay", his family was noted for its patronage of music and the arts. One of his sisters was Élisabeth de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay, the Countess Greffulhe. Career The Prince de Chimay was a competitor in the individual épée event at the 1900 Summer Olympics. Personal life On 19 May 1890 he married Clara Ward, a sixteen-year-old American heiress.L'Ecole des beaux-arts, côté Seine: histoire impertinente du Quai ... Page 167. Emmanuel Schwartz, 2008. Citation: "Joseph II, dix-huitième prince de Chimay (1836-1892) et Marie-Jos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caraman, Haute-Garonne
Caraman (; oc, Caramanh) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area .... Population The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Caramanais'' in French. Monuments Caraman - l'hotel de ville.jpg, City hall Caraman - La halle.jpg, The covered market. Caraman - l'église Saint-Pierre.jpg, St Peter Church Caraman - Le clocher de l'église Saint-Pierre.jpg, Bell tower Caraman - l'église Saint-Pierre l'intérieur.jpg, The Nave. Caraman - l'église Saint-Pierre Chaire.jpg, Pulpit See also * Communes of the Haute-Garonne department References Communes of Haute-Garonne {{HauteGaronne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clara Ward, Princesse De Caraman-Chimay
Clara Ward (17 June 1873 – 9 December 1916) was a wealthy American socialite who married Joseph, Prince de Caraman-Chimay of Belgium. Early life Clara Ward was born in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Captain Eber Brock Ward (1811–1875) and his second wife, Catherine Lyon, a niece of Senator Benjamin Wade. A wealthy man, often stated to be Michigan's first millionaire, E.B. Ward had holdings in Great Lakes steamships; lumbering at Ludington, Michigan; iron and steel manufacturing at Wyandotte, Michigan, Leland, Michigan, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Chicago, Illinois; and silver mining in Colorado. He manufactured the first Bessemer steel to be made in the United States at his plant in Wyandotte. Ward was president of the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad from 1860 until his death on 2 January 1875 in Detroit. Captain Ward died when Clara was less than two years old. The mill and timber holdings at Ludington passed into the hands of Clara's mother and were managed by h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph De Riquet De Caraman-Chimay (1836–1892)
Marie-''Joseph''-Guy-Henry-Philippe de Riquet de Caraman, 18th Prince de Chimay (9 October 1836, Château de Menars, France – 29 March 1892, Brussels, Belgium), was a Belgian diplomat and politician. He was notable as Ambassador to the Holy See (1846-1847), governor of the province of Hainaut (1870-1878) and Foreign Minister of Belgium (1884-1892). Life His parents were Joseph de Riquet de Caraman, 17th Prince de Chimay, and Émilie Pellapra. His own six children included Joseph, Prince de Caraman-Chimay, Prince Alexandre (who married Mathilde Stuyvesant), and Élisabeth (who married the Count of Greffulhe). He also gave private concerts, with him on violin and his wife on piano. In memory of one of these at which he had assisted, Franz Liszt dedicated a mass to Caraman-ChimayAnne de Cossé-Brissac, La Comtesse Greffulhe, coll. « Terre des femmes », Perrin, Paris, 1991, p. 34. References External links *https://web.archive.org/web/20161113015527/http://www.chateaudechi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph De Riquet De Caraman (1808–1886)
Joseph de Riquet de Caraman, 17th Prince de Chimay (20 August 1808, Paris – 12 March 1886, London) was a Belgian diplomat and industrialist. Family The eldest son of François Joseph de Riquet de Caraman, prince de Chimay and his wife Thérésa Cabarrus (''Madame Tallien''), Joseph married Émilie Pellapra (1806–1871) in Paris on 30 August 1830. She was the widow of comte de Brigode and with her Joseph had four children: * Marie Thérèse ''Emilie'' (1832–1851), countess of Lagrange, wife of Frédéric Lagrange ; * Marie ''Joseph'' Guy Henry Philippe (1836–1892) (married Marie de Montesquiou-Fezensac then Mathilde de Barandiaran) ; * Valentine (1839–1914), married Paul de Bauffremont then George Bibescu ; * Eugène (1847–1881) (married Louise de Graffenried-Villars, (1842–1901)). Life He led the negotiations which led to a treaty of friendship between the Netherlands and Belgium following William I of the Netherlands' abjuration, which guaranteed Belgian inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandru Caraman
Aleksandr Akimovich Karaman (russian: Алекса́ндр Аки́мович Карама́н, ; born 26 July 1956) is a Transnistrian politician and later the Foreign Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) during August 2014. He was the Vice President of Transnistria from 1990 to 2001 and is an ethnic Moldovan. He is on the wanted list in the DPR for kidnapping, but currently lives in Russia. He was a communist party leader in Slobozia district, and a delegate at the 17th Congress of Moldovan Communist Party. He was against the acceptance by the Moldovan Communist Party of press freedom and criticised the tolerance that Communist party showed towards anticommunist publications.Interview with Alexander Caraman in "Moldova" nr. 12/1990 (Romanian) Caraman was instrumental in declaration of independence of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic on September 2, 1990, and held the vice-presidency until the 2001 elections The following elections occurred in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludmila Caraman
Ludmila Caraman (née Ninicu; born 27 July 1985) is a Moldovan footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Women's Championship club Anenii Noi and as a right-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ... for the Moldova women's national team. Career Caraman has been capped for the Moldova national team, appearing for the team during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying cycle. See also * List of Moldova women's international footballers References External links * 1985 births Living people Moldovan women's footballers Women's association football fullbacks Women's association football midfielders Agarista-ȘS Anenii Noi players Moldova women's international footballers {{Moldova-women-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François-Joseph-Philippe De Riquet
François-Joseph-Philippe de Riquet (21 September 1771 - 2 March 1843), comte de Caraman was the 16th Prince de Chimay from 24 July 1804 to 1843. Early life François-Joseph-Philippe was born in Paris on 21 September 1771. He was a son of Victor Maurice de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay and Marie Anne Gabrielle Josephe Francoise Xaviere de Henin-Liétard. Career During the French Revolution, he emigrated but came back during the First French Empire, and received the title of ''chef de cohorte'' from Napoleon I of France, Napoleon. He became the sixteenth Prince of Chimay after the death of his childless uncle in 1804, inheriting the Chimay estates (now in Belgium). After the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, these became part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. Personal life On 22 August 1805, he became the third husband of Thérésa de Cabarrus, who was known as Madame Tallien, former wife of Jean Lambert Tallien who bore eleven children by various husbands and lovers. After their m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Félix-Lauragais
Saint-Félix-Lauragais (; Languedocien: ''Sant Felitz de Lauragués'') is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. History The village was previously called Saint-Félix-de-Caraman or Carmaing. In 1167 the Cathars held a Council here, attended by many local figures and also by the Bogomil ''papa'' Nicetas, the Cathar bishop of (northern) France and a leader of the Cathars of Lombardy. Geography Climate Saint-Félix-Lauragais has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfb'') closely bordering on a humid subtropical climate (''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Saint-Félix-Lauragais is . The average annual rainfall is with May as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Saint-Félix-Lauragais was on 25 July 2006; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 8 February 2012. Population Sights The Château de S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karamanids
The Karamanids ( tr, Karamanoğulları or ), also known as the Emirate of Karaman and Beylik of Karaman ( tr, Karamanoğulları Beyliği), was one of the Anatolian beyliks, centered in South-Central Anatolia around the present-day Karaman Province. From the middle 1300s until its fall in 1487, the Karamanid dynasty was one of the most powerful beyliks in Anatolia. History The Karamanids traced their ancestry from Hodja Sad al-Din and his son Nure Sofi, Nure Sufi Bey, who emigrated from Arran (Caucasus), Arran (roughly encompassing modern-day Azerbaijan) to Sivas because of The Mongol Invasions, the Mongol invasion in 1230. The Karamanids were members of the Salur tribe of Oghuz Turks. According to Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu and others, they were members of the Afshar tribe,Cahen, Claude, ''Pre-Ottoman Turkey: A General Survey of the Material and Spiritual Culture and History c. 1071–1330'', trans. J. Jones-Williams (New York: Taplinger, 1968), pp. 281–2. which participated in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karaman
Karaman, historically known as Laranda (Greek: Λάρανδα), is a city in south central Turkey, located in Central Anatolia, north of the Taurus Mountains, about south of Konya. It is the capital district of the Karaman Province. According to the 2000 census, the population of the province is 231,872 of which 132,064 live in the town of Karaman. The district covers an area of , and the town lies at an average elevation of . The Karaman Museum is one of the major sights. Etymology The town owes its name to Karaman Bey, who was one of the rulers of the Karamanid dynasty. The former name ''Laranda'' which in turn comes from the Luwian language ''Larawanda'', literally means "sandy, a sandy place". History In ancient times, Karaman was known as Laranda ( el, Λάρανδα). In the 6th century BC it came under Achaemenid rule until 322 BC, when it was destroyed by Perdiccas, a former general of Alexander the Great, after he had defeated Ariarathes I, king of Cappadocia. It lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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