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Godefroy Schoevaerts
Godefroy, a surname of Old French origin, and originally a given name, cognate with Geoffrey/Geoffroy/Jeffrey/Jeffries, Godfrey, Gottfried, etc. Godefroy may refer to: People Given name * Godefroi, Comte d'Estrades (1607–1686), French diplomat and marshal * Godefroy de Blonay (1869–1937), a member of the International Olympic Committee and one of the founders and first president of the Swiss Olympic Association * Godefroy Calès (1799–1868), French physician and politician * Godefroy De Forçant (died 1809), French Navy officer and adventurer * Godefroy Durand (1832–1896), German-born French illustrator and draughtsman * Godefroy Engelmann (1788–1839), Franco-German lithographer and chromolithographer * Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (1636–1721) * Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne (1728–1792), Duke of Bouillon * Godefroy Vujicic (born 1975), French classical cellist * Godefroy Wendelin (1580–1667), astronomer from the County of Loon (now in Bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godefroi, Comte D'Estrades
Godefroi, Comte d'Estrades (1607 – February 26, 1686) was a French diplomat and marshal. Biography D'Estrades was born in Agen. He was the son of Francois d'Estrades (died 1653), a partisan of Henry IV, and brother of , Bishop of Condom. He became a page to Louis XIII, and at the age of nineteen was sent on a mission to Maurice of Holland. In 1646 d'Estrades was named ambassador extraordinary to Holland, and took part in the conferences at Münster. Sent in 1661 to England, he obtained in 1662 the restitution of Dunkirk. In 1667 he negotiated the Treaty of Breda with the king of Denmark, and in 1678 the Treaty of Nijmwegen, which ended the war with Holland. Independently of these diplomatic missions, he took part in the principal campaigns of Louis XIV, in Italy (1648), in Catalonia (1655), in Holland (1672); and was created marshal of France in 1675. He left ''Lettres, memoires et négociations en qual d'ambassadeur en Hollande depuis 1663 jusqu'en 1668'', of which the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of World War II Flying Aces
Fighter aces in World War II had tremendously varying kill scores, affected as they were by many factors: the pilot's skill level, the performance of the airplane the pilot flew and the planes they flew against, how long they served, their opportunity to meet the enemy in the air (Allied to Axis disproportion), whether they were the formation's leader or a wingman, the standards their air service brought to the awarding of victory credits, et cetera. Towards the end of the war, the Axis powers had largely exhausted their supply of skilled pilots and the replacements did not have as much opportunity to gain enough experience to be successful. Additionally, national policies differed; German, Italian, and Japanese pilots tended to return to the cockpit over and over again until they were killed. It is not clear what impact each nation's rules for score crediting have on the counts listed below. Germans credited a shared victory to only one pilot, while the French credited full vict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffries
Jeffries is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adam Jeffries (b. 1976), American actor * Ben Jeffries (b. 1980), Australian rugby league footballer * Bill Jeffries (b. 1945), former New Zealand politician * Charles Jeffries (1864–1936), British Salvation Army officer * Charles Adams Jeffries (1869–1931), Australian journalist * Chris Jeffries (b. 1978), Canadian cross-country skier * Clarence Smith Jeffries (1894–1917), Australian Victoria Cross recipient * Darren Jeffries (b. 1982), British actor * Dean Jeffries (1933–2013), American stunt performer and coordinator * Derek Jeffries (b. 1951), English former footballer * Donald Jeffries (b. 1956), American writer * Edward Jeffries (1900–1950), Mayor of Detroit, Michigan (1940–48) * Fran Jeffries (b. 1937), American singer, actress and model * Glenn Jeffries (b. 1961), West Virginia state Senator * Greg Jeffries (b. 1971), American football player * Gregg Jeffries (b. 1967), American baseball player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey (given Name)
Jeffrey is a common English given name, and a variant form of the name Geoffrey (itself from a Middle French variant of Godfrey, Gottfried). It has been argued that the common derivation of Middle French ''Geoffrey (or Geoffroy), Jeffery'' from '' Godfrey'' is mistaken, and that the names reflect two separate first Germanic elements ''god'' vs. ''gaut'', which became conflated in Old High German by the end of the early medieval period.Albert Dauzat, ''Noms et prénoms de France'', Librairie Larousse 1980, édition revue et commentée par Marie-Thérèse Morlet. p. 287b - 288a - 296ab. Outside of North America, ''Geoffrey'' is more common than ''Jeffrey''. Jeffrey and its variants are found as surnames, usually as a patronymic ending in -s (e.g., Jefferies, Jaffrays); The surname Jefferson is also a patronymic version of the given name. In Scotland, Jeffrey is most frequently found to be a surname. Variations include Jeff, Jeffry, Jeffy, Jeffery, Jeffory, Geoff, Geoffrey, Jeff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffroy (surname)
Geoffroy is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include: * Jean-Baptiste Geoffroy (1601–1675), French composer * Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy (1633–1694), French harpsichordist and organist * Étienne François Geoffroy (1672–1731), French apothecary and chemist * Claude Joseph Geoffroy (1685–1752), French apothecary, chemist and botanist; younger brother of Étienne François Geoffroy * Étienne Louis Geoffroy (1725–1810), French entomologist * Claude François Geoffroy (1729–1753), French chemist, discoverer of bismuth * Julien Louis Geoffroy (1743–1814), French literary critic * Jean-Baptiste Lislet Geoffroy (1755–1836), French astronomer, botanist and cartographer * Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772–1844), French naturalist * Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1805–1861), French zoologist, son of Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire * Henri-Jules-Jean Geoffroy (1853-1924), French painter See also *Geoffrey (given name) *Jeffries *Jeffers Jeffers is a surn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey (given Name)
Geoffrey is an English and French masculine given name. It is generally considered the Anglo-Norman form of the Germanic compound 'god' and 'peace'. It is a derivative of Dutch Godfried, German Gottfried and Old English Gotfrith and Godfrith. Alexander MacBain considered it as being found in the Gaelic and Welsh forms; potentially before or contemporary to the Anglo-Saxon, with the examples of Goraidh, Middle Gaelic Gofraig (1467 MS.), Godfrey (do.), Irish Gofraidh (F.M.), Middle Irish Gothfrith, Gofraig (Tigernach, 989), Early Irish Gothfraid (Lib. Lein.), E. Welsh Gothrit (Ann. Camb.). Macbain suggested these Celtic forms of the name were closer related to the Anglo-Saxon Godefrid than the Norse Goðröðr, Gudrød or Góröðr; however he does not elaborate further on the origin or relation. The form as 'Geoffrey' was probably introduced to Norman England. It was also Anglicised as ''Jeffrey'' later after the name became more popular after the likes of Pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galfrid
Galfrid or Galfred ( Latinised as ' or ') is an Anglo-Norman variant of the name Geoffrey. It derives, like German Gottfried (Latinised as ' or ', Anglicised as Godfrey), from Old High German ', Old French ', and Old Norse ', meaning 'God's peace' or 'good protection', depending upon etymological interpretation. Variants, also used as synonymous with Gottfried, include Italian ' and Middle French ' (Latin ). The name is etymologically unrelated to, but was historically used interchangeably with, Welsh ' or ' (anglicized as Griffith) in Wales. The Anglo-Norman and British versions addressed here may refer to: In patrial names * Galfredus Malaterra fl. 1097, a chronicler in Normandy; a.k.a. Goffredo Malaterra, Geoffroi Malaterra, Gaufredi Malaterræ, and Galfredus bendictinus e Normandia, and frequently cited by scholars of the early Middle Ages * Geoffrey of Monmouth (c. 1095 – c. 1155), an Anglo-Norman writer; a.k.a. Galfredus Monemutensis, Galfridus Arturus, or Gruffudd ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godefroy River
The Godefroy River (''in French: rivière Godefroy'') is a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. This watercourse flows in the town of Bécancour, in Bécancour Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada. Geography The main neighboring watersheds of the Godefroy river are: * North side: St. Lawrence River * East side: Bécancour River * South side: Blanche River * West side: Arsenault stream Lake Saint-Paul (length: ; altitude: ) constitutes the source of the Godefroy River. This body of water is located very close (on the east side) of the intersection of highways 55 and 30, or south of the Laviolette bridge spanning the St. Lawrence River. The Godefroy River flows on westward until Highway 30, which it crosses, and flows on northwest in the municipality of Bécancour. This river flows on the southeast shore of the Estuary of Saint Lawrence at downstream from Laviolette Bridge connecting Troi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godefroy, Les Cayes, Haiti
Godefroy is a village in the Les Cayes commune of the Les Cayes Arrondissement, in the Sud department of Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and .... References Populated places in Sud (department) {{Haiti-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Godefroy
La Godefroy () is a commune in the Manche department in north-western France. See also *Communes of the Manche department The following is a list of the 446 communes of the Manche department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Godefroy {{Manche-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond De Gaufredi
Raymond Gaufredi (died 1310), sometimes anglicized as Raymond Godefroy, was Minister General of the Franciscan Order from 1289 to 1295. Life Raymond Gaufredi was born in Marseille. A sympathizer with the Franciscan Spirituals, he became Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor in 1289. Despite Pope Nicholas IV having been the first Franciscan pope, it was not until his death in 1292 that Gaufredi felt able to relax the sanctions against the Spirituals, who had been persecuted for their strong condemnations of luxury in the church. Gaufredi was responsible in particular for the release from prison of Roger Bacon. Angelo da Clareno and some of his followers—including St Thomas of Tolentino—were released from confinement and sent as missionaries to Armenia in order to avoid persecution from the friars in the March of Ancona. He nominated Pierre Jean Olivi for a teaching position at the University of Montpellier. Gaufredi was also a supporter of the Franciscan tertiary Ramón ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godefroy Family
Godefroy (Gothofredus), a French noble family, which numbered among its members several distinguished jurists and historians. The family claimed descent from Symon Godefroy, who was born at Mons about 1320 and was lord of Sapigneulx near Berry-au-Bac, now in the ''département'' of Aisne. Denis Godefroy (Dionysius Gothofredus) (1549–1622), jurist, son of Leon Godefroy, lord of Guigneccourt, was professor of law in Geneva. Denis's mother, Marie Lourdel, was the great granddaughter of Jacques III De Thou, and a cousin by marriage of the celebrated antiquarian Claude Fauchet. His eldest son, Théodore Godefroy (1580–1649), was born at Geneva on 14 July 1580. He abjured Calvinism, and was called to the bar in Paris. He became historiographer of France in 1613, and was employed from time to time on diplomatic missions. He was employed at the Congress of Münster, where he remained after the signing of peace in 1648 as ''chargé d'affaires'' until his death on 5 October of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
