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Intendant Of Brittany
The Intendancy of Brittany was an intendant#France, intendancy created in 1689 by Louis XIV of France, Louis XIV, after 2 attempts to do so in 1636 and 1647. The governor of Brittany had a more prestigious role, but the intendant was the essential relay for the monarch's will. List of holders :* Auguste-Robert de Pomereu, 1689-1692 :* Louis de Béchameil, 1692-1705, put in place from the sub-delegates :* Ferrand de Villemilan, 1705-1716 :* Paul Esprit Feydeau de Brou, 1716-1728 :* Des Gallois de la Tour, 1728-1735 :* Pontcarré de Viarmes, 1735-1753 :* Le Bret, 1753-1765 :* Jacques de Flesselles, 1765-1767 :* François Marie Bruno d'Agay, 1767-1771 :* Guillaume-Joseph Dupleix de Bacquencourt, 1771-1774 :* Gaspard-Louis Caze, baron de la Bove, 1774-1784 :* Antoine François de Bertrand-Molleville, 1784-1788 :* François-Germain Dufaure de Rochefort, 1788 - resigned to the Directory on 31 August 1790. Activity of the intendant Ordinances Extraordinary missions History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intendant
An intendant (; pt, intendente ; es, intendente ) was, and sometimes still is, a public official, especially in France, Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. The intendancy system was a centralizing administrative system developed in France. In the War of the Spanish Succession of 1701 to 1714 the French royal House of Bourbon secured its hold on the throne of Spain; it extended a French-style intendancy system to Spain and Portugal - and subsequently worldwide through the Spanish Empire and Portuguese Empire. Regions were divided into districts, each administered by an intendant. The title continues in use in Spain and in parts of Spanish America for particular government officials. Development of the system in France Intendants were royal civil servants in France under the Old Regime. A product of the centralization policies of the French crown, intendants were appointed "commissions," and not purchasable hereditary "offices," which thus prevented the abuse of sales of royal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine François De Bertrand-Molleville
Antoine is a French given name (from the Latin '' Antonius'' meaning 'highly praise-worthy') that is a variant of Danton, Titouan, D'Anton and Antonin. The name is used in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, West Greenland, Haiti, French Guiana, Madagascar, Benin, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania, Western Sahara, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Chad, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, and Rwanda. It is a cognate of the masculine given name Anthony. Similar names include Antaine, Anthoine, Antoan, Antoin, Antton, Antuan, Antwain, Antwan, Antwaun, Antwoine, Antwone, Antwon and Antwuan. Feminine forms include Antonia, Antoinette, and (more rarely) Antionette. As a first name * Antoine Alexandre Barbier (1765–1825), a French librarian and bibliographer * Antoine Arbogast (1759–1803), a French mathematician *Antoine Arnauld (1612–1694), a French theologi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mesquer
Mesquer (; Gallo: ''Mésqè'', br, Mesker) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Population References See also *La Baule - Guérande Peninsula *Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department *The works of Jean Fréour ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ... Sculptor with works in Mesquer Communes of Loire-Atlantique {{LoireAtlantique-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piriac-sur-Mer
Piriac-sur-Mer (, literally ''Piriac on Sea''; br, Penc'herieg) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Population See also *La Baule - Guérande Peninsula *Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department The following is a list of the 207 communes of the Loire-Atlantique department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Loire-Atlantique Populated coastal places in France {{LoireAtlantique-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dol-de-Bretagne
Dol-de-Bretagne (, literally ''Dol of Brittany''; br, Dol; Gallo: ''Dóu''), cited in most historical records under its Breton name of Dol, is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine ''département'' in Brittany in northwestern France. Geography Dol-de-Bretagne is situated in the northern part of the Ille-et-Vilaine department, 6 km from the English Channel coast and 22 km southeast of Saint-Malo Saint-Malo (, , ; Gallo: ; ) is a historic French port in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, on the English Channel coast. The walled city had a long history of piracy, earning much wealth from local extortion and overseas adventures. In 1944, the Alli .... Dol-de-Bretagne station is served by high speed trains to Rennes and Paris, and regional trains to Saint-Malo, Saint-Brieuc, Granville and Rennes. History ''Dol'' is a Breton language, Breton term meaning "low and fertile place in the flood plain of a waterway;" cf. Welsh language, Welsh ''dôl'' ("meadow"). In 549, the Welsh Saint Teilo was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haute-Bretagne
Upper Brittany (french: Haute-Bretagne; br, Breizh-Uhel; Gallo: ''Haùtt-Bertaèyn'') is the eastern part of Brittany, France, which is predominantly of a Romance culture and is associated with the Gallo language. The name is in counterpoint to Lower Brittany, the western part of the ancient province and present-day region, where the Breton language has traditionally been spoken. However, there is no certainty as to exactly where the line between 'Upper' and 'Lower' Brittany falls. In many regards, Upper Brittany is dominated by the industrial and cathedral city of Rennes, seat of the University of Rennes 1 and the University of Rennes 2. Distinctions The principal distinction between the two parts of Brittany is that Lower Brittany is the historic realm of the Breton language, while Upper Brittany is that of Gallo, closely related to French. The isolation of Brittany from the mainstream of French society was always less acute in Upper than in Lower Brittany, largely thanks t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prêtre Catholique
Pretre or Prêtre, meaning priest in French, may refer to : * Georges Prêtre (1924-2017), a French conductor * Prêtre Martin, a character who serves the Mass alone to himself * Amazone De Pretre, another name for the red-spectacled amazon, a parrot species * John McDonell (Le Prêtre) (1768–1850), a soldier, judge and political figure in Upper Canada * Sebastien Le Pretre de Vauban (1633–1707), a Marshal of France and the foremost military engineer of his age * Vingtaine de Bas du Mont au Prêtre, one of the five vingtaines of St. Helier Parish on the Channel Island of Jersey * Vingtaine de Haut du Mont au Prêtre, one of the five vingtaines of St. Helier Parish on the Channel Island of Jersey See also * Pretrei (other) Pretrei may refer to: '' Amazona pretrei'', a parrot species found in parts of South America. See also * Pretre {{Disambiguation ... {{surname, Prêtre, Pretre French-language surnames Occupational surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ploemeur
Ploemeur (; br, Plañvour), sometimes written instead as Plœmeur, is a commune in the Morbihan department in the region of Brittany in north-western France. It is a western suburb of Lorient. Population The inhabitants are called the ''Ploemeurois''. The municipality launched a linguistic plan to promote and stimulate the use of the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 18 April 2006. Etymology The current name of the city of Ploemeur comes from the old Breton ''Plo Meur'' meaning "Big Parish". Geography Ploemeur is close to Lorient (), a sub-prefecture of Morbihan. Photographs of the Port of Lomener File:Lomener1610_53.JPG, The pier File:Lomener1610_25.JPG, The Island of Groix at the horizon File:Lomener1112_23.JPG, End of the day on the port People * Nathalie Appéré, Mayor of Rennes * Stanislas Dupuy de Lôme (1816 in the Château de Soye' - †1885), who built the first armored battleship. * Yoann Gourcuff, born on 11 July 1986, is a footballer of Olympique L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fougères
Fougères (; br, Felger; Gallo: ''Foujerr'') is a commune and a sub-prefecture of the Ille-et-Vilaine department in the region of Brittany in northwestern France. As of 2017, Fougères had 20,418 inhabitants. The Fougères area comprises approximately 88,000 inhabitants and is currently growing, unlike the town centre. History Toponymy Fougères is a town on the edge of Brittany, Maine and Normandy and is named after a fern (see also ''fougère''), or from ''fous'' which means ''fossé'' ("gap"). The town of Fougères is mentioned in the chorus of the song La Blanche Hermine by Gilles Servat. The author uses it as a symbol of the Breton resistance where it is adjacent to the town of Clisson in the Loire-Atlantique. Fougères is historically, since the arrival of Latin in Armorica, a region where Gallo is spoken. In Gallo, Fougères translates to ''Foujerr'' while its Breton name is ''Felger''. Entry signs to the agglomeration have carried the Breton name for several ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
