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Jacques Alexis De Verteuil
Jacques Alexis de Verteuil (26 March 1726 – 24 December 1793) was a French general and chevalier of the Order of the Holy Spirit (1770). Having served in French Canada and Governor of the Île d'Yeu from 1768, Verteuil was in command at La Rochelle at the opening of the French Revolution. He then became a commanding lieutenant-general of the Catholic royalist army during the revolt in the Vendée. Captured at Savenay, he was executed as a prisoner of the National Convention for his counter-revolutionary activities (condemned as a "brigand") in the Vendée. Born at Beaurepaire, Vendée, Poitou, the son of Leonard de Verteuil, baron de Feuillas (1680-1743), Jacques Alexis married in August 1754 at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Marie du Pont du Vivier de Gourville, daughter of the seigneur de Gourville, a title he inherited. Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Verteuil, Jacques Alexis 1726 births 1793 deaths French soldiers French generals People from Vendée People executed during the French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The Holy Spirit
The Order of the Holy Spirit (french: Ordre du Saint-Esprit; sometimes translated into English as the Order of the Holy Ghost), is a French order of chivalry founded by Henry III of France in 1578. Today, it is a dynastic order under the House of France. It should not be confused with the Holy Ghost Fathers, Congregation of the Holy Ghost or with the religious Order of the Holy Ghost. It was the senior chivalric order of France by precedence, although not by age, since the Order of Saint Michael was established more than a century earlier. Although officially abolished by the government authorities in 1830 following the July Revolution, its activities carried on. It is still recognised by the International Commission on Orders of Chivalry. History Prior to the creation of the Order of the Holy Spirit in 1578 by King Henri III, the senior order of chivalry in France had been the Order of Saint Michael. The idea flashed to him in Venice, where he had seen the original manuscript ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
