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Maillé-Brézé (D627)
Maillé-Brézé may refer to: People * Urbain de Maillé-Brézé (1597–1650), Marshal of France, General, Top French aristocrat * Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé (1619–1646), French First Grand Admiral * Claire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé Claire Clémence de Maillé (25 February 1628 – 16 April 1694) was a French noblewoman from the Brézé family and a niece of Cardinal Richelieu. She married Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, known as ''Le Grand Condé'' (The Great Con ... (1628–1694), wife of Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé Other * French ship Maillé Brézé: ** French destroyer Maillé Brézé (1931) ** French destroyer Maillé-Brézé (D627) {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urbain De Maillé-Brézé
Urbain de Maillé-Brézé () (1597 – 13 February 1650), was a 17th-century French soldier and diplomat, who was a Marshal of France, Ambassador to Sweden in 1632, and Viceroy of Catalonia 1641 to 1642. His marriage to the younger sister of Cardinal Richelieu, French chief minister from 1624 to 1642, brought success and enormous wealth. His son held a number of senior naval positions, and his daughter married Louis, Grand Condé. He lost office following Richelieu's death in December 1642, and spent the rest of his life on his estates in Milly-le-Meugon, where he died on 13 February 1650. Life Urbain de Maillé-Brézé was born in 1597, to Charles de Maillé, S (1568-1613), Seigneur de Brézé, and Jacqueline de Thévalle. His father was described as an 'écuyer', a level of gentry below the nobility; two years after his death in 1615, Jacqueline purchased the title of Marquis. In 1617, he married Nicole du Plessis-Richelieu (1587-1635), younger sister of Cardinal Riche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Armand De Maillé-Brézé
Jean Armand de Maillé, Duke of Fronsac, Marquis of Brézé (18 October 1619 – 14 June 1646) was a French admiral. He was born in Milly-le-Meugon, in one of the most powerful French families of the time; his father was Urbain de Maillé, Marquis of Brézé, Marshal of France, his uncle Cardinal Richelieu, King Louis XIII's renowned minister, and his brother-in-law, Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, (better known as the ''le Grand Condé''), was the First Prince of the Blood. Thanks to his uncle, at the age of seventeen, he received the title of ''grand-maître de la navigation'' (Grand-master of Navigation), a new title created by King Louis XIII for Cardinal Richelieu and equivalent to Grand Admiral of France. One of the leading figures in the Eighty Years' War, he defeated the Spanish fleet near Cadiz (20 July 1640), and then seized Villafranca. In 1641, he arrived in Portugal to help in the Portuguese Restoration War against Spain. In 1642, he fought an indeci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire-Clémence De Maillé-Brézé
Claire Clémence de Maillé (25 February 1628 – 16 April 1694) was a French noblewoman from the Brézé family and a niece of Cardinal Richelieu. She married Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, known as ''Le Grand Condé'' (The Great Condé), and became the mother of Henri Jules. She was Princess of Condé and Duchess of Fronsac. Life Claire Clémence was born at Brézé in the historical province of Anjou, France, as the daughter of Urbain de Maillé, ''marquis de Brézé'', ''seigneur de Milly'', ''seigneur de Thévalles'', and Marshal of France. Her mother was Nicole du Plessis, the sister of Cardinal Richelieu. She had an older brother, Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé, who became an Admiral of the French Royal Navy (''La Royale''). When she was five years old, her uncle, the Cardinal, arranged her betrothal to the French prince du sang, Louis de Bourbon, who would become the renowned general ''le Grand Condé'', "the Great Condé." Under the pretext of educating her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis II De Bourbon, Prince De Condé , names sometimes translated to English as "Louis"
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Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis (other) * Louie (other) * Luis (other) * Louise (other) * Louisville (other) * Louis Cruise Lines * Louis dressing, for salad * Louis Quinze, design style Associated names * * Chlodwig, the origin of the name Ludwig, which is translated to English as "Louis" * Ladislav and László - names sometimes erroneously associated with "Louis" * Ludovic, Ludwig, Ludwick, Ludwik Ludwik () is a Polish given name. Notable people with the name include: * Ludwik Czyżewski, Polish WWII general * Ludwik Fleck (1896–1961), Polish medical doctor and biologist * Ludwik Gintel (1899–1973), Polish-Israeli Olympic soccer player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Maillé Brézé
Three ships of the French Navy have borne the name ''Brézé'' or ''Maillé Brézé'' in honour of admiral Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé Jean Armand de Maillé, Duke of Fronsac, Marquis of Brézé (18 October 1619 – 14 June 1646) was a French admiral. He was born in Milly-le-Meugon, in one of the most powerful French families of the time; his father was Urbain de Maillé, Mar ...: * (1646–1665), a -gun ship of the line. * (named ''Brézé'' until January 1931), a destroyed in the accidental explosion of one of her torpedoes on 30 April 1940 in Greenock * , , presently a museum ship Notes External links Les bâtiments ayant porté le nom de Maillé-Brézé {{DEFAULTSORT:Maille Breze, French Ship French Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Destroyer Maillé Brézé (1931)
''Maillé Brézé'' was one of six s () built for the French Navy () during the 1930s. The ship entered service in 1933 and spent most of her career in the Mediterranean, sometimes as a flagship. During the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939, she was one of the ships that helped to enforce the non-intervention agreement. When France declared war on Germany in September 1939, all of the ''Vauquelin''s were assigned to the High Sea Forces ( (FHM)) which was tasked to escort French convoys and support the other commands as needed. ''Maillé Brézé'' accordingly spent most of the next six months on escort duties. She played a minor role in the Norwegian Campaign before she was lost in an accidental explosion in April 1940. Most of her crew survived the incident; her wreck was not salvaged until 1954 and was subsequently scrapped. Design and description The ''Vauquelin''-class ships were designed as improved versions of the preceding s. They had an overall length of , a beam of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
