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Poix may refer to: People * Duke of Poix * Gabriel Poix (1888–1946), French rower * Vincent P. de Poix (1916–2015), American vice admiral Places * Poix, Marne, France * Poix-Terron, France * Poix-de-Picardie, France * Poix-du-Nord Poix-du-Nord () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Heraldry Town twinning * Keighley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom See also *Communes of the Nord department The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord de ..., France * Saint-Poix, France {{dab, geo, surname ...
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Duke Of Poix
Duc de Poix in the French peerage was created by Louis XIV in 1663, for Charles de Créquy (1623-1687), who served as ambassador to Spain, England, Rome and Bavaria. The title was taken from de Créquy's home town of Poix-de-Picardie Poix-de-Picardie (, literally ''Poix of Picardy''; pcd, Poé-d’Picardie) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated at the junction of the N1 and N29 roads, some southwest of ... but it became extinct when he died in 1687 without a male heir. It now forms one of the secondary titles of the current ducs de Mouchy. {{duke-stub ...
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Gabriel Poix
Gabriel Augustin Poix (8 November 1888 – 23 January 1946) was a French Rowing (sport), rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics. In 1912 he was the strokeman of the French boat ''Société Nautique de Bayonne'' which was eliminated in the first round of the Rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four, inriggers, coxed four (inriggers) competition. Eight years later he won the silver medal as member of the French boat in the Rowing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed pair, coxed pair event. References External linksGabriel Poix's profile at databaseOlympics.com
1888 births 1946 deaths French male rowers Olympic rowers of France Olympic silver medalists for France Rowers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics European Rowing Championships medalists {{France-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub ...
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Vincent P
Vincent ( la, Vincentius) is a male given name derived from the Roman name Vincentius, which is derived from the Latin word (''to conquer''). People with the given name Artists *Vincent Apap (1909–2003), Maltese sculptor *Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), Dutch Post-Impressionist painter *Vincent Munier (born 1976), French wildlife photographer Saints *Vincent of Saragossa (died 304), deacon and martyr, patron saint of Lisbon and Valencia *Vincent, Orontius, and Victor (died 305), martyrs who evangelized in the Pyrenees * Vincent of Digne (died 379), French bishop of Digne *Vincent of Lérins (died 445), Church father, Gallic author of early Christian writings *Vincent Madelgarius (died 677), Benedictine monk who established two monasteries in France *Vincent Ferrer (1350–1419), Valencian Dominican missionary and logician *Vincent de Paul (1581–1660), Catholic priest who served the poor *Vicente Liem de la Paz (Vincent Liem the Nguyen, 1732–1773), Vincent Duong, Vince ...
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Poix, Marne
Poix () is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France. See also *Communes of the Marne department The following is a list of the 613 communes in the French department of Marne. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Marne (department) {{Marne-geo-stub ...
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Poix-Terron
Poix-Terron () is a Communes of France, commune located in the Departments of France, department of Ardennes (department), Ardennes, in the ''Grand Est'' (lit. "Great East") Regions of France, region of France. Geography Two villages belong to the commune: Poix, and the churchless Terron-les-Poix. Poix became Poix-Terron in 1897. Poix is located on the Route nationale 51, N51, 18 km from Charleville-Mézières, and 28 km from Rethel. Terron is located 1.5 km from Poix on the D27. The Poix-Terron station, railway station in Poix-Terron is on the Soissons–Givet railway between Reims station, Reims and Charleville-Mézières station, Charleville-Mézières. The station was reopened on 1 October 2011. History The town has suffered during Religious wars in Europe, religious wars: there was a fire in the village and castle in 1641, and a siege of the church on 8 July 1651. Louis XIV of France, King Louis XIV passed through on 25 June and 7 August 1654. On 30 Augus ...
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Poix-de-Picardie
Poix-de-Picardie (, literally ''Poix of Picardy''; pcd, Poé-d’Picardie) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated at the junction of the N1 and N29 roads, some southwest of Amiens, at the bottom of a rather steep-sided valley, confined by Normandy to the south and Picardy to the north. The commune has rail access at the Poix-de-Picardie station, on the Rouen to Amiens line. Population Places of interest * The sixteenth century church of Saint-Denis’ priory. In flamboyant Gothic style, the base of the tower dates from the twelfth century. Before becoming the parish church, it was the chapel of the château. * Military cemetery. Containing the graves of 149 Second World War Commonwealth aircrew. Tyrrel family The Tyrrel, or Tirel, family were Lords of Poix from the twelfth to the fifteenth century. The most famous member of this family was Walter Tirel, who killed King William Rufus of England, son of Wi ...
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Poix-du-Nord
Poix-du-Nord () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Heraldry Town twinning * Keighley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom See also *Communes of the Nord department The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Poixdunord {{Nord-geo-stub ...
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