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Republic Of Bouillon
The Republic of Bouillon was perhaps a short-lived French client republic, around the city of Bouillon in present-day Belgium, based on the duchy of Bouillon, which had existed between France and the Austrian Netherlands since the 15th century. Reforms, sponsored by the duke, abolishing manorialism and feudalism and establishing a constitutional basis for the monarchy did not prevent what many sources describe as the proclamation of a republic in April 1794. The claimed republic was short-lived, however, as the territory was annexed by the French First Republic 18 months later. However, there is no clear source about the existence of this republic. In 1815, after the Napoleonic Wars, the duchy was absorbed into the promoted Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, becoming a part of Belgium when that nation was founded in the 1830s. Influence of the French Revolution Godefroy III (b. 1728, r. 1771, d. 1792), duke of Bouillon and prince of Turenne, favourable to the French Revolution, committ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Client Republic
A sister republic (french: république sœur) was a republic established by French armies or by local revolutionaries and assisted by the First French Republic during the French Revolutionary Wars. These republics, though nominally independent, relied heavily on France for protection, making them more akin to autonomous territories rather than independent states. This became particularly evident after the declaration of the French Empire, when several states were annexed, and the remaining turned into monarchies ruled by members of the Bonaparte family. History The French Revolution was a period of social and political upheaval in France from 1789 until 1799. The Republicans who overthrew the monarchy were driven by ideas of popular sovereignty, rule of law and representative democracy. The Republicans borrowed ideas and values from Whiggism and Enlightenment philosophers. The French Republic supported the spread of republican principles in Europe, but most of these ''sister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of French domination over most of continental Europe. The wars stemmed from the unresolved disputes associated with the French Revolution and the French Revolutionary Wars consisting of the War of the First Coalition (1792–1797) and the War of the Second Coalition (1798–1802). The Napoleonic Wars are often described as five conflicts, each termed after the coalition that fought Napoleon: the Third Coalition (1803–1806), the Fourth (1806–1807), the Fifth (1809), the Sixth (1813–1814), and the Seventh (1815) plus the Peninsular War (1807–1814) and the French invasion of Russia (1812). Napoleon, upon ascending to First Consul of France in 1799, had inherited a republic in chaos; he subsequently created a state with stable financ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sambre-et-Meuse
Sambre-et-Meuse () was a department of the French First Republic and French First Empire in present-day Belgium. It was named after the rivers Sambre and Meuse. It was created on 1 October 1795, when the Austrian Netherlands and the Prince-Bishopric of Liège were officially annexed by the French Republic. Prior to this annexation, the territory included in the department had lain in the County of Namur, the Prince-Bishopric of Liège and the Duchies of Brabant and Luxembourg. The Chef-lieu of the department was Namur. The department was subdivided into the following four arrondissements and cantons: * Namur: Andenne, Dhuy, Fosses, Gembloux and Namur (2 cantons). * Dinant: Beauraing, Ciney, Dinant, Florennes and Walcourt. * Marche: Durbuy, Érezée, Havelange, La Roche, Marche and Rochefort. * Saint-Hubert: Gedinne, Nassogne, Saint-Hubert and Wellin. After Napoleon was defeated in 1814, the department was dissolved and later became part of the United Kingdom of the Neth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ardennes (department)
Ardennes () is a department in the region of northeastern France named after the broader Ardennes. Its prefecture is the town Charleville-Mézières. The department has 270,582 inhabitants.Populations légales 2019: 08 Ardennes INSEE The inhabitants of the department are known as or . Geography Political geography The department of Ardennes is bounded by Aisne to the west, to the south, |
Forêts
Forêts was a department of the French First Republic, and later the First French Empire, in present-day Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany. Its name, meaning 'forests', comes from the Ardennes forests. It was formed on 24 October 1795, after the Austrian Netherlands had been annexed by France on 1 October. Before annexation, the territory was part of the Duchy of Luxembourg and little parts of the Duchy of Bouillon. Its capital was Luxembourg City. 14,176 men from the former Duchy of Luxembourg were conscripted into the French Revolutionnary Army and the Grande Armée in these years, of whom 9,809 died on the battlefields of Europe.Luxemburg deine Heimatstadt, Edouard Feitler p. 206 After Napoleon was defeated in 1814, most of it became part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, with the part on the east side of the rivers Our and Sauer becoming part of Prussia (now Germany). The territory is now divided between the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Belgian province of Lu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The 130 Départements
This is a list of the 130 departments of France, departments (french: link=no, départements), the conventional name for the administrative subdivisions of the First French Empire at the height of its territorial extent, circa 1811. Note that the Illyrian Provinces were also part of France, but were not organised into departments, and so are not included in this list. Similarly, four additional French departments were also created in Catalonia (annexed from Spain in 1812); their juridical status remained incomplete until the French lost their grip on Spain in 1814. Those departments were: Bouches-de-l'Èbre, Montserrat (department), Montserrat, Sègre (department), Sègre, and Ter (department), Ter. List The names of departments formed from territories annexed to France after 1791 have been colour-coded as follows: Moreover, the Tanaro (department), Tanaro department was established in 1802 and disbanded in 1805; it was one of the six original ''départments'' which took th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departments Of French Empire North 1811-fr
Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, for example: **Departments of Colombia, a grouping of municipalities **Departments of France, administrative divisions three levels below the national government **Departments of Honduras **Departments of Peru, name given to the subdivisions of Peru until 2002 **Departments of Uruguay *Department (United States Army), corps areas of the U.S. Army prior to World War I *Fire department, a public or private organization that provides emergency firefighting and rescue services *Ministry (government department), a specialized division of a government *Police department, a body empowered by the state to enforce the law *Department (naval) administrative/functional sub-unit of a ship's company. Other uses * ''Department'' (film), a 2012 Bollywood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Évreux
Évreux () is a commune in and the capital of the department of Eure, in the French region of Normandy. Geography The city is on the Iton river. Climate History In late Antiquity, the town, attested in the fourth century CE, was named ''Mediolanum Aulercorum'', "the central town of the Aulerci", the Gallic tribe then inhabiting the area. Mediolanum was a small regional centre of the Roman province of Gallia Lugdunensis. Julius Caesar wintered eight legions in this area after his third campaigning season in the battle for Gaul (56-55 BC): Legiones VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII and XIV. The present-day name of ''Évreux'' originates from the Gallic tribe of Eburovices, literally ''Those who overcome by the yew?'', from the Gaulish root '' eburos''. Counts of Évreux The first known members of the family of the counts of Évreux were descended from an illegitimate son of Richard I, duke of Normandy; these counts became extinct in the male line with the death of Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Château De Navarre
The Château de Navarre was a château near Évreux in Normandy. The medieval structure was built for Queen Joan II of Navarre and later came into the possession of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne. In 1750 a new Chateau was built possibly incorporating part of the medieval structure and two towers dating from the seventeenth century. Built by a relative of the great marshal General of France Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne the new building was created in the form of a cube surmounted by a large dome. It was intended that a large statue of Marshal Turenne be placed on top of the dome but this never eventuated. The Chateau was burned down in 1834 and the remains were demolished two years later.Knapton, Ernest. Empress Josephine, Chapter 21 Seclusion. Harvard University Press, Date accessed November 14, 2012. URL http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/People/Josephine/KNAEJO/21*.html The chateau was surrounded by the forest of Evreux, being part of the princ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Léopold De La Tour D'Auvergne
Jacques L̩opold de La Tour d'Auvergne (Jacques L̩opold Charles Godefroy; 15 January 1746 Р7 February 1802) was a member of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne, the sovereign dukes of Bouillon. He was the last Duke of Bouillon succeeding his father in 1792. Early life The eldest and only surviving of four sons, he was born to the Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon and Princess Louise Henriette Gabrielle de Lorraine-Marsan in 1746. From 1771, Jacques L̩opold was styled as the ''Prince of Turenne'' as the heir of the Duchy of Bouillon. His first cousin was Henri Louis de Rohan-Gu̩m̩n̩, the scandalous Prince of Gu̩m̩n̩, son of his aunt Princess Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne and Jules, Prince of Rohan-Gu̩m̩n̩ Personal life He married Princess Hedwig of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg, daughter of Konstantin, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg and his wife Countess Marie Sophia Theresia Hedwig Eva of Starhemberg, widowed Princess of Nassau-Sie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Revolution
The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are considered fundamental principles of liberal democracy, while phrases like ''liberté, égalité, fraternité'' reappeared in other revolts, such as the 1917 Russian Revolution, and inspired campaigns for the abolition of slavery and universal suffrage. The values and institutions it created dominate French politics to this day. Its causes are generally agreed to be a combination of social, political and economic factors, which the ''Ancien Régime'' proved unable to manage. In May 1789, widespread social distress led to the convocation of the Estates General, which was converted into a National Assembly in June. Continuing unrest culminated in the Storming of the Bastille on 14 July, which led to a series of radical measures by the Assembly, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
