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Riquet à La Houppe
"Riquet with the Tuft" (french: Riquet à la Houppe), also known as "Ricky of the Tuft", is a French literary fairy tale first published by Catherine Bernard in 1696. The more famous version is that of Charles Perrault in his ''Histoires ou contes du temps passé'' in 1697. Name Three possible explanations of the name Riquet exist:''Charles Perrault, Contes'' (introduction, notices et notes de Catherine Magnien), Éditions Le Livre de Poche Classique * Perrault mischievously refers to the Riquetti family, whose name was Frenchified as Riquet. Pierre-Paul Riquet, protege of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, was the promoter of the Royal Canal in Languedoc. * Catherine Bernard, author of an earlier version which inspired Perrault, was from Normandy. Émile Littré, in his article “Riquet à la Houppe”, specifies: “Etymology: it is said that in Norman, riquet means counterfeit, hunchback”. * This nickname can also be interpreted as the diminutive of Henriquet, little Henri. Plot In t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riquet Doré
Riquet is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Dominique Riquet (born 1946), French surgeon and politician of the Radical Party and MEP *François-Joseph-Philippe de Riquet (1771–1843), comte de Caraman was the 16th Prince de Chimay *Pedro Riquet (1598–1640), Spanish composer *Pierre-Paul Riquet (1609–1680), engineer and canal-builder responsible for the construction of the Canal du Midi *Joseph de Riquet de Caraman (1808–1886), 17th Prince de Chimay, Belgian diplomat and industrialist *Joseph de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay (1836–1892), Belgian diplomat and politician *Valentine de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay (1839–1914), Belgian princess *Marie-Clotilde-Elisabeth Louise de Riquet, comtesse de Mercy-Argenteau (1837–1890), Belgian pianist See also *Riquet (Paris Métro), a station of the Paris Métro *Riquet Obelisk dedicated to the creator of the Canal du Midi, Pierre-Paul Riquet *Bonrepos-Riquet, a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
