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Valois Rivarola
Valois may refer to: People * House of Valois, French royal house descended from the counts of Valois * Agnès-Marie Valois (1914–2018), French religious sister and nurse who cared for the wounded in the World War II raid on Dieppe * Charles-Omer Valois (born 1924), Canadian Roman Catholic bishop * Georges Valois (1878–1945), French journalist and politician * Henri Valois (1607–1692), French classical historian * Jean-Louis Valois (born 1973), French footballer * Johanne Valois (born 1953), Canadian handball player * Jonathan Valois (born 1971), Canadian politician * Joseph Valois (1767–1835), businessman, farmer and political figure in Lower Canada * Léonise Valois (1868–1936), French-Canadian poet * Luislinda Valois (born 1942), Salvadoran-born Brazilian jurist, magistrate and politician * Michel-François Valois (1801–1869), physician and political figure in Canada East * Noël Valois (1855–1915), French historian * Philippe Valois (1907–1986), Canadian polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Valois
The Capetian house of Valois ( , also , ) was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty. They succeeded the House of Capet (or "Direct Capetians") to the List of French monarchs, French throne, and were the royal house of France from 1328 to 1589. Junior members of the family founded cadet branches in House of Valois#Dukes of Orléans, Orléans, House of Valois-Anjou, Anjou, House of Valois-Burgundy, Burgundy, and Counts and dukes of Alençon, Alençon. The Valois descended from Charles, Count of Valois (1270–1325), the second surviving son of King Philip III of France (reigned 1270–1285). Their title to the throne was based on a precedent in 1316 (later retroactively attributed to the Merovingian dynasty, Merovingian Salic law) which excluded females (Joan II of Navarre), as well as male descendants through the wiktionary:distaff side#English, distaff side (Edward III of England), from the succession to the French throne. After holding the throne for several centuries the Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luislinda Valois
Luislinda Dias de Valois Santos (born 20 January 1942 in Salvador) is a Brazilian jurist, magistrate and politician. Former member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), was minister of Human Rights. She was the third black judge to be appointed in her home-state (Bahia), was desembargador Desembargador is a Portuguese title given to some appellate judges in Portugal, Brazil and other countries influenced by the Portuguese legal tradition. History Historically, the title ''desembargador'' was given to the judges of some of the hi ...a of the Court of Justice of the State of Bahia (TJ-BA). She left the office of Minister on 19 February 2018. References 1942 births Living people People from Salvador, Bahia 20th-century Brazilian judges Brazilian women judges 21st-century Brazilian judges Brazilian politicians of African descent Brazilian Social Democracy Party politicians 21st-century Brazilian women politicians 21st-century Brazilian politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valois Station
Valois station is a commuter rail station operated by Exo in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada, located in the Valois neighborhood. It is served by the Vaudreuil–Hudson line. on weekdays, 10 of 11 inbound trains and 10 of 12 outbound trains on the line call at this station, with the others skipping it. On weekends, all trains (four on Saturday and three on Sunday in each direction) call here. The station is located north of Autoroute 20 at the corner of Avenue Donegani and Avenue de la Baie-de-Valois. The original station building is extant but is no longer in passenger service; instead, it is used by a community resource centre. The station has two side platforms; access between them is provided by a tunnel with headhouses on either side of the tracks and a third located south of the highway. In 2016, the station became the first one on this line to possess its own work of art. The ''MU'' artistic organization arranged the creation of a mural A mural is any piece of gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valois, Pointe-Claire
Valois is a neighbourhood in the city of Pointe-Claire, Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ..., Canada. It was once a separate village, many years ago, but was then merged with Pointe-Claire in 1911. References Pointe-Claire {{Montreal-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counts And Dukes Of Valois
The Valois ( , also , ; originally ''Pagus Valensis'') was a region in the valley of the Oise river in Picardy in the north of France. It was a fief in West Francia and subsequently the Kingdom of France until its counts furnished a line of kings, the House of Valois, to succeed the House of Capet in 1328. It was, along with the counties of Beauvais, the Vexin, Vermandois, and Laon, part of the "Oise line" of ''fiefdoms'' which were held often by one individual or an individual family as a string of defences against Viking assault on Paris. The medieval county and duchy of Valois was located in northern France in northeastern Île-de-France. Its capital was Crépy-en-Valois.Mish, Frederick C., Editor in Chief. "Valois". '' Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary''. 9th ed. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster Inc., 1985. , (indexed), and (deluxe). Counts of Valois Carolingian counts * Pepin, Count of Vermandois and Valois (Pepin II), son of Bernard, King of Italy. * ca. 886 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Valois
Victor Valois (1841–1924), also called Anton Friedrich Victor Valois, was a vice-admiral (Vizeadmiral) in the German Imperial Navy. He graduated from the post-graduate Naval War College, the Imperial Naval Academy (Marineakademie) in 1874 in a class with three other future admirals: Otto von Diederichs, Felix von Bendemann, Gustav von Senden-Bibran. Commissioned into the Prussian navy in 1857, Valois fought at the Battle of Jasmund in 1864. Between 1865 and 1868 he circumnavigated the world and later served in the Franco-Prussian War as captain of . He sank or captured several French ships before being blockaded in Vigo until the end of the war. In 1890 he became commander of the German East Asia Squadron. Towards the end of his naval career and in retirement he was active in the debate regarding the role of the German navy. Valois supported creating a fleet of light commerce raiders, as opposed to the orthodoxy of building up a battleship force for a decisive fleet action. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Valois
Philippe Valois (27 March 1907 – 28 August 1986) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a lawyer by career. Born in Lachute, Quebec, Valois was educated at the Seminaire de Joliette and the Université de Montréal, attained Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the People's Republic of Chi ... degrees. He was first elected at the Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes riding in the 1949 general election then re-elected there for successive terms in 1949, 1953, and 1957. After completing his final federal term, the 23rd Canadian Parliament, Valois did not seek further re-election. References External links * 1907 births 1986 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Liberal Party of Canada MPs People fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noël Valois
Noël Valois (4 May 1855, Paris – 11 November 1915, Paris), was a French historian. The grandson of sculptor Achille Valois, Valois studied at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand. He then entered the École Nationale des Chartes in 1875, where he presented his thesis on William of Auvergne in 1879. He then joined the National Archives in 1881. The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres awarded him with the prix Gobert for the publication of his work on the Council of State under Henry IV in 1889. On 28 October 1893, he resigned from his post at the Archives National to devote himself to his research. Specializing in the study of the Western Schism The Western Schism, also known as the Papal Schism, the Vatican Standoff, the Great Occidental Schism, or the Schism of 1378 (), was a split within the Catholic Church lasting from 1378 to 1417 in which bishops residing in Rome and Avignon bo ..., historians realized thanks to him that the period of the papacy in the 14th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel-François Valois
Michel-François Valois (August 20, 1801 – May 24, 1869) was a physician and political figure in Canada East. He was born in Pointe-Claire in 1801 and studied at the Collège de Montréal. He was licensed to practice medicine in 1826 and set up practice in Pointe-Claire. Valois became a school trustee in 1830. He helped organize in a major rally against the British authorities held at Saint-Laurent in May 1837. Valois was captured and put in prison at Montreal; he spent some time in the United States and then returned. In 1851, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Montreal county as a member of the parti rouge. In 1854, Valois was elected again in Jacques-Cartier Jacques-Cartier is an electoral district in the West Island of Montreal, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It is the only provincial electoral district in Quebec with an Anglophone majority. It notably includes th ... (formerly Montreal county) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léonise Valois
Léonise Valois (October 11, 1868 – May 20, 1936) was a Canadian poet and journalist. She was a pioneer in Canadian women's journalism and was the first French Canadian woman to publish a collection of poetry. Biography The daughter of physician Louis-Joseph-Avila Valois and Marie-Louise Bourque, she was born Marie-Attala-Amanda-Léonise Valois in Vaudreuil, Quebec. She studied with the Sisters of Saint Anne in Vaudreui and then continued her studies at the convent of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary in Beauharnois. After completing her education in 1883, Valois worked as bookkeeper for her father's medical practice and helping him with his patients. In 1886, the family moved to Sainte-Cunégonde Little Burgundy (french: La Petite-Bourgogne) is a neighbourhood in the Le Sud-Ouest, South West Boroughs of Montreal, borough of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Geography Its approximate boundaries are Atwater Avenue to the west, Saint .... After her fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnès-Marie Valois
Agnès Cécile Marie-Madeleine Valois (30 June 1914 – 19 April 2018), also known as Sister Agnès-Marie, was a French Roman Catholic religious sister and nurse. She became known as "Angel of Dieppe" for her heroic efforts in caring for soldiers at the disastrous World War II Dieppe Raid. For this she was decorated by France and Canada. An Augustinian sister, she had been trained as a surgical nurse before the war. She died on 19 April 2018 at the age of 103, at a monastery near Dieppe, France. Early life Valois was born in Rouen in 1914. Her grandfather Jules Vallois had a rope factory in Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville which her father Gaston inherited. Today it is a museum. Career Valois entered the Hôtel-Dieu de Rouen convent of the Canonesses of St. Augustine of the Mercy of Jesus in 1936 where she started living as Sister Marguerite-Marie in 1937. She took a temporary vow to become a religious sister in 1938 and the permanent, solemn vow in 1941. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Valois
Joseph Valois (1767 – January 3, 1835) was a businessman, farmer and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Montréal in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1820 to 1834. He was born in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, the son of Jean Valois and Marie-Josèphe Dubois. In 1790, he married Catherine Leduc Saint-Omer. Valois generally supported the Parti patriote and voted in support of the Ninety-Two Resolutions. He died in Montreal at the age of 67. His nephew Michel-François Valois Michel-François Valois (August 20, 1801 – May 24, 1869) was a physician and political figure in Canada East. He was born in Pointe-Claire in 1801 and studied at the Collège de Montréal. He was licensed to practice medicine in 1826 and se ... later served in the legislative assembly for the Province of Canada. References * 1767 births 1835 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada {{Quebec-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
