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Duquesne or Duchesne ( , ; old spelling Du Quesne, American spelling DuQuesne) is a family name derived from a northern dialectal form of
French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
(Norman and Picard) meaning ''du chêne'' in French ("of the
oak").
The anglicization of the name to Du Cane occurred following the exodus of Huguenot refugees from France to England in the 16th and 17th centuries.
These can refer to:
People
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Abraham Duquesne
Abraham Duquesne, marquis du Bouchet (2 February 1688) was a French naval officer, who also saw service as an admiral in the Swedish navy. He was born in Dieppe, a seaport, in 1610, and was a Huguenot. He was the son of a naval officer and theref ...
(–1688), French admiral
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Abraham de Bellebat, marquis du Quesne
Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Jews ...
, governor of Martinique in 1716 (see
list of colonial and departmental heads of Martinique)
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Antoine Duquesne
Antoine Duquesne (; 3 February 1941 – 4 November 2010) was a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the French Community of Belgium with the MR/ MCC/ PRL, Member of the Bureau of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats fo ...
(1941–2010), Belgian politician
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Fritz Joubert Duquesne
Frederick "Fritz" Joubert Duquesne (; 21 September 187724 May 1956; sometimes Du Quesne) was a South African Boer and German soldier, big-game hunter, journalist, and spy. Many of the claims Duquesne made about himself are in dispute; over his l ...
(1877–1956), Boer and later German spy in World War I and World War II
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Jacques Duquesne (footballer)
Jacques Duquesne (born 22 April 1940 in Marcinelle) is a retired Belgian football goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated pla ...
(1940-2023), Belgian footballer
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Jean du Quesne, the elder
Jean du Quesne, the elder also known as Jan or Jehan (December 1624) was a particularly well-documented Huguenot refugee from Flanders reported to be from Ath in Hainaut, the son of Jean Du Quesne, native of Valenciennes.
David Carnegie Andrew Ag ...
(died 1624), Huguenot refugee from Flanders who settled in England
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Jean du Quesne, the Younger
Jean du Quesne, the younger (1575–1612) was the son of Jean Du Quesne, the elder, a particularly well-documented Huguenot refugee from Flanders.
Of noble extraction, Jean Du Quesne the elder escaped to England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth ...
(1575–1612), son of the above
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Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville, Marquis Du Quesne (c. 1700–1778), Governor General of New France and namesake of numerous settlements
Places
United States
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Duquesne, Arizona
Duquesne is a ghost town in the Patagonia Mountains in eastern Santa Cruz County, Arizona, near the international border with Sonora, Mexico. The town, which is currently under private ownership and closed to the public although the roads are almo ...
, now a ghost town
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Duquesne, Missouri
Duquesne ( ) is a Fourth-Class City in Jasper County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,159 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Joplin, Missouri
Joplin is a city in Jasper and Newton counties in the southwestern corner of the U ...
, a village
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Duquesne, Pennsylvania
Duquesne ( ) is a city along the Monongahela River in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, within the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The population was 5,254 at the 2020 census.
History
The city of Duquesne was settled in 1789 and incor ...
, a city named after Marquis Duquesne
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Fort Duquesne, a French fort created in 1754 which eventually became the city of Pittsburgh
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Fort Duquesne (Minnesota)
Fort Duquesne is a historical French former fur trade post. It was built and was first discovered in 1983. The following year, on November 15, 1984, the site was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The site is about two miles north ...
, a former French fur trade post on the National Register of Historic Places
Grenada
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Duquesne River
The Duquesne River is a river of Grenada.
See also
*List of rivers of Grenada
This is a list of rivers of Grenada. Rivers in Grenada flow towards the Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Kar ...
Fictional characters
*
Calleigh Duquesne, in the television series ''CSI: Miami''
* Jacques Duquesne, true identity of the
Swordsman (comics) in the Marvel Comics universe
* Marc "Blackie" DuQuesne, villain of the
Skylark science fiction series of novels by E. E. "Doc" Smith
French Navy ships
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French ship ''Duquesne'', various French Navy ships
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''Duquesne''-class cruiser, a class of two heavy cruisers built in the mid 1920s
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''Duquesne''-class cruiser (1876), a class of two unprotected cruisers built in the 1870s
Sports
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Duquesne Country and Athletic Club, an American professional football team from 1895 to 1900
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Duquesne Country and Athletic Club (ice hockey), an American hockey team from 1895 to 1901
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Duquesne Dukes, athletic teams of Duquesne University
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Duquesne Athletic Club, a professional ice hockey team in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1908 to 1909
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Duquesne Gardens, the main sports arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the first half of the 20th century
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Duquesne Baseball Field, Duquesne University
Other uses
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Duquesne University, a private Catholic university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Duquesne Club, a private social club in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, founded in 1873
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Duquesne Brewing Company (1899-1972), a brewery in Pittsburgh
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Duquesne Brewing Company, revived from the above company
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''Duquesne'' (PRR), a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train, later renamed the ''Keystone'' by Amtrak
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Duquesne Incline, an inclined plane railroad or funicular
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