Provence
Provence (, , , , ; oc, Provença or ''Prouvènço'' , ) is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the Italian border to the east; it is bor ...
family (which now has many branches, the principal ones being the ''Forbin des Lasarts'' branch and the ''Forbin Janson'' branch) bearing the name include:
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Palamède de Forbin
Palamède de Forbin (died 1508), seigneur of Solliès, nicknamed "the Great", was president of the Chambre des comptes and counsellor to René d'Anjou. He helped this prince decide to cede his estates to Louis XI. Louis then became his master, ...
(died 1508), founder of the house
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Toussaint de Forbin-Janson
Toussaint de Forbin-Janson also known simply as Cardinal de Janson (1 October 1631 – 24 March 1713) was a French Catholic Cardinal and Bishop of Beauvais.
Early life
As a boy, Janson joined the Knights of Malta and then the army of the ...
(1625–1713), called the ''cardinal de Janson'', bishop
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Claude de Forbin
Claude, chevalier, then count de Forbin-Gardanne (6 August 1656 – 4 March 1733) was a French naval commander. In 1685–1688 he was on a diplomatic mission to Siam. He became governor of Bangkok and a general in the Siamese army, and left Siam ...
(1656-1733), French naval commander
* Count de Forbin, officer of the French Navy who served under Suffren during the War of American Independence
* Jacques II de Forbin-Janson (1680–1741),
Archbishop of Arles
The former French Catholic Archbishopric of Arles had its episcopal see in the city of Arles, in southern France.Joseph de Forbin (died 1728)
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Louis Nicolas Philippe Auguste de Forbin
Louis Nicolas Philippe Auguste, comte de Forbin (La Roque-d'Anthéron, Bouches-du-Rhône, 19 August 1779 – Paris, 23 February 1841) was the French painter and antiquary who succeeded Vivant Denon as curator of the Musée du Louvre and the othe ...
(1779–1841), French painter
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Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph de Forbin-Janson
Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph, Count of Forbin-Janson, C.P.M. (3 November 1785 – 12 July 1844), was a French aristocrat and prelate who was a founder of the Fathers of Mercy, established in an effort to re-evangelize the French people. He p ...
(1785–1844), Bishop of Nancy
Others with this surname include:
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Alfred Forbin
Alfred J. Forbin (13 February 1872 – 14 August 1956) was a pioneering French stamp dealer who wrote an all-world catalogue of revenue stamps that has never been surpassed.
Early life
Alfred Forbin was born in Paris on 13 February 1872."More ...
(1872-1956), stamp dealer
*The fictional character Charles A. Forbin in the film '' Colossus: The Forbin Project''
Location:
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Hôtel de Forbin
The Hôtel de Forbin is a listed hôtel particulier in Aix-en-Provence.
Location
It is located at 20, Cours Mirabeau in Aix-en-Provence.hôtel particulier
An ''hôtel particulier'' () is a grand townhouse, comparable to the Townhouse (Great Britain), British townhouse or mansion. Whereas an ordinary ''maison'' (house) was built as part of a row, sharing party walls with the houses on either side an ...
on the
Cours Mirabeau
The Cours Mirabeau is a wide thoroughfare in Aix-en-Provence, France.
Overview
440 meters long and 42 meters wide, the Cours Mirabeau is one of the most popular and lively places in the town. It is lined with many cafés, one of the most famous ...
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Aix-en-Provence
Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...