Mortagne-au-Perche () is a commune in the Orne department in

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, north-western

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*Geoffrey II, Count of Perche and Mortagne, grandfather of Queen Margaret of L'Aigle. *

Marie of Armagnac Marie of Armagnac (c. 1420–1473) was a French noblewoman, daughter of John IV of Armagnac and his second wife, Isabella of Navarre. Marriage and children On 30 April 1437, Marie became the second wife of John II of Alençon. Their marriage wa ...

, duchess of Alençon, died there in 1473. * Early Québécois settler

Zacharie Cloutier Zacharie Cloutier (c. 1590 – September 17, 1677) was a French carpenter who immigrated to New France in 1634 in the first wave of the Percheron immigration from the former province of Perche, to an area that is today part of Quebec, Cana ...

(1590-1677). *

Jean-Pierre Poisson Jean-Pierre or Jean Pierre may refer to: People * Karine Jean-Pierre b.1977, White House Deputy Press Secretary for President Joe Biden 2021- * Jean-Pierre, Count of Montalivet (1766–1823), French statesman and Peer of France * Eugenia Pierre ( ...

(1590-1650), an arquebusier who accompanied the explorer

Champlain Samuel de Champlain (; Fichier OrigineFor a detailed analysis of his baptismal record, see RitchThe baptism act does not contain information about the age of Samuel, neither his birth date nor his place of birth. – 25 December 1635) was a Fre ...

to Canada. Poisson returned to France, but some of his children emigrated to Quebec and left many descendants. * City of Boucherville founder Pierre Boucher (1622-1717). * Count Joseph de Puisaye (1755-1827), born in Mortagne-au-Perche, was the representative of the

perche Perche () (French: ''le Perche'') is a former province of France, known historically for its forests and, for the past two centuries, for the Percheron draft horse breed. Until the French Revolution, Perche was bounded by four ancient territorie ...

ronne nobility in the Généraux States of Versailles of 1789. He rocks in the Counter-revolution after the arrest of the king and joined Chouannerie in

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. He was chosen by the Count d'Artois (future

Charles X Charles X (born Charles Philippe, Count of Artois; 9 October 1757 – 6 November 1836) was King of France from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. An uncle of the uncrowned Louis XVII and younger brother to reigning kings Louis XVI and Lou ...

) to organize the English unloading of

Quiberon Quiberon (; , ) is a commune in the French department of Morbihan, administrative region of Brittany, western France. It is situated on the southern part of the Quiberon peninsula, the northern part being the commune of Saint-Pierre-Quiberon. It ...

in 1795 whose failure signs the end of his participation in the movement. He died exiled in

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, England. * Philosopher and antimilitarist

Émile Chartier Émile-Auguste Chartier (; 3 March 1868 – 2 June 1951), commonly known as Alain (), was a French philosopher, journalist, and pacifist. He adopted his pseudonym in homage to the 15th-century Norman poet Alain Chartier. Early life Alain was bo ...

dit Alain (1868-1951), born in Mortagne-au-Perche. * Fashion designer Chantal Thomass lives in Mortagne-au-Perche. * Colonizer of

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by to ...

Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil de Cavagnial, marquis de Vaudreuil (22 November 1698 – 4 August 1778) was a Canadian-born colonial governor of French Canada in North America. He was governor of French Louisiana (1743–1753) and in 1755 be ...

. * Journalist

Jean Planchais Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * Je ...

(1922-2006), born in Mortagne-au-Perche. * Journalist and Swiss writer

Alex Capus Alex is a given name. It can refer to a shortened version of Alexander, Alexandra, Alexis. People Multiple * Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people * Alex Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people * Alex Harris (disambiguation), multiple p ...

, born in Mortagne-au-Perche in 1961. * Writer and music scholar

Jean-Pierre Grivois Jean-Pierre Grivois is a French writer and music scholar. He was born in Mortagne, Orne Orne (; nrf, Ôrne or ) is a département in the northwest of France, named after the river Orne. It had a population of 279,942 in 2019.

, born in Mortagne-au-Perche.

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Communes of Orne Subprefectures in France Perche {{Orne-geo-stub

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