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Adrien De Noailles, 8th Duke Of Noailles
''Adrien'' Maurice Victurnien Mathieu de Noailles, 8th Duke of Noailles (22 September 1869 – 23 October 1953), was a French aristocrat and Olympian. Early life He was the eldest son of Jules Charles Victurnien de Noailles, 7th Duke of Noailles, and Clotilde Caroline Antoinette de La Ferté-Meun Molé de Champlâtreux. Among his younger brothers was Count Mathieu Fernand Frédéric Pascal de Noailles, who married the writer Princess Anna Elisabeth Bibesco-Bassaraba de Brancovan (a daughter of Prince Grégoire Bibesco-Bassaraba). His paternal grandparents were Paul de Noailles, 6th Duke of Noailles (who succeeded his grand-uncle Jean de Noailles, 5th Duke of Noailles, as Duke of Noailles in 1824), and Alice de Rochechouart-Mortemart (a daughter of Victurnien de Rochechouart, 8th Duke of Mortemart). His maternal grandparents were Count Hubert de La Ferté-Meun and Elisabeth Françoise Molé de Champlâtreux. Career Upon on his father's death in 1895, he succeeded to the du ...
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Jules Charles Victurnien De Noailles
''Jules'' Charles Victurnien de Noailles, 7th Duke of Noailles (12 October 1826 – 6 March 1895), was a French aristocrat. Early life He was born in Paris on 12 October 1826. He was the eldest son of Paul de Noailles, 6th Duke of Noailles (who succeeded his grand-uncle Jean de Noailles, 5th Duke of Noailles, as Duke of Noailles in 1824), and Alice de Rochechouart-Mortemart (a daughter of Victurnien de Rochechouart, 8th Duke of Mortemart). His younger brother was the diplomat, Emmanuel Henri Victurnien de Noailles, Marquis de Noailles, the French envoy to the United States and the French ambassador to Italy, the Ottoman Empire, and Germany. His paternal grandparents were Jules de Noailles, Marquis de Noailles (a son of Emmanuel Marie de Noailles, Marquis of Noailles), and Pauline Laurette Le Couteulx du Molay (a daughter of Jacques Jean Le Couteulx, Seigneur du Molay). Career Upon his father's death in 1885, he succeeded to the title of Duke of Noailles. Personal life He marr ...
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Equestrian At The 1900 Summer Olympics
Five equestrian competitions were held from 29 May to 2 June 1900 at the Concours Hippique International (English: International Horse Show) in Paris as part of the Exposition Universelle. The events were later classified as part of the 1900 Summer Olympics. The events were organised by the , with competitors from eight countries competing in three jumping and two driving events at the Place de Breteuil in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. Only the three jumping events had been considered "Olympic" by the International Olympic Committee in the past. The IOC website currently has affirmed a total of 95 medal events, after accepting, as it appears, the recommendation of Olympic historian Bill Mallon for events that should be considered "Olympic". These additional events include two equestrian driving events. It is not certain how many competitors there were, but it is likely that there were between 37 and 64. Five nations competed in the Olympic jumping events, with three more (Ger ...
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1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics (; ; ), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (; ; ) and commonly known as Antwerp 1920 (; Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German: ''Antwerpen 1920''), were an international multi-sport event held in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium. In March 1912, during the 13th session of the IOC, Belgium's bid to host the 1920 Summer Olympics was made by Baron Édouard de Laveleye, president of the Belgian Olympic Committee and of the Royal Belgian Football Association. No fixed host city was proposed at the time. The 1916 Summer Olympics, to have been held in Berlin, capital of the German Empire, were cancelled due to World War I. When the Olympic Games resumed after the war, Antwerp was awarded hosting the 1920 Summer Games as a tribute to the Belgian people. The Aftermath of World War I, aftermath of the war and the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 affected the Olympic Games not only due to new states being created, but also by sanctions against the nati ...
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Élisabeth D'Ayen
Élisabeth d'Ayen Macready (; 27 October 1898 – 7 December 1969) was a French tennis player who competed in the Olympic Games in 1920. She won the bronze medal, along with Suzanne Lenglen, in the women's doubles competition in Antwerp. At the Grand Slam tournaments Macready reached the third round at the Wimbledon Championships (1923) and the French Championships The French Open (), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a tennis tournament organized by the French Tennis Federation annually at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. It is chronologically the second of the four Grand Slam tennis events eve ... (1925). References External links * 1898 births 1969 deaths French female tennis players Olympic medalists for France in tennis Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic tennis players for France Tennis players at the 1920 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Elisabeth Wives of baronets 20th-century French sportswomen {{Franc ...
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Le Monde
(; ) is a mass media in France, French daily afternoon list of newspapers in France, newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average print circulation, circulation of 480,000 copies per issue in 2022, including 40,000 sold abroad. It has been available online since 1995, and it is often the only French newspaper easily obtainable in non-French-speaking countries. It should not be confused with the monthly publication ', of which has 51% ownership but is editorially independent. is considered one of the French newspapers of record, along with ''Libération'' and . A Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Reuters Institute poll in 2021 found that is the most trusted French newspaper. The paper's journalistic side has a collegial form of organization, in which most journalists are tenured, unionized, and financial stakeholders in the business. While shareholders appoint the company's CEO, the editor is elected by ''Le Monde''s journali ...
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Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp
Bergen-Belsen (), or Belsen, was a Nazi concentration camp in what is today Lower Saxony in Northern Germany, northern Germany, southwest of the town of Bergen, Lower Saxony, Bergen near Celle. Originally established as a prisoner of war camp, in 1943, parts of it became a concentration camp. Initially this was an "exchange camp", where Jewish people, Jewish hostages were held with the intention of exchanging them for German prisoners of war held overseas. The camp was later expanded to hold Jews from other concentration camps. After 1945, the name was applied to the Bergen-Belsen DP camp, displaced persons camp established nearby, but it is most commonly associated with the concentration camp. From 1941 to 1945, almost 20,000 Soviet Union, Soviet prisoners of war and a further 50,000 inmates died there. Overcrowding, lack of food, and poor sanitary conditions caused outbreaks of typhus, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, and dysentery; leading to the deaths of more than 35,000 peopl ...
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French Resistance
The French Resistance ( ) was a collection of groups that fought the German military administration in occupied France during World War II, Nazi occupation and the Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy#France, collaborationist Vichy France, Vichy regime in France during the World War II, Second World War. Resistance Clandestine cell system, cells were small groups of armed men and women (called the Maquis (World War II), Maquis in rural areas) who conducted guerrilla warfare and published Underground press, underground newspapers. They also provided first-hand intelligence information, and escape networks that helped Allies of World War II, Allied soldiers and airmen trapped behind Axis powers, Axis lines. The Resistance's men and women came from many parts of French society, including émigrés, academics, students, aristocrats, conservative Catholic Church in France, Roman Catholics (including clergy), Protestantism in France, Protestants, History of the Jews in F ...
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Jean Maurice Paul Jules De Noailles
Jean Maurice Paul Jules de Noailles, 6th Duke of Ayen (Paris, 18 September 1893 – Bergen-Belsen, 14 April 1945) was the son of Adrien de Noailles, 8th Duke of Noailles and a member of the French Resistance in World War II. Biography He was the only son of Adrien de Noailles, 8th Duke of Noailles and Yolande Louise Marie Valentine d'Albert de Luynes (1870–1952). His maternal grandfather was Charles Honoré Emmanuel d'Albert de Luynes, 9th Duke of Luynes, and Yolande Françoise Marie Julienne de La Rochefoucauld (a granddaughter of Prince Jules de Polignac, the 7th Prime Minister of France). He succeeded to the subsidiary title Duke of Ayen, but he and his son Adrien did not outlive his father, the 8th Duke of Noailles. The Dukedom of Noailles therefore passed to a cousin, François, 9th Duke of Noailles, though the château de Maintenon was inherited by his daughter Geneviève. Resistance and imprisonment He was a member of the French Resistance, arrested by the Gestapo on ...
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Duke Of Doudeauville
The House of La Rochefoucauld is one of France's ancient noble families, with origins dating back to the 10th century. The family's lineage begins with (973–1047), the first Lord of La Roche, later known as La Rochefoucauld (''Roche'' + ''Foucauld''), and possibly the son of (also known as Amaury or Esmerin; ''circa'' 952 – before 1037), Lord of La Roche. Over the centuries, the family rose in prominence, earning numerous titles and distinctions. Overview of titles and roles In April 1622, Louis XIII elevated the County (comté) of La Rochefoucauld to a Duchy and Peerage by ' issued at Niort (registered September 4, 1631). This act formally raised François V of La Rochefoucauld (1588–1650) from Count to the inaugural Duke of La Rochefoucauld, as well as to the status of Peer of France. ::Upon its elevation in 1622, the Duchy of La Rochefoucauld became united with the lordships of Verteuil, Daunart, Joussaume, Vivier, Montignac, Touriers, Celfroin, Saint Clos, La ...
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Sosthène II De La Rochefoucauld
Charles Gabriel Marie ''Sosthène'' II de La Rochefoucauld (1 September 1825 – 27 August 1908), 4th Duke of Doudeauville, 1st Duke of Bisaccia, Grandee of Spain, was a French politician during the Third Republic who served as Deputy for Sarthe from 1871 to 1898 and List of Ambassadors of France to the United Kingdom, French Ambassador to London from 1873 to 1874. Early life Sosthène was born on 1 September 1825 in Paris, France. He was the second son of Sosthènes I de La Rochefoucauld (1785–1864) and Elisabeth-Hélène-Pierre de Montmorency Laval (1790–1834). After his mother's death, his father married Angélique Herminie de La Brousse de Verteillac, in 1841. His elder brother was Stanislas de La Rochefoucauld, 3rd Duke of Doudeauville. His paternal grandparents were Ambroise-Polycarpe de La Rochefoucauld, 1st Duke of Doudeauville, and the heiress Bénigne-Augustine Le Tellier de Louvois. His aunt, Françoise Charlotte Ernestine de La Rochfoucauld, was the wife of Pierre ...
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House Of La Rochefoucauld
The House of La Rochefoucauld is one of France's ancient French nobility, noble families, with origins dating back to the 10th century. The family's lineage begins with (973–1047), the first Lord of La Roche, later known as La Rochefoucauld (''Roche'' + ''Foucauld''), and possibly the son of (also known as Amaury or Esmerin; ''circa'' 952 – before 1037), Lord of La Roche. Over the centuries, the family rose in prominence, earning numerous titles and distinctions. Overview of titles and roles In April 1622, Louis XIII elevated the La Rochefoucauld, Charente, County (comté) of La Rochefoucauld to a Duchy and Peerage by ' issued at Niort (registered September 4, 1631). This act formally raised François de La Rochefoucauld, 1st Duke of La Rochefoucauld, François V of La Rochefoucauld (1588–1650) from Count to the inaugural Duke of La Rochefoucauld, as well as to the status of Peerage of France, Peer of France. ::Upon its elevation in 1622, the Duchy of La Rochefoucauld b ...
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