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Aldebert De Chambrun (1872–1962)
Aldebert de Chambrun (1872–1962) was a French general and a member of the Pineton de Chambrun aristocratic family. Early life Aldebert de Chambrun was born on July 23, 1872, in Washington, D.C. He graduated from the École Militaire in 1904. Career De Chambrun was as an artillery general in the French Army. He served in the Rif War in Morocco under Hubert Lyautey from the 1920s. He served in Bordeaux from 1932 to 1934. De Chambrun was appointed as the governor-general of the American Hospital of Paris in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1941. Personal life and death De Chambrun married Clara Longworth de Chambrun. They had a son, René de Chambrun, who married Josée Laval, the daughter of Vichy France Prime Minister Pierre Laval Pierre Jean Marie Laval (; 28 June 1883 – 15 October 1945) was a French politician. He served as Prime Minister of France three times: 1931–1932 and 1935–1936 during the Third Republic (France), Third Republic, and 1942–1944 during Vich .... De ...
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Charles-Adolphe De Chambrun
Charles-''Adolphe'' Pineton de Chambrun, Marquis of Chambrun (10 August 1831 – 13 September 1891) was a French historian, jurist and non-fiction writer. Early life Adolphe de Chambrun was born on 10 August 1831, in Marvejols, Lozère, France. He was the son of Marie Simone Victorine Virginie de Framond de La Framondie (b. ) and Count Louis-Charles Pineton de Chambrun (1774–1860), ''émigré'' of the Army of Condé, colonel of cavalry, deputy of Lozère. He was a first cousin of Joseph Dominique Aldebert de Chambrun, a prefect, deputy of Lozère, and senator, and Charles de Chambrun, a member of the Chamber of Deputies. Career De Chambrun was an historian and a jurist. He served as a legal attache at the Embassy of France, Washington, D.C. De Chambrun was the author of several books on the United States. Personal life and death On 8 June 1859 at the Église de la Madeleine in Paris, de Chambrun married Marie Henriette Hélène ''Marthe'' Tircuy de Corcelle, a daughter of ...
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American Hospital Of Paris
The American Hospital of Paris (''Hôpital américain de Paris''), founded in 1906, is a private, not-for-profit, community hospital certified under the French healthcare system. Located in Neuilly-sur-Seine, in the western suburbs of Paris, France, it has 187 surgical, medical, and obstetric beds. History The American Hospital of Paris was founded in 1906. Seven years later the United States Congress recognized the hospital under Title 36 of the United States Code on January 30, 1913. During World War I in March 1918, the French government decreed the hospital to be "an institution of public benefit", authorizing it to receive donations. The hospital is accredited by The Joint Commission (TJC), an independent organization that accredits hospitals in the United States; it is also accredited by France's Haute Autorité de santé (HAS). To this day, the American Hospital of Paris receives no government subsidies from either France or the United States operating solely on donation ...
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Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Gironde department. Its inhabitants are called "''Bordelais'' (masculine) or "''Bordelaises'' (feminine). The term "Bordelais" may also refer to the city and its surrounding region. The city of Bordeaux proper had a population of 259,809 in 2020 within its small municipal territory of , but together with its suburbs and exurbs the Bordeaux Functional area (France), metropolitan area had a population of 1,376,375 that same year (Jan. 2020 census), the sixth-most populated in France after Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Lille, and Toulouse. Bordeaux and 27 suburban municipalities form the Bordeaux Métropole, Bordeaux Metropolis, an Indirect election, indirectly elected Métropole, metropolitan authority now in charge of wi ...
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Hubert Lyautey
Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey (17 November 1854 – 27 July 1934) was a French Army general and colonial administrator. After serving in Indochina and Madagascar, he became the first French Resident-General in Morocco from 1912 to 1925. In early 1917, he served briefly as Minister of War. From 1921, he was a Marshal of France. He was dubbed the ''French empire builder'' and in 1931 made the cover of ''Time (magazine), Time''. Lyautey was also the first one to use the term "Winning hearts and minds, hearts and minds" as part of his strategy to counter the Black Flag Army, Black Flags rebellion during the Tonkin campaign in 1885. Early life Lyautey was born in Nancy, France, Nancy, the capital of Lorraine (région), Lorraine. His father was a prosperous engineer and his grandfather a highly-decorated Napoleonic general. His mother was a Norman aristocrat, and Lyautey inherited many of her assumptions: monarchism, patriotism, Catholicism and the belief in the moral and political ...
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Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocco border, the east, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara to Morocco–Western Sahara border, the south. Morocco also claims the Spain, Spanish Enclave and exclave, exclaves of Ceuta, Melilla and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, and several small Plazas de soberanía, Spanish-controlled islands off its coast. It has a population of approximately 37 million. Islam is both the official and predominant religion, while Arabic and Berber are the official languages. Additionally, French and the Moroccan dialect of Arabic are widely spoken. The culture of Morocco is a mix of Arab culture, Arab, Berbers, Berber, Culture of Africa, African and Culture of Europe, European cultures. Its capital is Rabat, while its largest city is Casablanca. Th ...
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French Army
The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (, , ), is the principal Army, land warfare force of France, and the largest component of the French Armed Forces; it is responsible to the Government of France, alongside the French Navy, French Air and Space Force, and the National Gendarmerie. The Army is commanded by the Chief of Staff of the French Army (CEMAT), who is subordinate of the Chief of the Defence Staff (France), Chief of the Defence Staff (CEMA), who commands active service Army units and in turn is responsible to the President of France. CEMAT is also directly responsible to the Ministry of Armed Forces (France), Ministry of the Armed Forces for administration, preparation, and equipment. The French Army, following the French Revolution, has generally been composed of a mixed force of conscripts and professional volunteers. It is now considered a professional force, since the French Parliament suspended the Conscription in France, conscription of soldiers. Acc ...
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Bibliothèque Nationale De France
The (; BnF) is the national library of France, located in Paris on two main sites, ''Richelieu'' and ''François-Mitterrand''. It is the national repository of all that is published in France. Some of its extensive collections, including books and manuscripts but also precious objects and artworks, are on display at the BnF Museum (formerly known as the ) on the Richelieu site. The National Library of France is a public establishment under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture. Its mission is to constitute collections, especially the copies of works published in France that must, by law, be deposited there, conserve them, and make them available to the public. It produces a reference catalogue, cooperates with other national and international establishments, as well as participates in research programs. History The National Library of France traces its origin to the royal library founded at the Louvre Palace by Charles V in 1368. Charles had received a collection o ...
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Pineton De Chambrun
The Pineton de Chambrun family is a French noble family, of which several members have taken an important part in French politics. Their nobility was proven in 1491. The Pineton de Chambrun originally come from the Gévaudan region, where many members were mayors or deputies of Lozère. First family members in French politics *Louis Charles Pineton de Chambrun (1774–1860), ''émigré'' of the Army of Condé, colonel of cavalry, deputy of Lozère. *Joseph Dominique Aldebert de Chambrun (19 November 1821 – 6 February 1899), was a prefect, deputy of Lozère, and senator from 30 January 1876 to 4 January 1879. * Charles de Chambrun (1827–1880), French politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies. * Aldebert de Chambrun (1821-1899) Family tree Descendants include direct lineage of the Marquis de Lafayette, through the wedding of Marie Henriette Hélène ''Marthe'' Tircuy de Corcelle (6 June 1832, Paris – 17 November 1902, Paris), granddaughter of Marie Antoinette Virginie du ...
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Nicholas Longworth
Nicholas Longworth III (November 5, 1869 – April 9, 1931) was an American lawyer and politician who became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. A Republican, he was elected to the Ohio Senate, where he initiated the successful Longworth Act of 1902, regulating the issuance of municipal bonds. As congressman for Ohio's 1st congressional district, he soon became a popular social figure of Washington, and married President Theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice Lee. Their relationship became strained when he opposed her father in the Republican Party split of 1912. Longworth became Majority Leader of the House in 1923, and Speaker from 1925 to 1931. In 1962, the Longworth House Office Building was named after him. Early years and education Longworth was the son of Nicholas Longworth II and Susan Walker. The Longworth family was an old, prominent, and wealthy family which dominated Cincinnati, Ohio. He had two younger sisters, Anna and Clara. Nicholas Longw ...
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Nicholas Longworth II
Nicholas Longworth II (June 16, 1844 – January 18, 1890) was a lawyer from a prominent Cincinnati, Ohio, family who served on the Ohio Supreme Court. Biography Nicholas Longworth II was born June 16, 1844, in Cincinnati to Joseph and Anna Rives Longworth. Joseph Longworth was the only son of Nicholas Longworth, a lawyer, winemaker and land speculator, who came to Cincinnati in 1804, and for the year 1850 had a tax bill of $17,000, second only to John Jacob Astor in the United States. Anna Rives was the niece of William Cabell Rives. Longworth was educated at the public schools in Cincinnati, and graduated from Harvard University in 1866 with high honors. He then studied law under his uncle, (his mother's brother-in-law), Rufus King at the Cincinnati Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1869. He had a partnership with his cousin, Edward L. Anderson, which dissolved in 1871. From 1871 to 1877 he practiced with ''King Thompson and Longworth''. In 1876, Longworth was el ...
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Pierre Savorgnan De Brazza
Pierre Paul François Camille Savorgnan de Brazza (born Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà; 26 January 1852 – 14 September 1905) was an Italian-French explorer. With his family's financial help, he explored the Ogooué region of Central Africa, and later with the backing of the Société de Géographie de Paris, he reached far into the interior along the right bank of the Congo River. He has often been depicted as a man of friendly manner, great charm and peaceful approach towards the Africans he met and worked with on his journeys. Under French colonial rule, the capital of the Republic of the Congo was named Brazzaville after him and the name was retained by the post-colonial rulers. Early years Born in Rome, Pietro Savorgnan di Brazzà was the seventh of thirteen children. His father, Ascanio Savorgnan di Brazzà, was a nobleman and well known artist, from a family with ancient Friulian origins and many French connections. His mother, Giacinta Simonetti, from an old Roman ...
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