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Count Antoine Cartier D'Aure
Viscount Antoine Henri Philippe Léon Cartier d'Aure (2 June 1799 – 6 April 1863) was a French riding-master, and author of important treatises on dressage. He was ''écuyer en chef'' of the Cadre Noir of Saumur, and later to the Emperor of France, Napoléon III. He was made an officer of the Légion d'Honneur in 1849. Life Cartier d'Aure was born on 2 June 1799 (15 Prairial VII according to the Republican calendar then in use) in Toulouse, in the Haute-Garonne in south-west France, the posthumous son of Antoine Cartier d'Aure of Pointis-de-Rivière and Rose-Claire Barthélémie de Foucaud, who was from the Languedoc. In 1815 he left the academy of Saint-Cyr with the rank of '' sous-lieutenant''. He was sent to the École de Versailles to learn to ride, and trained under Pierre-Marie d'Abzac; he was made an ''écuyer'' in 1821. Under Louis XVIII and Charles X he was an ''écuyer cavalcadour''. In 1823, after service in Spain, he was made a knight of the Légion d'Honne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prairial
Prairial () was the ninth month A month is a unit of time, used with calendars, that is approximately as long as a natural phase cycle of the Moon; the words ''month'' and ''Moon'' are cognates. The traditional concept of months arose with the cycle of Moon phases; such lunar mo ... in the French Republican calendar. This month was named after the French word ''prairie'' 'meadow'. It was the name given to several ships. Prairial was the third month of the spring quarter (). It started May 20 or May 21. It ended June 18 or June 19. It follows Floréal and precedes Messidor. Day name table Like all FRC months, Prairial lasted 30 days and was divided into three 10-day weeks called ''décades'' (decades). Every day had the name of an agricultural plant, except the 5th (Quintidi) and 10th day (Decadi) of every decade, which had the name of a domestic animal (Quintidi) or an agricultural tool (Decadi). Conversion table See also * Revolt of 1 Prairial Year III Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |