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François De Calvo
François de Calvo, comte de Calvo, baptized in Barcelona on July 28, 1625, and died in Deinze on May 29, 1690, was a French gentleman and soldier of Catalan origin in the 17th century. Born into a good Catalan family, he chose to join the French army at a time when the Reapers' War, Reaper War was raging. After serving for a time in the infantry, he switched to the cavalry, becoming captain of the Aguilar cavalry regiment in 1647. He raised a regiment and became a mestre de camp in 1654. A remarkable soldier, Calvo took part in all the campaigns of Louis XIV's reign, notably in Catalonia and Holland. He was promoted to brigadier in the king's armies in 1674. A general esteemed by the king for his efficiency, he was finally made lieutenant-general of the armies in 1676 following his intrepid defense of Maastricht. He was made a knight of the king's orders shortly before he died in 1688. Family origins François de Calvo Gualbes was born in Barcelona,His exact date of birth is no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blason François De Calvo
Blason is a form of poetry. The term originally comes from the heraldic term "blazon" in French heraldry, which means either the blazon, codified description of a coat of arms or the coat of arms itself. The Dutch term is , and in either Dutch or French, the term is often used to refer to the coat of arms of a chamber of rhetoric. History The term forms the root of the modern words "emblazon", which means to celebrate or adorn with heraldic markings, and "blazoner", one who emblazons. This form of poetry was used extensively by Elizabethan-era poets. The terms "blason", "blasonner", "blasonneur" were used in 16th-century French literature by poets who, following Clément Marot in 1536, practised a genre of poems that praised a woman by singling out different parts of her body and finding appropriate metaphors to compare them with. It is still being used with that meaning in literature and especially in poetry. One famous example of such a celebratory poem, irony, ironically reject ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
