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Sainte-Menehould
Sainte-Menehould (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Marne (department), Marne Departments of France, department in north-eastern France. The 18th-century French playwright Charles-Georges Fenouillot de Falbaire de Quingey (1727–1800) died in Sainte-Ménéhould. It was the Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the arrondissement of Sainte-Menehould until its abolition in April 2017.Décret n° 2017-453 du 29 mars 2017 portant suppression de l'arrondissement de Sainte-Menehould (département de la Marne) History Dom Pérignon (monk), Dom Pérignon, the Order of St. Benedict, Benedictine monk who made important contributions to the production and quality of Champag ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrondissement Of Sainte-Menehould
The arrondissement of Sainte-Menehould is a former Arrondissements of France, arrondissement of France in the Marne (department), Marne Departments of France, department in the Grand Est Regions of France, region. It was disbanded at the April 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Marne.Décret n° 2017-453 du 29 mars 2017 portant suppression de l'arrondissement de Sainte-Menehould (département de la Marne) It had 67 Communes of France, communes, and its population was 13,927 (2012). Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Sainte-Menehould, and their INSEE codes, were:History The arrondisseme ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Baptiste Drouet (French Revolutionary)
Jean-Baptiste Drouet (8 January 1763 – 11 April 1824) was a French politician of the Revolution and the Empire, best known for his key role in the arrest of King Louis XVI and his family during the Flight to Varennes. Background Drouet was born at Sainte-Menehould, in the province of Champagne. He enlisted in the Condé-Dragons regiment in 1781, but left seven years later to help his father in his duties as postmaster of Sainte-Menehould. Flight to Varennes On 21 June 1791, at around 8.p.m, the berline carrying the disguised royal family on their flight to the frontier made a stop at Sainte-Menehould. About 13 hours earlier, a valet de chambre in the Tuileries had noticed the king's disappearance and alerted the authorities. Shortly after the royal family's arrival, Drouet (by then himself the city's postmaster) recognized the king, under the identity of a valet "Mr. Durand", from his portrait printed on an assignat in his possession, but did not take action immediately. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varennes-en-Argonne
Varennes-en-Argonne (, literally ''Varennes in Argonne'') or simply Varennes (German: Wöringen) is a commune in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region in Northeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 639. Geography Varennes-en-Argonne lies on the river Aire to the northeast of Sainte-Menehould, near Verdun. History Varennes is most notable as it was the ending point of the Flight to Varennes. In June 1791, Louis XVI and his immediate family made a dash for the nearest friendly border, that of the Austrian Netherlands in modern Belgium (Queen Marie Antoinette being a sister to Leopold II, Archduke of Austria and Holy Roman Emperor). In Varennes, Louis and his family were arrested by Jean-Baptiste Drouet, the local postmaster, who had been alerted by a message received from nearby Sainte-Menehould. It is said that at Sainte-Menehould, where the escaping party had spent the previous night, a merchant alerted the town authorities of their presence after recogn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles De Montsaulnin, Comte De Montal
Charles de Montsaulnin, Comte de Montal, 1619 to 1696, was a French military officer and noble from Nièvre. A close friend of Le Grand Condé, his military career began in 1638 and he subsequently fought in many of the wars of Louis XIV of France. During the Fronde, he was one of the few to follow Condé into exile in Spain. Pardoned by Louis XIV in 1659, he was particularly well-regarded for his defensive expertise, and worked for many years with French military engineer Vauban, a neighbour from the same region. Montal served as Governor of a number of key towns, including Charleroi, occupied by France from 1668 to 1678 and now in Belgium. 'Rue Montal' was named after him by the city council in 1860. Personal details Charles de Montsaulnin was born in 1619, only surviving son of Adrien de Montsaulnin, Comte de Montal (ca 1590 to 1632) and Gabrielle de Rabutin. He had three sisters, Claude (sic, died 1697), Adrienne and Elisabeth (died after 1660). The family home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flight To Varennes
The Flight to Varennes (French: fuite de Varennes) during the night of 20–21 June 1791 was a significant event in the French Revolution in which the French royal family—comprising Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, the Dauphin Louis Charles, Marie-Thérèse, Madame Royale, and Madame Élisabeth—unsuccessfully attempted to leave Paris for Montmédy, along with loyal members of their retinue. The King hoped to regain his freedom there, with the protection of royalist troops, as the Revolution was intensifying and the threat to the royal family's safety grew. They reached the small town of Varennes-en-Argonne, where they were stopped and arrested after being recognised at their earlier stop in Sainte-Menehould. This incident was a turning point after which Parisian hostility towards the monarchy, as well as towards the King and Queen as individuals, became much more pronounced. The King's attempted flight provoked charges of treason that ultimately led to his execution in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pig's Trotter
A pig's trotter, also known as a pettitoe, is the culinary term for a pig's foot. It is used as a cut of pork in various dishes around the world, and experienced a resurgence in the late 2000s. Description Pigs' trotters, sold as Irish-style crubeens in Illinois Wonton noodles with pigs' trotters braised with ''nam yu'' (fermented bean curd) Before sale, the trotters are cleaned and typically have the hairs pulled with a hot tank and beaters. They are often used in cooking to make stocks, as they add thickness to gravy, although they are also served as a normal cut of meat. In Puerto Rico, a tomato-based stew of pigs' trotters with chickpeas is called ''patitas de cerdo''. Sometimes potatoes or butternut are added. British chef Marco Pierre White has long served trotters at his restaurants, based on the original recipe of mentor Pierre Koffmann. Following the Great Recession, there was a boom in popularity of pigs' trotters in the United Kingdom as a revival in cheap meat reci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Crozier
Michel Crozier (6 November 1922, Sainte-Menehould, Marne – 24 May 2013, Paris) was a French sociologist and member of the ''Académie des sciences morales et politiques'' from 1999 until his death. He also was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the American Philosophical Society, and a laureate of the Prix Alexis de Tocqueville (1997). Biography Michel Crozier did not become a sociologist by training. He became a sociologist because of a seminal experience in social analysis that was made possible by an American scholarship that he used to study the labor movement in the United States. After his initial training in business ( HEC Paris, 1943) and law, he spent fourteen months traveling across the US in the immediate post World War II years, interviewing labor union members and officials, getting to know the American labor movement and American society in general. Back in France, he published a book on this research and joined the French Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles-Georges Fenouillot De Falbaire De Quingey
Charles-Georges Fenouillot de Falbaire de Quingey (16 July 1727 – 28 October 1800) was an 18th-century French playwright. --> Works ;Theatre *'' L'Honnête Criminel, ou l'Amour filial, drama in 5 acts and in verse'', published in 1767 and given in Paris, by M. de Villeroy, Comédiens français, 2 February 1768; Paris, Théâtre de la Cour, Comédiens ordinaires du Roi, 10 July 1769Read online*''Les Deux Avares, comédie en 2 actes, mêlée d'ariettes'', Fontainebleau, in front of His Majesty, 27 October and 7 November 1770; Paris, Comédie Italienne, 6 December 1770 *''Les Jammabos, ou Les moines japonois, tragédie dédiée aux mânes de Henri IV, et suivie de remarques historiques'' (1779Read online*''Le Fabricant de Londres, drame en 5 actes et en prose'', Paris, Comédie-Française, 12 January 1771 *''Sémire et Mélide ou le Navigateur'', Brussels, Grand Théâtre de la Monnaie, 27 September 1773 *''L'École des mœurs, ou les Suites du libertinage, drame en 5 actes et ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dom Pérignon (monk)
Minister (Christianity)#Dominie, Dominee, Dom, Don, Dom Pierre Pérignon (; December 163814 September 1715), was a French Benedictines, Benedictine monk who made important contributions to the production and quality of Champagne wine in an era when the region's wines were predominantly still red. Popular myths frequently, but erroneously, credit him with the invention of sparkling wine, sparkling Champagne, which did not become the dominant style of Champagne until the mid-19th century. The famous Champagne Dom Pérignon, the prestige ''cuvée'' of Moët & Chandon, is named after him. The remains of the monastery where he spent his adult life is now the property of that winery. Biography Pérignon was born to a clerk of the local Provost (civil)#Provost Marshals, marshal in the town of Sainte-Menehould in the Champagne (province), ancient Province of Champagne in the Kingdom of France. He was born in December 1638 and was baptism, baptized on 5 January 1639. He was the youngest o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clermont-en-Argonne
Clermont-en-Argonne (, literally ''Clermont in Argonne''; formerly Clermont-sur-Meuse, literally ''Clermont on Meuse'') is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The former towns of Auzéville-en-Argonne, Jubécourt, and Parois were joined to Clermont-en-Argonne in 1973. Geography The town is located along the old road from Paris to Verdun ( RN3), which at this point is closely tracked by the A4 autoroute, on the edge of the Forest of Argonne. It is approximately 15 km to the east of Sainte-Menehould. Clermont's population has declined slightly in the last decades to 1,449 (in 2020), which gives a population density of 22 inhabitants per km2. The mechanisation of agriculture that took place during the 20th century left this region, which remains overwhelmingly rural, short of employment opportunities: Clermont's economy has tended to suffer from the drift of working age populations to the towns and cities. Population History During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
