La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, The Duke of

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• The Duke of La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt —     The Duke of La Rochefoucauld Liancourt     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Duke of La Rochefoucauld Liancourt     (François Alexandre Frédéric).     Born at La Roche Guyon, on 11 January, 1747; died at Paris, 27 March, 1827.     Opposed during… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François-Alexandre-Frédéric, Duke de — ▪ French educator born Jan. 11, 1747, La Roche Guyon, Fr. died March 27, 1827, Paris  educator and social reformer who founded the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Métiers at Châlons and whose model farm at Liancourt contributed to the… …   Universalium

• La Rochefoucauld, François VI, duke de — born Sept. 15, 1613, Paris, France died March 16/17, 1680, Paris French writer. Of a noble family, he joined the army at an early age and was wounded several times. He later played a leading part in the Fronde but gradually won his way back into… …   Universalium

• La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François-Alexandre, duke de — (1747 1827)    philanthropist, political figure    Born in La Roche Guyon, François Alexandre, duke de La Rochefoucauld Liancourt created a model farm on his estates where he tried to apply the agronomic methods that he had studied during a visit …   France. A reference guide from Renaissance to the Present

• Duc de La Rochefoucauld — de La Rochefoucauld The title of Duke de La Rochefoucauld was a French peerage, one of most famous families of French nobility, whose origins go back to lord Rochefoucauld in Charente (department) of the 10th Century 11th Century (with official… …   Wikipedia

• La Rochefoucauld Family — ▪ French noble family       one of France s noblest families, traceable in Angoumois to the year 1019. Ducal titles belonging to it are: duke (duc) de La Rochefoucauld (1622); duke de La Roche Guyon (1679); duke d Anville (1732); duke d Estissac; …   Universalium

• List of members of the National Constituent Assembly of 1789 — This list aims to display alphabetically the 1,145 titular deputies (291 deputies of the clergy, 270 of the nobility and 584 of the Third Estate) elected to the Estates General of 1789, which became the National Assembly on 17 June 1789 and the… …   Wikipedia

• La Roche-Guyon — French commune nomcommune=La Roche Guyon caption=La Roche Guyan, the castle and the keep latitude=49.0822 longitude=1.6303 région=Île de France département=Val d Oise arrondissement=Pontoise canton=Magny en Vexin intercomm=CC du Vexin Val de… …   Wikipedia

• Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …   Universalium

• École nationale supérieure d'arts et métiers — Infobox University name = École Nationale Supérieure d Arts et Métiers motto = established = 1780 type = Public president = Jean Paul Hautier chancellor = provost = city = Paris state = France coor = coord|48.834066|N|2.357453|E|type:edu… …   Wikipedia