Lamoignon, Family of

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• Family of Lamoignon —     Family of Lamoignon     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Family of Lamoignon     Illustrious in the history of the old magistracy, originally from Nivernais. Owing to the nearness of the University of Bourges, the Lamoignons, in the sixteenth… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Lamoignon — is the name of both an important French family and the town of their origin.*Guillaume de Lamoignon (1617 1677), lawyer *Nicolas de Lamoignon (1648 1724), Guillaume s second son, public official *Chrétien François de Lamoignon (1735 1789)… …   Wikipedia

• Nicolas de Lamoignon — (1648–1724) was a French official accused by Voltaire of instigating the revocation of the Edict of Nantes.[1] References ^   …   Wikipedia

• Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes — Directeur de la librairie In office 1750–1763 President of the …   Wikipedia

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