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1 day ago · Monroe experienced several early diplomatic successes, including the protection of U.S. trade from French attacks. In February 1795, Monroe used his influence to secure the release of all American citizens imprisoned since the French Revolution and Adrienne de La Fayette, the wife of the Marquis de Lafayette.
4 days ago · Le 11 avril 1774, à 16 ans, il épouse Marie Adrienne Françoise de Noailles (1759-1807), fille du duc d'Ayen et d' Henriette-Anne-Louise d'Aguesseau, dotée de 200 000 livres N 1. Il s'agit d'un mariage arrangé, qui aboutira à une réelle affection entre les époux, malgré les fréquentes infidélités du marquis 13.
1 day ago · Agent-General of the Clergy (1780–1788) Bishop of Autun (1788–1791) Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord ( ⫽ ˌtælɪrænd ˈpɛrɪɡɔːr ⫽, [1] French: [ʃaʁl mɔʁis də tal (ɛ)ʁɑ̃ peʁiɡɔʁ, – moʁ-]; 2 February 1754 – 17 May 1838), 1st Prince of Benevento, then Prince of Talleyrand, was a French secularized ...
3 days ago · La Fayette remarked that the only way to calm the disorder was for the King to agree to the wish of the people to see him residing in the Capital. The King accordingly promised to go to Paris on the same day on condition of being accompanied by the Queen and his family.
5 days ago · Just last week, she completed a commission of a larger-than-life-size bronze statue of Adrienne de La Fayette for Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. A solo exhibition, “Audrey...
4 days ago · Lafayette, a French aristocrat, was 19 when he arrived in Philadelphia to join the American cause in 1777. Both fought with distinction against the British Empire. They first met at the...
4 days ago · The possibility of depriving England of its North American territories through a war of independence prompted French aristocrats such as Comte Jean de Rochambeau and Marquis de La Fayette to ...
