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2 days ago · Accordingly, the king created a regency council as Louis XIII had in anticipation of Louis XIV's own minority, with some power vested in his illegitimate son Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, Duke of Maine. Orléans, however, had Louis' will annulled by the Parlement of Paris after his death and made himself sole regent.
1 day ago · Henry II planned to divide his and Eleanor's territories among their three eldest surviving sons: Henry would become King of England and have control of Anjou, Maine, and Normandy; Richard would inherit Aquitaine and Poitiers from his mother; and Geoffrey would become Duke of Brittany through marriage with Constance, heir presumptive of Conan IV.
1 day ago · They have exhibited a supplication to the king beseeching him to take away the Grand Prior and give them the Duke of Maine ; which will not, it is supposed, please their Majesties, considering the House of Guise pretends a privy claim to Provence.
5 days ago · Other female members of the family also helped this nobleman when he needed funds. In 1799, Louis Auguste pleaded to his sister Victoire Césarine, comtesse de Clermont Tonnerre, to lend him money as he frantically tried to muddle his way out of accumulated debts (AD Somme 73J/1–2, 11).
2 days ago · Under the settlement Henry did homage to Louis for Normandy, accepting Louis as his feudal lord, and gave him the disputed lands of the Norman Vexin; in return, Louis recognised him as duke. The capture of Montsoreau Castle, next to the River Loire, in 1152 marked the end of the revolt organised by Geoffrey against his brother.
1 day ago · Early Life. Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince was born in Metz, France on August 28th 1841, on 13 Rue Saint Georges. This road still exists, it is located in the old town, behind the school, and no plaque is adorned as a reminder that three years before and five years before Edison, The Lumière Brothers. Louis Le Prince had invented a strictly ...
3 days ago · It is a very general idea that Doré was born in 1833. In order to set it at rest for ever I enclose a certified copy of his certificat de naissance declaration made in Strasburg, January 9th, 1832. 2 Division Bureau de L'État Civil. Registre No No de 1' Acte 33. Doré, Louis- Auguste "Mairie de la Ville de Strasbourg, 66 Département du Bas-Rhin.
