Alain, Marie-Claire b. August 10, 1926 d. February 26, 2013 Organist. A performer and teacher who had a long and prolific career, she is remembered as perhaps her generation's foremost interpreter of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach. The child of a distinguished musical family, she was raised with a love of Bach, manifested her talent early, and was a professional organist from age 11 when she became her father's assistant at the Church of St. Germain-en-Laye. Her formal education delayed by the German occupation, in 1944 she was finally able to...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford) Saint Germain-en-Laye Old Communal Cemetery, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Departement des Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
FitzJames, Honora b. January 16, 1674 d. January 16, 1698 Irish Aristocracy. Born at Portumna Castle, County Galway the youngest daughter of William Burke, 7th Earl of Clanricarde and Lady Helen MacCarty. She married General Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan in January 1689. The couple had one son. After their marriage, they went to live at Sarsfields House at Lucan, County Dublin. She was a noted gardener and managed the gardens at Lucan. After the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, Lucan became dangerous territory for Jacobites and the family fled to...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) Eglise Paroissiale, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Departement des Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
King James II. b. October 14, 1633 d. September 6, 1701 British Monarch. Born the second surviving son of Charles I and Henrietta Maria at St. James's Palace. He was created Duke of York in 1644. During the English Civil War he stayed in Oxford, a Royalist stronghold. When the city surrendered in 1646, the Duke was confined in St James's Palace by parliamentary command. In 1648, he escaped and went to the Netherlands in disguise. In 1660, his elder brother, Charles II was restored to the English throne, the Duke of York returned to England with him...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) Eglise Paroissiale, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Departement des Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
b. August 10, 1926 d. February 26, 2013
