Find A Grave - Haute-Normandie

, Saint Condedus
Roman Catholic Saint. He was a 7th century exile from England who became a monk. He later lived a life of piety and solitude as a hermit on an island in the Seine. Condedus built several churches on the island which was later reclaimed by the river. His Feast Day is October 21th. (Bio by: girlofcelje (inactive))
Abbaye Saint-Wandrille de Fontenelle, Saint-Wandrille-Rancon, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
, Saint Wando
Saint. He was the Abbot of Fontenelle but was sent away due to false statements. Later on he was reinstated. His Feast Day is April 17th and he died around 756 AD. (Bio by: girlofcelje (inactive))
Abbaye Saint-Wandrille de Fontenelle, Saint-Wandrille-Rancon, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Alice, Matilda 'Empress Maud' b. February 7, 1102 d. September 10, 1167
German Queen, Holy Roman Empress, Queen of England, Countess of Anjou and Maine. Only daughter of Henry I. and Matilda Dunkeld, daughter of Malcolm III. (Ceann-Mor). Matilda and her brother William were possibly twins. She was betrothed to Heinrich V. in April 1110. On January 7, 1114 she married the Emperor. She was 12 and her husband was 32 years old. She was crowned Queen of the Germans on July 25, 1110. The pair visited Rome in 1117 where they were crowned in a ceremony led only by an...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen, Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Braque, Georges b. May 13, 1882 d. August 31, 1963
Painter. With Pablo Picasso he developed Cubism, an important movement of 20th Century art. He and other Cubists created new ways of depicting space and movement by fragmenting objects into basic geometric forms, showing them at all angles at once, and merging them with their backgrounds. Braque was also among the first to incorporate typesetting and collage into his paintings, and enriched their texture with imitations of marble and wood grain. His overall style is marked by great...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cimètiere de Varengeville, Varengeville-sur-Mer, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Clarke, Leo b. December 1, 1892 d. October 19, 1916
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Waterdown, Ontario, Canada, he served as a Corporal in the 2nd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Forces, British Army. On September 9, 1916, near Pozieres, France, Corporal Clarke was assigned to clear the enemy on the left flank to allow his company to build a fortified secure position. When his section reached the trench, it was so heavily defended that they had to battle their way through and Clarke was the only man left standing, with the rest...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Etretat Churchyard, Etretat, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Plot: II.C.3A.
Coty, René b. 1882 d. 1962
Seventeenth president of the French Republic from 1953 to 1958 (during the Fourth Republic).
Le Havre Cimetière, Le Havre, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
d'Amboise, George b. 1460 d. February 25, 1510
Religious Leader. He was a Catholic Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, an advisor of King Louis XII, and Lieutenant (the kings vice) in the Normandy. He was mainly responsible for the successful annulment of the marriage between Louis XII and his first wife Jeanne de Valois. His brother Louis d'Amboise, bishop of Albi and Philippe de Luxembourg, bishop of Le Mans were the judges in the divorce trial. For his part in the negotiations with the pope he was named Cardinal in 1489. After the death of...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen, Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Duchamp, Marcel b. July 28, 1887 d. October 2, 1968
Known as the artist who broke the rules of modernism by exhibiting a urinal as a work of art, he became the father of the Dada movement and of post-modernism. He was featured in ARTNews, May 1999 issue as one of the top 25 artists in the western world and the man who "showed the way to life after the avant-garde, the one who offered us a graceful exit from modernism." His most widely known work is the painting "Nude Descending a Staircase."
Rouen Cemetery, Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Flaubert, Gustave b. December 12, 1821 d. May 8, 1880
Author.
Rouen Cemetery, Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Fontenelle, Saint Fulk Of
Saint. He was the 21st Abbot of Fontenelle Abbey in Normandy. His Feast Day is October 10th. (Bio by: girlofcelje (inactive))
Abbaye Saint-Wandrille de Fontenelle, Saint-Wandrille-Rancon, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Fontenelle, Saint Harduin Of
Saint. He became a monk at Fontenelle about 749 AD. Later he withdrew to live nearby as a hermit and to copy holy works. Died around 811 AD and his Feast Day is April 20th. (Bio by: girlofcelje (inactive))
Abbaye Saint-Wandrille de Fontenelle, Saint-Wandrille-Rancon, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Hardy, Rev. Theodore Bailey b. October 20, 1863 d. October 18, 1918
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient, one of three chaplains to be awarded the VC. He was a Chaplain 4th Class, in the Army Chaplains' Department, attached to the 8th Bn. The Lincolnshire Regiment. He was 54 and in addition to the Victoria Cross, he held the DSO (Distinguished Service Order) and the MC (Military Cross). He was appointed Chaplain to His Majesty, 17th Sept., 1918. He was the son of George and Sarah Richards Hardy, of Exeter and the husband of the late Florence Elizabeth Hardy (...[Read More] (Bio by: geoffrey gillon)
Saint Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Plot: S.V.J.1.
Haythorne ., Sgt. George Albert b. 1894 d. September 8, 1918

Saint Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Plot: R. II. H. 6.
Hrolf
Viking Leader. Born around 860, in Norway. Pledged allegiance to the French King Charles the Simple in 911 and became Duke of Normandy. Sometime around 927 he passed the dukedom to his son, William Longsword. Died sometime around 932. William the Conqueror was directly descended from him. (Bio by: Mongoose)
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen, Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
John of Scotland (Balliol) (John) b. 1250 d. April, 1313
King of Scots. Son of John Balliol and Devorgilla, through whom he was a descendant of the royal Dunkeld line. Chosen by England's Edward I to fill the Scottish throne left vacant by the death of Margaret, Maid of Norway. He was crowned at Scone on November 30, 1292. He married Isabel de Warrenne in February of 1280, together they had two sons and a daughter. John signed a treaty with France in 1295 which would become the "auld alliance" and influence Scotland's foreign relations for more than...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed)
Church of Ste Waast, Bailleul-Sur-Eaune, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Lenotre, Gaston b. May 28, 1920 d. January 9, 2009
Pastry Chef. Considered the patriarch of the French pâtisserie industry. Born Gaston Albert Célestin Lenôtre in Saint Nicolas du Bosc, he was the son of a saucier chef at the famed Grand Hôtel de Paris and his wife, one of the first female chefs in Paris who was employed by the family of Baron Rothschild. He is recognized as the legendary innovator who revolutionized French pastry making in the early 1960s by removing heavy fats and sugar then used and replacing them with fruits and lighter...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
Cimetière de la Couture, Bernay, Departement de l'Eure, Haute-Normandie, France
Lorrain, Jean b. August 9, 1855 d. June 30, 1906
Author. A member of the French Symbolist school. Born Paul Duval in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, he is best remembered for his books "Monsieur de Phocas," "Sensations et Souvenirs," "Monsieur de Bougrelon," "Histories de Masques" and "Le Sang des Dieux." He died in Paris. (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cimetière de Fécamp (Fécamp), Fecamp, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Monet, Claude b. November 14, 1840 d. December 5, 1926
Innovative and prolific French painter, best known as the leader, and unswerving advocate of the Impressionist school of painting. It is fitting that one of his pictures, “Impression: Sunrise” (Musée Marmottan, Paris; 1872), gave the group its name. Claude Monet was born in Paris on November 14, 1840. His youth was spent in Le Havre, where he first excelled as a caricaturist but was then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin, from whom he derived his firm predilection for...[Read More] (Bio by: Edward Parsons)
Cause of death: Lung cancer
Giverny Church Cemetery, Giverny, Departement de l'Eure, Haute-Normandie, France
Plantagenet, Arthur b. March 29, 1187 d. April 3, 1203
English Royalty. Born the son of Geoffrey II Plantagenet, Earl of Richmond and Constance de Bretagne, Duchesse de Bretagne at Nantes, France. He gained the title of Duc de Bretagne in March 1187 and the title of Earl of Richmond in April 1199. Upon his the death of his uncle, Richard I 'Coeur de Lion' in 1199, Arthur, by the law of primogeniture, should have succeeded to the English crown, the French King, Phillip II, upheld his claim. The throne, however, was held by another uncle, John, who...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen, Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Richard I [Heart] b. September 8, 1157 d. April 6, 1199
English Monarch, Duc d'Aquitaine. Born at Beaumont Palace, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, the third son of Henry II 'Curtmantle', King of England and Eleanor, Duchesse d'Aquitaine. He spent his youth in France at his mother's court at Poitiers training as a soldier and gained the title of Duc d'Aquitaine in 1172. He fought with his brothers Henry and Geoffrey in their rebellion against their father in 1173; he fought for his father against his brothers when they supported an 1183 revolt in...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen, Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

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