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Delannoy, Jean b. January 12, 1908 d. June 19, 2008
Motion Picture Director, Screenwriter. He received the grand prize for "La Symphonie Pastorale" at the Cannes Film Festival in 1946. Born in Noisy-le-Sec, France, Delannoy worked as a journalist before becoming an actor and appearing in a few films during the late 1920s and early 1930s. He would later move behind the camera as an editor and director of shorts. Among his other memorable films are "L'Eternel Retour" (The Eternal Return, 1943) and "Notre Dame de Paris" (The Hunchback of Norte Dame...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Guainville, Departement d'Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France
Diane of Poitiers b. September 3, 1499 d. April 25, 1566
Royal Mistress. Duchess of Valentinois. Born the daughter of Jean de Poitiers and Jeanne de Batarnay in Saint-Vallier, Drôme, France. In 1515 she married Louis de Brézé, comte de Maulevrier, grand seneschal of Normandy. She then became lady-in-waiting to Claude de France, wife of Francis I. She was widowed in 1533 and within a few years became the mistress of Henri, the dauphin, who was almost twenty years her junior. Although Henri married Catherine de Medici, Diane eclipsed the queen with her...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Anet Castle, Anet, Departement d'Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France
Plot: Funeral Chapel
Ferdinand Philippe d'Orléans b. September 3, 1810 d. July 13, 1842
French Royalty. Born Ferdinand Philippe Louis Charles Henri Rosolin, Prince héréditaire de France at Palermo, Italy, the son of Louis Philippe I d'Orléans, Roi de France in exile and Maria Amelia Teresa di Borbone, Principessa di Borbone delle Due Sicilie. He gained the title of Duc de Guise and was styled as Duc de Chartres before 1830. He gained the title of Duc d'Orléans in 1830. He married Helene Luise Elisabeth Herzogin von Mecklenburg-Schwerin in May 1837 at Fontainebleau, Île-de-France...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Cause of death: Carriage accident
Chapelle Royale de Dreux , Dreux, Departement d'Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France
Feuillère, Edwige b. October 29, 1907 d. November 13, 1998
French Actress. She appeared in "Le Cordon Bleu" (1931), "Lucrèce Borgia" (1935), "J'étais une Aventurière" (1938), "L'Idiot" (1946), "L'Aigle a deux têtes" (1948), "Aimez-vous les Femmes?" (1964), and "La Duchesse de Langeais" (1995), her last film made for TV. (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cimetière de Beaugency, Beaugency, Departement du Loiret, Centre, France
Fevin, Antoine de b. 1473 d. 1512
Composer. He was the first noteworthy follower of Josquin Des Prez, whose musical innovations he embraced with his own airy, attractive style. About 40 of his works survive, including a Requiem (c. 1506), the "Sancta Trinitas", 18 motets, and nine Masses, some of which make use of themes by Josquin. Facts of Fevin's life are sketchy. He was born in Arras, France, the son of an alderman, and probably entered the priesthood in the mid-1490s. His compositions show knowledge of the latest...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Church of Saint Nicholas, Blois, Blois, Departement du Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France
Feyder, Jacques b. July 21, 1888 d. May 25, 1948
Noted Belgian Motion Picture Director. He is remembered for his films "L'Atlantide" (1921), "Carmen" (1926), "Thérèse Raquin" (1928), "The kiss" (1930), "Anna Christie" (1932), "La Kermesse Heroïque" (1935), "Knight Without Armour" (1937), "Une Femme Disparait" (1941) and "Macadam" (1946). (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cimètiere de Sorel Moussel, Sorel-Moussel, Departement d'Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France
France, Anne de b. 1498 d. March 20, 1498
French royalty. Only daughter of Charles VIII. and Anne de Bretagne. She was only 25 days old. (Bio by: Lutetia)
Basilique de St-Martin, Tours, Departement d'Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France
France, Charles Orland de b. October 9, 1492 d. December 6, 1495
French Royalty. Successor to the throne of France. Son of Charles VIII. and Anne de Bretagne. Count of Valentinois and of Diois. He died during a epidemic in Amboise. (Bio by: Lutetia)
Basilique de St-Martin, Tours, Departement d'Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France
Lévi-Strauss, Claude b. November 28, 1908 d. October 30, 2009
French Anthropologist and Ethnologist. He was called the "father of modern anthropology". He was also one of the central figures in the structuralist school of thought where his ideas reached into fields including the humanities and philosophy. Structuralism has been defined as "the search for the underlying patterns of thought in all forms of human activity." Lévi-Strauss organized expeditions into the French countryside when young, and later studied in Paris, where he went on to teach. He...[Read More]
Cimetière de Lignerolles , Lignerolles, Departement de l'Indre, Centre, France
Louis of Bourbon b. 1376 d. December 21, 1446
French Nobility. Count of Vendome and Chartres. A prominent figure in the Hundred Years' War between France and England, he was a commander at the Battle of Agincourt (October 25, 1415) and later fought under Joan of Arc. Born into the powerful Bourbon family, he became Count of Vendome at age 17 and sole ruler of the region upon the death of his mother, Countess Catherine de Vendome, in 1403. He was a trusted...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Church of Saint-Georges (Defunct), Vendome, Departement du Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France
Plot: Site destroyed in the 1790s
Louis Philippe I., King b. October 6, 1773 d. August 26, 1850
French King.
Chapelle Royale de Dreux , Dreux, Departement d'Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France
Louis XI b. July 3, 1423 d. August 30, 1483
King of France. Son of King Charles VII. and Maria of Naples (d'Anjou). Also known as Louis the Cruel. On June 24. 1436 he married Margaret of Scotland, daughter of King James I. He despised his father and his mistress Agnes Sorel and attempted to depose him in 1440 and 1446. In 1456 he again argued with his father and fled to Burgundy where the message of his fathers death reached him in 1461. In 1465 the noble families allied against him. He fought them successfully over the years. In 1477...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Basilica Notre Dame de Cléry, Clery-Saint-Andre, Departement du Loiret, Centre, France
Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Helene Louise b. January 24, 1814 d. May 18, 1858
Duchess d'Orléans. Born Helene Luise Elisabeth Herzogin von Mecklenburg-Schwerin at Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, the daughter of Friedrich Ludwig Erbgroßherzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Karoline Luise Prinzessin von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach. She married Ferdinand Philippe d'Orléans, Prince héréditaire de France, Duc d'Orléans in May 1837 at Fontainebleau, Île-de-France, France. A happy marriage, it produced two sons. Within five years, however, her husband was killed in a...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Chapelle Royale de Dreux , Dreux, Departement d'Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France
Ockeghem, Johannes b. 1410 d. February 6, 1497
Composer. An outstanding figure of the early Renaissance period. His music has long been admired for its rhythmic brilliance and timeless, mysterious quality. He wrote the earliest surviving polyphonic setting of the Requiem (the "Missa pro defunctis", c. 1464). Ockeghem's early life is shrouded in mystery. Scholars have determined he was born in Saint-Ghislain, Flanders (now Belgium), but his birthdate is unknown. He first emerges in 1444 as a choir singer at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Abbey of St. Martin (Defunct), Tours, Departement d'Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France
Plot: * Location unconfirmed by historians
Odo, Saint b. 879 d. November 18, 942
Benedictine Monk and Music Theorist. The son of a Gallic nobleman, he studied music and theology in Paris before taking holy orders in 898. He became a Benedictine monk in 909 and Abbot of Cluny in 927. Odo was greatly admired for his learning and administrative skills, and in 931 Pope John XI ordered him to reform the monasteries of northern France and Italy. He negotiated peace settlements between several feuding fifedoms and persuaded other royals to return monastery lands to the...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Church of Saint Julian, Tours, Departement d'Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France
Queen Marie Amelie Therese b. April 26, 1782 d. March 24, 1866
French Queen Consort. Born Maria Amelia Teresa di Borbone, Principessa di Borbone della Due Sicilie in Caserta, Italy, daughter of Ferdinand IV, King of Naples, and Marie Caroline Erzherzögin von Österreich. Driven from Naples in 1798, the Neapolitan royal family fled into exile. She met the exiled Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orleans, in Palermo. She married him in November 1809; the couple eventually produced ten children. The Duke and Duchess of Orleans returned to France in 1814 residing in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Chapelle Royale de Dreux , Dreux, Departement d'Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France
Rosay, Françoise b. April 19, 1891 d. March 28, 1974
Noted French Actress. She is best remembered for her films "Crainquebille" (1922), "La Kermesse Heroïque" (1935), "Pension Mimosas" (1935), "Un Carnet de Bal" (1938), "Une Femme Disparaît" (1942), "Saraband for Dead Lovers" (1948), "La Reine Margot" (1954), "The Seventh Sin" (1957), "Up From the Beach" (1961) and "Pas Folle la Guêpe" (1972). She was married to Motion Picture Director Jacques Feyder. (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cimètiere de Sorel Moussel, Sorel-Moussel, Departement d'Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France
Saint Monitor
Saint. He was the 12th Bishop of Orleans. Died in 490 AD and his Feast Day is November 10th. (Bio by: girlofcelje (inactive))
Church of Saint Aignan, Orleans, Departement du Loiret, Centre, France
Sorel, Agnes b. 1422 d. 1450
French Royalty. Royal mistress of King Charles VII of France, the first royal mistress to be officially recognized by the state as such. Born to a family of lesser nobility in Touraine, Agnes was very well educated and beautiful. She captivated Charles VII, who was married to Marie d'Anjou, in 1444, and the couple became inseperable. She held tremendous influence over Charles, and he showered her with wealth, castles, land, and secured for her every distinction of a queen. She was the love of...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed)
Church of Saint Ours, Loches, Departement d'Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France
Villeret, Jacques b. February 6, 1951 d. January 28, 2005
French Actor. He is best remembered fo his comedic roles, especially for his work in "Le Dîner de Cons" (1998). He also appeared in "Le Bon et les Méchants" (1976), "Rien ne Va Plus" (1979), "Drôle de Samedi" (1985), "Trois Années" (1990), "Les Enfants du Marais" (1999), "Iznogoud" (2004) and "L'Antidote" (2005). (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cimetière de Perrusson, Perrusson, Departement d'Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France

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