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The written history of New York City began with the first European explorer, the Italian Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524. European settlement began with the Dutch in 1608 and New Amsterdam was founded in 1624. The "Sons of Liberty" campaigned against British authority in New York City, and the Stamp Act Congress of representatives from ...
The first mayor of the expanded city was Robert Anderson Van Wyck . The longest-serving mayors have been Fiorello H. La Guardia (1934–1945), Robert F. Wagner Jr. (1954–1965), Ed Koch (1978–1989) and Michael Bloomberg (2002–2013), each of whom was in office for twelve years (three successive four-year terms).
Apr 29, 2022 · Biography. Bouchard (Montmorency) de Montmorency is Notable. Bouchard was the son of Mathieu II, baron de Montmorency and Gertrude de Nesle, dame de Soissons. He married Isabelle de Laval. [1] . They had issue: Marsilie. Mathieu III, Havoise. Origins.
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- Isabelle (De Laval) Delaval
Bouchard de Bray, also Bouchard I of Montmorency (died after 960 and before 966) was a French knight from the Tenth Century. he was the ancestor of the noble House of Montmorency and the noble House of Montlhery.
Aug 3, 2017 · MONTMORENCY, the name of one of the oldest and most distinguished families in France, derived from Montmorency, now in the department of Seine-et-Oise, in the immediate neighbourhood of Enghien and St Denis, and about 9 m. N.N.W. of Paris. The family, since its first appearance in history in the person of Bouchard I., sire de Montmorency in the 10th century, has furnished six constables and ...
Montmorency FamilyThe Montmorency family was one of the three families that struggled for control of the French crown during the Wars of Religion between 1562 and 1598. In time, the Montmorency became allied with the Bourbon family against the Guise, the third of the competing groups. The Bourbon sided with the Protestant cause, while the Guise ...
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Anne de Montmorency, one of the most astute art patrons of Renaissance France, collected Palissy’s rustic plates in the late 1550s. To oversee her collection of glazed earthenware, Catherine de’ Medici employed a garde-vaisselle, a ceramist-curator named Jean Charpentier, who mounted pieces on sideboards during festivals.
