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Rachel de Montmorency, née Rachel Marion Tancock (15 July 1891 – 15 November 1961), was an English painter and artist working in stained glass. She learned about stained glass when she worked for artist Christopher Whall in the 1910s and 1920s. During World War I she worked as a voluntary nurse. After she married Miles de Montmorency in 1931 ...
1 The Constable’s Brother: François de Montmorency, sieur de la Rochepot (c.1496-1551) The political history of France in the first half of the sixteenth century is dominated by the figure of Anne de Montmorency, grand maître from 1526 and constable of France from 1538, favourite and chief minister to Francis I and Henry II in turn.1 The extent of his sway over government and diplomacy is ...
Gilles de Rais (c. 1405 – 26 October 1440), Baron de Rais, was a knight and lord from Brittany, Anjou and Poitou, a leader in the French army during the Hundred Years' War, and a companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc. He is best known for his reputation and later conviction as a confessed serial killer of children.
Viscount Mountmorres. Viscount Mountmorres was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 29 June 1763 for Hervey Morres, 1st Baron Mountmorres, who had previously represented St Canice in the Irish House of Commons. He had been created Baron Mountmorres, of Castlemorres in the County of Kilkenny, on 4 May 1756, also in the Peerage of ...
Jan 1, 2024 · Bouchard I de Montmorency, seigneur de Marly: Also Known As: "Bouchard de Montmorency de Marly" Birthdate: circa November 03, 1170: Birthplace: Montmorency, Val-d'Oise, Ile-De-France, France: Death: September 13, 1226 (51-59) Avignon, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France Immediate Family:
Mother. Madeleine de Savoie. Charles de Montmorency, Duke of Damville ( c. 1537 – c. 1612) was a French aristocrat, military commander, rebel and Admiral during the French Wars of Religion. Damville was the son of Anne de Montmorency, chief favourite of Henri II and Madeleine of Savoy granting him a central place in French politics.
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 ...
