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During the reign of his father, Charles X, he worked to rid the army of former imperial officers and commanded the French expedition that helped quell an anti-Bourbon revolt in Spain (1823). In 1830, when Charles was compelled to abdicate, Angoulême renounced his claim to the throne and went into exile.
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Taken from the Visigoths by Clovis in 507, it was the seat of the counts of Angoulême from the 9th century. Fought over by the French and English in the Hundred Years’ War, it also suffered in the religious wars of the late 16th century. The Land of Angoulême was the name given to the site of present-day New York City in 1524 by Giovanni da ...
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He was described as the domestic servant of a local proprietor, "who had brought him from the islands with the intention of taking him back there, and declared that he could be aged around 16 or 17." In 1758, the bishop of Angoulême presided over the baptism, also in the parish church of St André, of "a negro of the nation of Capélaou in ...
Angoulême ( French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ɡulɛːm] ⓘ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: Engoulaeme; Occitan: Engoleime) is a small city in the southwestern French department of Charente, of which it is the prefecture . Located on a plateau overlooking a meander of the river Charente, the city is nicknamed the "balcony of the southwest".
Jan 3, 2020 · New York was originally called Angoulême. New York was first called Angoulême after the town of the same name in Charente. On January 17, 1524, the Italian explorer, Giovanni da Verrazzano, became the first European to enter what is now New York Harbour with his ship, La Dauphine.
Roman Catholicism. Henri de Valois, duc d'Angoulême (1551 – 2 June 1586, in Aix-en-Provence ), sometimes called " Henri, bâtard de Valois " or " Henri de France ", was a Légitimé de France, cleric, and military commander during the Wars of Religion .
INTRODUCTION. The Angoulême project uses parish records, as well as notarial, judicial, and tax records, in an historical inquiry into different connections between individuals and families. It considers individuals who entered into the historical record only fleetingly, in the birth, marriage and death registers of the small parishes of the town.
