La Rochefoucauld, François, duc de
(Encyclopedia) La Rochefoucauld, François, duc de fräNswäˈ, dük də lä rôshfo͞okōˈ [key], 1613–80, French writer. As head of an ancient family (in his youth he bore the title prince de Marcillac) he oppo...
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La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de
(Encyclopedia) La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de älĕksäNˈdrə frādārēkˈ dük də lä rôshfo͞okōˈ-lyäNko͞orˈ [key], 1747–1827, French social reformer. Before the Fren...
La Fayette, Marie Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, comtesse de
(Encyclopedia) La Fayette, Marie Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, comtesse de də läfāĕtˈ [key], 1634–92, French novelist of the classical period, whose chief work, La Princesse de Clèves (1678), is the first ...
Sablé, Madeleine de Souvré, marquise de
(Encyclopedia) Sablé, Madeleine de Souvré, marquise de mädəlĕnˈ də so͞ovrāˈ, märkēzˈ də säblāˈ [key], 1599–1678, French woman of letters. Her salon was in vogue after the decline of the salon at t...
Bouillon, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne, duc de
(Encyclopedia) Bouillon, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne, duc de dük də bo͞oyôNˈ [key], 1555–1623, marshal of France, diplomat, and Protestant leader. He served with Henry IV against the Cath...
Longueville, Anne Geneviève de Bourbon-Condé, duchesse de
(Encyclopedia) Longueville, Anne Geneviève de Bourbon-Condé, duchesse de än zhənəvyĕvˈ də bo͞orbôNˈ-kôNdāˈ düshĕsˈ də lôNgvēlˈ [key], 1619–79, daughter of Henry II de Condé and sister of the ...
Lenclos, Ninon de
(Encyclopedia) Lenclos, Ninon de nēnôNˈ də läNklōˈ [key], 1620–1705, French beauty and wit. Her real name was Anne de Lenclos. She numbered among her many lovers and friends such eminent men as the Great Co...
Bouillon, Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, duc de
(Encyclopedia) Bouillon, Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, duc de frādārēkˈ mōrēsˈ də lä to͞or dōvĕrˈnyə dük də bo͞oyôNˈ [key], c.1605–1652, French general; son of Henri de Bouillon. Bro...
Sévigné, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de
(Encyclopedia) Sévigné, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de märēˈ də räbütăNˈ-shäNtälˈ märkēzˈ də sāvēnyāˈ [key], 1626–96, French woman of letters. Her correspondence of more than 1,500 lett...
Flahaut de La Billarderie, Auguste Charles Joseph, comte de
(Encyclopedia) Flahaut de La Billarderie, Auguste Charles Joseph, comte de ōgüstˈ shärl zhōzĕfˈ kôNt də fläōˈ də lä bēyärdərēˈ [key], 1785–1870, French general and statesman; illegitimate son of...
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