Jean de Dunois

(1403/1468 )

Known as "the bastard of Orléans", military leader during the Hundred Years' War and companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc during the lifting of the siege of Orléans (1429). Natural son of Louis Iof Orléans.

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Jehan d'Uzès

(1430/1475)

Seventh Viscount of Uzès. He married Anne de Brancas, with whom he had one daughter, Symone d'Uzès.

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Louis-Antoine of France

(1775/1844)

Duke of Angoulême (1775-1824), then Dauphin of France (1824-1830) and Count of Marnes (1830-1844), son of Charles X and Marie-Thérèse of Savoy.

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Charles-Ferdinand of Artois

(1778/1820)

Prince of the House of Bourbon. He was the son of Charles-Philippe of France, Count of Artois (later Charles X) and Marie-Thérèse of Savoy. He died assassinated.

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Anne Marie Louise of Orléans

(1627/1693)

Daughter of Gaston d'Orléans and Marie de Bourbon and granddaughter of King Henry IV, she was the first cousin of Louis XIV. She was Duchess of Montpensier, Dauphine of Auvergne, Countess of Eu and Mortain and Princess of Joinville and Dombes.

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Good Joseph Steel

(1742/1833)

Scholar, historian, perpetual secretary of the Academy of Inscriptions, curator of the National Library, academician (1823).

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Edouard Daladier

(1884/1970)

Politician. Member of Parliament for Vaucluse (1919), Minister of Colonies (1924), President of the Council (1933), Prime Minister under Albert Lebrun (January and February 1934). Serving several times as Minister of War, he signed the Munich Agreement and the declaration of war against Germany. He was dismissed by Pétain before being deported to Germany, where he remained until 1945.

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Marius Dalloni

(1880/1959)

Geologist, professor of applied geology at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Algiers, president of the Institute of Saharan Research. Member of Parliament for Algiers (1946).

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Paul Dalloz

(1829/1887)

Journalist, owner and director of Le Moniteur universel, organ of the politics of the Second Empire.

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Jules Dalou

(1838/1902)

A sculptor and student of Carpeaux, he also drew inspiration from the graceful masters of the 18th century. Among other works, he created the monuments of Eugène Delacroix in the Luxembourg Gardens and the Triumph of the Republic in the Place de la Nation.

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Louis Damas (comte de Ruffey)

(1663/1722)

Brillant officier de cavalerie de Louis XIV, lieutenant général de ses armées, il se distingua à Garpi (1702), à Asti (1705) et a été fait prisonnier à Oudenarde (1708) ; il était en outre sous-lieutenant des mousquetaires.

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Anne Seymour Damer

(1748/1828)

Femme sculpteur anglaise, elle réalise de nombreux bustes de membres de l’aristocratie anglaise du XVIIIe et du début du XIXe.

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Henri Dannreuther

(1855/1911)

Historien barisien, président de la Société des Lettres, Sciences et Arts de Bar-le-Duc ; il était aussi pasteur de cette ville.

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Jean-Marie Dargaud

(1800/1866)

Historien et romancier, il s’est notamment intéressé à l’Histoire de l’Empire britannique et à ses personnages les plus marquants (Jane Grey, Marie Stuart ou Cromwell).

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Alfred Darjou

(1832/1874)

Il collabore au Charivari, revue satirique pour laquelle il réalise de nombreuses lithographies et illustrations.

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Benoit Henry Darondeau

(1805/1869)

A sailor and hydrographic engineer, he took part in Vaillant's circumnavigation voyage on the Bonite in 1836-1837, and wrote the 4 volumes of physical observations.

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Pierre Daru (comte)

(1767/1829)

Après le 18 brumaire, il s’attache à la fortune de Napoléon et devient membre du Tribunat, intendant général de la Grande Armée, ministre et secrétaire d’Etat (1811). Membre de l’Académie française (1806).

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