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French military officer, known as the "Marshal of Rochefort". Marshal of France, general of the King's armies, captain of His Majesty's Bodyguard, governor and lieutenant general of the provinces of Lorraine and Barrois, of Metz, Toul, Verdun and the Metz region, and of the city of Ath in Flanders.

A man of letters and a civil servant, a great friend of Diderot and d'Alembert and especially of Voltaire with whom he acted in concert on the Sirven and Calas affairs.

Count of Angoulême and Périgord, brother of Charles I^of Orléans. Also known as Jean d'Orléans.

French clergyman, bishop of Fréjus then bishop of Séez, in the Orne.

Politician, Minister of Commerce and Public Works and Governor of the Bank of France.

French physician, physicist and inventor. He notably invented the galvanometer and the first telephone approved by the PTT (French Post Office).

Count of Eu. He was the son of Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, and Marie of Berry. Captured during the Battle of Agincourt, he regained his freedom in 1438 at the age of 44, and was then appointed lieutenant general for Île-de-France, Brie, the bailiwick of Senlis, and the Duchy of Normandy, as well as governor of Paris.

Marie-Louise of Habsburg-Lorraine or Marie-Louise of Austria, Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Hungary and Bohemia, was Empress of the French from 1810 to 1814, then Duchess of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla until 1847.

The eldest daughter of Emperor Francis I^of Austria, she was given Iⁱⁿ marriage in 1810 to the Emperor of the French and King of Italy Napoleon to seal the Treaty of Schönbrunn between France and Austria, after the latter's defeat at the Battle of Wagram in 1809.

Duke of Modena and Reggio. Powerful Italian military leader. Velasquez painted his portrait and Bernini immortalized him in a bust.

French military officer, fourth Marshal of France from the Harcourt family.

French general of the Revolution and the Empire, he died from wounds received at the Battle of Eylau.

French homeopath, a pioneer in this field.

French explorer, adventurer and prince. He died at the age of 33 in Saigon, Cochinchina.

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 I^of Orléans.

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

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.

Bishop of Lombez, from 1628 to 1655.

French painter.

Italian pianist and composer.

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).

Painter and engraver; he lived in Russia until 1805 and brought back drawings which he used for the publication of several works.