Guincourt
Encyclopedia
Guincourt is a commune
in the Ardennes department in northern France
, in the former county of Vermandois
. It lies just off the old road between Tourteron
and Saint-Loup-Terrier
.
, comte de Montejeux, a marshal of France
, was born in the château.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Ardennes department in northern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, in the former county of Vermandois
Vermandois
Vermandois was a French county, that appears in the Merovingian period. In the tenth century, it was organised around two castellan domains: St Quentin and Péronne . Pepin I of Vermandois, the earliest of its hereditary counts, was descended in direct male line from the emperor Charlemagne...
. It lies just off the old road between Tourteron
Tourteron
Tourteron is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France.-Population:...
and Saint-Loup-Terrier
Saint-Loup-Terrier
Saint-Loup-Terrier is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France.-Population:-References:*...
.
Personalities
Jean de SchulembergJean de Schulemberg
Jean III de Schulemberg, comte de Montejeu[x] , of distant Prussian origin, was born at the château de Guincourt, son of Jean, seigneur de Montejeu and his wife Anne, daughter of Jean d'Averhoult, seigneur de La Lobe.-Life:...
, comte de Montejeux, a marshal of France
Marshal of France
The Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank. It is granted to generals for exceptional achievements...
, was born in the château.