La Rochefoucauld
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- Antoine de La RochefoucauldAntoine de La RochefoucauldCount Antoine de La Rochefoucauld was an artist, patron and art collector as well as a proponent of Rosicrucianism in France at the end of the 19th century.-Life:...
- Count Antoine de La Rochefoucauld (1862–1959), 19th century Rosicrucian
- François de La Rochefoucauld (writer)François de La Rochefoucauld (writer)François VI, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac was a noted French author of maxims and memoirs. The view of human conduct his writings describe has been summed up by the words "everything is reducible to the motive of self-interest", though the term "gently cynical" has also been applied...
(1613–1680), French author - François de La Rochefoucauld (Cardinal)François de La Rochefoucauld (Cardinal)François de La Rochefoucauld was a French Cardinal and an "important figure in the French Counter Reformation church".-Life:...
(1558–1645), French cardinal of the Catholic Church - François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de la Rochefoucauld-LiancourtFrançois Alexandre Frédéric, duc de la Rochefoucauld-LiancourtFrançois Alexandre Frédéric, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt was a French social reformer.-Early life:...
(1747–1827), social reformer - François de La Rochefoucauld, marquis de Montendre (1672–1739)
- Frédéric Gaëtan, marquis de La Rochefoucauld-LiancourtFrédéric Gaëtan, marquis de La Rochefoucauld-LiancourtFrédéric Gaëtan, marquis de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt , the third son of François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, was a French nobleman who, during Napoléon's brief 1815 return to power, fled to Switzerland and tried to organise a volunteer army in support of the restored...
(1779–1863), politician - Maxime de la RochefoucauldMaxime de la RochefoucauldMaxime De La Rochefoucauld is the stage name of Montreal-based musician and performance artist Maxime Rioux.Rioux is best known for his compositions produced on musical instruments that are homemade and often built specifically for a single live performance...
(born 1959), Canadian musician
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- La Rochefoucauld, CharenteLa Rochefoucauld, CharenteLa Rochefoucauld is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.It lies very close to the line which delineated occupied France and Vichy France during World War II.-Etymology:...
, a commune in the CharenteCharenteCharente is a department in southwestern France, in the Poitou-Charentes region, named after the Charente River, the most important river in the department, and also the river beside which the department's two largest towns, Angoulême and Cognac, are sited.-History:Charente is one of the original...
département in France - Château de la Rochefoucauld
Castles associated with the Maison de La Rochefoucauld
- Chateau de La Rochefoucauld, La Rochefoucauld (department)
- Château de Verteuil, Verteuil sur Charente
- Chateau La Roche-Guyon, La Roche-Guyon
- Chateau de Montmirail, Montmirail
- Castle Versainville, Versainville
- Esclimont Castle, Saint-Symphorien-le-Chateau
- Castle Combreux, Combreux