Plessis
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Plessis, Plessy, du Plessis, and de Plessis are related French surnames, and may refer to:
- Cardinal Richelieu, French statesman and cardinal, born Armand-Jean du Plessis, Seigneur de Richelieu
- Phillipe de PlessisPhillipe de PlessisPhillipe de Plessis was the 13th Grand Master of the Knights Templar. He was born in the fortress of Plessis-Macé, Anjou, France. In 1189 he joined the Third Crusade as a simple knight, and discovered the Order of the Temple in Palestine. After the death of Gilbert Horal he became Grand Master. He...
, French knight and 13th Grand Master of the Knights Templar - Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de RichelieuArmand-Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de RichelieuArmand Emmanuel Sophie Septimanie de Vignerot du Plessis, 5th Duke of Richelieu was a prominent French statesman during the Bourbon Restoration...
, French statesman - Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de RichelieuAlphonse-Louis du Plessis de RichelieuAlphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu was a French Carthusian, bishop and Cardinal. He was brother to Armand Cardinal Richelieu, the celebrated minister of Louis XIII....
, French bishop - Jacques de Rougé du Plessis-BellièreJacques de Rougé du Plessis-BellièreJacques de Rougé du Plessis-Bellière was a French General , very close to King Louis XIV and his minister, Mazarin.Jacques de Rougé was Marquis du Plessis-Bellière from 1651 till his death. He married Suzanne, Marquise du Plessis-Bellière, ne de Bruc de Monplaisir....
, French general - Suzanne, Marquise du Plessis-BellièreSuzanne, Marquise du Plessis-BellièreSuzanne, Marquise du Plessis-Belliere et de Fay les Nemours, née de Bruc de Monplaisir was the wife of Jacques de Rougé du Plessis-Bellière, Marquis du Plessis-Bellière, of the House Rougé.She was one of France's most famous women of her time...
, wife of Jacques and political opponent of Louis XIV - Marie DuplessisMarie DuplessisMarie Duplessis was a French courtesan and mistress to a number of prominent and wealthy men. She was the inspiration for Marguerite Gautier, the main character of La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas the younger, one of Duplessis' lovers...
, French courtesan - Gilbert de Choiseul Duplessis PraslinGilbert de Choiseul Duplessis PraslinGilbert Choiseul du Plessis-Praslin was a French bishop.-Early life:He was a descendant of the noble family of du Plessis. He devoted himself from his earliest youth to the ecclesiastical state, while his brother Cæsar Choiseul du Plessis-Praslin entered a military career. Both attained distinction...
, French bishop - Caesar, duc de ChoiseulCaesar, duc de ChoiseulCésar, duc de Choiseul, comte du Plessis-Praslin was a Marshal of France and French diplomat, generally known for the best part of his life as the maréchal du Plessis-Praslin....
, Marshal of France, born Cæsar Choiseul du Plessis-Praslin - Philippe de MornayPhilippe de MornayPhilippe de Mornay , seigneur du Plessis Marly, usually known as Du-Plessis-Mornay or Mornay Du Plessis, was a French Protestant writer and member of the Monarchomaques .- Biography :...
, French Protestant writer, also known as Mornay Du Plessis - Joseph-Octave PlessisJoseph-Octave PlessisJoseph-Octave Plessis was a Canadian Roman Catholic clergyman from Quebec. He was the first archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec after the diocese was elevated to the status of an archdiocese....
, Canadian bishop - Homer PlessyHomer PlessyHomer Plessy was the American plaintiff in the United States Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson. Arrested, tried and convicted of a violation of one of Louisiana's racial segregation laws, he appealed through Louisiana state courts to the U.S. Supreme Court, and lost...
, American litigant, plaintiff in the landmark Plessy v. FergusonPlessy v. FergusonPlessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 , is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision in the jurisprudence of the United States, upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in private businesses , under the doctrine of "separate but equal".The decision was handed...
Supreme Court decision - Damien PlessisDamien PlessisDamien Plessis is a French footballer of Réunionais origin, who plays for Greek side Panathinaikos. He is also the younger brother of professional footballer Guillaume Plessis.-Olympique Lyonnais:...
, French footballer - Guillaume PlessisGuillaume PlessisGuillaume Plessis is a footballer. He is also the older brother of current Panathinaikos midfielder Damien Plessis....
, French footballer from Réunion - Jan du PlessisJan du PlessisJan du Plessis is the non-executive Chairman of British American Tobacco's board of directors, and a non-executive director of the Lloyds TSB Group. Du Plessis was placed tenth in The Times 2006 Power 100, a list which rates the most powerful people in British business.-Early and personal...
, British-South African businessman - Bismarck du PlessisBismarck du PlessisBismarck du Plessis is a South African rugby union player, who plays for South Africa internationally, the Natal Sharks in the domestic Currie Cup, and the Sharks in Super Rugby.-Career:...
and Jannie du PlessisJannie du PlessisJan Nathaniel "Jannie" du Plessis is a South African rugby union player, who plays as a prop for South Africa and the Sharks in Super Rugby...
, brothers and South African rugby players - Koos du PlessisKoos du PlessisJacobus Johannes du Plessis was a prominent South African singer-songwriter and poet, colloquially known as Koos Doep...
, South African songwriter - Corne Du PlessisCorne Du PlessisCorne du Plessis is a South African sprinter. Together with Morne Nagel, Lee-Roy Newton and Matthew Quinn he won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics. Their time of 38.47 seconds was a South African record...
, South African sprinter - Christian du PlessisChristian du PlessisChristian du Plessis is a South African baritone, largely based in England, and particularly associated with the bel canto repertory....
, South African baritone - Francois du PlessisFrancois du PlessisFrancois "Faf" du Plessis is a right-handed batsman who plays One Day International cricket for South Africa and is a former under 19 representative....
, a South African cricketer - Tinus du PlessisTinus du PlessisTinus du Plessis is a Namibian rugby union player. He is a member of the Namibia national rugby union team. He was selected for the Namibian squad to play in the 2007 Rugby World Cup where he made three appearances. Having appeared in the Africa Cup in 2008 and 2009 and the RWC 2011 Qualifiers he...
, Namibian rugby player - ((Rikard du Plessis))
See also
- Le Plessis (disambiguation), the name of twenty-three communes in France
- Plessy v. FergusonPlessy v. FergusonPlessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 , is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision in the jurisprudence of the United States, upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in private businesses , under the doctrine of "separate but equal".The decision was handed...
, a U.S. Supreme Court decision supporting segregation - PlesseyPlesseyThe Plessey Company plc was a British-based international electronics, defence and telecommunications company. It originated in 1917, growing and diversifying into electronics. It expanded after the second world war by acquisition of companies and formed overseas companies...
, a historic British corporation - Plessis 1817 ellipsoid