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Polignac is the name of several communes in France
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Polignac is the name of the famous noble French family that take their name from the Château of Polignac, of which they have been sieurs since Carolingian times.
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- Polignac, Charente-MaritimePolignac, Charente-MaritimePolignac is a commune in the Charente-Maritime in the department in the Poitou-Charentes region in southwestern France.-Population:-External links:* * *Map and aerial photos:**Street map: , or or...
- Polignac, Haute-LoirePolignac, Haute-LoirePolignac is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.-See also:*Communes of the Haute-Loire department...
, in the Haute-Loire département, dominated by the fortress Château de Polignac with its square donjon tower, 32 m tall
Polignac is the name of the famous noble French family that take their name from the Château of Polignac, of which they have been sieurs since Carolingian times.
- Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de PolignacGabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de PolignacYolande Martine Gabrielle de Polastron, Duchess of Polignac was the favourite of Marie Antoinette, whom she first met when she was presented at the Palace of Versailles in 1775, the year after Marie Antoinette became the Queen of France...
- Jules, prince de PolignacJules, prince de PolignacPrince Jules de Polignac, 3rd Duke of Polignac , was a French statesman. He played a part in ultra-royalist reaction after the Revolution...
, 1780 – 1847, promulgator of the July Ordinances - Melchior de PolignacMelchior de PolignacMelchior de Polignac was a French diplomat, Roman Catholic cardinal and neo-Latin poet.A younger son of Armand XVI, marquis de Polignac, he was born at Lavoûte-sur-Loire, Haute-Loire, Auvergne. At an early age he achieved distinction as a diplomat...
, 1661-1742, French diplomat, Roman Catholic cardinal and neo-Latin poet - Alphonse de PolignacAlphonse de PolignacAlphonse de Polignac was a French mathematician. In 1849 he made Polignac's conjecture:The case k = 1 is the twin prime conjecture.-References:...
, 1817 – 1890, French mathematician and number theorist. - Pierre de PolignacPierre de PolignacPrince Pierre of Monaco, Duke of Valentinois was the father of Rainier III of Monaco, and thus the paternal grandfather of Albert II of Monaco...
, 1895 – 1964 - Camille Armand Jules Marie, Prince de PolignacCamille Armand Jules Marie, Prince de PolignacCamille Armand Jules Marie, Prince de Polignac was a French nobleman, scholar and soldier who joined the Confederate States Army at the outbreak of the American Civil War and became major general before the end of the war...
, Confederate general at the Battle of Sabine Crossroads, 1832-1913 - Winnaretta SingerWinnaretta SingerWinnaretta Singer, Princesse Edmond de Polignac was an American musical patron and heir to the Singer sewing machine fortune.-Early Life and Family:...
, princess Edmond de Polignac, 1865 – 1943 - Prince Edmond de PolignacPrince Edmond de PolignacPrince Edmond Melchior Jean Marie de Polignac was a French composer.- Heritage, prison sentence :Edmond was a descendant of one of the more illustrious families of France. His grandmother, the duchesse de Polignac, had been the close friend of Queen Marie-Antoinette...
, 1834 – 1901
- Polignac (card game)Polignac (card game)Polignac , the version of Knaves, is a French 18th century trick-taking card game ancestral to Hearts and Black Maria. It is played by 3-6 players with a 32-card deck. It is sometimes played as a party game with the 52-card pack, however, it is better as a serious game for four, playing all against...
is also a French card game for four players