Biographies : 3
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BiographyELGIN, James Bruce (Eighth earl of Elgin)
James Bruce Elgin was born in London on 20 July 1811, the youngest son of Thomas, seventh Earl of Elgin and his second wife, Elizabeth, the daughter of J. T. Oswald. He completed his studies at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford (BA, 1833; MA, 1835). In 1840, following the death of his elder brother, he became […]
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BiographyESPAGNE, Jean-Louis-Brigitte
Jean-Louis-Brigitte was born in 1769 and served as a cavalryman in the Dragons de la Reine in 1787. A brilliant horseman, he went on to serve under Dumouriez in the Alps and distinguished himself at Mont-Cenis. He was then promoted to général de brigade in 1799, and fought under Jourdan and then Moreau. He took […]
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BiographyEugenie de Guzman Palafox Y Portocarrero, Empress of the French (1826-1920)
A privileged childhood immersed in the cult of Napoleon Eugenie was born on 5 May 1826 in Granada. Despite a rather eventful birth (as an earthquake was shaking Andalusia, her mother had to give birth in a tent in the garden), Eugenie’s childhood was an easy one. Her father, Don Cipriano, who had been removed […]