Biographies : 187
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BiographyFANTI, Manfredo, Italian general and Politicianb. Carpi, 26 February, 1806 – d. Florence, 5 April, 1865
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BiographyFERDINAND, Ludwig, normally known as Louis ¨Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia
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BiographyFerencz József (Franz Josef) GyulayFerencz József (Franz Josef) Gyulay, Graf von Maros-Németh und Nádaska (b. 1 September, 1798, in Pest, d. 1 September, 1868 in Vienna) Austro-Hungarian Feldmarschall and commander in chief of Austrian troops during the Italian campaign of 1859.
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BiographyFORCADE LA ROQUETTE, Jean Louis Victor Adolphe de, (1820-1874) Statesman
Adolphe de Forcade La Roquette (also written Forcade de la Roquette) was born in Paris on 8 April, 1820. He studied law and earned a doctorate, before becoming a lawyer at the Appeal Court in Paris. He was committed supporter of the coup d'état of 2 December, 1851. As a result of his family relations […]
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BiographyForey, Elie Frédéric, (1804-1872) Maréchal de France
Elie Frédéric Forey was the son of Frédéric Forey and Angélique-Jeanne Roche. Frédéric was a Capitaine de cavalerie, later post master in Meudon, and finally head of weights and measures in the arrondissement of Versailles. Meanwhile Angélique was post mistress in Meudon and then receiver of post at Château-Chinon. The Forey family originated from Bourgogne […]
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BiographyFOULD, Achille Marcus, (1800-1867) Statesman
The family into which Achille Marcus Fould was born (1800-1867) had been part of the Jewish community in Metz since the second half of the Seventeenth Century. Achille's father, Berr Lion Fould, was born in Boulay in 1767. He was to join the entourage of the greatest Jewish merchant and businessman in the East of […]
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BiographyFOURES, Pauline, née Marguerite-Pauline BELLISLE
Stendhal or real life? If we are to believe Frédéric Masson, then the truth of the life-story of Pauline Fourès is indeed stranger than fiction. Born in southern France, 15 March, 1778, the daughter of clockmaker Henri-Jacques-Clément Bellisle and his wife Marguerite Barandon, Pauline worked initially as a milliner before coming to the attentions of […]
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BiographyFOY, Maximilien-Sébastien
Born in 1775, Maximilien-Sébastien Foy served as an artillery officer from 1792 but was suspended by the Revolutionary Tribunal for openly expressing his political views. After Thermidor, he was reinstated to his post. In 1796, he served on the Rhine and fought at Offenburg. The following year, he was wounded near Kehl. In 1799, he […]
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BiographyFRANCIS II (I)Born in Florence (Italy) 1768, died 1835 Vienna. Last Holy Roman Emperor (Francis II., 1792-1806), first Emperor of Austria (Francis I., 1804-35); Son of Emperor Leopold II, 1747-1792 and Maria–Luisa of Spain (1745 – 1792)). He had four wives, only the second of whom (Maria-Theresa…
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BiographyFrederick III of Saxony
Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (Duchy and Elector, he became King on the 11 December, 1806). Saxony's sovereign was by far the most faithful German ally to Napoleon. The idea that all states in the Confederation of the Rhine were uniformly modernised under the French model must be abandoned, in fact the Saxon state is […]