Adhemar is both a given name and a surname.
Notable people with the name include:
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Adhemar of Salerno Adhemar (or Ademar) ( la, Ademarius) was the son of Prince Peter of Salerno. He succeeded his father, an usurper, in 853.
Adhemar's rule was unpopular. The counts of Capua whittled away at his princely authority and territory. In 858, he had to c ...
(died 861), prince
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Adhemar of Capua AdhemarAlso Ademar, Ademaro, Ademario, Adelmario, or Adamaro. was the Duke of Spoleto from 998 and Prince of Capua from 1000. Before his death, he lost both domains. He is not mentioned as duke of Spoleto after December 999. Biography
He was the so ...
(died after 1000), prince
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Adhémar de Chabannes Adhemar is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
* Adhemar of Salerno (died 861), prince
* Adhemar of Capua (died after 1000), prince
* Adhémar de Chabannes (988-1034), French monk and historian
* Adhem ...
(988-1034), French monk and historian
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Adhemar of Le Puy
Adhemar (also known as Adémar, Aimar, or Aelarz) de Monteil (died 1 August 1098) was one of the principal figures of the First Crusade and was bishop of Puy-en-Velay from before 1087. He was the chosen representative of Pope Urban II for th ...
(died 1098), bishop
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Adhémar Jori/Jory (1375), lord of Domeyrat près Carlat,
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François Adhémar de Monteil
François Adhémar de Monteil de Grignan (27 August 1603 – 9 March 1689) was a French priest who was in turn Bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, then Archbishop of Arles.
He was made commander of the Order of the Holy Spirit on 31 December 1 ...
(1603–1689), Archbishop of Arles
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François Adhémar de Monteil, Comte de Grignan
François Adhémar de Monteil, comte de Grignan (15 September 1632 – 30 December 1714) was a French aristocrat, remembered chiefly for being Lieutenant-Governor of Provence and the beloved son-in-law of Madame de Sévigné.
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(1632–1714), French aristocrat
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Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant (died 1886), mechanician
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Adhemar (footballer, born 1896), Adhemar dos Santos, Brazilian football midfielder
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Adhemar de Barros (1901–1969), mayor of São Paulo and Governor of São Paulo
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Adhémar Raynault
Adhémar Raynault (12 July 1891 – 11 April 1984) was a Canadian politician and a Mayor of Montreal.
Early life
Adhémar Raynault was born on July 12, 1891 in Saint-Gérard-de-Magella. Raynault moved to Montreal in 1911. He started as a cle ...
(died 1984), politician
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Adhemar da Silva (died 2001), athlete
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Adhemar Pimenta (
fl. 1942), sports manager
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Adhemar de Chaunac Adhemar is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
* Adhemar of Salerno (died 861), prince
* Adhemar of Capua (died after 1000), prince
* Adhémar de Chabannes (988-1034), French monk and historian
* Adh ...
(fl. 1961), vintner
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Adhemar (footballer, born 1972), Adhemar Ferreira de Camargo Neto, Brazilian football forward
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Louis-Alfred-Adhémar Rivet (died 1951), politician
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Joseph Adhemar
Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...
(died 1862), mathematician
Fictional characters
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Adhemar, Flemish comic book character in ''
The Adventures of Nero
''The Adventures of Nero'' or ''Nero'' was a Belgian comic strip drawn by Marc Sleen and the name of its main character. The original title ranged from ''De Avonturen van Detectief Van Zwam'' in 1947 to ''De Avonturen van Nero en zijn Hoed' ...
'' by
Marc Sleen
Marcel Honoree Nestor ( ridder) Neels (30 December 1922 – 6 November 2016), known as Marc Sleen, was a Belgian cartoonist. He was mostly known for his comic '' The Adventures of Nero and Co.'', but also created gag comics like '' Piet Fluwijn ...
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*Count Adhemar, the main antagonist of
A Knight's Tale
''A Knight's Tale'' is a 2001 American medieval adventure comedy film written, co-produced and directed by Brian Helgeland. The film stars Heath Ledger as William Thatcher, a peasant squire who poses as a knight and competes in tournaments, win ...
, a medieval comedy starring Heath Ledger.
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Bronzen Adhemar
The ''Bronzen Adhemar'' (Dutch for "Brass Adhemar") is the official Flemish Community Cultural Prize for Comics, given to a Flemish comics author for his body of work. It is awarded by the Flemish Ministry of Culture during Strip Turnhout, the maj ...
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Château des Adhémar
The Château des Adhémar is a castle, later converted to a Renaissance style château, in the French town of Montélimar in the Drôme département. It is located on a hill in the centre of the town.
History
Its origins are found in the 11 ...
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La Garde-Adhémar
La Garde-Adhémar (; oc, La Garda d'Aimar) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Drôme department
The following is a list of the 363 communes of the Drôme department of Fra ...
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Grignan-Les Adhemar AOC
The Grignan-Les Adhemar AOC (formerly the Côteaux du Tricastin) is the northernmost wine-growing AOC in the southern area of the Rhône wine region of France. The wines are produced in 21 communes in the department of Drôme on the east bank of t ...
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Rodovia Adhemar de Barros
Rodovia Adhemar de Barros (official designation SP-340) is a highway in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is 170 km long.
The highway follows very closely a south–north direction, departing from the city of Campinas, then passing by Jagu ...
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Brazilian given names
French masculine given names