Godefroid (other)
Godefroid may refer to: * Marie-Éléonore Godefroid (1778–1849), French painter * Félix Godefroid (1818–1897), Belgian harpist, who composed for his instrument and for the piano * Godefroid Kurth (1847–1916), Belgian historian *Godefroid Munongo (1925–1992), politician of the Democratic Republic of the Congo *Prince Godefroid Kamatari, (1957–2005), grandson of mwami HM Mutaga IV Mbikije of Burundi, and a son of HRH Prince Ignace Kamatari *Sébastien Godefroid Sébastien (Sebbe) Godefroid (born 19 March 1971) is a Belgian sailor. He won a silver medal in sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He also competed at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics, but has not won another medal. He place ...

Marie-Éléonore Godefroid
Marie-Éléonore Godefroid (20 June 1778 in Paris – 1849), was a French painter, watercolorist, pastellist, and draughtswoman. Some of her major works include ''Portraits of the Children of Marshall Duke d'Enghien (1810), Portrait of Queen Hortense with her Children (1812), the Royal Princes, Portrait of the Princesses Louise and Marie d'Orléans,'' and ''Portrait of the Prince de Joinville.'' Godefroid is best known as a portrait painter. Biography Godefroid was born in Paris and was trained in the Davidian style of painting. She first studied art under her father, the royally-appointed art restorer Ferdinand-Joseph Godefroid. She would go on to become an instructor of arts and music at the Institute of Saint-Germain-en-Laye de Jeanne Campan, where young elite women of the Napoleonic period were trained. In 1795, she quit her post, however, to dedicate herself completely to painting. Around 1805, Godefroid joined the ''atelier'' of Baron François Gérard, with whom s ...
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Félix Godefroid
Dieudonné-Félix Godefroid (24 July 1818 - 12 July 1897) was a Belgian harpist, who composed for his instrument and for the piano. Félix Godefroid was born at Namur, where his father failed in a theatre venture and moved the family to Boulogne-sur-Mer, where he opened a music school. In 1832 Félix entered the Conservatoire de Paris to study harp with François Joseph Naderman and Théodore Labarre. Impressed with the pedal harp perfected by Sébastien Érard, Godefroid elected to pursue a concert career. From 1839, he began a brilliant solo tour through Europe and the Levant. In 1847, Félix Godefroid settled in Paris and finally made his debut there. Called the "Paganini of the harp" he became a great virtuoso, giving concerts throughout Europe. Besides his pieces for harp and for piano, on which he was also a virtuoso performer, Godefroid composed masses and two operas, ''La Harpe d'or'' and ''La Fille de Saül''. His didactic work ''Mes exercices pour la harpe'' was employ ...
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Godefroid Kurth
Godefroid Kurth (1847–1916) was a celebrated Belgian historian and pioneering Christian democrat. He is known for his histories of the city of Liège in the Middle Ages and of Belgium, his Catholic account of the formation of modern Europe in ''Les Origines de la civilisation moderne'', and his defence of the medieval In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ... guild system.Paul Gérin, "Kurth, Godefroid", ''Nouvelle Biographie Nationale''vol. 8(Brussels, 2005), 212–219. Life ;Early life Godefroid Kurth was born on 11 May 1847 in Arlon, the capital of the Belgian Luxembourg (Belgium), province of Luxembourg. His father, a former soldier from Cologne who was naturalised as a Belgian in 1842, became a police commissioner in Arlon, but died 1850. The family spoke Luxembour ...
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Godefroid Munongo
Godefroid Munongo Mwenda M'Siri (1925–1992) was a Congolese politician. He was a minister and briefly interim president, in 1961. It has been claimed he was involved in ethnic cleansing and in the assassination of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, during the Congo Crisis. Early life Munongo was born on 20 November 1925 in Bunkeya (now in Lualaba Province). He was a descendant of King Msiri of the Nyamwezi, who founded the State of Garenganze in the latter half of the 19th century.Patrick Munongo
, his son, accessed February 2009 He entered the major seminary in in 1947, where he would stay for two years. In Kisantu, Munongo obtained his degr ...
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Prince Godefroid Kamatari
Prince Godefroid Kamatari (1957 – 20 August 2005) was a grandson of '' Mwami'' Mutaga IV Mbikije of Burundi, and a son of Prince Ignace Kamatari (d. 1964 in Bujumbura) and his second wife Princess Agrippine. Prince Kamatari led the Abahuza party in Burundi which advocates a return of a constitutional monarchy in Burundi, as a stabilising factor in its bloody history. Most of the exiled members of the royal family live in France and elsewhere in Europe. He died in Kigali, Rwanda on 20 August 2005 Siblings By first wife Prince Kamatari had 2 half sisters born to his father's first wife Princess Ndaribarire and Ntihabose Ciza: * Princess Catherine Kamatari (by his father's first wife Princess Ndaribarire), (Born 1932) * Prince Deogratias Kamatari (by Ntihabose Ciza - Umusumano Clan), (Born 1942) By subsequent wives Prince Godefroid's other Siblings are: Prince Pascal Kamatari (by his mother Princess Agrippine), (1949-1997) Was married to Mimi von der Recke. Princess Esther ...
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