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Jean-Louis De Cartier De Marchienne
Baron Jean-Louis de Cartier de Marchienne is a Belgian businessman and farmer. He is a member of the board and managing director of Carta Mundi, the world leader in the production of playing cards. Between 1984 and 1991, he was involved in the establishment of several agricultural companies in Belgium with branches in Hungary and the Netherlands. In 1992 he became a member of the board of directors of publishing house Brepols in Turnhout, where his father was also a board member. In 1995 he became chairman of the board of directors of Brepols and its subsidiaries. In 1998 he became chairman of Cartamundi, a card game producer also based in Turnhout and of which the de Cartier family is a shareholder. Etex. Se ...
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Baron
Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than a lord or knight, but lower than a viscount or count. Often, barons hold their fief – their lands and income – directly from the monarch. Barons are less often the vassals of other nobles. In many kingdoms, they were entitled to wear a smaller form of a crown called a '' coronet''. The term originates from the Latin term , via Old French. The use of the title ''baron'' came to England via the Norman Conquest of 1066, then the Normans brought the title to Scotland and Italy. It later spread to Scandinavia and Slavic lands. Etymology The word ''baron'' comes from the Old French , from a Late Latin "man; servant, soldier, mercenary" (so used in Salic law; Alemannic law has in the same sense). The scholar Isidore of Seville in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the southwest, and the North Sea to the northwest. It covers an area of and has a population of more than 11.5 million, making it the 22nd most densely populated country in the world and the 6th most densely populated country in Europe, with a density of . Belgium is part of an area known as the Low Countries, historically a somewhat larger region than the Benelux group of states, as it also included parts of northern France. The capital and largest city is Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, and Leuven. Belgium is a sovereign state and a federal constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. Its institutional organization is complex and is structured on both regional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carta Mundi
Cartamundi Group is a company based in Turnhout, Belgium, that manufactures, produces, and sells board games, card games, collectible card games, packages, and playing cards through its manufacturing and sales subsidiaries. The name of the company in Latin means ''cards for the world''. It is one of the world's largest playing card manufacturers. The company also maintains manufacturing facilities in Canvey Island (UK), Altenburg (Germany), Saint-Max (France), Kraków (Poland), Mumbai (India), Sōka (Japan), and Dallas (Texas, United States). In 2015, the company acquired Hasbro's board game factories in Waterford, Ireland, and East Longmeadow, Massachusetts. In the early-to-mid 1990s, Cartamundi produced collectible card games for other companies. Their Belgian factory printed early editions of '' Magic: The Gathering'' for Wizards of the Coast, and Decipher, Inc.'s ''Star Trek Customizable Card Game'' and '' Star Wars Customizable Card Game'', and currently prints foreig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emile De Cartier De Marchienne
Baron Emile-Ernest de Cartier de Marchienne (30 November 1871 in Schaerbeek, Belgium – 10 May 1946 in London, United Kingdom) was a Belgian diplomat. Emile de Cartier de Marchienne was Belgian Minister in the United States, China, the United Kingdom, Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. Before that he had been the charge d'affaires in Brazil, Japan, China, and France. Diplomatic career Honours * Civic Decoration * 1919: Commander in the Order of Leopold. * Grand Cordon in the Order of Leopold. * Knight Grand Cross with Chain of the Royal Victorian Order. * Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire. * Commander in the Order of the Sacred Treasure. * Officer in the Legion of Honour. * Knight of the Order of Saint Gregory the Great. * Coronation Medal of HM George VI. Personal life Ambassador de Cartier de Marchienne married in Paris, on 16 July 1919, American socialite Mrs. Hamilton Wilkes Cary (''née'' Marie E. Dow) who was firstly married to Elihu B. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis De Cartier De Marchienne
Baron Louis de Cartier de Marchienne ( Turnhout, 26 September 1921 – 21 May 2013) was a Belgian businessman. He was managing director of the company Eternit in the 1960s, and in 1971 he became chairman of the Board of the printing company Brepols and led the company through a period of change. His son Jean-Louis de Cartier de Marchienne is a member of the board of Carta Mundi. Family Louis Alphonse de Cartier was the third of five children of colonel-pilot Raoul de Cartier (1884-1941), and Josa Versteylen (1896-1983). His brother Raoul de Cartier (1924-1944) was member of the Belgian Resistance. Captured by the Germans, he was executed. His other brother Baron Paul-Ernest de Cartier (1920-1977) tried to reach England during the war. Unsuccessful, he joined the Belgian army after the Liberation. Louis also tried to escape to England, but he was captured while attempting it and was sent to the concentration camp Sachsenhausen. He was doing hard labour in Poland, but esca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barons Of Belgium
Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than a lord or knight, but lower than a viscount or count. Often, barons hold their fief – their lands and income – directly from the monarch. Barons are less often the vassals of other nobles. In many kingdoms, they were entitled to wear a smaller form of a crown called a ''coronet''. The term originates from the Latin term , via Old French. The use of the title ''baron'' came to England via the Norman Conquest of 1066, then the Normans brought the title to Scotland and Italy. It later spread to Scandinavia and Slavic lands. Etymology The word '' baron'' comes from the Old French , from a Late Latin "man; servant, soldier, mercenary" (so used in Salic law; Alemannic law has in the same sense). The scholar Isidore of Seville in the 7th century t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian Businesspeople
Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent * Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German *Ancient Belgian language, an extinct language formerly spoken in Gallia Belgica *Belgian Dutch or Flemish, a variant of Dutch *Belgian French, a variant of French *Belgian horse (other), various breeds of horse *Belgian waffle, in culinary contexts * SS ''Belgian'', a cargo ship in service with F Leyland & Co Ltd from 1919 to 1934 *''The Belgian'', a 1917 American silent film See also * *Belgica (other) Gallia Belgica was a province of the Roman Empire in present-day Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. Belgica may also refer to: Places * Belgica Glacier, Antarctica * Belgica Guyot, an undersea tablemount off Antarctica * Belgica Mountai ... * Belgic (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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