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Madeleine (given Name)
Madeleine or Madeline has biblical origins. The name Magdalena is derived from the Aramaic term "Magdala" (מגדלא), meaning "tower" or "elevated, great." It refers to the town of Magdala on the Sea of Galilee, traditionally identified as the hometown of Mary Magdalene (Mary of Magdala), a prominent figure in the New Testament who was a follower of Jesus. The name also stems from the German word Mädelein (derived from Old High German magad + diminutive -lein) meaning “girl” or “young maiden”. Thus, Madeleine can be interpreted both as “woman from Magdala” and as a term of affection for a girl. The name was adopted from Aramaic into Greek as Μαγδαληνή (Magdalēnē) and later into Latin as Magdalena. In Latin, it became more commonly used as a personal name, largely due to the association with Mary Magdalene, a revered saint in Christian tradition. As Christianity spread across Europe, the name evolved into various forms in different languages. In Spanish, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Magdalene
Mary Magdalene (sometimes called Mary of Magdala, or simply the Magdalene or the Madeleine) was a woman who, according to the four canonical gospels, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and was a witness to crucifixion of Jesus, his crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus, resurrection. In Gnosticism, Gnostic writings, Mary Magdalene is depicted as Jesus’s closest disciple who uniquely understood his teachings, causing tension with Saint Peter, Peter, and is honored as the “apostle to the apostles.” Mary Magdalene was a historical figure, possibly from Magdala. She was a prominent follower of Jesus who was believed to have been healed by him, supported his ministry financially, and was present at his Crucifixion of Jesus, crucifixion and burial. She played a key role among his female disciples. Overall, there is limited information about her life. Speculations about Mary Magdalene range from scholarly theories that she was the “disciple whom Jesus loved” in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeleine Béjart
Madeleine Béjart (; 8 January 1618 – 17 February 1672), was a French actress and theatre director, one of the most famous French stage actors of the 17th-century. She was the co-founder of the Illustre Théâtre. Life She belonged to the Béjart family, a famous theatre family in 17th-century France. Madeleine was the second child of Joseph and Marie-Herve Bejart. She debuted with her elder brother Joseph at the Theatre du Marais and in the provinces in the late 1630s. In 1643 she co-founded, with Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, ; ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the great writers in the French language and world liter ..., the Illustre Théâtre, of which she was co-director. She was described as a skillful administrator with the ability to avoid conflicts among the staff. She could freely choose to perform any of the roles in the plays by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeleine Juneau
Sister Madeleine Juneau, , (10 November 1945 – 26 June 2020) was a Canadian museologist and teacher. A Roman Catholic nun, she was a member of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal. Juneau was the recipient of the Medal of the Quebec National Assembly (2011), Thomas-Baillargé award from the Ordre des architectes du Québec, awarded jointly with the Congrégation de Notre-Dame (2012), Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012), and the Officer of the Order of Montreal (2019).Dévoilement des récipiendaires de l'Ordre de Montréal 2019, Communiqué de presse, Ville de Montréal, 11 April 2019 Biography Madeleine Juneau was born in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, 10 November 1945. She was one of eleven children and seven of them were boys. In 1966, Juneau became a religious of the Congregation of Notre-Dame. She taught in Montreal and then, from 1972 to 1982, in Hearst, Ontario. From 1984 to 1997, she was the director of educational services at Maison Saint-Gabriel in Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeleine Eggendorffer
Madeleine Eggendorffer (born probably 30 June 1744 in Fribourg, Switzerland – died on 27 September 1795 in Fribourg), was a Swiss bookseller, publisher and businesswoman. Biography Marie-Madeleine de Boffe and her brother Joseph were born to the bookseller Jean-Charles de Boffe and his wife Anne-Marie Jordan in Fribourg. In 1769, Madeleine married the Austrian Ludwig Wilhelm Eggendorffer who had been employed previously for a few months as a bookbinder for the de Boffe bookshop. When Jean-Charles de Boffe died in 1769, Joseph and Madeleine jointly inherited the bookstore but it went bankrupt in 1771, so Madeleine bought out Joseph's shares and she took over sole ownership of the store. After she gave birth to her first child, Madeleine Eggendorffer continued her work as a bookseller. She eventually had four children. As the manager of the only bookstore in Fribourg, she was assisted by her husband as a bookbinder. She successfully operated the bookstore until her death in 179 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeleine Eastoe
Madeleine Eastoe is an Australian retired ballet dancer. She was a principal dancer at The Australian Ballet. Biography Eastoe started ballet at age six, in Perth, Australia. In 1994, Eastoe moved to Melbourne to study at the Australian Ballet School. She joined The Australian Ballet in 1997. She had some opportunities early on, including filling in for a soloist to dance '' Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux'' with David McAllister. Eastoe was promoted to principal dancer in 2004, after debut as the title role in ''Giselle''. She had since danced lead roles in other productions, such as the title role in ''Cinderella'', Lise in ''La Fille mal gardée'' and Odette in Graeme Murphy's ''Swan Lake''. She danced the latter on tour in UK, Japan and Paris, including the opening night in London. She originated the role of Juliet in Murphy's ''Romeo and Juliet''. In 2009, Eastoe appeared in the 2009 Li Cunxin biopic '' Mao's Last Dancer''. She played Houston Ballet's Lori Langlinais, and danced w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeleine De Roybon D'Allonne
Madeleine de Roybon d'Allonne (1646, Montargis – 17 January 1718, Montréal) was an early settler of New France. She was the first European woman to own land in Ontario. There is a memorial plaque in her honour located in Lennox and Addington County. D'Allonne was born in the commune of Montargis in the Loiret department to Jacques de Roybon d’Allonne a soldier and minor French nobleman. She likely landed in New France in search of a husband but never married. She has been researched by historians because of her relationship with René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, a French explorer. Archival records first mention d'Allone and LaSalle's relationship on August 24, 1681 when she donated 2141 ''livres'' to him for a voyage after living in LaSalle's settlement for two years. La Salle was later charged with seducing d'Allone and reports claimed that they were to marry. Madeleine protested against the claim until it was clear that it was false. In 1683 La Salle granted d'A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeleine Herman De Blic
Madeleine Herman de Blic (15 May 1934 – 14 March 2024) was a Belgian-born Indian social worker and humanist, known for her humanitarian services in the south Indian state of Puducherry. She is the founder of ''Volontariat'', a Puducherry-based non governmental organization engaged in social welfare activities since 1966. She is a recipient of several honors such as Legion of Honour from the Government of France, Order of the Crown from the King of Belgium, '' Doctor Schweitzer Award'' and the ''Independence Day Award'' from the Government of Puducherry. The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2016, for her contributions to society. Biography De Blic, née Madeleine Herman, was born in Liège in Belgium and, after her marriage to Arnaud De Blic who was her classmate in the French School, she traveled to India in 1962, initially with an aim to do social service for one year. Her husband, who was doing military service as a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeleine Dean
Madeleine Dean Cunnane (born June 6, 1959) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district since 2019. The district includes almost all of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, a suburban county north of Philadelphia, as well as a northeastern portion of Berks County, Pennsylvania, Berks County. Before being elected to Congress, Dean was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, representing the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 153, 153rd district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Early life and education The youngest of seven children, Madeleine Dean was born to Bob and Mary Dean in Glenside, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Abington Senior High School. She graduated magna cum laude from La Salle University, and earned her Juris Doctor at the Widener University Delaware Law School. She also studied politics and public s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeleine Dassault
Madeleine Dassault (; née Minckès; 28 April 1901 - 12 July 1992) was a French industrialist. She was married to the business magnate Marcel Dassault and helped him finance his early business ventures. During World War II, she was captured by the Nazis and sent to Drancy internment camp. She became one of the wealthiest women in Europe. In 1964, she was kidnapped and held for ransom. Following her husband's death in 1986, she had substantial interests in Dassault Group and its subsidiaries, serving on the boards of multiple corporations. Early life and marriage Madeleine Minckès was born on 28 April 1901 in Thessaloniki, Greece. Her father, Hirch Minckès, was a Lithuanian from Vilnius and a furniture manufacturer. She married aircraft designer Marcel Dassault (then Marcel Bloch) in July 1919. She persuaded her father to help finance her husband's initial business ventures into aviation. They had two sons, Serge and Claude. World War II During the Nazi occupation of France in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeleine Damerment
Madeleine Zoe Damerment (11 November 1917 – 13 September 1944) was a French agent of the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) organization during World War II. The purpose of SOE was to conduct espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance in countries occupied by the Axis powers, especially Nazi Germany. SOE agents allied themselves with resistance groups and supplied them with weapons and equipment parachuted in from England. Damerment was first involved in escape lines helping downed allied airmen escape occupied France. She fled France in March 1942 to avoid arrest. After arriving in Britain, she was recruited by the SOE. Damerment was to be a courier for SOE's Bricklayer circuit but was captured by the Gestapo on 29 February 1944 upon arrival in France. The Gestapo knew she was coming because they had captured SOE radios and were reading SOE radio messages. She was subsequently executed at the Dachau concentration camp on 13 September 1944 along with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeleine Chenette
Madeleine Chenette is a Canadian politician from the Liberal Party of Canada. She was elected Member of Parliament for Thérèse-De Blainville in the 2025 Canadian federal election. Chenette has had a career in the public and private sectors. She has served as Canada's ambassador to the OECD The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; , OCDE) is an international organization, intergovernmental organization with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and international trade, wor ... in Paris.https://nordinfo.com/actualites/madeleine-chenette-de-locde-a-therese-de-blainville Electoral record References Living people Liberal Party of Canada MPs 21st-century Canadian women politicians Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada Women members of the House of Commons of Canada Members of the House of Commons of Canada f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeleine Carroll
Marie-Madeleine Bernadette O'Carroll (26 February 1906 – 2 October 1987) was an English actress, popular both in Britain and in America in the 1930s and 1940s. At the peak of her success in 1938, she was the world's highest-paid actress. Carroll is remembered for starring in Alfred Hitchcock's '' The 39 Steps'' (1935) where she originated the "ice cold blonde" role in Hitchcock films. The director stated, "how very well Madeleine fitted into the part. I had heard a lot about her as a tall, cold, blonde beauty. After meeting her, I made up my mind to present her to the public as her natural self". She is also noted for largely abandoning her acting career after the death of her sister Marguerite in the London Blitz to devote herself to helping wounded servicemen and children displaced or maimed by the war. She was awarded both the Legion d'Honneur and the Medal of Freedom for her work with the Red Cross. Early life Carroll was born at 32 Herbert Street (now number 44) in W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
