Montmirail may refer to:
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Dentelles de Montmirail
The Dentelles de Montmirail are a small Mountain range, chain of mountains in Provence in France, in the ''département in France, département'' of Vaucluse, located just to the south of the village of Vaison-la-Romaine.
They are foothills of ...
, a small chain of mountains in the Vaucluse department, southern France
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Montmirail, Marne
Montmirail () is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.
left, Castle, church
Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz (1613-1679), a French churchman, writer of memoirs, and agitator in the Fronde was born in Montm ...
, in the Marne department, France
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Battle of Montmirail
The Battle of Montmirail (11 February 1814) was fought between a French force led by Emperor Napoleon and two Allied corps commanded by Fabian Wilhelm von Osten-Sacken and Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg. In hard fighting that lasted until even ...
, a battle fought in 1814 during the Six Days' Campaign of the Napoleonic Wars
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list of châteaux in Champagne-Ardenne
This is the list of châteaux, which are located in Champagne-Ardenne, France.
Ardennes
*Château de la Cassine, in Vendresse
* Château de Doumely, in Doumely-Bégny
*Château de Hierges, in Hierges
* Château de Landreville, in Bayon ...
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Montmirail, Sarthe
Montmirail () is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France.
See also
*Communes of the Sarthe department
* Perche
Perche () (French: ''le Perche'') is a former Provinces of France, province ...
, in the Sarthe department, France
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list of châteaux in the Pays-de-la-Loire
This article is a list of châteaux in Pays de la Loire, France.
Loire-Atlantique
''In the former duchy of Brittany''
*Château d'Ancenis, in Ancenis
* Château de la Bégraisiere, in Saint-Herblain
* Château de Blain, in Blain
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Montmirail, Neuchâtel
Thielle-Wavre is a former municipality in the district of Neuchâtel in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel. On 1 January 2009, Marin-Epagnier and Thielle-Wavre merged to form the new municipality of La Tène.[Cécile de Montmirail
Cécile or Cecile is a female given name or surname.
People Given name
* Ce'cile (Cecile Charlton, born 1976), Jamaican musician
* Severin Cecile Abega (1955–2008), Cameroonian author
* Cécile Aubry (1928–2010), retired French film actress a ...]
(16th century), married to
Antoine de La Rochefoucauld
Antoine de la Rochefoucauld, Seigneur de Chaumont-sur-Loire, served Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé as a knight (''chevalier de l'ordre du Roi'') and his chamberlain. On 7 October 1552, he married Cécile de Montmirail, daughter of Étienne ...
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Jean de Montmirail
Jean de Montmirail (or Monte-Mirabili), Baron de Montmirail, O.S.B. Cist. (1165 – 29 September 1217), was a French nobleman who became a Cistercian monk. He is venerated as a '' beatus'' in the Catholic Church.
Life
John was the son of André ...
(1165–1217), French nobleman who became a Cistercian monk
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Guillaume de Montmirail Guillaume de Montmirail was a French nobleman, who was elected the first mayor of La Rochelle in 1199.Rémi Béraud, ''Petite encyclopédie monumentale et historique de La Rochelle'', page 124 He was also the first mayor of French history. His nomin ...
, French nobleman and first mayor of La Rochelle in 1199
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Renaud de Montmirail
Renaud de Montmirail, born 1175, was a French noble who was a member of the Fourth Crusade and a prominent opponent of diverting it to attack Constantinople. He was a younger brother of Hervé IV of Donzy, Count of Nevers. Having reached the Holy ...
, French nobleman, member of the Fourth Crusade
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Godefroy de Montmirail
''Les Visiteurs'' (; English: ''The Visitors'') is a 1993 French fantasy comedy film directed by Jean-Marie Poiré. It stars the duo of Christian Clavier and Jean Reno, and Valérie Lemercier. It also features Marie-Anne Chazel, Christian Buje ...
, a fictional character in the French film ''Les Visiteurs''
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The Battle of Montmirail
''The Battle of Montmirail'' is an 1822 history painting by the French artist Horace Vernet. It depicts the 1814 Battle of Montmirail during the Napoleonic Wars. It was one of four battle scenes Vernet painted on a commission by the Duke of Orlea ...
'', an 1822 painting by Horace Vernet
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