French Ancien Régime
296 famous people found
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Francesco SFORZA
Italian condottiero, the founder of the Sforza dynasty in Milan, Italy
1401 - 1466 -
Jeanne D'ARC
Folk heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint
1412 - 1431 -
Bertrand DU GUESCLIN
Breton knight and French military commander during the Hundred Years' War
1320 - 1380 -
Henri D'ARAMITZ
Gascon abbé, and black musketeer of the Maison du Roi in 17th century France
1620 - 1673 -
D'ARTAGNAN
French Musketeer who served Louis XIV as captain of the Musketeers of the Guard
1612 - 1673 -
Guillaume Henri DUFOUR
Swiss army officer, structural engineer and topographer
1787 - 1875 -
Toussaint-Guillaume LA MOTTE-PICQUET
French Navy officer and admiral
1720 - 1791 -
George DOWNING
Anglo-Irish preacher, soldier, statesman, diplomat, turncoat and spy
1623 - 1684 -
Cinq-Mars
Favourite of King Louis XIII of France
1620 - 1642 -
John BYRON
Royal Navy officer
1723 - 1786 -
Gilles DE RAIS
Breton knight, a leader in the French army and a companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc
1404 - 1440 -
Sébastien LE PRESTRE DE VAUBAN
French military engineer
1633 - 1707 -
Charles II DE COSSE-BRISSAC
French soldier, Marshal of France
1550 - 1621 -
Jean DE DUNOIS
Well known for participating in military campaigns with Joan of Arc
1403 - 1468 -
David ORTLIEB
French general
1725 - 1801 -
Jean Ier D'ALENçON
Duke of Alençon
1385 - 1415 -
Olivier DE LA MARCHE
French courtier, soldier, chronicler and poet
1426 - 1502 -
François Honorat DE BEAUVILLIERS
French military leader, administrator and man of letters
1607 - 1687 -
Jacques DE SOUVRé
French soldier
1600 - 1670 -
Armand Joseph DE BETHUNE
French soldier
1738 - 1800