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Jean Talon, Bishop François de Laval and several settlers welcome the King's Daughters upon their arrival. Painting by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale. The King's Daughters (French: filles du roi, or filles du roy in the spelling of the era) were the approximately 800 young French women who immigrated to New France between 1663 and 1673 as part of a program sponsored by King Louis XIV.
Mark Meadows, White House Chief of Staff (2020–2021) and U.S. Representative from NC-11 (2013–2020) (Trump's co-defendant) [8] Edwin Meese , U.S. Attorney General (1985–1988) [ 12 ] Christopher C. Miller , Acting U.S Secretary of Defense (2020–2021), Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (2020), and Acting Assistant Secretary ...
The Menus-Plaisirs du Roi (French pronunciation: [məny pleziʁ dy ʁwa]) was, in the organisation of the French royal household under the Ancien Régime, the department of the Maison du Roi responsible for the "lesser pleasures of the King", which meant in practice that it was in charge of all the preparations for ceremonies, events and festivities, down to the last detail of design and order.
The Manuscrit du Roi or Chansonnier du Roi ("King's Manuscript" or "King's Songbook" in English) is a prominent songbook compiled towards the middle of the thirteenth century, probably between 1255 and 1260 and a major testimony of European medieval music. It is currently French manuscript no.844 of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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La Bouche du Roi. La Bouche du Roi (French - the king's mouth) may refer to: "La Bouche du Roi", the royal catering department within the Maison du roi#The "Bouche du roi" of ancien regime France. La Bouche du Roi (artwork)
Casquette girl. Contemporary engraving depicting the departure of "comfort girls" to the New World. A casquette girl (French: fille à la cassette) but also known historically as a casket girl or a Pelican girl, [1] was a woman brought from France to the French colonies of Louisiana to marry. [2][3] The name derives from the small chests, known ...
The Maison du Roi civile, or domestic entourage of the king, was divided into a number of departments, whose number varied over the years. Under Louis XIV it consisted of 22 departments. Each department was directed by the grands officiers de la maison du roi de France (a title similar to, but not the same as, grand officier de la couronne de ...