Armand-Augustin-Louis, Marquis de Caulaincourt, Duke of Vicenza was a French soldier, diplomat, grand officer of the Grand Orient de France and close personal aide to Napoleon I. Take a look below for 27 more fun and interesting facts about Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt. 1. Caulaincourt was the eldest son of Louis Gabriel de Caulaincourt, the Marquis…
26 Fun And Interesting Facts About Michel Ordener
Michel Ordener was a general of division and a commander in Napoleon’s elite Imperial Guard. Of plebeian origins, he was born September 2, 1755, in L’Hopital and enlisted as private at the age of 18 in the Prince Conde’s Legion. He was promoted through the ranks; as warrant officer of a regiment of Chasseurs a…
27 Awesome And Interesting Facts About Emile Ollivier
Olivier Emile Ollivier was a French statesman. Starting as an avid republican opposed to Emperor Napoleon III, he pushed the Emperor toward liberal reforms and in turn came increasingly into Napoleon’s grip. He entered the cabinet and was the prime minister when Napoleon fell. Take a look below for 27 more awesome and interesting facts…
25 Awesome And Fascinating Facts About Leon Gambetta
Leon Gambetta was a French statesman, prominent during and after the Franco-Prussian War. Take a look below for 25 more awesome and fascinating facts about Leon Gambetta. 1. Born at Cahors, Gambetta is said to have inherited his vigor and eloquence from his father, a Genoese grocer who had married a French woman named Massabie….
26 Fascinating And Interesting Facts About Jules Ferry
Jules Francois Camille Ferry was a French statesman and republican. He was a promoter of laicism and colonial expansion. Take a look below for 26 more fascinating and interesting facts about Jules Ferry. 1. Born in Saint-Die, in Vosges department, France, he studied law, and was called to the bar at Paris in 1854, but…
30 Awesome And Fascinating Facts About Georges-Eugene Haussmann
Georges-Eugene Haussmann, commonly known as Baron Haussmann, was a prefect of the Seine Department of France chosen by Emperor Napoleon III to carry out a massive urban renewal program of new boulevards, parks and public works in Paris commonly referred to as Haussmann’s renovation of Paris. Critics forced his resignation for extravagance, but his vision…
40 Awesome And Interesting Facts About Napoleon III
Napoleon III, the nephew of Napoleon I, was the first President of France from 1848 to 1852, and the last French monarch from 1852 to 1870. First elected president of the French Second Republic in 1848, he seized power in 1851, when he could not constitutionally be re-elected, and became the Emperor of the French….
30 Strange And Interesting Facts About Jean Paul Sartre
Jean Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, political activist, biographer and literary critic. He was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism and phenomenology, and one of the leading figures in 20th century French philosophy and Marxism. Take a look below for 30 more strange and interesting facts…
30 Strange And Interesting Facts About Cardinal Richelieu
Cardinal Armand Jean du Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu and Fronsac, was a French clergyman, nobleman, and statesman. He was consecrated as a bishop in 1607 and was appointed Foreign Secretary in 1616. Take a look below for 30 more strange and interesting facts about Cardinal Richelieu. 1. Richelieu rose in both the Catholic Church…
30 Awesome And Interesting Facts About John Calvin
John Calvin was a French theologian, pastor and reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism, aspects of which include the doctrines of predestination and of the absolute sovereignty of God in salvation of the human soul from death…