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World War I ( WWI ) was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. It was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until the start of World War II in 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter. It involved all the world's great powers, which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (based o...
WIP - All help welcomed HUGH CAPET (c. 940 – 24 October 996) was the King of the Franks from 987 to 996. He is the founder of and first king from the House of Capet. The son of the powerful duke HUGUES Hugh the Great and his wife Hedwige of Saxony , he was elected as the successor of the last Carolingian king, Louis V . Hugh was descended from Charlemagne's son Pepin of Italy through his mot...
Napoleonic Wars The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly owing to the application of modern mass conscription. French power rose quickly ...
Background of the Movements===== The French Resistance movement is an umbrella term which covered numerous anti-German resistance groups that were based within France. ===There were a number of resistance movements, some that took direct orders from the Special Operations Executive , there was the communist resistance, groups loyal to de Gaulle , regional resistance movements that wanted indepe...
A imigração Francesa Afora a invasão francesas ao Rio de Janeiro e ao Maranhão ainda durante o século XVI, a primeira grande leva de franceses ao país aconteceu com a transferência da família real e da corte portuguesa para o Brasil, em 1808. D. João VI patrocinou a vinda da Missão Artística que trouxe ao Brasil, em 1816, franceses como o pintor Joachim Lebreton com o seu secretário Pierre Dil...
Camp Gurs was an internment and refugee camp constructed by the French government in 1939. The camp was originally set up in southwestern France after the fall of Catalonia at the end of the Spanish Civil War to control those who fled Spain out of fear of retaliation from Francisco Franco's regime. At the start of the World War II, the French government interned Germans and citizens of other Ax...
French people and their descendants in Russia
Cemetery Name: Grévillers New Zealand Memorial Cemetery Location: Pas de Calais,France NZ Casualties: 446 Total Known Casualties: 446 Location Information: Grevillers (New Zealand) Memorial is situated in Grevillers British Cemetery. Grevillers is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 3 kilometres west of Bapaume. From Bapaume take the RD929 in the direction of Amiens, t...
Bienvenue sur le portail français de Geni !====== For an introduction in English, please go to the International French Portal =====.==Objectif==L’objectif du portail se résume en quatre points…* Faciliter la coopération entre francophones dans la recherche généalogique* L’amorce de nouveaux projets communs qui concernent la communauté francophone* L’ identification de sources permettant aux no...
This project will include the various rulers of the French southeastern province of Provence from the Merovingian Period (when it was part of Gaul) through the 15th century.An excellent list of these family connections during the various periods may be found on the Provence page of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy's Medieval Lands database.There's also a great page in French at Listes des ...
It used to be found information that Prates are descendants of van Praet. According to that, Jàcome van Praet moved from Belgium (Antwerp) to Portugal. Probably because he was from a cadet branch. The King and the Portuguese Court received him very well. It´s said that generations after the family changed the surname to a Portuguese version (Prates) and then António Prates became Senhor de Póv...
If in your family tree, you have Lithuanians who were serving within Napoleon's Great Army (La Grande Armée), please add their profiles and army photos to this project. It would be great if, within the profile description, there would be a brief biography added. Within opened profile page use the 'Actions' button to "Add to project". Select this project - Lithuanians Within Napoleon's Great A...
Cemetery Name: Caterpillar Valley New Zealand Memorial Cemetery Location: Somme, France NZ Casualties: 1205 Total Known Casualties: 1205 Image Right Courtesy of CWGC Location Information: Longueval is a village approximately 13 kilometres east of Albert and 10 kilometres south of Bapaume. The Memorial is situated on a terrace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, which lies a short dista...
Split's Immigrants from other Countries by the Beginning of 19th Century and Their SurnamesAt the beginning of the 19th century, Split has seen a rapid increase in population by influx of people migrating from all over Dalmatia, the Apennine peninsula, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and some Mediterranean and European countries. They were doctors, administrative staff, music teachers, craftsmen, s...
(This portal is associated with the Portail français , the portal for French-speaking Geni users)=====.This is the access point for the global Geni user community to French-speaking users and French-language sources. This portal helps you to find... * French-speaking users who can help you with your research* access to online sources in French-speaking countries and regions , such as registries...
En 1852, la première personne réelle à être représentée est, de son vivant, le président de la République Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte. Le premier défunt honoré est Louis Pasteur sur une série d'usage courant en 1923, inaugurant les premiers timbres sur des personnages célèbres.* Dernière mise-à-jour le 26 octobre 2017 Année en cours 2017 (ref. et remerciements à Bernard Le Lann )== A ==* Claude de...
NOTE: This is an umbrella project that will contain a number of sub-projects, so at this time there will be no profiles added to this overview project. For a discussion of naming conventions for this period, please refer to this discussion thread: [Naming Conventions: Medieval Europe (esp France and England) ] For a general discussion about the Anglo-Norman genealogical project, please see: [...
(...)===Carolingiens et leurs épouses ( Wikipedia... )===# 751 – 768: Pépin le Bref # 768 – 771: Carloman I # 768 – 814: Charlemagne # 814 – 840: Louis I # 840 – 877: Charles II # 877 – 879: Louis II # 879 – 882: Louis III # 879 – 884: Carloman II # 884 – 887: Charles le Gros # 888 – 898: Eudes # 893 – 922: Charles III # 922 – 923: Robert I # 923 – 936: Raoul # 936 – 954: Louis IV # 954 – 986: ...
War of the Spanish Succession= See Wikipedia... The War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714) was fought among several European powers, including a divided Spain, over the possible unification of the Kingdoms of Spain and France under one Bourbon monarch. As France and Spain were among the most powerful states of Europe, such a unification would have drastically altered the European balance of ...
The Order of Agricultural Merit (French: Ordre du Mérite agricole) is an order of merit bestowed by the French Republic for outstanding contributions to agriculture. When it was created in 1883, it was second in importance only to the Legion of Honour within the French order of precedence. Partial list of recipients:Commanders: Queen Anne, Queen Consort of Romania Gerrit Braks Princess Carolin...
Battle of the Somme= Image Right - Thiepval Memorial to the British Missing of the Somme ===== Image by Amanda Slater, from Coventry (England) - flickr , CC BY-SA 2.0, Wiki Commons *The Battle of the Somme (French: Bataille de la Somme, German: Sommeschlacht), also known as the Somme Offensive, took place during the First World War between 1 July and 14 November 1916 in the Somme department ...
ROHEL Name - All About - ROHEL Name is of Dutch (Netherlands) origin - and/or - variant of the Surname ROCHELLE (English origin).… *see Rohel About bottom of project & on web link above... ____________________________ Family Trees on Geni ________________________ Czech Republic (WFT = World Family Tree, non-WFT) Daniel Rohel (ca. 1580 Jakubín, Častrov, Pelhřimov district, Vysočina, Bo...
Trying to gather all my royal ancestors in one place. Direct ancestors only. William Henry Whiting was a descendant of King James II, King Charles 1st, 2nd. learnt Urdu from From Abdul Karim (the Munshi) scribe to queen. He grew up at Windsor Castle Victoria. HE was relatedto Prince Francis Teck, princess Mary Adelaide who from evidence they knew personally. He worked on the state Coach His ...
Introduction The King's Daughters (French: Filles du Roi ; Filles du Roy) is a term used to refer to the approximately 800 young French women who immigrated to New France between 1663 and 1673 as part of a program sponsored by Louis XIV . The program was designed to boost Canada's population both by encouraging male immigrants to settle there, and by promoting marriage, family formation and the...
Fleeing religious persecution of Protestants in France after the 1685 revocation of the Edict of Nantes (which had guaranteed their rights), 200 000 French Huguenots emigrated to countries such as Switzerland. Germany, England, America, and South Africa. Amongst the first Huguenots to come were Francois Villion (Viljoen) (who might rather be a Walloon) in 1671, Pierre le Febre in 1683, Jean de...