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Anne-Pierre, marquis de Montesquiou-Fézensac (17 October 1739 – 30 December 1798) was a French general and writer. Due to his literary talent, he became a member of the Académie Française in 1784. He was elected to the Estates General of 1789.
He was a member of a very old French nobility family from Gascony. His kinsman Anne-Pierre, marquis de Montesquiou-Fézensac would serve alongside him in the National Assembly. Montesquiou-Fézensac was named (1782) Abbé of Beaulieu, near Langres. The Abbé de Montesquieu attended the Assembly of the French clergy (1785) as Agent-General.
Victoire de Montesquiou-Fezensac was born Victoire Laure Anna Masséna de Rivoli d'Essling in 1888, the second child of Victor Masséna and Paule Heine. Her grandparents on her father's side were the ornithologist Francois Victor Massena and courtier Anne d'Essling ; and her great-grandfather was Marshal of the Empire André Masséna .
Robert de Montesquiou was a scion of the French Montesquiou-Fézensac family.His paternal grandfather was Count Anatole de Montesquiou-Fézensac (1788–1878), aide-de-camp to Napoleon and grand officer of the Légion d'honneur; his father was Anatole's third son, Thierry, who married Pauline Duroux, an orphan, in 1841.
The de Montesquiou family is a French noble family stemming from Montesquiou in Gascony whose documented filiation traces back to circa 1190. [1] In the 18th century, the family was recognized as coming in the 11th century from the Counts of Fezensac (extinct in the 12th century).
In September 2020, in cooperation with Never Again, South African media published a series of articles about the auctions of items with racist and fascist content that were for sale on OLX. [ 53 ] [ 54 ] OLX's parent company, Naspers , had published pro-apartheid propaganda during the apartheid era, for which it publicly apologised in 2015.
Léon de Montesquiou (French pronunciation: [leɔ̃ də mɔ̃tɛskju]; 14 July 1873 – 25 September 1915) was an artistocratic French essayist, militant royalist and nationalist. He played a leading role in the right-wing Action Française movement before World War I (1914–18).
Louise Charlotte Françoise de Montesquiou, née de Le Tellier de Louvois-Courtanvaux de Montmirail de Creuzy (25 June 1765 – 29 May 1835), [1] was a French courtier. She served as the royal governess of Napoleon II from 1811 until 1814. Louise was also a lady-in-waiting at the French court.