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House of Rochechouart. The House of Rochechouart (French: [ʁɔʃ (ə)ʃwaʁ]; Maison de Rochechouart) is the oldest noble family in France. This powerful dynasty of the Carolingian era dates back to Foucher, supporter of Charles the Bald, who became viscount (vicomte) of Limoges in 876. His descendants— Limoges, Rochechouart, Mortemart and ...
Château de Rochechouart. Coordinates: 45°49′17″N 0°49′9″E. Château de Rochechouart. Château de Rochechouart is a thirteenth-century French castle, located at the top of the confluence of the Grêne and Vayres rivers in the commune of Rochechouart within the département of Haute-Vienne.
Rochechouart is situated at the confluence of the rivers Grêne and Vayres on the Plateau of Limousin, about 180 m (590 ft) above sea level. It is about 9 km (5.6 mi) south of Saint-Junien, the second largest town in the department of Haute-Vienne, and 45 km (28.0 mi) west of Limoges, the largest town and capital of the department.
Military governor of Paris. Louis-Victor-Léon de Rochechouart was made maréchal de camp by Louis XVIII, incorporated into the company of black musketeers and on 29 August made a knight of the Ordre de Saint-Louis. He accompanied the king to Ghent during the Hundred Days and on their return on the Second Restoration he rose to chef d'État ...
Rochechouart impact structure or Rochechouart astrobleme is an impact structure in France. Erosion has over the millions of years mostly destroyed its impact crater, the initial surface expression of the asteroid impact leaving highly deformed bedrock and fragments of the crater's floor as evidence of it. In 2008, the French State acknowledged ...
Gabrielle de Rochechouart, dame de Lansac (27 October [1] 1530 [2] – 1580 [2]), was a lady-in-waiting, a Dame d'honneur or Dame du Palais to Catherine de' Medici. [ 3 ] Gabrielle de Rochechouart by Corneille de Lyon at Chantilly , Condé Museum [ 2 ] Louis de Lusignan de Saint-Gelais, Seigneur de Lansac, by Atelier de François Clouet .
The portrait of Natalie Victurnienne de Rochechouart de Mortemart, marquise de Rougé, par E.L. Vigée-Lebrun. Nathalie-Victurnienne-Delphine de Rochechouart de Mortemart (5 January 1759, in Paris – 25 December 1828), later marquise de Rougé, was a sister of Victurnien-Jean-Baptiste de Rochechouart, 9th Duke of Mortemart, and by marriage a member of the House of Rougé, a noble family of ...
House of Rochechouart. Wikimedia Commons has media related to House of Rochechouart. Born in 876 during the Carolingian times, the House of Rochechouart is the oldest family of French nobility. Its members have taken part in French history as soldiers, politicians or artists. Its mottos are "Ante mare undae" and "Spirit surpasses Matter" .