Historical Figures

• Talleyrand-Périgord Charles Maurice de(1754 -1838)

  French politician, who became lame as a child, he was destined for an ecclesiastical career and became bishop of Autun. He is a deputy to the States-General and head of the constitutional clergy. He left the Church and left for the United States. He was later Minister of Foreign Relations thanks to

• Locksmith Jean-Mathieu-Philibert, count (1742 -1819)

  Sérurier fought the Prussians during the Seven Years War, imprisoned then freed thanks to Barras, he participated to the Italian campaign where he takes the city of Mantua. Napoleon appreciated this upright and honest man, incapable of any intrigue, he had been nicknamed The Virgin of Italy. He rema

• Suggest(1081 - 1151)

  Born in 1081, this son of a serf would rise to the pinnacle of power in Church and State . He will be a monk of the abbey of Saint-Denis of which he will become the abbot in 1122. Having become adviser to the kings Louis VI and Louis VII, Suger will carry out an important legislative work. He organi

• Suchet Louis-Gabriel(1770 - 1826)

  He met Bonaparte at the siege of Toulon, and took part in the great battles of Italy under the orders of Masséna. He then passes under the orders of Brune then Joubert with whom he sympathizes. He then became inspector general of the infantry. He left for Spain, where he pacified Catalonia by sympat

• Soult John of God(1769 - 1851)

  Marshal under Napoleon, he seized the Pratzen plateau at Austerlitz and was qualified as the first maneuver dEurope, he is also in Jena and Eylau. In Spain, we talk about him for the throne of Portugal, he will then try to push back the English and Spanish but he succumbs in Toulouse in front of an

• Simon IV, Count of Montfort (1165 - 1218)

  Simon de Montfort comes from a family of baronial rank in Ile-de-France by his father and of the Anglo-Norman baronage by his mother. In 1202, he embarked to take part in the fourth crusade. He will bring back a piece of the Holy Cross which he will offer to the monastery of Hautes Bruyères. In 1209

• Sigebert I (535 - 575)

  He inherited Austrasia on the death of his father Clotaire I. He marries Brunehaut the daughter of the king of the Visigoths. His brother Chilpéric having assassinated the Galswinthe (sister of Brunehaut), Sigebert enters in fight against Chilpéric and his Frédégonde wife who direct Neustria. First

• Sigebert II(601 - 613)

  Son of Thierry II, His great-grandmother, Brunehaut, wanted to have him recognized as king, but faced with the hostility of the Grands of Austrasia, led by the mayor of the palace Pépin de Landen and others who asked for the help of Clotaire II. Brunehaut tries to oppose it, but she and Sigebert are

• Sigebert III(631 - 656)

  Son of Dagobert I and Ragnetrude. His father places him on the throne of Austrasia at the age of three. The Austrasian Duke Adalgisel then became his tutor. In 640, Grimoald became mayor of the palace, and involved him at the age of 10 in a war against Thuringia. Sigebert will marry a pretty Irishwo

• Sieyes Joseph (1748 - 1836)

  Vicar at Chartres, he owes his fame to his pamphlet written at the beginning of the Revolution summarizing the aspirations of the Third State (“What is the Third Estate? Everything!...”). He becomes deputy to the States-General. Co-editor of the Tennis Court oath, co-founder of the Jacobins club (wh

• Saint Genevieve of Paris (c.420 - c.500)

  Coming from a wealthy family of the Gallo-Roman aristocracy, she would have inherited as the only daughter of the office of member of the municipal council held by his father. According to tradition, aged 28 during the siege of Paris in 451, she convinced the inhabitants of the city not to abandon t

• Saint-Just Louis Antoine Léon (1767 - 1794)

  Knight of Saint Louis for service in the military. He was a lieutenant-colonel in the National Guard in 1789 and took part in the Fête de la Fédération in Paris in 1790. Conventional, orator with a methodical and precise mind, uncompromising in action, he became the theoretician and defender of a un

• Saint Eloi(590 - 659)

  The good Saint Eloi, goldsmith at the court of King Clotaire II, of whom he will later be treasurer, will become the principal Advisor to King Dagobert. Eloi, who became a priest and then bishop of Noyon after the second sovereign, devoted his life to helping the poor and redeeming slaves. The faith

• Saint Remi(437 - 533)

  Bishop of Reims, Saint Rémi sends a letter to Clovis when he is hoisted on the bulwark, he provides political advice and shows respect. He knows that like his father Childeric, he will respect the Church. Subsequently, Clotilde met Rémi to convince him to teach catechism to Clovis. Thus it was he wh

• Saint Ouen(600 - 684)

  Dadon (Ouen in French) belonged to one of the noblest families in the kingdom. A friend of Saint Eloi, Dagobert entrusted him with keeping his seal. Fighting against paganism in his diocese, Ouen played a decisive role in the council of Chalon-sur-Saône, where, under the influence of Irish spiritual

• Jacques Roux(1752 - 1794)

  A priest in 1789, he took the oath to the civil constitution of the clergy the following year. He accompanied Louis XVI to the guillotine. The economic crisis favored its growth within popular circles. His Enragés movement demanded strict rules for aristocrats. He enthusiastically denounced the rich

• Rouget de Lisle Claude Joseph(1760 - 1836)

  French engineer officer. He composed in 1792, in Strasbourg, the words and the music of the Marseillaise. Imprisoned during the Terror, released on the death of Robespierre, he composed songs, romances, plays (the School of Mothers, 1798). But he remained in the shadows until Louis-Philippe granted

• Rollo(? - 927)

  Hrolf Ganger, better known as Rollo the Walker, was born in Norway around 845. Banished, he takes the lead of a group of vikings which attacks in particular the coasts of the English Channel. It goes up the Seine several times to Rouen and Paris (886). In 911, by the treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte,

• Roland(? - 778)

  Count of the March of Brittany, Roland would be the nephew of Charlemagne. In 778, in Roncesvalles, after a campaign against the Muslims of Spain, Rolands rearguard was massacred by a detachment of Gascons (Basques). This famous event inspired La Chanson de Roland where the Gascons became Muslims. H

• Rochambeau Jean-Baptiste de Vimeur, Count of (1725 - 1807)

  Marshal of France in 1791. From 1781, he distinguished himself during the American War of Independence at the head of the French expeditionary force, resulting in the victory of Yorktown. In 1790, he commanded the Army of the North, but was arrested during the Terror.