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Choiseul may refer to:
Étienne François, Marquis de Stainville, Duc de Choiseul was a French military officer, diplomat and statesman. From 1758 and 1761 and from 1766 and 1770, he was Foreign Minister of France and had a strong influence on France's global strategy throughout the period. He is closely associated with France's defeat in the Seven Years' War and subsequent efforts to rebuild French prestige.
César, duc de Choiseul, comte du Plessis-Braslin was a Marshal of France and French diplomat, generally known for the best part of his life as the maréchal (marshal) du Plessis-Braslin.
Bar-le-Duc, formerly known as Bar, is a commune in the Meuse département, of which it is the capital. The department is in Grand Est in northeastern France.
The House of Broglie is a French noble family, originally Piedmontese, who migrated to France in the year 1643.
Praslin is the second largest island (38.5 km2) of the Inner Seychelles, lying 44 km (27 mi) northeast of Mahé in the Somali Sea. Praslin has a population of around 7,533 people and comprises two administrative districts: Baie Sainte Anne and Grand' Anse. The main settlements are the Baie Ste Anne, Anse Volbert and Grand' Anse.
Choiseul Island, native name Lauru, is the largest island of the Choiseul Province, Solomon Islands, at 7.08°S 157°E. The administrative headquarters of Choiseul Province is situated in the town of Taro.
Claude Antoine Gabriel, duc de Choiseul-Stainville was a French soldier and émigré Royalist.
César Gabriel de Choiseul, duc de Praslin was a French officer, diplomat and statesman.
A Colonel General was an officer of the French army during the Ancien Régime, the French Revolution, the Napoleonic era and the Bourbon Restoration.
Lazare Picault was a French explorer known for his exploration of islands in the Seychelles. Although Arab, Portuguese and British sailors visited the Seychelles prior to Picault, he was the first to do any extensive exploration.
Charles Laure Hugues Théobald, duc de Choiseul-Praslin was a French nobleman and politician, who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies in 1838–1842. Choiseul-Praslin's suicide, occurring while he faced trial for the murder of his wife, the Duchess de Choiseul-Praslin, caused a scandal which in turn contributed to the outbreak of the 1848 Revolution and the fall of the July Monarchy.
Choiseul is an illustrious noble family from Champagne, France, descendants of the comtes of Langres. The family's head was Renaud III de Choiseul, comte de Langres and sire de Choiseul, who in 1182 married Alix de Dreux, daughter of Louis VI of France. It has formed into the Langres, Clémont, Aigremont, Beaugré, Allecourt, Frontières, Praslin, Plessis branches, among others. It also took the name Choiseul-Gouffier from the 18th century onwards.
François-Henri de Franquetot de Coigny, 2ieme duc de Coigny was a Marshal of France.
Events from the year 1815 in France.
Charles O'Brien,, 6th Viscount Clare was an Irish military officer in French service, known to posterity as the Maréchal de Thomond.
François Joseph de Choiseul, marquis de Stainville (1700–1770) was a diplomat and courtier in the service of the Dukes of Lorraine.
Jacques Philippe de Choiseul was a French Marshal of France, general and nobleman. He became count and then in 1786 duke of Choiseul-Stainville and baron of Dommanges.
Events from the year 1785 in France.
Events from the year 1712 in France