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The French titles of Comte Maret and Duc de Bassano were created by Emperor Napoleon I, in 1807 and 1809 respectively, for Hugues-Bernard Maret, a French diplomat and statesman. The ducal title refers to Bassano del Grappa in Italy.
Both titles became extinct in 1906, upon the death of the first duke's grandson.
Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt, duc de Vicence, was a French military officer, diplomat and close advisor to Napoleon I.
Hugues-Bernard Maret, 1st Duke of Bassano, was a French statesman, diplomat and journalist.
Pierre Antoine Noël Bruno, Comte de Daru was a French soldier, statesman, historian, and poet.
Simplon was a department of the First French Empire. It was named after the Simplon Pass. It was formed in 1810, when the Rhodanic Republic was annexed by France. Its territory corresponded with that of the present-day Swiss canton of Valais.
Kloosterzande is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Hulst, and lies about 24 km southwest of Bergen op Zoom.
Alexander Hugh Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton, was a British landowner and Conservative Party politician.
As Emperor of the French, Napoleon I created titles in a newly established noblesse impériale to institute a stable elite in the First French Empire, after the instability resulting from the French Revolution.
Le Moniteur Universel was a French newspaper founded in Paris on November 24, 1789 under the title Gazette Nationale ou Le Moniteur Universel by Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, and which ceased publication on December 31, 1868. It was the main French newspaper during the French Revolution and was for a long time the official journal of the French government and at times a propaganda publication, especially under the Napoleonic regime. Le Moniteur had a large circulation in France and Europe, and also in America during the French Revolution.
Events from the year 1839 in France.
Hugues is a masculine given name most often found in francophone countries, a variant of the originally Germanic name "Hugo" or " Hugh". The final s marks the nominative case in Old French, but is not retained by modern pronunciation. The old oblique case Hugon disappeared.
Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton was an American-born British politician and peer.
Francis Denzil Edward Baring, 5th Baron Ashburton, DL, was a British peer and politician.
Bassano is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Maret is both a French surname and a feminine Estonian given name, cognate to the English name Margaret. Notable people with the name include:
The Cabinet of Hugues-Bernard Maret was announced on 10 November 1834 by King Louis Philippe I. It replaced the Cabinet of Étienne Maurice, comte Gérard.
The Cabinet of Édouard Adolphe Mortier was announced on 18 November 1834 by King Louis Philippe I. It replaced the Cabinet of Hugues-Bernard Maret.
The French Government of the Hundred Days was formed by Napoleon I upon his resumption of the Imperial throne on 20 March 1815, replacing the government of the first Bourbon restoration which had been formed by King Louis XVIII the previous year. Following the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo and his second abdication on 22 June 1815 the Executive Commission of 1815 was formed as a new government, declaring the Empire abolished for a second time on 26 June.
Pauline Marie Ghislaine de Bassano, née van der Linden d'Hooghvorst, was a French courtier. She served as dame d'honneur to Empress Eugénie de Montijo in 1853–1867.
Jacques François Joseph Swebach-Desfontaines, known as Fontaine was a French painter and designer. He is best known for his genre and battle scenes.