| La Braye | |
|---|---|
 View from Torgon | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,788 m (5,866 ft) |
| Prominence | 155 m (509 ft) [1] |
| Coordinates | 46°19′08″N06°50′24″E / 46.31889°N 6.84000°E Coordinates: 46°19′08″N06°50′24″E / 46.31889°N 6.84000°E |
| Geography | |
  La Braye Location in Switzerland | |
| Location | Valais, Switzerland |
| Parent range | Chablais Alps |
La Braye (1,788 m) is a mountain of the Chablais Alps, located west of Torgon in the canton of Valais. It is the easternmost summit on the chain descending from Le Linleu.
Arnolfo di Cambio was an Italian architect and sculptor. He designed Florence Cathedral and the sixth city wall around Florence (1284-1333), while his most important surviving work as a sculptor is the tomb of Cardinal de Braye in S. Domenico, Orvieto.
Baron Braye, of Eaton Bray in the County of Bedford, is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1529 for Edmund Braye, 1st Baron Braye. However the family originally originate from Normandy, they are direct descendants of Chevalier Baudry de Bray who came over to England in the Battle of Hastings of 1066. The family's local area in Leicestershire played host to two battles in England of note, the Battle of Bosworth Field where the current family's ancestor's were on opposing side, and also Battle of Naseby during the First English Civil War, where the old manor house hosted King Charles I. The barony was created by writ, which means that it can descend through both male and female lines. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He died from wounds received at the Battle of St Quentin in 1557. Lord Braye was childless and on his death the title fell into abeyance between his sisters.
Braye may refer to:
The Braye is a river of France, and a right tributary of the river Loir. Its source is about 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) west of Authon-du-Perche. The Braye is 75.1 kilometres (46.7 mi) long, and crosses Savigny-sur-Braye. Among its tributaries are the Grenne, Anille and Tusson. It flows into the Loir near Pont-de-Braye, in Lavenay.
Braye Harbour is the main harbour on the north side of the Island of Alderney, in the Channel Islands, a dependency of the British Crown. A 3,000 feet (910 m) break-water was built by the Admiralty to protect the Navy in the 19th century shelters Braye Harbour. It is an artificial harbour created by building a pier or jetty. The harbour faces out onto the Swinge, which is part of the English Channel. It is here that most of the island's freight comes in. It is more or less a suburb of St Anne, which is a large settlement in Alderney that juts out on a rocky promontory on the west side, approximately 1 mile from the harbour.
St Sampson is a parish of Guernsey, an island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, directly north of St Peter Port. It is on the north-west and north-east coasts of the island and is split into two sections, intersected by Vale.
Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, 5th Earl of Waterford, 11th Baron Talbot, KG was the son of George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury, and Anne Hastings. He also held the subsidiary titles of 14th Baron Strange of Blackmere and 10th Baron Furnivall.
Sougé, also known as Sougé-sur-Braye for disambiguation, is a commune in the French department of Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
Braye-en-Laonnois is a commune in the department of Aisne in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Braye-en-Thiérache is a commune in the department of Aisne in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Saint-Jean-de-Braye is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. It is an eastern suburb of Orléans. The organist and musicologist Norbert Dufourcq (1904–1990) was born in the commune.
Authon-du-Perche is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. On 1 January 2019, the former commune Soizé was merged into Authon-du-Perche. The source of the river Braye is near the commune.
Braye-sous-Faye is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.
Sargé-sur-Braye is a commune in the French department of Loir-et-Cher, administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire, France.
Savigny-sur-Braye is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France.
Bessé-sur-Braye is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France.
La Chapelle-Huon is a commune in the Sarthe department in the Pays de la Loire region in north-western France. La Chapelle-Huon is named after one of its ancient lords, named Hugo. His name appears for the first time in 1233 under the name of Capella Parrochia Hugonie. Its inhabitants are called Capellhuonnais and Capellhuonnaises. It is located 7.5 km from Saint-Calais and 44 miles from Le Mans, and once depended on the deanery of Saint-Calais, the Archdeaconry of Montfort, and the diocese of Le Mans. It is in the department of Sarthe, which is since 1790 the eastern part of the former province of Maine. This town is bounded on the north by Saint-Gervais-de-Vic, on the east by Savigny-sur-Braye, south by Besse-sur-Braye, and west by Cogners. Egg-shaped, it extends the SSO NO. The village forms several small streets north of the church, and a row of houses to the west.
The Braye du Valle is the area between the main Island of Guernsey and Le Clos du Valle, which was a tidal island to the north.
The canton of Saint-Jean-de-Braye is an administrative division of the Loiret department, in central France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Saint-Jean-de-Braye. The population of the canton as of 1 January 2018 is 39,328.
John Braye, 2nd Baron Braye was an English nobleman, courtier, and soldier of the Tudor period.
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