Étienne Baluze, known also as Stephanus Baluzius, was a French scholar and historiographer.
Pierre Belon (1517–1564) was a French traveller, naturalist, writer and diplomat. Like many others of the Renaissance period, he studied and wrote on a range of topics including ichthyology, ornithology, botany, comparative anatomy, architecture and Egyptology. He is sometimes known as Pierre Belon du Mans, or, in the Latin in which his works appeared, as Petrus Bellonius Cenomanus. The Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov called him the "prophet of comparative anatomy".
The County of Boulogne was a county within the Kingdom of France during the 9th to 15th centuries, centred on the city of Boulogne-sur-Mer. It was ruled by the counts of Flanders in the 10th century, but a separate House of Boulogne emerged during the 11th century. It was annexed by Philip II of France in 1212, after which it was treated as part of the county of Artois until it was finally annexed into the royal domain in 1550.
Robert of Clermont was a French prince du sang who was created Count of Clermont in 1268. He was the sixth and last son of King Louis IX and Margaret of Provence.
Louis de Bourbon was the third son of John I, Duke of Bourbon and Marie, Duchess of Auvergne. He was Count of Montpensier, Clermont-en-Auvergne and Sancerre and Dauphin of Auvergne and was a younger brother of Charles I of Bourbon. He founded the Bourbon-Montpensier branch of the House of Bourbon, which would eventually take over the Duchy in 1505.
Amaury de Montfort, Lord of Montfort-l'Amaury, was the son of Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester and Alix de Montmorency, and the older brother of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester. Amaury inherited his father's French properties while his brother Simon inherited the English title of Earl of Leicester.
Guy of Boulogne was a statesman and cardinal who served the Avignon Papacy for 33 years. He participated in the papal conclaves of 1352, 1362 and 1370, and was the Subdean of the Sacred College of Cardinals. His diplomatic postings were extensive, including Hungary, Italy, and Spain. He headed an effort to end the Hundred Years' War. The historian Kenneth Setton called him "one of the commanding figures of his day, and the letters of Petrarch abound with references to him".
Count of Boulogne was a historical title in the Kingdom of France. The city of Boulogne-sur-Mer became the centre of the county of Boulogne during the ninth century. Little is known of the early counts, but the first holder of the title is recorded in the 11th century.
Bouchard II, known as Bouchard le Barbu was a French aristocrat, holding the position of Lord of Montmorency.
William XII of Auvergne (1300–1332) was Count of Auvergne and Count of Boulogne between 1325 and 1332. He was the eldest son of Robert VII of Auvergne and Blanche of Bourbon, daughter of Robert, Count of Clermont.
John I was a member of the House of Auvergne who reigned as Count of Auvergne and Count of Boulogne from 1361 until his death. He was the eldest son of Robert VII, Count of Auvergne and Boulogne, by his second wife, Marie of Dampierre. Auvergne and Boulogne were inherited by John's elder half-brother, William XII, passing to William's only child, Joan I, and then to her only child, Philip II. When the adolescent Count Philip died following a riding accident, the counties passed to John I, his granduncle.
Camille Enlart was a French archaeologist and art historian. His areas of special interest were the Middle Ages and photography.
Adelaide of Brabant, born around 1190, died in 1265, was Countess of Boulogne from 1262 to 1265, the third reigning Countess in succession. She was the daughter of Henry I, Duke of Brabant and Matilda of Boulogne.
Olivier was Count of Penthièvre and Lord of Avesnes from 1404 until his death.
William of Auvergne was a French nobleman and clergyman who was elected prince-bishop of Liège during a disputed election in 1281 but was forced to renounce the office the following year.
William X or IX was the count of Auvergne from 1222 until his death.
Robert VII of Auvergne was count of Auvergne and Boulogne from 1317 until his death.
Robert V of Auvergne was count of Auvergne from 1247 and Boulogne from 1265 until his death.
Robert VI of Auvergne was count of Auvergne and Boulogne from 1277 until his death.
Bertrand VI was lord of La Tour and count of Auvergne from 1461until his death. He was also count of Boulogne from 1461 to 1477, when he exchanged that title for the county of Lauragais, which he held for the remainder of his life.
