- Claude Dauphin
Claude Dauphin is a lawyer and politician in the province of Quebec, Canada. He was elected mayor of the Montreal borough of Lachine. He was also the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Marquette in the Montreal region from 1981 to 1994 as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party. Dauphin went to Université Laval and obtained a bachelor's degree in law and also attended the University of British Columbia before being admitted to the Barreau du Quebec. - Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette, and later becoming Marie Antoinette, Queen of France and Navarre, was the Queen consort of France, as the wife of Louis XVI. She was the daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and Empress Maria Theresa of Austria. She was a direct descendant of powerful European royalty, including Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille, to whom she can trace her ancestry back through both her parents. - Inky Mark
Inky Mark (born November 17, 1947) is a Canadian politician and a current member of the Canadian House of Commons, sitting for the Manitoba riding of Dauphin-Swan River-Marquette. Mark is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. Mark was born in Taishan, China, and moved to the Canadian province of Manitoba as a child. Mark's father and grandfather had emigrated from China to Canada some time previously, … - Stan Struthers
Stan Struthers is a Manitoba politician, and a current member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for the New Democratic Party. Born in Swan River, Manitoba, Struthers graduated from Swan Valley Regional Secondary School in 1977, and later received his Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education degrees from Brandon University, and his Masters of Education from the University of Manitoba. - Louis, Dauphin Of France
Louis, Dauphin of France (known as The Great Dauphin, "le Grand Dauphin" in French) (1 November, 1661 - 14 April, 1711) was the eldest son and heir of King Louis XIV of France and Queen Maria Theresa of Spain. Born heir apparent to the King of France, Louis was styled "Dauphin of France" from the day of his birth. It was foretold at his birth that he would be 'son of a king, father of a king, but never a king' before he died. - Étienne Marcel
Étienne Marcel was provost of the merchants of Paris under King John II. Étienne Marcel belonged by birth to the wealthy Parisian bourgeoisie, being the son of a clothier named Simon Marcel and of Isabelle Barbou. He is mentioned as provost of the "Grande-Confrérie of Notre Dame" in 1350, and in 1354 he succeeded Jean de Pacy as provost of the Parisian merchants. His political career began in 1356, when John was made prisoner after the battle of Poitiers. - Louis, Dauphin de France
Louis Ferdinand, dauphin de France, born in Versailles, was the eldest and only surviving son of King Louis XV of France and Queen Marie Leszczyńska, and thus heir apparent (dauphin) to the throne of France. The birth of an heir to the throne had long been awaited since the tragic decimation of the French royal family in the early 1710s (see Louis XV of France). When the third pregnancy of Marie Leszczyńska resulted in a son in 1729, … - Ron Lemieux
Ron Lemieux (born August 15, 1950) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He is currently a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party government of Premier Gary Doer. Previously, he was a professional ice hockey player. Born in Dauphin, Lemieux was selected in the ninth round of the NHL's 1970 player's draft (110th overall) by the Pittsburgh Penguins. - Alain Chartier
Alain Chartier (c. 1392 - c. 1430) was a French poet and political writer. He was born at Bayeux, into a family marked by considerable ability. His eldest brother Guillaume became bishop of Paris; and Thomas became notary to the king. Jean Chartier, a monk of St Denis, whose history of Charles VII is printed in vol. iii. of "Les Grands Chroniques de Saint-Denis" (1477), was not, as is sometimes stated, also a brother of the poet. - Margaret Of Burgundy
Margaret of Burgundy (1393 - 1441) was the daughter of John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, and Margaret of Bavaria. Her maternal grandparents were Albert I, Duke of Bavaria and Margaret of Brieg. In 1412, she married the Dauphin Louis. Widowed in 1415, she remarried to Arthur III, Duke of Brittany on 10 October 1423 in Dijon. - Jean de Dunois
Count Jean de Dunois (Jean d'Orléans also known as the Bastard of Orléans was the son of Louis d'Orléans (Duc d'Orléans 1372-1407) and Mariette d'Enghien. The term "Bastard of Orléans" was the preferred name for most of his career. In his era this was a term of respect since it acknowledged him as the acting head of a leading ducal family during his half-brother's captivity and a first cousin to the king. His father died in 1407. - David J. Brightbill
David J. Brightbill was a State Senator and Majority Leader of the Pennsylvania State Senate. He is a member of the Republican Party He was born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania to Jonathan and Verda (McGill) Brightbill and attended Pennsylvania Military College for two years before finally graduating from Pennsylvania State University in 1964. He went on to obtain a law degree at Duquesne University School of Law in 1970. Prior to being elected to the Senate in 1982, … - Karl Wilhelm Naundorff
Karl Wilhelm Naundorff (1785? - August 10, 1845) was a German clock- and-watchmaker who until his death claimed to be Prince Louis-Charles. Naundorff was one of the more stubborn of more than thirty men who claimed to be Louis XVII. Prince Louis-Charles, the son of Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette, was imprisoned during the French Revolution and believed to have died in prison. - Robert Knolles
Sir Robert Knolles (died 1407) was an important English soldier of the Hundred Years' War, who, operating with the tacit support of the Crown, succeeded in taking the only two major French cities, other than Calais and Poitiers, to fall to Edward III. His methods, however, earned him infamy as a freebooter and a ravager: the ruined gables of burned buildings came to be known as "Knolly's Miters". - Pierre de Brézé
Pierre de Brézé was one of the trusted soldiers and statesmen of Charles VII. He had made his name as a soldier in the English wars when in 1433 he joined with Yolande, queen of Sicily, the constable Richmond and others, in chasing from power Charles VII.'s minister La Trémoille. He was knighted by Charles of Anjou in 1434, and presently entered the royal council. In 1437 he became seneschal of Anjou, and in 1440 of Poitou. - Robert Hawkins
Robert Hawkins (born May 29, 1879 at Buckland St. Mary, Somerset, England; died June 19, 1962) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1932 to 1949 as a Liberal-Progressive, and was Speaker of the legislature from 1937 to 1949. Hawkins was educated at Bristol, and came to Canada in 1904. He worked as an insurance, real estate and financial agent, serving as president of Robert Hawkins Co. Ltd. - Agathe de Rambaud
Agathe de Rambaud. Born in Versailles Agathe-Rosalie Mottet, was baptised in the future cathedral Saint-Louis of Versailles, on December 10, 1764. She died in Aramon, in the department of Gard, on October 19, 1853. She was the "berceuse des enfants de France", particularly in charge of the "Dauphin" from 1785 to 1792. - Princess Marie-Adélaïde Of Savoy
Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy was the mother of King Louis XV of France. She was the eldest daughter of Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia and his first wife Anne Marie of Orléans. Her maternal grandparents were Philippe I, duc d'Orléans and Henrietta Anne Stuart. On December 7, 1697, Marie-Adélaïde married Louis, duc de Bourgogne. He was the eldest son of Louis, "le Grand Dauphin" and Maria Anna of Bavaria. - Robert Ferguson
Robert George Ferguson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1932, as a member of the Conservative Party. Ferguson was born in the township of Kittley, in Leeds County, Ontario. He was educated at Smith's Falls, moved to Manitoba in 1882, and worked as a farmer. He was a member of the I.O.O.F. He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1927 provincial election, … - Michel de Castelnau
Michel de Castelnau, Sieur de la Mauvissière, French soldier and diplomat, ambassador to Queen Elizabeth, was born in Touraine about 1520. He was one of a large family of children, and his grandfather, Pierre de Castelnau, was Equerry (Master of the Horse) to Louis XII. Endowed with a clear and penetrating intellect and remarkable strength of memory, he received a careful education, capped off with travels in Italy and a long stay at Rome. - Mary Seton
Mary Seton (Before 1549- d.1615) was the daughter of George Seton, 6th Lord Seton, and Marie Pieris, Lady in waiting to Marie de Guise, consort of King James V of Scotland. As a child, Mary became a Lady in waiting to the future Mary Queen of Scots, along with three other girls of similar age and of a similar standing in Scots society. They were known as the "Four Marys"- Mary Seton, Mary Beaton, Mary Fleming and Mary Livingston. - John Plohman
John Stuart Plohman (born May 11, 1948) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1981 to 1995, and a cabinet minister in the government of Premier Howard Pawley from 1982 to 1988. Plohman was educated at the University of Manitoba and Red River Community College. He worked as a teacher before entering public life. In 1980, he was elected a municipal councillor in the town of Dauphin. - Charles de Luynes
Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes, was constable of France and the first duke of Luynes. He was the first son of Honoré d'Albert (d. 1592), "seigneur" de Luynes, who was in the service of the three last Valois kings and of Henry IV of France. Charles was brought up in court and attended the dauphin, who later became Louis XIII. The king shared his fondness for hunting and rapidly advanced him in favour. In 1615 he was appointed commander of the Louvre and counsellor, … - William Buchanan
William Buchanan was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1914 to 1915, as a member of the Conservative Party. Buchanan was born at County Tyrone, in what is now Northern Ireland. He came to Canada in 1872, was educated at common schools, and worked as a farmer. In religion, he was a member of the Church of England. He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1914 provincial election, … - James Galbraith
James Galbraith (born February 23, 1940 in Dauphin, Manitoba) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1977 to 1981. Galbraith was raised in Dauphin, and educated at the University of Manitoba. He worked as a customs operator and farmer before entering politics, and was for fifteen years a board member of the United Grain Growers. He also an active member of the local Anglican Church, … - Martin Gouge
Martin Gouge (c. 1360 - November 25?, 1444), surnamed De Charpaigne, was a French chancellor He was born at Bourges about 1360. A canon of Bourges, in 1402 he became treasurer to John, duke of Bern, and in 1406 bishop of Chartres. He was arrested by John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, with the hapless Jean de Montaigu (1349-1409) in 1409, but was soon released and then banished. Attaching himself to Louis, the Dauphin of France, he became his chancellor, … - Walter Bower
Walter Bower or Bowmaker (1385-1449), Scottish chronicler, was born about 1385 at Haddington, East Lothian. He was abbot of Inchcolm Abbey (in the Firth of Forth) from 1418, was one of the commissioners for the collection of the ransom of James I, King of Scots, in 1423 and 1424, and in 1433 one of the embassy to Paris on the business of the marriage of the king's daughter to the dauphin. - Arnoul D'Audrehem
Arnoul d'Audrehem was a French soldier. He was born at Audrehem, in the present arrondissement of Saint-Omer, in the "département" of Pas de Calais. Nothing is known of his career before 1332, when he is heard of at the court of Philip VI of France. Between 1332 and 1342 he went three times to Scotland to aid King David Bruce in his wars. - Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac
Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac was count of Armagnac, count of Charolais and constable of France. He was the son of Jean II and Jeanne de Périgord. He became count of Armagnac at the death of his brother, Jean III in 1391. After prolonged fighting, he also became count of Comminge in 1412. His first wife was Bonne de Berry, the daughter of Duke Jean de Berry and widow of Count Amédée VII of Savoy. He first gained influence at the French court when Louis, … - Robert Le Maçon
Robert le Maçon, was chancellor of France, advisor to Charles VII and supporter of Joan of Arc. Le Maçon was born at Château-du-Loir, Sarthe. He was ennobled in March 1401, and became six years later a councillor of Louis II, duke of Anjou and king of Sicily. A partisan of the house of Orléans, he was appointed chancellor to Isabeau of Bavaria on 29 January 1414, on 20 July 1414 commissary of the mint, and in June 1416 chancellor to the count of Ponthieu, … - William Bullmore
William L. Bullmore (born October 10, 1912 in Minnedosa, Manitoba; died August 23, 1972) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1953 to 1958, initially as a Social Credit representative and later as an independent. Bullmore was educated in Minnedosa, and worked as a manufacturer. He was the president of Dauphin Products Ltd. He served as a councillor in Dauphin from 1944 to 1945, … - Joachim Rouault
Joachim Rouault (d. 1478), French soldier, was a member of an old family of Poitou. He attached himself to the dauphin (afterwards Louis XI) and became his premier squire. He followed Louis in his expedition against the Swiss in 1444, distinguished himself in the war against England in 1448, and received the posts of governor of Blaye and Fronsac and constable of Bordeaux. After taking an important part in the battle of Castillon (1453), … - Jean Jouffroy
Jean Jouffroy was a French prelate and diplomat. He was born at Luxeuil (Haute-Saône). After entering the Benedictine order and teaching at the university of Paris from 1435 to 1438, he became almoner to Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy, who entrusted him with diplomatic missions in France, Italy, Portugal and Castile. Jouffroy was appointed abbot of Luxeuil (1451?), bishop of Arras (1453), and papal legate (1459). - Jean Hardouin
Jean Hardouin (1646 - September 3, 1729), French classical scholar, was born at Quimper in Brittany. Having acquired a taste for literature in his father's book-shop, he sought and obtained about his sixteenth year admission into the order of the Jesuits. In Paris, where he went to study theology, he ultimately became librarian of the College Louis le Grand in 1683, and he died there on the 3rd of September 1729. His first published work was an edition of Themistius (1684), … - John A. Campbell
John Archibald Campbell was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1907 to 1910, as a member of the Manitoba Liberal Party. Campbell was born in Clinton, Ontario, and moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba in the spring of 1881. He was educated at Manitoba College, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1900. He worked as a barrister, and was principal of schools in Boissevain for five years. In religion, Campbell was a Baptist. - David Hickernell
David Hickernell is the current Pennsylvania State Representative in the 98th District which covers parts of Dauphin and Lancaster counties. Smith has been a State Representative since 2003. Smith is a native of Marietta, Pennsylvania. Hickernell graduated from Donegal High School in 1977. Hickernell graduated from Elizabethtown College in 1983, and is the College's third alumni elected to the Pennsylvania State House, following Bruce Smith and Mark S. McNaughton. - Henriette-Anne Of France
Henriette-Anne of France, was the twin sister of Princess Louise-Élisabeth, the eldest child of King Louis XV of France and his queen consort Maria Leszczyńska. Both were born at Versailles. She was known as "Madame Seconde" and then "Madame Henriette". Of a reserved nature, Henriette-Anne was passionate about music, as Jean-Marc Nattier's portrait shows. She spent her childhood at Versailles with her sisters Louise-Élisabeth and Marie Adélaïde. - Will Ferguson
Will Ferguson is a Canadian writer and novelist who is best known for his humorous observations on Canadian history and culture. His success as a writer can be attributed to an innate ability to view Canada much the same way an outsider would. Ferguson was born fourth of six children in the former trading post of Fort Vermilion, Alberta approximately 800 km north of Edmonton. His parents split up when he was 6 during a brief interlude in Regina. - François de Beaumont baron des Adrets
François de Beaumont, baron des Adrets was a Huguenot leader, notorious for his cruelty; he died a Catholic. He was born in 1512 or 1513 at the château of La Frette (Isre). During the reign of Henry II of France he served with distinction in the royal army and became colonel of the legions of Dauphin, Provence and Languedoc. - William Harrington
William James Harrington was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1915 to 1920, as a member of the Liberal Party. A resident of Dauphin, Manitoba, he was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1915 provincial election to represent the Dauphin constituency. He defeated Conservative incumbent William Buchanan by 102 votes. The Liberals won a landslide majority in this election, …
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