Hugh The Great

Hugh The Great

male, deceased (956)
Franks, Frankish, Odo, Count of Paris, norman, d'Outremer, Queen Gerberga…loire
Hugh the Great (d. 956) was duke of the Franks and count of Paris, son of King Robert I of France and nephew of King Odo. His eldest son was Hugh...
Victor de Laprade

Victor de Laprade

male, deceased (1883)
from Rhône-Alpes, Pierre Martin Victor Richard de Laprade, French, French nobility, lyon, Critic…loire
Pierre Martin Victor Richard de Laprade, known as Victor de Laprade, was a French poet and critic. He was born at Montbrison, in the "département" o...
Charibert I

Charibert I

male, deceased (567)
Chramn, Gunthar, son of Chlothar I, Ingund, wife of Clotaire I, king of Paris, Frankish Empire, merovingian dynasty…loire
Charibert I (c. 517-November or December 567) was the Merovingian King of Paris, the second-eldest son of Chlothar I and Ingund. His elder brother...
Riothamus

Riothamus

male, 1609 years old
bishop of Clermont, Armorica, brittany, gaul, briton, loire
Riothamus (also spelled Riotimus, Rigothamus, Rigotamos), was a military leader, active circa 470, called "King of the Brittones" by Jordanes, who...

Theuderic II

male, deceased (613)
Bishopric of Auxerre, merovingian dynasty, Neustria, Austrasia, Gascony, Sens…loire
Theuderic II, king of Burgundy (595-613) and Austrasia (612-613), was the second son of Childebert II. At his father's death in 595, he received...
Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy

Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy

male, deceased (1923)
House of Esterházy, loire, French nobility, Dreyfus affair, 17th century, regiment
Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy was a French traitor, who served as a spy for Germany. Esterhazy was the perpetrator of the crime of which Alfred...
Odo The Great

Odo The Great

male, deceased (735)
Charte d'Alaon, Saracens, Eudes, Eudo, Anbasa ibn Suhaim Al Kalbi, Chilperic II of Neustria…loire
Odo the Great (also called "Eudes" or "Eudo") (d.c.735), Duke of Aquitaine, obtained this dignity about 700. His territory included the...

Jean Castaneda

male, 52 years old
AS Saint-Étienne player, Olympique de Marseille player, AS Saint-Étienne, 1982 FIFA World Cup, France national football team, loire
Jean Castaneda (born March 20, 1957 in Saint-Etienne, Loire) is a former football goalkeeper from France, who earned nine international caps for...

Prosper Ménière

male, deceased (1862)
Meniere's disease, University of Angers, lycee, scientist, physician, vertigo…loire
Prosper Ménière was a French physician who in 1861 described the symptoms now known as Ménière's disease, and the symptoms now concerned with vert...

Marie-Simone Capony

female, 115 years old
World War I, doyenne, fiance, First World War, loire, cannes
Marie-Simone Capony is, at age 113, currently the oldest living person in France. She became their doyenne following the passing of 114-year-old...