Nesle (French pronunciation: [nɛl]) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Nesle is situated at the junction of the...
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Blondel de Nesle – either Jean I of Nesle (c. 1155 – 1202) or his son Jean II of Nesle (died 1241) – was a French trouvère. The name 'Blondel de Nesle' is attached...
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Amalric of Nesle (died 1180) was a French prelate from Nesle in Picardy. He was prior of the Holy Sepulcher by 1151. He was Latin patriarch of Jerusalem...
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Clermont-en-Beauvaisis). Nesle is a commune in northern France near Saint-Quentin, Aisne. The founder of the House of Nesle is Yves de Nesle (d. after 1076) of...
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The Tour de Nesle affair was a scandal amongst the French royal family in 1314, during which Margaret, Blanche, and Joan, the daughters-in-law of King...
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Raoul II of Nesle (died 1160), son of Raoul I, Seigneur of Nesle, and his wife Rainurde. Châtelain of Nesle and Bruges. Raoul was brother to Yves II,...
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Pauline Félicité de Mailly-Nesle (1712–1741), marquise de Vintimille, was the second of the five famous de Nesle sisters, four of whom would become mistresses...
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The Tour de Nesle (French pronunciation: [tuʁ də nɛl]) was one of the four large guard towers on the old city wall of Paris, constructed at the beginning...
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Marie Anne de Mailly-Nesle, duchesse de Châteauroux (French pronunciation: [maʁi an də maji nɛl]; 5 October 1717 – 8 December 1744) was the youngest of...
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reign due to the Tour de Nesle Affair. Coat of arms unknown Imprisoned during her husband's reign due to the Tour de Nesle Affair. Coat of arms unknown...
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