AUMONT

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AUMONT , the name of a family which played an important part in French history. The origin of the name is uncertain, but it has usually been derived from Aumont, now a small commune in the department of the Somme. The family was of

great

GREAT

antiquity, a Jean, sire d'Aumont, having accompanied Louis IX. on crusade. It was already powerful in the 14th century, and during the English wars of that period its members fought in the armies of the kings of France. Towards the end of the century, the family took the part of the dukes of

Burgundy

BURGUNDY

, but returned to the side of France on the death of Charles the Bold. Jean d'Aumont, lieutenant-general to the king of France in the government of

Burgundy

BURGUNDY

, rendered important services to Louis XII. and Francis I. Another Jean d'Aumont (d. 1595) a

marshal

MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

of France and knight of the order of the Holy Ghost since its institution in 1578, fought against the Huguenots under the last of the Valois kings; but he was among the first to9 2 I
recognize

Henry

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HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
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- HEIM, FRANCOIS JOSEPH (1787-1865)
, the Eng.
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LAMSON (1841– )
HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
HENRY, PRINCE OF
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(1858-1896)
HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
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IV., and was appointed

governor

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

of Champagne and of Brittany, where he had to fight against the League. His grandson Antoine (16011669) was also a

marshal

MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

of France (1651),

governor

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

of Paris (1662), duke and peer (1665). Louis Marie Augustin, duc d'Aumont (17091782), was a celebrated collector of works of art. Louis Marie Celeste d'Aumont, duc de Piennes, afterwards duc d'Aumont (1762-1831), emigrated during the Revolution and served in the army of the royalists, as also in the Swedish army. During the Hundred Days he effected a descent upon Normandy in the Bourbon

interest

INTEREST

, and succeeded in capturing Bayeux and Caen.

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