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GOUFFIER , the name of a See also:great See also:French See also:family, which owned the See also:estate of See also:Bonnivet in See also:Poitou from the 14th See also:century. GumLLAUME GOUFFIER, See also:- CHAMBERLAIN (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
- CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)
chamberlain to See also:Charles VII., was an inveterate enemy of Jacques Coeur, obtaining his condemnation and after-wards receiving his See also:property (1491). He had a great number of See also:children, several of whom played a See also:part in See also:history. ARTUS, seigneur de Boisy (c. 1475–152o)was entrusted with the See also:education of the See also:young See also:count of See also:Angouleme (See also:Francis I.), and on the See also:accession of this See also:prince to the See also:throne as Francis I. became See also:grand See also:master of the royal See also:household, playing an important part in the See also:government; to him was given the task of negotiating the treaty of See also:Noyon in 1516; and shortly before his See also:death the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king raised the estates of See also:Roanne and Boisy to the See also:rank of a duchy, that of Roannais, in his favour. ADRIEN GOUFFIER (d. 1523) was See also:bishop of See also:Coutances and See also:Albi, and grand See also:almoner of See also:France. See also:GUILLAUME GOUFFIER, seigneur de Bonnivet, became See also:admiral of France (see BONNIVET). See also:CLAUDE GOUFFIER, son of Artus, was created See also:comte de Maulevrier (1542) and See also:marquis de Boisy (1564).
There were many branches of this family, the See also:chief of them being the See also:dukes of Roannais, the See also:counts of Caravas, the lords of Crevecceur and of Bonnivet, the marquises of Thois, of Brazeux, and of Espagny. The name of Gouffier was adopted in the 18th century by a See also:branch of the See also:house of See also:Choiseul. (M.
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