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Aix-les-Bains
Aix-les-Bains , town (1990 pop. 24,826), Savoie dept., SE France, situated on Lake Bourget at the foot of the Alps. It is a popular resort and spa. The town's alum and sulfur springs have been frequented since Roman times. There are ruins of Roman baths.
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Aix-en-Provence
Aix-en-Provence , city (1990 pop. 126,854), Bouches-du-Rhône dept., in Provence, SE France. It is a commercial center in an area producing olives, grapes, and almonds. Its manufactures include food products, wine-making equipment, and electrical apparatus. Founded (123 BC) by the Romans near t...
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Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle . 1 Compact of May 2, 1668, that ended the French invasion of the Spanish Netherlands (see Devolution, War of ). France kept most of its conquests in Flanders; Cambrai, Aire, Saint-Omer, and the province of Franche-Comté were returned to Spain; and the remainder o...
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François d'Aix de La Chaise
François d'Aix de La Chaise , 1624-1709, French Jesuit, confessor of Louis XIV after 1675. His influence at court was considerable. The great cemetery in NE Paris called Père-Lachaise is named for him.
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Nicolas Froment
Nicolas Froment , fl. 2d half of 15th cent., French painter of the Provençal school. While in the service of René of Anjou at Avignon, he painted The Resurrection of Lazarus (Uffizi) and the triptych The Burning Bush (cathedral, Aix). He is credited also with the diptych of Ren&eac...
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François Marius Granet
François Marius Granet , 1775-1849, French painter; student of J. L. David. Granet is known for his depictions of church interiors, among them his numerous versions of the Choir of the Capuchin Monastery, one of which is in the Metropolitan Museum. He bequeathed much of his own best work an...
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André Masson
André Masson , 1896-1987, French painter and graphic artist. An exponent of surrealism until 1928, Masson developed "automatic writing" —spontaneous linear expressions of his personal mythology. After World War II he painted superb landscapes in Aix-en-Provence. His Meditation on ...
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Henry Pelham
Henry Pelham , 1696-1754, British statesman; brother of Thomas Pelham-Holles, duke of Newcastle . He entered Parliament in 1717 and served Sir Robert Walpole as secretary for war (1724-30) and paymaster-general (1730-43). In 1743 he became head of a Whig ministry that was to last until 1754. His ad...
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Aachen
Aachen , Aix-la-Chapelle , or Bad Aachen , city (1994 pop. 246,570), North Rhine-Westphalia, W Germany, near the Belgian and Dutch borders. One of the great historic cities of Europe, it is now chiefly important as a rail and road hub and as an industrial center. Almost every branch of the iro...
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War of Devolution
War of Devolution 1667-68, undertaken by Louis XIV for the conquest of the Spanish Netherlands. On her marriage to Louis, Marie Thérèse, daughter of Philip IV of Spain, had renounced her rights of inheritance in return for a large dowry. Blaming Spain for having failed to pay the stip...
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