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The Château du Moisnil is a château or manor house of Wallonia, located in the village of Maizeret, municipality of Andenne, province of Namur, Belgium.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 31 relations: Ancien régime, Andenne, Anspach family, Antoine Brice, Belgium, Cantonment, Château, Court of Cassation (Belgium), Dendrology, Fable, Fief, Guilder, Historiography, Ignace Brice, Jean de La Fontaine, Jules Van Dievoet, Louis XIV, Louis XV style, Luftwaffe, Maizeret, Manor house, Mansard roof, Meuse, Namur, Namur Province, Siege of Namur (1692), Tsuga mertensiana, Ursel family, Van Dievoet family, Wallonia, World War II.

  2. Andenne
  3. Castles in Namur (province)
  4. Ursel
  5. Van Dievoet family

Ancien régime

The ancien régime was the political and social system of the Kingdom of France that the French Revolution overturned through its abolition in 1790 of the feudal system of the French nobility and in 1792 through its execution of the king and declaration of a republic.

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Andenne

Andenne (Andene) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium.

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Anspach family

The Anspach family is a Belgian noble family, established in Brussels at the beginning of the 19th century.

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Antoine Brice

Antoine Brice (26 May 1752, in Brussels, Austrian Netherlands – 23 January 1817, in Brussels, United Kingdom of the Netherlands) was a painter from Brussels.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.

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Cantonment

A cantonment is a military quarters.

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Château

A château (plural: châteaux) is a manor house, or palace, or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions.

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Court of Cassation (Belgium)

The Court of Cassation (Hof van Cassatie, Cour de cassation, Kassationshof) of Belgium is the supreme court of the Belgian judiciary.

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Dendrology

Dendrology (δένδρον, dendron, "tree"; and -λογία, -logia, science of or study of) or xylology (ξύλον, ksulon, "wood") is the science and study of woody plants (trees, shrubs, and lianas), specifically, their taxonomic classifications.

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Fable

Fable is a literary genre defined as a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse, that features animals, legendary creatures, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature that are anthropomorphized, and that illustrates or leads to a particular moral lesson (a "moral"), which may at the end be added explicitly as a concise maxim or saying.

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Fief

A fief (feudum) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law.

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Guilder

Guilder is the English translation of the Dutch and German gulden, originally shortened from Middle High German guldin pfenninc ("gold penny").

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Historiography

Historiography is the study of the methods used by historians in developing history as an academic discipline, and by extension, the term historiography is any body of historical work on a particular subject.

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Ignace Brice

Ignace Brice (2 April 1795–10 August 1866) was a neoclassical painter of genre, portraits and religious scenes from Brussels.

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Jean de La Fontaine

Jean de La Fontaine (8 July 162113 April 1695) was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century.

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Jules Van Dievoet

Jules Van Dievoet (7 March 18442 March 1917) was a Belgian jurist and Supreme Court advocate. Château du Moisnil and Jules Van Dievoet are van Dievoet family.

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Louis XIV

LouisXIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great or the Sun King, was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715.

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Louis XV style

The Louis XV style or Louis Quinze is a style of architecture and decorative arts which appeared during the reign of Louis XV.

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Luftwaffe

The Luftwaffe was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II.

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Maizeret

Maizeret (Måjhret) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Andenne, located in the province of Namur, Belgium.

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Manor house

A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor.

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Mansard roof

A mansard or mansard roof (also called French roof or curb roof) is a multi-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterised by two slopes on each of its sides, with the lower slope at a steeper angle than the upper, and often punctured by dormer windows.

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Meuse

The Meuse (Moûze) or Maas (Maos or Maas) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea from the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta.

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Namur

Namur (Namen; Nameur) is a city and municipality in Wallonia, Belgium.

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Namur Province

Namur (Namen; Nameur) is a province of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium.

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Siege of Namur (1692)

The Siege of Namur, 25 May–30 June 1692, was a major engagement of the Nine Years' War, and was part of the French grand plan (devised over the winter of 1691–92) to defeat the forces of the Grand Alliance and bring a swift conclusion to the war.

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Tsuga mertensiana

Tsuga mertensiana, known as mountain hemlock, is a species of hemlock native to the west coast of North America, found between Southcentral Alaska and south-central California.

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Ursel family

The House of Ursel is the name of an old Belgian noble family of German origin. Château du Moisnil and Ursel family are Ursel.

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Van Dievoet family

The Van Dievoet family is a Belgian family originating from the Duchy of Brabant.

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Wallonia

Wallonia (Wallonie), officially the Walloon Region (Région wallonne), is one of the three regions of Belgium—along with Flanders and Brussels.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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See also

Andenne

Castles in Namur (province)

Ursel

Van Dievoet family

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Château_du_Moisnil