Antoine Jacques Claude Joseph, comte Boulay de la Meurthe ( [bu.lɛ də la mœʁt] ; 19 February 1761 – 4 February 1840), was a French politician and magistrate.
25-806: Boulay is a surname, and may refer to: Antoine Jacques Claude Joseph, comte Boulay de la Meurthe (1761–1840), French politician and magistrate Diana Boulay (born 1946), Canadian artist Étienne Boulay (born 1983), Canadian football player Francine Boulay-Parizeau (born 1953), former Canadian handball player Herménégilde Boulay (1861–1942), Canadian politician, farmer, manufacturer, merchant and trader Isabelle Boulay (born 1972), francophone Canadian pop singer Joséphine Boulay (1869–1925), French organist and composer Mathieu Boulay (born 1987), Canadian football player Olivier Boulay (born 1957), French automobile designer Jean-Luc Boulay (born 1955), French and Canadian chef, restaurateur, Officer of
50-577: A possible renewal of the Terror, he became an active member of the plot for the overthrow of the Directory in November 1799. He was rewarded by the presidency of the legislative commission formed by Napoleon to draw up the new constitution; and as president of the legislative section of the council of state he examined and revised the draft of the civil code. In eight years of hard work as director of
75-575: A speaker. He supported the revolutionary cause in Lorraine , and fought at Valmy (1792) and Wissembourg (1793) in the republican army. But his moderate principles brought suspicion on him, and during the Terror he had to go into hiding. He represented La Meurthe in the Council of Five Hundred , of which he was twice president, but his views developed steadily in the conservative direction. Fearing
100-579: A special land commission he settled the titles of land acquired by the French nation at the Revolution , and placed on an unassailable basis the rights of the proprietors who had bought this land from the government. He received the grand cross of the Legion of Honour and the title of count, was a member of Napoleon's privy council, but was never in high favour at court. After Waterloo he tried to obtain
125-658: Is a West Central German dialect spoken by a minority in the northern part of the region. This is distinct from the neighbouring Alsatian language , although the two are often confused. Neither has any form of official recognition. Lorrain is a Romance dialect spoken by a minority in the southern part of the region. The duchy produced a number of important painters, including Claude Lorrain , Georges de La Tour and Jean LeClerc . Like most of France's regional languages (such as Breton , Franco-Provençal , Occitan , Alsatian , Catalan , Basque and Flemish ), Lorrain and Lorraine Franconian were largely replaced by French with
150-464: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Antoine Jacques Claude Joseph, comte Boulay de la Meurthe Boulay was the son of an agricultural labourer, born at Chamousey ( Vosges ). He became orphaned at an early age and was adopted by his uncle l'Abbé POIROT. Called to the bar at Nancy in 1783, he presently went to Paris , where he rapidly acquired a reputation as a lawyer and
175-516: The Alemannic language once spoken in Lorraine, the -ingen suffix signified a property; thus, in a figurative sense, "Lotharingen" can be translated as "Land belonging to Lothair", or more simplified *Lothair's realm*. As Lothair II had without heirs, his territory was divided by the 870 Treaty of Meerssen between East and West Francia and finally came under East Frankish rule as a whole by
200-661: The Middle Ages . In 1301, Count Henry III of Bar had to receive the western part of his lands ( Barrois mouvant ) as a fief by King Philip IV of France . In 1475, the Burgundian duke Charles the Bold campaigned for the Duchy of Lorraine, but was finally defeated and killed at the 1477 Battle of Nancy . In the 1552 Treaty of Chambord , a number of insurgent Protestant Imperial princes around Maurice, Elector of Saxony ceded
225-932: The Ordre du Mérite Agricole de France, television personality in Quebec. See also [ edit ] Du Boulay Boulay-les-Barres , Loiret, France Boulay-les-Ifs , Mayenne, France Boulay-Moselle , France, which gave its name to the Fortified Sector of Boulay Île Boulay , island near Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire Le Boulay , Indre–et-Loire, France Le Boulay-Morin , Eure, France References [ edit ] ^ Médias, Groupe des Nouveaux. "Radio-Canada.ca | Information, radio, télé, sports, Arts et divertissement" . Radio-Canada (in Canadian French) . Retrieved 2021-04-25 . [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
250-695: The War of the Polish Succession , an agreement between France, the Habsburgs and the Lorraine House of Vaudémont assigned the Duchy to Stanisław Leszczyński , former king of Poland . He was also father-in-law to King Louis XV of France, and had recently lost out to a candidate backed by Russia and Austria in the War of the Polish Succession. The duke of Lorraine, Francis Stephen , betrothed to
275-456: The dukes of Burgundy and the kings of France , but was ruled by the dukes of the House of Lorraine after 1473. In 1737, the duchy was given to Stanisław Leszczyński , the former king of Poland , who had lost his throne as a result of the War of the Polish Succession , with the understanding that it would fall to the French crown on his death. When Stanisław died on 23 February 1766, Lorraine
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325-782: The 880 Treaty of Ribemont . After the East Frankish Carolingians became extinct with the death of Louis the Child in 911, Lotharingia once again attached itself to West Francia, but was conquered by the German king Henry the Fowler in 925. Stuck in the conflict with his rival Hugh the Great , in 942 King Louis IV of France renounced all claims to Lotharingia. In 953, the German king Otto I had appointed his brother Bruno
350-525: The Directory and the Restoration governments. He devoted the last years of his life to writing his memoirs, which, with the exception of a fragment, remained unpublished as of 1911. He published two books on English history: A fragment of his memoirs: His elder son, Comte Henri Georges Boulay de la Meurthe (1797-1858), was a constant Bonapartist , and after the election of Louis Napoleon to
375-663: The Emperor's daughter Archduchess Maria Theresa , was compensated with the Grand Duchy of Tuscany , where the last Medici ruler had recently died without issue. France also promised to support Maria Theresa as heir to the Habsburg possessions under the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 . Leszczyński received Lorraine with the understanding that it would fall to the French crown on his death. The title of Duke of Lorraine
400-526: The Great Duke of Lotharingia. In 959, Bruno divided the duchy into Upper and Lower Lorraine ; this division became permanent following his death in 965. The Upper Duchy was further "up" the river system, that is, it was inland and to the south. Upper Lorraine was first denominated as the Duchy of Mosellane, both in charters and narrative sources, and its duke was the dux Mosellanorum . Lower Lorraine disintegrated into several smaller territories and only
425-713: The Imperial House of Habsburg . France returned the Duchy in the 1697 Treaty of Ryswick ending the Nine Years' War and Charles' son Leopold (1679–1729), became duke and was known as 'Leopold the Good;' in the 1701–1714 War of the Spanish Succession , parts of Lorraine, including the capital Nancy, were again occupied by France, but Leopold continued to reign at the Château de Lunéville . In 1737, after
450-471: The Three Bishoprics to King Henry II of France in turn for his support. Due to the weakening of Imperial authority during the 1618–1648 Thirty Years' War , France was able to occupy the duchy in 1634 and retained it until 1661 when Charles IV was restored. In 1670, the French invaded again, forcing Charles into exile; his nephew and heir Charles V (1643–1690) spent his life in the service of
475-497: The larger present-day region of Lorraine in northeastern France. Its capital was Nancy . It was founded in 959 following the division of Lotharingia into two separate duchies: Upper and Lower Lorraine , the westernmost parts of the Holy Roman Empire . The Lower duchy was quickly dismantled, while Upper Lorraine came to be known as simply the Duchy of Lorraine. The Duchy of Lorraine was coveted and briefly occupied by
500-422: The presidency, was named (January 1849) vice-president of the republic. He zealously promoted popular education, and became in 1842 president of the society for elementary instruction. Lorraine (province) The Duchy of Lorraine ( French : Lorraine [lɔʁɛn] ; German : Lothringen [ˈloːtʁɪŋən] ), originally Upper Lorraine , was a duchy now included in
525-462: The recognition of Napoleon II . He was placed under surveillance at Nancy, and later at Halbesstadt and Frankfort-on-Main. He was allowed to return to France in 1819, but took no further active part in politics, although he presented himself unsuccessfully for parliamentary election in 1824 and 1827. He died in Paris on 4 February 1840. His books on English history, contained much indirect criticism of
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#1732775554776550-638: The title of a " Duke of Lothier " remained, held by Brabant . By the time Upper Lorraine came into the possession of René of Anjou , several territories had already split off, such as the County of Luxembourg , the Electorate of Trier , the County of Bar and the " Three Bishoprics " of Verdun , Metz and Toul . The border between the Empire and the Kingdom of France remained relatively stable throughout
575-469: Was allotted to Emperor Lothair I , therefore called Lotharii Regnum . On his death in 855, it was further divided into three parts, of which his son Lothair II took the northern one. His realm then comprised a larger territory stretching from the County of Burgundy in the south to the North Sea . In French, this area became known as Lorraine , while in German, it was eventually known as Lothringen . In
600-578: Was annexed by France and reorganized as the province of Lorraine and Barrois . Lorraine's predecessor, Lotharingia , was an independent Carolingian kingdom under the rule of King Lothair II (855–869). Its territory had originally been a part of Middle Francia , created in 843 by the Treaty of Verdun , when the Carolingian empire was divided between the three sons of Louis the Pious . Middle Francia
625-455: Was given to Stanisław, but also retained by Francis Stephen, and it figures prominently in the titles of his successors (as a non-claimant family name), the House of Habsburg-Lorraine . When Stanisław died on 23 February 1766, Lorraine was annexed by France and reorganized as a province by the French government. Two regional languages survive in the region. Lorraine Franconian , known as francique or platt (lorrain) in French,
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