- René-Robert Cavelier,
Sieur de La
Salle (/ləˈsæl/;
November 22, 1643 –
March 19, 1687), was a 17th-century
French explorer and fur
trader in
North America...
- that took its name from the château de Polignac, of
which they had been
sieurs since Carolingian times. Agnatically,
ruling family of
Monaco represents...
- is Seigneur. A
similar concept of such a
lordship is
known in
French as
Sieur or
Seigneur du Manoir,
Gutsherr in German, Kaleağası (Kaleagasi) in Turkish...
-
Daniel Greysolon,
Sieur du Lhut (c. 1639 – 25
February 1710) was a
French soldier and
explorer who is the
first European known to have
visited the area...
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Antoine de la Mothe,
sieur de
Cadillac (/ˈkædɪlæk/, French: [kadijak];
March 5, 1658 –
October 16, 1730), born
Antoine Laumet, was a
French explorer and...
-
Jonathan Swift (30
November 1667 – 19
October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish
writer and
satirist who
became the Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, and hence...
-
Pierre Le
Moyne d'Iberville (16 July 1661 – 9 July 1706) or
Sieur d'Iberville was a
French soldier, explorer,
colonial administrator, and trader. He is...
-
Joseph Coulon de Villiers,
Sieur de
Jumonville (September 8, 1718 – May 28, 1754) was a
French Canadian military officer. His last rank was
second ensign...
-
castellans of
Castelnaud owed
their allegiance to the Plantagenets, the
sieurs de
Beynac across the river, to the king of France. In
later times it was...
- Gédéon Tallemant,
Sieur des Réaux (7
November 1619 – 6
November 1692) was a
French writer known for his Historiettes, a
collection of
short biographies...