• Source: Vaucouleurs

Vaucouleurs (French pronunciation: [vokulœʁ]) is a commune in the Meuse department, northeastern France. It is situated on the river Meuse, approximately 20 km (12 mi) from Toul and Commercy.




History


Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville (1225/33 – 21 October 1314) also known as Geoffrey de Joinville, was an Anglo-French noble, supporter of Henry III, who appointed him Baron of Trim, County Meath, Ireland.
Geoffrey de Geneville was Seigneur of Vaucouleurs in Champagne, second son of Simon of Joinville and Beatrix d'Auxonne and younger brother of Jean de Joinville. Geoffrey's half-sister was wife to one of Eleanor of Provence's uncles, Peter of Savoy, earl of Richmond. Geoffrey was thus one of the "Savoyards" who arrived in England in the retinue of Eleanor at the time of her marriage to King Henry III in 1236.
Joan of Arc stayed in Vaucouleurs for several months during 1428 and 1429 while she sought permission to visit the royal court of Charles VII of France.
The 42nd "Rainbow" Infantry Division (United States) was temporarily located here, initially under the command of MG William A. Mann from November 1 - December 18 of 1917, to preliminarily train before transferring to an area between Lafauche and Rimaucourt during the initial stages of direct United States military, ground forces involvement in World War I. Colonel Douglas MacArthur was the chief of staff under Mann for Rainbow Division, and he was stationed in Vaucouleurs during this same time period as well.




Notable people


Madame du Barry (1743–1793) was the last maîtresse-en-titre of Louis XV.
Jacques Thuillier (1928–2011) was an art historian.
Rébeval Joseph Boyer (1768–1822) was a French general.




Twin towns


Neidenstein, Germany




See also


Communes of the Meuse department




References






External links



Official Site
Joan of Arc and Vaucouleurs

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Klasifikasi morfologi galaksi
• Komune di departemen Meuse
• Messier 108
• Spiral Magellan
• Galaksi Andromeda
• Jeanne d'Arc
• Hukum Hubble
• Supergugus Virgo
• Messier 66
• Daftar objek NGC 1001 - 2000
• Gérard de Vaucouleurs
• Vaucouleurs
• Galaxy morphological classification
• De Vaucouleurs's law
• Vaucouleurs Aerodrome
• Vaucouleurs (river)
• Supergalactic coordinate system
• Montigny-lès-Vaucouleurs
• Canton of Vaucouleurs
• Messier 77