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Vidame (French: [vidam]) was a
feudal title in France, a term
descended from
mediaeval Latin vicedominus. Like the avoué or advocatus, the
vidame was...
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Vidame de
Chartres was a
title in the
French nobility.
There are a few
vidame titles in France, of
which that of
Chartres is
probably the best known,...
- de Sancerre.
Vidame de
Chartres – The
uncle of the
Princess de Clèves and a
friend of the Duke de Nemours. The Duke
often uses the
Vidame as a way to contact...
- François de Vendôme,
Vidame de
Chartres (1522 – 22
December 1560), was a
successful soldier and
glamorous courtier who
figures in
accounts of the brilliant...
- La Ferté-
Vidame (French pronunciation: [la fɛʁte vidam]) is a
commune in the Eure-et-Loir
department in
northern France. The
title of
vidame of Chartres...
- Jean-Baptiste DuBarry,
comte du Barry-Cérès,
vidame de Châlons en
Champagne (1723 - 17
January 1794) was a
French nobleman. He is most
notable as the lover...
- Meslay-le-
Vidame (French pronunciation: [mɛlɛ lə vidam]) is a
commune in the Eure-et-Loir
department in
northern France. The
lords of
Meslay held the title...
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coronet of four
large pearls (three visible)
alternating with
smaller pearls Vidame (peculiar
French title, for
protectors of the
temporal estates of a bishopric):...
- been untitled, and some
hereditary titles do not
indicate nobility (e.g.,
vidame). Some
countries have had non-hereditary nobility, such as the
Empire of...
- Saint-Simon, who
wrote Memoirs at his family's home at the
castle of La Ferté-
Vidame.
While Saint-Simon was
considered a
writer possessing a high
level of skill...
