The Cadillac Eldorado Brougham was an American two-door sedan car produced from 1957 to 1958 and developed from the earlier 1954 Cadillac Park Avenue. The
Cadillac Eldorado Brougham was powered by a 6384 cc V-eight engine rated at 325 bhp which provided a top speed of 190 kmh. Research Cadillac Eldorado Brougham
A sedan is a portable chair for carrying a single person, borne on poles carried by two porters. The sedan is named after the town in France where they were first made. Research Sedan
Charles Drelincourt was a French Calvinistic minister. He was born in 1595 at Sedan and died in 1669 at Paris. He was the author of many controversial works, and of Consolations against the Fear of Death. To promote the sale of the English translation of this work, Daniel De Foe wrote his Apparition of Mrs, Veal. Research Charles Drelincourt
Eugenie was wife of Napoleon III. She was born in 1826 and died in 1920. She was the daughter of the Spanish Count of Montijo and married Louis Napoleon in 1853. After Sedan she fled to England with her husband and settled at Chislehurst, and later at Farnborough where she had built a mausoleum in which she, her husband and her son were buried. Research Eugenie
Frederick III was king of Denmark and Norway in 1648. He changed the constitution from an elected monarchy to a hereditary monarchy.
Frederick III was Emperor of Germany. He was born in 1831 at Potsdam and died in 1888 of throatcancer. He succeeded his father William I in 1878. In 1858 he married the Princess-Royal of Britain, eldest daughter of Queen Victoria. He commanded the army of the Oder in the war with Austria in 1866, and in the Franco-Prussian War he led the army which ultimately forced Napoleon III and his army to surrender at Sedan. He also took a prominent part in the siege of Paris. In 1887 he was attacked by a serious throat affection, which turned out to be of a cancerous character, and which after a series of relapses proved fatal. His renown as a military commander, his liberal views, his patience and fortitude under trouble, and his many lovable qualities made him extremely popular. Research Frederick III
Henry Chrales Ferdinand Marie Dieudonne Chambord (Comte de Chambord, Duke of Bordeaux), was the last representative of the elder branch of the French Bourbon dynasty. He was born in 1820 and died in 1883. He was called by his partisans Henry V of France. Charles X, after the revolutionary outbreak of 1830, abdicated in his favour; but the young count was compelled to leave the country with the royal title unrecognized by the nation. He lived successively in Scotland, Austria, Italy, and London, keeping a species of court, and occasionally issuing manifestoes. In 1846 he married the Princess Maria-Theresa, eldest daughter of the Duke of Modena; and in 1851 inherited the domain of Frohsdorf, near Vienna, where for the most part he subsequently resided. While abstaining from violent attempts to seize the crown, he let slip no opportunity of urging his claims, especially after Sedan;
but his belief in divine right, his devotion to the see of Rome, and his failure to recognize accomplished facts and modern tendencies, destroyed all chance of his succession. He died in 1883, leaving no heir. Research Henry Chambord
Herman Balck was a German general. He was born in 1893 and died in 1950. Balck served a distinguished career as a regimental officer during the Great War and then during the Second World War proved himself probably Germany's finest field officer, establishing the first bridgehead across the Meuse at Sedan, and later commanding a division during the invasion of Russia, being promoted to full general because of his successes. Research Herman Balck
Jules Francois Camille Ferry was a French statesman and writer. He was born in 1832 at St Die in the Vosges and died in 1893. He became a barrister at Paris, but devoted himself almost entirely to journalism. His articles in the Presse, Courrier de Paris, and Temps, from 1856 to 1869, brought him much into notice, and in 1869 he was returned as deputy for the sixth arrondissement of Paris and took his seat among the members of the 'Left.' After the fall of Sedan he became a member of the Government of the National Defence. In 1872 Thiers appointed him minister-resident at Athens. In 1879 he became minister of public instruction, and as such introduced an education bill, which amongst other things forbade unauthorized communities, such as Jesuits, to teach in schools. In 1880, Jules Ferry, having become premier, entered upon a vigorous foreign policy. His seizure of Tunis in 1881 was so far successful, though it led to his resignation; but when again premier, in 1883, his expedition to Tonquin landed France in troubles through which, in 1885, he was driven from office. In 1893 he was elected president of the Senate. Research Jules Ferry
Leon Michel Gambetta was a French orator and statesman. He was born in 1838 at Cahors and died in 1882 in a shooting accident. Of a family of Genoese extraction, he was educated for the church, but finally decided in favour of a career in the law, and repairing to Paris became a member of the metropolitan bar in 1859. In November 1868 he gained the leadership of the republican party by his defence of Delescluze, a noted republican. In 1869, having been elected by both Paris and Marseilles, he chose to represent the southern city; and in the Chamber of Deputies showed himself an irreconcilable opponent of the empire and its measures, especially of the policy which led to the war with Prussia.
On the downfall of the empire, after the surrender of Sedan in 1870, a government for the national defence was formed, in which Leon Gambetta was nominated minister of the interior. The Germans having encircled Paris, he left that city in a balloon, and set up his headquarters at Tours, from which, with all the powers of a dictator, he for a short time organized a fierce but vain resistance against the invaders. After the close of the war he held office in several short-lived ministries, and in November, 1881, accepted the premiership, The sweeping changes proposed by him and his colleagues speedily brought a majority against him, and after a six weeks' tenure of office he had to resign. The accidental discharge of a pistol caused his death at Paris in December, 1882. Research Leon Gambetta
Louis Jules Trochu was a French soldier. He was born in 1815 at Palais, Morbihan and died in 1896. He first saw service in Algeria and subsequently distinguished himself in the Crimean War and in the Italian campaign of 1859, playing a prominent part at Solferino. After Sedan he was made governor of Paris and commander of the troops drawn together to defend it, and shortly afterwards president of the government of national defence. He resigned the governorship of Paris in 1871. Research Louis Trochu
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