auvergne

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A région and historical province of France
Region (pop., 1999: 1,308,878), south-central France. It was once inhabited by the Arverni, a Gallic people led by Vercingetorix and defeated by Julius Caesar. It was yielded to the Visigoths in AD 475 and conquered by the Franks under Clovis I in 507. It became part of Aquitaine, and in the 8th century it was made a countship. It passed to the Bourbons in 1416 and to France 1530
A région of France
a region in central France

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bleu d'Auvergne
A French blue cheese made from cow's milk
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne viscount de Turenne
orig. Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne born Sept. 11, 1611, Sedan, France died July 27, 1675, Sasbach, Baden-Baden French military leader. He earned his reputation as a military leader in the Thirty Years' War, especially with the capture of Turin (1640). Made a marshal of France (1643), he commanded the French army in Germany and joined the Swedish army in conquering Bavaria (1648). In France he joined the aristocrats in the Fronde (1649), but later he skillfully commanded the royal army to defeat the forces led by the prince de Condé, who had allied himself with Spain, and to bring about the Peace of the Pyrenees (1659), which ended France's war with Spain. Appointed marshal-general (1660), Turenne marched alongside Louis XIV in joint command of the French armies in the War of Devolution (1667-68). His bold strategies won numerous victories against the imperial army in Germany (1672-75), but he was killed in action at Sasbach. He was buried with the kings of France at Saint-Denis and later moved to the Invalides by Napoleon, who esteemed Turenne as the greatest military leader in history
William of Auvergne
French Guillaume d'Auvergne born after 1180, Aurillac, France died 1249, Paris French philosopher and theologian. Named bishop of Paris in 1228, William was a reformer who defended the rising mendicant orders against attacks by the secular clergy. After the church condemned the works of Aristotle, he became one of the first Western scholars to attempt to incorporate into Christianity whatever in Aristotle's thought was compatible with it. He was influenced by Avicenna and by the Neoplatonism of St. Augustine. His principal work, written in 1223-40, is Magisterium divinale ("The Divine Teaching")
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Guillaume d'Auvergne Turenne Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne viscount de Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne
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