Fontanes

Marquis Louis de, a French statesman; born in Niort France, March 6, 1757. Proscribed by the Revolution for editing papers opto the Terror, he fled to Eng: and. Later he attained high office under Napoleon and the restored Bourbons; died in Paris, March 17, 1821 Fontenoy, Battle of, one of the most famous battles in the War of the Austrian Succe ion. It was fought at & small village of the same name, ir Western Belgium. Here, May 11, 1745 the French under Marshal Saxe de feated the Allies under the Duke ot Cumber land, with very heavy lo or both sides. Irish exiles in the Frenct service took a conspicuous part in the victory. 7 Fontevraud, or Fontevrault, a branch of the Benedictine order of! monks; so named from the place where the first monastery of the sect was erected.