Le Quesnoy
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Le Quesnoy is a commune and small town in the east of the Nord department of northern France. It was part of the historical province of French Hainaut. It is known for its fortifications, dating from
The town hall
Orchard of Avesnois
The New Zealand monument commemorating the liberation of Le Quesnoy.
Ramparts
Jacqueline, of the House of Wittelsbach, was a noblewoman who ruled the counties of Holland, Zeeland and Hainaut in the Low Countries from 1417 to 1433. She was also Dauphine of France for a short tim
Le Quesnoy
…peak of power and fame. The town was well protected and supplied, and was able to sell to the towns of the Somme and others darts, crossbows and guns. Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut In 1417, Jacqueline, born in Le Quesnoy in 1401, succeeded to the title of Countess of Hainaut, following the death of her father William IV. She was…
Portrait of Jacqueline by Lambert van Eyck
Jacqueline of Bavaria and Margaret of Burgundy before the walls of Gorinchem, 1417
Jacqueline, Countess of Holland and Zeeland, ca. 1435.