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Le Sueur, Eustache

(Encyclopedia)Le Sueur, Eustache ləsüörˈ [key], 1616–55, French painter. He was a disciple of Vouet and a founding member of the Académie royale (1648). In his short life he painted many decorative works fo...

Le Tellier, Michel

(Encyclopedia)Le Tellier, Michel mēshĕlˈ lə tĕlyāˈ [key], 1603–85, French statesman. A minister of state under Cardinal Mazarin, he became war minister in 1643. He later shared his duties with his son, the...

Lons-le-Saunier

(Encyclopedia)Lons-le-Saunier lôN-lə-sōnyāˈ [key], town (1990 pop. 20,140), capital of Jura dept., E France, at the foot of the Jura Mts. A saltwater spa since Roman times, the town has food and textile indust...

Marly-le-Roi

(Encyclopedia)Marly-le-Roi märlēˈ-lə-rwä [key], town (1990 pop. 16,775), Yvelines dept., N France, on the Seine River near Versailles. Nearby is the hamlet of Marly-la-Machine, where in 1682 a huge hydraulic e...

Houghton-le-Spring

(Encyclopedia)Houghton-le-Spring hōˈtən-lə-sprĭng, houˈ– [key], town, Sunderland metropolit...

Despenser, Hugh le

(Encyclopedia)Despenser, Hugh le lə dĭspĕnˈsər [key], d. 1265, chief justiciar of England. He joined the barons in their struggle against Henry III and received various offices, becoming chief justiciar in 126...

Bar-le-Duc

(Encyclopedia)Bar-le-Duc bär-lə-dükˈ [key], town, capital of Meuse dept., NE France, in Lorraine. It has ...

Scrope, Richard Le

(Encyclopedia)Scrope, Richard Le lə skro͞op [key], 1350?–1405, English archbishop. He probably studied law at both Oxford and Cambridge. Having taken priest's orders in 1377, he rose steadily in church rank. In...

Adam le Bossu

(Encyclopedia)Adam le Bossu: see Adam de la Halle. ...

Paray-le-Monial

(Encyclopedia)Paray-le-Monial pärāˈ-lə-mônyälˈ [key], town (1990 pop. 10,568), Saône-et-Loire dept., E central France. Ceramics and hosiery are produced. In the 17th cent. St. Margaret Mary founded the cult...