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the Fourth Week of Advent
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Choiseul, Duc de
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Minister of Louis XV.; served his master in various capacities; was rewarded with a peerage; effected many reforms in the army, strengthened the navy, and aided in bringing about the family compact of the Bourbons; exercised a great influence on the politics of Europe; was nicknamed by Catharine of Russia Le Cocher de l'Europe , "the Driver of Europe"; but becoming obnoxious to Mme. du Barry, "in whom he would discern nothing but a wonderfully dizened scarlet woman," was dismissed from the helm of affairs, Louis's "last substantial man" (1719-1795).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Choiseul, Duc de'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​c/choiseul-duc-de.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Choiseul, Duc de'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​c/choiseul-duc-de.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.