When Etienne deRousset was born in 1610, in France, his father, Francoise deRousset, was 40 and his mother, Catherine DeRocozel, was 35.
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Reigns of Louis XIII and Louis XIV. Royal power at its peak. France dominates Europe, French culture spreads. Start of large-scale sea trade.
Ferdinand II was trying to force the people to follow Catholicism. The 30 years war was a battle of religion with the Protestants and Catholics, in the Holy Roman Empire.
The Palace of Versailles was originally known as a hunting log and retreat for Louis XII. When Louis XIV took over he moved his family into it. After he died the palace was abandoned. It has since been turned into a museum.
French: patronymic, with fused preposition de ‘of’, from Rousse . This form is very rare in France.
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