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NICOLAY
, the name of a See also:French See also:family of Vivarais which came rapidly into legal prominence at the end of the 15th See also:century
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See also:Jean Nicolay (d
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1527), son of a bailli of Bourg See also:Saint-Andeol, became councillor at the See also:parlement of See also:Toulouse and afterwards at the See also:Grand See also:Council, See also:chancellor of the See also:kingdom of See also:Naples, Maitre See also:des Requetes, and, finally, first See also:president of the Chambre des Comptes of See also:Paris (15o6)
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This last See also:post was filled continuously up to the Revolution by his descendants
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See also:Antoine Chretien de Nicolay (1712–1777) became See also:marshal of See also:France in 1775
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His See also:brother, Aymar Chretien See also:Francois See also:Michel (1721–1769), See also:bishop of See also:Verdun, was first See also:almoner of See also:Marie Josephe of See also:Saxony, wife of the dauphin See also: |
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