An intimacy exists between the king and his followers ( his family, confidants, and counselors, among whom are Joinville and Robert de Sorbon ) who express themselves particularly in the conversation: the king invites his audience to respond to his questions, often with the aim of instructing them with moral and religious plans.

Immediately after the Norman Conquest, King William of England installed three of his most trusted confidants, Hugh d ' Avranches, Roger de Montgomerie, and William FitzOsbern, as Earls of Chester, Shrewsbury and Hereford respectively, with responsibilities for containing and subduing the Welsh.

Peter corresponded with Bishop Henri de Blois of Winchester and Glastonbury who became one of his closest friends and confidants.

George von Carlowitz, one of the new confidants of the Duke, advised Maurice ( in order to prevent a war with Emperor Charles V and his brother Ferdinand, at the same time King of the Romans and his neighbour as King of Bohemia ) not to endanger the survival of the Protestant Movement.

Although Rikyū had been one of Hideyoshi's closest confidants, because of crucial differences of opinion and other reasons which remain uncertain, Hideyoshi ordered him to commit ritual suicide.

Almond told confidants that the division's poor combat record had cheated him of higher command.

His confidants affectionately call him, with his initials, ' OPS '.

Charles was then impatient to be gone, commanded Ashburnham and his other confidants, Sir John Berkeley and William Legge, to propose some place for him to go to.

Takeshita had a close relationship with Anami, and was among the few who had the Minister's ear ; Anami considered Takeshita one of his closest confidants, and so it was through him that the rebels gained much of their information and influence.

His kindness and purity of heart has earned him many allies and confidants, which leads Norland to victory over the Lord of Tedmond, Francis.

Court eunuchs had a significant role in the power structure, as Emperors often relied on a few of them as confidants, which gave them access to many court documents.

In January, 2011, the morning newspaper Dagblad Suriname revealed that some confidants of President Bouterse were put on the payroll of the government.

It was on this trip that he first encountered the Mehta sisters, Pupul and Nandini, who became lifelong associates and confidants.

His grassroots style of governing was such that during his time as governor, Cárdenas made important policy decisions based on direct information received from the public rather than on the advice of his confidants.

Kumaratunga and her confidants launched a massive media attack on their nominal partners, branding Wickramasinghe as a traitor and accusing the UNP government of " selling " national heritage sites to foreigners.

In 2000, writer Brian Pera, who had traveled the country on his own book tour, said he had met other writers who were in contact with LeRoy by e-mail and phone ; LeRoy had bonded via extensive, often contradictory revelations, but was never able to meet these carefully cultivated confidants in public or in private.

Much like the relationship between Jed Bartlet and Leo McGarry, Josh and Sam's friendship extends far past their role as co-workers and the two are each other's confidants on personal matters and relationship troubles.

Through the 1990s many of Pierce's closest aides and confidants at the department were charged and convicted on felony charges related to the political favoritism and inappropriate expenditures that pervaded the department during Pierce's tenure ( Thomas Demery, Phillip Winn, Joseph Strauss and Deborah Gore Dean ).

After establishing a school for magical study on the island of Stardock, he eventually releases all ties with the Kingdom of the Isles, and realizing that Nalar ( the God of Evil ) could one day return, he and his closest friends and confidants begin an organization known as the Conclave of Shadows following the conclusion of the Serpentwar.

* 1398 – Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana, Spanish politician and poet ( d. 1458 )

French ambassador Marquis de Bonnac being received by Sultan Ahmed III.

* 1655 – Alfonso de la Cueva, 1st Marquis of Bedmar, Spanish cardinal and diplomat ( b. 1572 )

A French reconnaissance under the Marquis de Silly went forward to probe the enemy, but were driven off by Allied troops who had deployed to cover the pioneers of the advancing army, labouring to bridge the numerous streams in the area and improve the passage leading westwards to Höchstädt.

In the woods to the left of Lutzingen, seven French battalions under the Marquis de Rozel moved into place.

The village of Oberglauheim was packed with 14 battalions commanded by the Marquis de Blainville ( including the effective Irish Brigade known as the ' Wild Geese ').

Nine battalions occupied the village itself, commanded by the Marquis de Clérambault.

The French commander in the village, the Marquis de Blainville, numbered amongst the heavy casualties.

The Marquis de Gruignan attempted a counter-attack, but he was easily brushed aside by the triumphant Allies.

However, it was not until 21: 00 that the Marquis de Blanzac, who had taken charge in Clérambault's absence, reluctantly accepted the inevitability of defeat, and some 10, 000 of France's best infantry had laid down their arms.

The 20 French and Bavarian battalions in Ramillies, supported by Irish dragoons and a small brigade of Cologne and Bavarian Guards under the Marquis de Maffei, put up a determined defence, initially driving back the attackers with severe losses.

The Marquis de Feuquières writing after the battle described the scene – " They advanced in four lines … As they approached they advanced their second and fourth lines into the intervals of their first and third lines ; so that when they made their advance upon us, they formed only one front, without any intermediate spaces.

The Marquis de Maffei attempted one last stand with his Bavarian and Cologne Guards, but it proved in vain.

" Meanwhile, Overkirk took the port of Ostend on 4 July thus opening a direct route to the English Channel for communication and supply, but the Allies were making scant progress against Dendermonde whose governor, the Marquis de Valée, was stubbornly resisting.

The town was retaken by the Duke of Savoy in 1630 ; and in 1691 it was captured by the troops of the Marquis de Vins during the War of the League of Augsburg.

And though, on orders from the hanging Committee and the Marquis de Chennevières, Pissarro's paintings of Pontoise for example had been skyed, hung near the ceiling, this did not prevent Jules-Antoine Castagnary from noting that the qualities of his paintings had been observed by art lovers.

* The 120 Days of Sodom, a novel by the Marquis de Sade, is replete with detailed descriptions of erotic sadomasochistic coprophagia.

The earliest record of somnambulistic clairvoyance is credited to the Marquis de Puységur, a follower of Mesmer, who in 1784 was treating a local dull-witted peasant named Victor Race.

* 1776 – Marquis de Lafayette arranges to enter the American military as a major general.

* 1814 – Marquis de Sade, French writer ( b. 1740 )

In 1824 Poe served as the lieutenant of the Richmond youth honor guard as Richmond celebrated the visit of the Marquis de Lafayette.

He was " one of the first Esprits cavaliers of the age ," a man of broad knowledge, an expert in Newtonianism, architecture and music and a friend of most of the leading authors of his times: Voltaire, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d ' Argens, Pierre-Louis de Maupertuis and the atheïst Julien Offray de La Mettrie.

Despite ordering a cease fire, which prevented a mutual massacre, Governor Marquis Bernard de Launay was beaten, stabbed and decapitated ; his head was placed on a pike and paraded about the city.