Chevreuse, Marie de Rohan-Montbazon, duchesse de, 1600-1679, French beauty and politician, an intimate of the French queen, Anne of Austria. Her continuous intrigues in opposition to King Louis XIII's minister, Cardinal Richelieu, caused her to be banished repeatedly from the court and to be exiled. She proved to be even more dangerous abroad because of her intrigues with France's enemies, notably Duke Charles IV of Lorraine. In the Fronde she at first served as a link with Spain against Cardinal Mazarin, Richelieu's successor, but subsequently she became Mazarin's ally.

Sainte-Marie-de-Kent (often simply called Sainte-Marie) (2001 pop.: 2,024) is a Canadian village located in Kent County, New Brunswick. It is in the parish of Saint Mary.

The village is located 45 km north of Moncton and its residents are largely Acadians, most of whom speak French in its local variant Chiac.

Sainte-Marie-de-Kent is the site of the Kent County Agricultural Fair, one of New Brunswick's oldest and largest agricultural fairs, a five-day event which has been held annually, during last full week of August, since 1956. The annual fair was held in 2008 during August 21-24.

External links

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• Kent County Agricultural Fair
• Statistics Canada 2001 Community Profile