Gros
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Gros could refer to:
  • Gros (coinage)
    Gros (coinage)
    A gros was a type of silver coinage of France from the time of Saint Louis. There were gros tournois and gros parisis. The gros was sub-divided in half gros and quarter gros. The original gros created by St Louis weighed about 4.52 g of nearly pure silver, and was valued at one sou, that is 12...

    , Medieval coinage

  • Persons that have the last name Gros or le Gros:
    • Antoine-Jean Gros
      Antoine-Jean Gros
      Baron Antoine-Jean Gros , also known as Jean-Antoine Gros, was both a French History and neoclassical painter.-Early life and training:...

      , French painter
    • Charles III le Gros
      Charles the Fat
      Charles the Fat was the King of Alemannia from 876, King of Italy from 879, western Emperor from 881, King of East Francia from 882, and King of West Francia from 884. In 887, he was deposed in East Francia, Lotharingia, and possibly Italy, where the records are not clear...

      , 9th Century European king
    • Jean-Baptiste Louis Gros
      Jean-Baptiste Louis Gros
      Jean-Baptiste Louis Gros was a French ambassador and one of the first daguerrotypists. Baron and French chargé d'affaires in Bogotá , Athens and Ambassador to London - during which period he also travelled to China and Japan in 1857 and 1858 — he produced many famous daguerrotypes — chief among...

      , French ambassador and photographer
    • Jules Gros
      Jules Gros
      Jules Gros, Jul Marcel Gros was a Breton linguist specializing in popular language. He was born in Paris.Gros' collecting, from his grandmother and other people in his village of Lokémo, began very early at beginning of the twentieth century. At this time there were still unilingual Breton speakers...

      , Breton linguist
    • Pierre Le Gros the Elder
      Pierre Le Gros the Elder
      Pierre Le Gros the Elder was a French sculptor whose output was largely absorbed by the decoration of the château and the gardens of Versailles, often working to designs provided by Charles Le Brun and collaborating with other sculptors of the Bâtiments du Roi...

      , French sculptor
    • Pierre Le Gros the Younger
      Pierre Le Gros the Younger
      Pierre Le Gros was a French sculptor, active almost exclusively in Baroque Rome. Nowadays, his name is commonly written Legros, while he himself always signed as Le Gros; he is frequently referred to either as 'the Younger' or 'Pierre II' to distinguish him from his father, Pierre Le Gros the...

      , French sculptor
    • Sara Gros Aspiroz
      Sara Gros Aspiroz
      Sara Gros Aspiroz is a Spanish ski mountaineer. After good results in younger age classes, for example 3rd in the single race event of the 2002 World Championship of Skimountaineering, 2003 European "juniors" runner-up and 2004 European "espoirs" champion, she competed in the 2005 European...

      , Spanish ski mountaineer

  • Places:
    • Le Gros-Theil
      Le Gros-Theil
      Le Gros-Theil is a commune in the Eure department in northern France.-Population:-References:*...

      , a commune in the Eure département, France
    • Groș
      Gros
      Gros could refer to:* Gros , Medieval coinage* Persons that have the last name Gros or le Gros:** Antoine-Jean Gros, French painter** Charles III le Gros, 9th Century European king...

       , a village in Hunedoara
      Hunedoara
      Hunedoara is a city in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is located in southeastern Transylvania near the Poiana Ruscă Mountains, and administers five villages: Boş, Groş, Hăşdat, Peştişu Mare and Răcăştia....

      , Hunedoara County, Romania.
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