illustre

C'est l'illustre château de nos ancêtres.

This is the storied castle of our ancestors.

Je voudrais être illustre mais rester inconnu.

I should like to be very famous but to remain unknown.

À Florence, riche et fameuse ville d’Italie, dans la province qu’on appelle Toscane, vivaient deux gentilshommes d’illustre famille, Anselme et Lothaire....

In Florence, a rich and famous city of Italy, in the province called Tuscany, lived two gentlemen of illustrious family, Anselmo and Lothario....