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    Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. It is also the 6th biggest region in France. The name "Franche-Comté" is feminine because the word "comté" in the past was generally...
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    Charles de Batz de Castelmore (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl də bats də kastɛlmɔʁ]), also known as d'Artagnan and later Count d'Artagnan (c. 1611 – 25 June...
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    Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes (French pronunciation: [vɛʁ.ʒɛn]; 29 December 1719 – 13 February 1787) was a French statesman and diplomat. He served...
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    The Count of St. Germain (French: Comte de Saint Germain; French pronunciation: [kɔ̃t də sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃]; c. 1691 or 1712 – 27 February 1784) whose real name...
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  • comte, compte, or comté in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Comte is the French, Catalan and Occitan form of the word "count" (Latin: comes); comté is...
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    November 1729 at the Château de Ravel in Auvergne to Charles-François, the Marquis de Saillant and Marie-Henriette Colbert de Maulevrier, a descendant of...
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    de cette réclamation 1785 - Lettre à M. Le Couteulx de la Noraye, sur la Banque de Saint-Charles et sur la Caisse-d'Escompte 1786 - Lettre du comte de...
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    Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau (French pronunciation: [lwi də bɥad kɔ̃t də fʁɔ̃tənak e də palɥo]; 22 May 1622 – 28 November 1698) was...
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    (Paris, 1894) J. G. Hyde de Neuville Notice sur le comte de Villèle (Paris, 1899) M. Chotard, "L'Œuvre financière de M. de Villèle," in Annales des sciences...
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  • Charles, comte de la Mothe Houdancourt (1643 – 24 March 1728) was a French Lieutenant-General. He was the son of Antoine I de La Mothe-Houdancourt and...
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