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    Ferdinand With Frederick Henry's campaign in the Spanish Netherlands during 1637, the Cardinal-Infante was forced to move back to Cambrai after seizing Corbie...
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    alliance with the Dutch and signed the Treaty of Compiègne with Sweden. Les Avins Dunkirk Brussels Leuven Valenciennes Maastricht Corbie Lens Arras In...
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    especially Le Nil. Saint-Martin - Saint-Ausone is a district composed of two former parishes outside the ramparts. At La Bussatte the Champ de Mars esplanade...
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    The siege of Saint-Omer (24 May – 16 July 1638) was a siege in the Thirty Years' War in which a French army under Gaspard III de Coligny, Maréchal de Châtillon...
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    Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy and Villers-lès-Nancy. The oldest part of Nancy is the quarter Vieille Ville – Léopold, which contains the 14th century Porte de la Craffe...
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    defection of most of their German allies. Ferdinand II died in February 1637, and was succeeded by his son Ferdinand III, who faced a deteriorating military...
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  • Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt had to face simultaneously a land relief, and was forced to abandon the siege, retreating to Valls. Even if the siege and...
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    Maillys, probably by inheritance. The Maison de Montmorot originates from a village near Lons-le-Saunier in the county of Burgundy. Before the spelling...
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