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    of Château-la-Vallière, is an ancient fortress from the 12th to 15th centuries. It belonged to the manor of Chasteaux-en-Anjou, the future Château-la-Vallière...
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    of Chasteaux-en-Anjou, the future Château-la-Vallière. The castle is located 3 kilometres south of Château-la-Vallière. It stands on the eastern border...
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    Louise de La Vallière. That same year, however, the princess cancelled a debt by deeding Champs to her first cousin, the duc de La Vallière. When the...
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    pronunciation: [azɛ ʁido] ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in the Centre-Val de Loire region in central-west France. The château of Azay-le-Rideau...
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    viewed from the Château d'Amboise Château d'Amboise Tour de l'Horloge (the Clock Tower) Exterior shot of the Clos Lucé Mansion Château d'Amboise over Loire...
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    workers. A smaller chateau built for the Cardinal's mistress is located 4 km outside the town. The town itself (as distinct from the Château grounds) is about...
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    child, a daughter. As the duchy of La Vallière had previously been held by several women, including Louise de La Vallière and her daughter, the princesse...
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    cultivated a relationship with Louis XIV and eventually supplanted Louise de La Vallière as his favourite. She had seven children by the king, six of which survived...
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    le IVe et le XIIe siècle, sous la direction de Christian Sapin, Éditions CTHS, 2002. Cécile Voyer, Les Plantagenêts et la chapelle Sainte-Radegonde de Chinon :...
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    Flat-bottomed boats on a pond, Château-la-Vallière, France...
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