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    François Martin de Vitré was the first Frenchman to write an account of travels to the Far East in 1604, at the request of Henry IV. From 1604 to 1609, following...
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    Antoine was a notorious philanderer. In 1554, he fathered an illegitimate son, Charles, by Louise de La Béraudière de l'Isle Rouhet, a court beauty known...
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    Catherine de Parthenay, Viscountess and Princess of Rohan (1554–1631) was a French noblewoman, mathematician, philosopher, poet, playwright, and translator...
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  • (1499–1554) Ngawang Drakpa Gyaltsen, Monarch (1554–1556/1557) Ngawang Tashi Drakpa, Monarch (1556/57–1564) Ngawang Drakpa Gyaltsen, Monarch (1576–1603/1604)...
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    Sicily from 1554 until his death in 1598. He was also jure uxoris King of England and Ireland from his marriage to Queen Mary I in 1554 until her death...
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    Carafa 1604–1607: Alfonso Visconti 1607–1611: Ottavio Paravicini 1612–1621: Pietro Aldobrandini 1621–1632: Ludovico Ludovisi 1629–1631: Cosimo de Torres...
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    └─>Catherine (1559–1604) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Henry II de Lorraine (1563–1624) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├i>Charles (1554–1610), Archbishop of...
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    François d'Espinay, seigneur de Saint-Luc et baron de Crèvecœur (c. 1554 –8 September 1597) was a French noble, courtier, military commander and governor...
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    the time was the Pomme de pin, on place de la Contrescarpe in the 5th arrondissement. It was regularly visited by poet Pierre de Ronsard and author François...
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  • 1600s (decade) (section 1604)
    (1584–1604) (b. 1560) April 19 – Kuroda Yoshitaka, Japanese daimyō (b. 1546) April 21 – Koide Hidemasa, Samurai (b. 1539) April 25 – Pietro de' Medici, Italian...
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