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    Pierre Jean Marie Laval (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ laval]; 28 June 1883 – 15 October 1945) was a French politician. During the Third Republic, he served...
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    Marie-Louise de Laval-Montmorency (31 March 1723 – 24 July 1794) was a French noblewoman and nun who was the last Abbess of Montmartre. She was guillotined...
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    André de Laval-Montmorency (c. 1408 – 1485), seigneur de Lohéac, was a Marshal of France. He was the son of Guy XIII de Laval and Anne de Laval, and a leading...
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  • John Laval (September 21, 1854 – June 4, 1937) was an American bishop of the Catholic Church. He served as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New Orleans...
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    Francis-Xavier de Montmorency-Laval, commonly referred to as François de Laval (30 April 1623 – 6 May 1708), was a French Catholic prelate who served as...
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    Josée Laval, Countess de Chambrun (born Josette Pierrette Laval; (1911-04-02)2 April 1911 – 9 January 1992) was an important figure of the régime de Vichy...
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    and through his father to the Laval family, one of the two most important Breton lineages in the 15th century. The Laval family's ancestors included, by...
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  • (1969). American Nuncio: Cardinal Aloisius Muench. Collegeville, MN: Saint John’s University Press, 1969. Lewy, Guenter (2000). The Catholic Church and Nazi...
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    served as regent until Marie-Adélaïde's eighteenth birthday on 18 June 1912, when the President of the Chamber Auguste Laval swore her in as the first...
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    France during the Middle Ages. Laval became a city during the 11th century, and was the cradle of the House of Laval, one of the most powerful families...
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