Foix (French pronunciation: [fwa] ; Occitan: Fois [ˈfujs, ˈfujʃ]; Catalan: Foix [ˈfoʃ]) is a commune, the former capital of the County of Foix. It is the...
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Bar-le-Duc (French pronunciation: [baʁ lə dyk] ), formerly known as Bar, is a commune in the Meuse département, of which it is the capital. The department...
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de Foix-Candale was a wealthy heiress (1567-1593) of the House of Foix, and they had four sons: Henry, duke of Foix-Candale (1591–1639); Bernard, duc...
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the end of the 19th century by the theorist and architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. In 1997, it was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites because...
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France, and his wife Marguerite de Foix (1567–1593), comtesse de Candale. From his mother Henri inherited the title of Comte de Candale, becoming the 7th of...
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Henri, Duke of Rohan (redirect from Henri, Duc de Rohan)
States of Christendome). See Fauvelet de Foix, Histoire du Duc Henri de Rohan (Paris, 1667); Schybergson, Le Duc de Rohan et la charte du parti protestant...
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Anne de Montmorency, duc de Montmorency (c. 1493 – 12 November 1567) was a French noble, governor, royal favourite and Constable of France during the mid...
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attacked by troops under the Catholic ligue lieutenant-general Charles de Lorraine, duc de Mayenne, in the ensuing combat Brienne was captured, and sent back...
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courteously rebuffed. Perhaps the one real love in her life was Gaston de Foix, Duc de Nemours, nephew of King Louis XII. Gaston went to Italy, however, and...
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List of castles in France (section Centre-Val de Loire)
• Chevron • Cornillon • ducs de Savoie (Chambery) • La Forest • Les Marches • Miolans • Montcharvin • Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne • La Salle • Thomas...
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