Château-du-Loir (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto dy lwaʁ]; literally 'Château of the Loir') is a former commune in the Sarthe department in the region of...
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1030 – c. 1095) was the lord of Château-du-Loir. In 1067, Gervais II succeeded his uncle, Gervais de Château-du-Loir. Gervais II had a daughter, named...
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France portal Gervais de Château-du-Loir (1007–1067) was a French nobleman, bishop, and a powerful figure of his time in Northern France. He was Bishop...
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Gare de Château-du-Loir is a railway station serving the town Château-du-Loir, Sarthe department, western France. The station is served by regional trains...
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from a royal council when he was stricken with fever. He arrived at Château-du-Loir, collapsed on a couch, made bequests of gifts and charities, and died...
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Maine and the Lady of Château-du-Loir from 1110 to 1126. She was the daughter of Elias I, Count of Maine, and Mathilda of Château-du-Loire, daughter of Gervais...
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The canton of Montval-sur-Loir (before 2021: Château-du-Loir) is an administrative division of the Sarthe department, northwestern France. Its borders...
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Pierre Loutrel (5 March 1916, Château-du-Loir, Sarthe – 11 November 1946), better known by his nickname of "Pierrot le fou" (Crazy Pete) was France's...
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were the parents of Elias I, Count of Maine, who married Mathilde de Château-du-Loir. It is also understood that the surname Fletcher came from Jean de...
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Eure-et-Loir (French pronunciation: [œʁ‿e lwaʁ], locally: [øʁ‿e lwaʁ]) is a French department, named after the Eure and Loir rivers. It is located in the...
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Geoffrey II faced the ambitions of the Bishop of Le Mans, Gervais de Château-du-Loir, but was able to maintain his authority over the County of Maine. Martel...
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de Chaumont Château de Troussay Cantons of the Loir-et-Cher department Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department Arrondissements of the Loir-et-Cher department...
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Anjou. In 1090 Elias married Matilda, daughter of Gervais II, Lord of Château-du-Loir. They had a daughter, Ermengarde, who married Fulk V of Anjou. In 1109...
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Burgundy Ermentrude of Maine (d. 1126), Countess of Maine and the Lady of Château-du-Loir Ermyntrude, a principal character in George Bernard Shaw's one-act...
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the Nord department in northern France. It's noted as a castle. The Château du Loir, was constructed in the 15th century. Its ruins are a protected monument...
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Burgundy Ermentrude of Maine (d. 1126), Countess of Maine and the Lady of Château-du-Loir Ermyntrude Harvey (1895–1973), British tennis player Ermintrude, in...
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Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières in 2017) in the Eure-et-Loir department in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, in northern France. The château was built in the sixteenth century...
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to Charles VII and supporter of Joan of Arc. Le Maçon was born at Château-du-Loir, Sarthe. He was ennobled in March 1401, and became six years later...
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active in India. Born Pierre Cuillier (or Cuellier) at Luceau near Château-du-Loir was the son of a cloth merchant. In India, he changed his name to Perron...
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5. Ermengarde of Maine 22. Gervais II, Seigneur de Château-du-Loir 11. Matilda de Château-du-Loir 23. Éremburge ... 1. William FitzEmpress 24. Robert...
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of Anjou occupied Maine, expelling Berthe de Blois and Gervais de Château du Loir, Bishop of Le Mans, who fled to the court of Normandy. In 1056, Herbert...
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October 2016 and consists of the former communes of Château-du-Loir, Montabon and Vouvray-sur-Loir. Communes of the Sarthe department "Répertoire national...
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himself. During his father's life-time he had been beaten by Gervais de Château-du-Loir, bishop of Le Mans (1038), but later (1047 or 1048) succeeded in taking...
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Emeric, Hungarian prince and co-heir (approximate date) Gervais de Château-du-Loir, French nobleman (d. 1067) Giselbert, count of Luxembourg (approximate...
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Angélique Roujas (born 15 September 1974 in Château-du-Loir) is a French former women's international footballer who played as a forward. She was a member...
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The Château d'Anet is a château near Dreux, in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France, built by Philibert de l'Orme from 1547 to 1552 for Diane...
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The Château de Cheverny (pronounced [ʃɑto də ʃəvɛʁni]) is located in Cheverny, Loir-et-Cher, France. It is one of the châteaux of the Loire Valley. Henry...
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in the Basilica of Bois-Chenu in Domrémy. Lionel Royer was born in Château-du-Loir in Sarthe on 25 December 1852. He volunteered before his 18th birthday...
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largest château in the Loire Valley; it was built to serve as a hunting lodge for Francis I, who maintained his royal residences at the Château de Blois...
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administration of the diocese. Meanwhile, the pious Bishop Gervais de Château-du-Loir, a friend to Bruno, had been succeeded by Manasses de Gournai, a violent...
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