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    2019, Blois is the most populated city of the department, and the 4th of the region. Historically, the city was the capital of the County of Blois, created...
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    Royal Château of Blois (French: Château Royal de Blois, pronounced [ʃɑto ʁwajal də blwa]) is a château located in the city center of Blois, Loir-et-Cher...
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  • Charles Blois may refer to: Sir Charles Blois, 1st Baronet ( 1657 – 1738), British Tory politician Charles of Blois (1319 – 1364) "the Saint", legalist...
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    Flanders. She later became the countess of Blois, Chartres, and Meaux by marriage to Stephen II of Blois. Her husband greatly benefited from the increased...
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    England. Stephen was born in the County of Blois in central France as the fourth son of Stephen-Henry, Count of Blois, and Adela, daughter of William the Conqueror...
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  • Look up Blois in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Blois is the capital of Loir-et-Cher department in central France. Blois may also refer to: Blois family...
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  • The Treaty of Blois can refer to one of the four treaties signed in the French city of Blois, in the early sixteenth century, between the Spanish kingdoms...
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    his brother was unavailable, Henry of Blois was the most powerful and wealthiest man in England. Stephen of Blois was crowned King of England in 1135,...
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  • de Blois, often written as DeBlois or Deblois, is a surname meaning "from Blois", a city in central France. The surname is most common in Quebec. Charles...
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  • July/August 1150 – 1197/1198) was countess consort of Blois by marriage to Theobald. She served as regent of Blois during Theobald's absence from in 1190–1191,...
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    Medieval French, Estienne Henri; c. 1045 – 19 May 1102) was the Count of Blois and Count of Chartres. He led an army during the First Crusade, was at the...
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    908. Theobald became viscount of Blois before 922. Afterwards the House of Blois accumulated the counties of Blois, Chartres, Châteaudun and as successors...
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    During the Middle Ages, the counts of Blois were among the most powerful vassals of the King of France. This title of nobility seems to have been created...
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    baronet. Sir Charles Blois, 1st Baronet (1657–1738) William Blois (1691–1734) Sir Charles Blois, 2nd Baronet (1733–1760) Sir Charles Blois, 3rd Baronet (1692–1761)...
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  • Peter of Blois (Latin: Petrus Blesensis; French: Pierre de Blois; c. 1130 – c. 1211) was a French cleric, theologian, poet and diplomat. He is particularly...
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  • Pulcelina of Blois (died 1171) was a Jewish woman, mistress and/or moneylender to the count Theobald V of Blois. Pulcelina was also a victim of antisemitic...
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    The County of Blois was a feudal principality centred on Blois, south of Paris, France. It was created just after king Clovis I conquered Roman Gaul around...
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  • Gervase of Blois was the Abbot of Westminster in England between 1138 and around 1157. Historically, Gervase has a bad reputation for mismanaging the...
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    children were: Henry I of Champagne, count of Champagne Theobald V of Blois, count of Blois and seneschal of France Adela, queen of France as the wife of King...
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  • William of Blois or William de Blois may refer to: William, Count of Blois (c.772–834), count of Blois from 830 to 34 William, Count of Sully (c.1085–c...
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  • Isabelle of Blois or Elizabeth of Blois may refer to: Elizabeth of Blois, Duchess of Apulia (b. c. 1130), daughter of Theobald IV of Blois, later nun Isabelle...
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  • Louis of Blois can refer to: Louis I, Count of Blois (1172–1205), Count of Blois and participant in the Fourth Crusade Louis II, Count of Blois (died 1346)...
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    Margaret of Blois (French: Marguerite; died 1230) was suo jure Countess of Blois in France from 1218 to 1230. From 1190 to 1200, she was the countess consort...
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    revived in 1894. Charles of Blois was beatified in 1904. Charles was born in Blois, the son of Guy de Châtillon, count of Blois, by Margaret of Valois, a...
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    Bertha of Blois (French: Berthe de Blois; c. 1005 — c. 1080), was a Duchess consort of Brittany and a countess consort of Maine. Bertha was the daughter...
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    Mary, Countess of Blois, also known as Marie of Avesnes, (1200–1241) was countess of Blois from 1230 to 1241. She was the daughter of Walter of Avesnes...
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  • Eleanor of Blois or Champagne (French: Eléonore; 1102–1147) was a French noblewoman. She was daughter of Stephen, Count of Blois and Adela of Normandy...
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  • Emma of Blois (c. 950 – 27 December 1003) was Duchess consort of Aquitaine by marriage to William IV, Duke of Aquitaine. She ruled Aquitaine as regent...
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  • Flavia Ria Joan Blois, later Baroness Burntwood, (28 December 1914 – 28 March 1980) was a British landscape artist. Blois was born at Cockfield Hall at...
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    Marie of Blois (1345–1404) was a daughter of Joan of Penthièvre, Duchess of Brittany and Charles of Blois, Duke of Brittany. Through her marriage to Louis...
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