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    the Château de Vendôme, eldest son of Francis de Bourbon, Count of Vendôme and Marie of Luxembourg. Charles succeeded his father as Count of Vendôme in...
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    Bourbon-Vendome. He held the titles of 1st Duke of Vendôme, 2nd Duke of Beaufort and 2nd Duke of Étampes, but is also simply known as César de Vendôme. Born...
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    as well as the Château de Condé. Francis and Marie had: Charles de Bourbon (1489–1537), who later became Duke of Vendôme. Jacques de Bourbon (1490–1491)...
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    Louis Joseph de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme, often simply called Vendôme (1 July 1654 – 11 June 1712) was a French general and Marshal of France. One of the...
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    John VIII de Bourbon (1425 – 6 January 1478) was Count of Vendôme from 1446 until his death. A member of the House of Bourbon, he was the son and successor...
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    four-year-old César, Duke of Vendôme, the natural son of Gabrielle d'Estrées and Henry IV. The château belonged to the Duke of Vendôme and his descendants for...
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    fils de France, Duke of Vendôme 21 January 2019 – present: Monseigneur The Count of Paris He was created Duke of Vendôme (French: Duc de Vendôme) by his...
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    stored at the Château de Chambord. An American B-24 Liberator bomber crashed onto the château lawn on 22 June 1944. The image of the château has been widely...
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    were built on hilltops, such as the Château d'Amboise, while the only one built in the riverbed is the Château de Montsoreau. Many had exquisite churches...
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    counts de Vendôme, between the end of the 14th and the middle of the 15th centuries. The bulk of this work is attributed to Louis I, count de Vendôme from...
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    François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort (16 January 1616 – 25 June 1669) was the son of César, Duke of Vendôme, and Françoise de Lorraine. He was a prominent...
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    of Vendôme, a great-grandson of Henry IV of France by his mistress Gabrielle d'Estrées. The couple wed on 21 May 1710 in the chapel of the Château de Sceaux...
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    Alexandre de Vendôme (19 April 1598 – 28 February 1629) was the third illegitimate child, and second illegitimate son, of Henry IV of France and his mistress...
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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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  • father, Charles IV de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme (1489–1537), the lordship of Condé-en-Brie in Champagne, consisting of the Château of Condé and a dozen...
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    Revolutionary War, was born in Vendôme. Place Vendôme in Paris had been the site of the Hôtel de Vendôme, a mansion which belonged to César de Bourbon, the illegitimate...
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    consort of Vendôme through her marriage to Francis, Count of Vendôme. After the death of her spouse, she became regent of the County of Vendôme as the guardian...
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    The Château-Neuf de Saint-Germain-en-Laye ("New Château of Saint-Germain-en-Laye") was a French château in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, now mostly demolished...
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  • Thumbnail for Vendôme-Villiers-sur-Loir TGV station
    Vendôme-Villiers-sur-Loir TGV is a high-speed railway station located in Vendôme and Villiers-sur-Loir, Loir-et-Cher, central France. The station was opened...
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    The Château de Chaumont (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto də ʃomɔ̃]), officially Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire, is a castle (château) in Chaumont-sur-Loire...
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    Owned by Charles de Vendôme at the beginning of the 15th century, the castle was destroyed by French troops as Charles de Vendôme supported the English...
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    illegitimate son of Louis, Count of Vendôme. The present castle was built by the powerful counts of Bourbon Vendôme, ancestors of King Henri IV to whom...
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  • Saint-Denis-sur-Loire Château de Selles-sur-Cher in Selles-sur-Cher Château de Talcy in Talcy Château de Troussay in Cheverny Château de Vendôme in Vendôme Château de Villebourgeon...
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    The Château de Malmaison (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto d(ə) malmɛzɔ̃]) is a French château situated near the left bank of the Seine, about 15 kilometres...
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    Mademoiselle de Longueville. On 8 November 1565, in the Château de Vendôme, Françoise married Louis I de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, the youngest brother of King...
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    (1599). César de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme Catherine Henriette de Bourbon, Légitimée de France Alexandre, Chevalier de Vendôme Gabrielle is the subject of the...
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    Finances, at his palatial residence, the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte. Louis XIV was impressed by the château and its gardens, which were the work of Louis...
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  • Charles VII, King of France, Joan of Valois. They were duly married at the Château de Moulins. They had no surviving issue. In 1484 at St. Cloud to Catherine...
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    canted across the corners give the rectangular Place Vendôme the aspect of an octagon. The original Vendôme Column at the centre of the square was erected by...
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    César de Vendôme, (born 7 June 1594) Ferdinand Stanislas Bigot (6 May 1809 – 1890), mayor of Coucy-le-Château in the 1870s François Pipelet de Leury,...
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