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    regions of France, the region of Centre-Val de Loire was created from parts of historical provinces: Touraine, Orléanais and Berry. First, the name Centre...
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    Lionheart, ruler of England, Normandy, Aquitaine, Anjou, Brittany, Maine and Touraine, collectively known as the Angevin Empire, died in 1199, it sparked a war...
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    The liner was scrapped in Dunkirk in October 1923. La Touraine was laid down by Chantiers de [null Penhoët] for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique in...
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  • of the Order of King, Count of Sancerre (1537-1563), governor of Anjou, Touraine and Maine . He commanded the French defenders during the Siege of St. Dizier...
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    Maine (1356), Duke of Touraine (1370), nominal King of Sicily (1382) 1384–1417 Louis II of Anjou, Duke of Anjou, Calabria and Touraine, Count of Maine, nominal...
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    in the Touraine under the duc de Montpensier, five in the Orléanais under the prince de La Roche-sur-Yon, five in Champagne under the the duc de Nevers...
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  • 14 January 2020. Region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (12 July 2017). "Armoiries de la Bourgogne-Franche-Comté". bourgognefranchecomte.fr (in French). Retrieved...
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  • region in France, Centre-Val de Loire is the origin of 3 notable wines: Vins de la Loire, Vouvray, and Sauvignon de Touraine. Examples of alcohol produced...
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    and the meeting point of three historical regions: Anjou, Poitou, and Touraine. It is the only château of the Loire Valley built directly in the Loire...
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  • Duchy of Anjou (category History of Centre-Val de Loire)
    Angers. Anjou was bordered by Brittany to the west, Maine to the north, Touraine to the east and Poitou to the south. The adjectival form is Angevin, and...
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    including Burgundy, Anjou, Picardy, Berry, Orléanais, Bourbonnais, Maine, Touraine, Artois, Dauphiné, Saintonge, and the County of La Marche. Many of the...
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    Burgundy in 1698. He enlisted on 17 September 1716 in the Régiment de Touraine at the age of 18 and served there for 75 years altogether, under Louis...
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    Loir-et-Cher (category Departments of Centre-Val de Loire)
    and duchies. In 1397, the House of Orleans became the possession of the Comté of Blois. In 1497, Louis d’Orleans (23rd count hereditary of Blois) was...
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    and forms, which are found in France. In 1962, French President Charles de Gaulle asked, "How can you govern a country which has two hundred and forty-six...
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    (1844). "Les sires de Retz et le château de Machecoul". Mémoires de la Société archéologique de Touraine (in French). 2. Tours: Imprimerie de Mame: 39. Bossard...
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    already attained the rank of Maréchal de camp in 1789, when he was elected by the Second Estate of the bailiwick of Touraine to the Estates General in 1789....
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  • département La Haye-en-Touraine (currently named Descartes), in the Indre-et-Loire département, the birthplace of René Descartes La Haye-le-Comte, in the Eure département...
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    (Moulins) Marche (Guéret) Brittany (Rennes) Maine and Perche (Le Mans) Touraine (Tours) Limousin (Limoges) Foix (Foix) Auvergne (Clermont-Ferrand) Béarn...
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    Angers. Anjou was bordered by Brittany to the west, Maine to the north, Touraine to the east and Poitou to the south. Its 12th century Count Geoffrey created...
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    - 1789. Touraine. Estates suppressed - 16th century Velay. Estates suppressed - 1789. Vivarais. Estates suppressed - 1789. Les institutions de la France...
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    Sully-sur-Loire within the Loire-Anjou-Touraine French regional natural park (Parc naturel régional Loire-Anjou-Touraine). The complex of monastic buildings...
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    List of newspapers in France (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Franche-Comté) L'Ardennais (Ardennes) L'Écho républicain (Eure-et-Loir, Yvelines) L'Est Républicain (Franche-Comté, Lorraine) L'Est-Éclair (Aube) L'Éveil de la...
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  • Thumbnail for Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou
    Handsome, the Fair (French: le Bel) or Plantagenet, was the Count of Anjou, Touraine and Maine by inheritance from 1129, and also Duke of Normandy by his marriage...
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    François Blouet de Camilly, Comte de Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives, D.D., (22 May 1664, Rouen, Normandy, France – 17 October 1723, Ligueil, Touraine, France), a...
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    III, Prince of Condé and Louise-Françoise de Bourbon, Charles de Bourbon-Condé was made governor of Touraine in 1720. He fought in Hungary in the war against...
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  • Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (Bourgogne and Franche-Comté), Corsica, Grand-Est (Alsace, Champagne-Ardennes, and Lorraine), Hauts-de-France (Nord Pas-de-Calais and...
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  • captured in 1044 by Geoffrey II, Count of Anjou, and exchanged the County of Touraine for his freedom. Theobald used his nephew's involvement with the Norman...
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    Brigade Touraine Régiment de Touraine (2 Battalions) Detachment at Gloucester under Brigadier Marquis de Choisy 1ére Légion (Volontaires Étrangers de la Marine)...
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    different supporting cast. Time: Circa 1200, during the Crusades Place: Touraine The countryside before the castle of Formoutiers The lords and men of Formoutiers...
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  • the old Roman pagus Turonicus: the city of Tours and its hinterland, the Touraine. Under the Merovingians, counts at Tours were appointed local representatives...
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