• Aiguillon may refer to: Aiguillon (Cèze), a river in southern France, a tributary of the Cèze Aiguillon, Lot-et-Garonne, a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne...
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    Duke of Aiguillon (French: duc d'Aiguillon) was a title of French nobility in the peerage of France, first created in 1599 by Henry IV of France for Henry...
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    Aiguillon is a railway station in Aiguillon, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The station is located on the Bordeaux–Sète railway. The station is served by...
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    Marie Madeleine de Vignerot, suo jure Duchess of Aiguillon (1604 – 17 April 1675) was a French aristocrat, also remembered for her charitable work and...
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    EFW N-20 (redirect from EFW N-20 Aiguillon)
    The EFW N-20 Aiguillon (in English: "Stinger") was Switzerland's first indigenous jet fighter project. The Swiss Federal Aircraft Factory developed a...
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    Emmanuel Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, Duke of Aiguillon (31 July 1720 – 1 September 1788), was a French soldier and statesman, and a nephew of Armand...
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    Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, Duke of Aiguillon (Armand Désiré; 31 October 1761 – 4 May 1800), was a French military officer and politician. He was the...
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    The siege of Aiguillon, an episode in the Hundred Years' War, began on 1 April 1346 when a French army commanded by John, Duke of Normandy, laid siege...
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    Aiguillon (French pronunciation: [ɛɡɥijɔ̃] ; Occitan: Gulhon) is a commune of the Lot-et-Garonne department in southwestern France. It lies near the confluence...
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    The Aiguillon is a river in southern France, a tributary of the Cèze. It is 22 km (14 mi) long. It is the departments of Gard, in the Occitanie region...
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    local truce at Aiguillon. Lancaster, as Derby was now known, well aware of the situation in the north and in the French camps around Aiguillon, refused. On...
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  • 1918 Aiguillon provisional designation 1968 UA, is a dark asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 20 kilometers in diameter...
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    Boulogne (as Philip I) in right of his wife. He died during the Siege of Aiguillon. Philip, born 10 November 1323, was the only son and heir of Odo IV, Duke...
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    Aquitaine, where an army under John, Duke of Normandy, besieged Derby at Aiguillon. On the advice of Godfrey Harcourt (like Robert III of Artois, a banished...
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    Tournaisis campaign Saint-Omer Tournai 1345–1347 Gascony Bergerac Auberoche Aiguillon Crécy campaign Caen Blanchetaque Crécy Calais (1346–1347) Lancaster's...
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    she married Armand Louis de Vignerot du Plessis (1683-1750), Duke of Aiguillon, peer de France, man of letters, and member of the French Academy of Sciences...
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    Col de l'Aiguillon (el. 1293 m.) is a Swiss pass in the Jura Mountains in the canton of Vaud. The pass connects L'Auberson and Baulmes. The road is 13...
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    Jumilhac, Marquis of Jumilhac then 7th Duke of Richelieu and Duke of Aiguillon, in Paris on February 27, 1875. They had one son and one daughter: Marie...
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    come from the Oléron-Marennes basin, while mussels come from the Bay of Aiguillon. High-quality produce comes from the region's hinterland, especially goat...
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    mountains, flowing west through Quercy, where it flows into the Garonne near Aiguillon, a total distance of 485 kilometres (301 mi). It gives its name to the...
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  • that he should be reconciled to the king. As a reward Richelieu gave him Aiguillon, erected into a duchy. But he plunged into new intrigues, and was imprisoned...
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    Gironde estuary near Ambès) Ciron (in Barsac) Dropt (in Caudrot) Lot (near Aiguillon) Lède (near Villeneuve-sur-Lot) Célé (near Cabrerets) Truyère (in...
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  • brother Charles II Gonzaga of Mayenne. He thus became Duke of Mayenne and Aiguillon as well as Marquis of Villars, Count of Maine, Tende and Sommerive. He...
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    Gascony. They besieged the strategically and logistically important town of Aiguillon. On 2 April the arrière-ban, the formal call to arms for all able-bodied...
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    Madame du Barry and Richelieu's nephew, the overly ambitious Duke of Aiguillon. The duke was such a renowned womanizer that it is said Choderlos de Laclos...
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    Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardronnette: Church of Sainte-Honorine (XVIII). Lavoir on the "Aiguillon". Church of the "Nativité-de-Notre-Dame". Church of Sainte-Honorine. Communes...
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    godmother was Marie-Madeleine de Vignerot, lady Combalet, later Duchess of Aiguillon, a niece of Richelieu. Her marriage took place in the Church of Saint-Sulpice...
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    Saint-Contest Rouillé Bernis É. Choiseul C. Choiseul É. Choiseul L. Phélypeaux Aiguillon Bertin Vergennes Montmorin Vauguyon Montmorin Lessart Dumouriez Naillac...
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    strategically important town of Aiguillon in Gascony. Lancaster refused battle and harassed the French supply lines while preventing Aiguillon from being blockaded...
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    Saint-Contest Rouillé Bernis É. Choiseul C. Choiseul É. Choiseul L. Phélypeaux Aiguillon Bertin Vergennes Montmorin Vauguyon Montmorin Lessart Dumouriez Naillac...
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