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    The French Navy (French: Marine nationale, pronounced [maʁin nasjɔnal], lit. 'National Navy'), informally La Royale (French pronunciation: [la ʁwajal]...
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    The Imperial Guard (French: Garde Impériale) was an elite guard formation of the French Imperial Army under the direct command of Napoleon. Expanding...
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    Swiss Guards (French: Gardes Suisses [ɡaʁd sɥis]; German: Schweizergarde [ˈʃvaɪ̯tsɐˌɡaʁdə] ; Italian: Guardie Svizzere [ˈɡwardje ˈzvittsere]) are Swiss...
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    Automobile Club of France occupies number six and number eight. The other building, to the east of Rue Royale,was designated the royal Garde-Meuble, or depot...
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    Princess Eugénie of Bourbon (category Princesses of France (Bourbon))
    Eugénie de Jésus of Bourbon, Madame Royale (Spanish: Eugenia de Jesús de Borbón y Vargas; born 5 March 2007) is a French-Spanish aristocrat. She is the eldest...
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    The Tour Royale (also known as La Grosse Tour) is a fort built in the 16th century to protect the entrance of the Petit Rade, the naval port of Toulon...
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    to uphold the Charter but also France's ancient "fundamental laws". On 16 April 1827, while reviewing the Garde Royale in the Champ de Mars, the king...
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    de France (to which belonged the Garde du Corps, the Swiss Guards, and the French Guards), in the Kingdom of France Royal Foot Guard, in the Kingdom of...
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    Claude Joseph Geoffroy (category 18th-century French chemists)
    Académie Royale des Sciences (botany section), subsequently transferring to the "chemistry section" in 1715. From 1718 to 1720 he was Garde des marchands-apothicaires...
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    the 'Royal French Blue' and 'Ruspoli' sapphire, later followed in 1717 with the Regent Diamond. Under Louis XV, they were kept in the Garde Meuble de la...
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    Antoine Coypel (category Members of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture)
    later to King Louis XV. He became director of the Académie Royale. He was given the title of Garde des tableaux et dessins du roi (Keeper of the paintings...
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    Philippe of France and Maria Theresa of Savoy Celebrated by the Archbishop of Paris the Du Roy-Soleil à la Révolution, l'orgue de la Chapelle royale de Versailles...
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    Gendarmerie (category Articles with French-language sources (fr))
    reasons of tradition. For instance, the French language title of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC) (i.e., Royal Gendarmerie...
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    fountain, on the north, between the Obelisk and the Rue Royale, illustrated the great rivers of France. It is located in the same place where the guillotine...
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    Royal-La Marine was attached to the Flotte du Ponant. The Royal Navy (French: Marine royale) in need of quality marine offices, nominated the possibility of...
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    Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of Morocco (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
    vidéo: le prince Moulay El Hassan avec la tenue de la garde royale". LeSiteinfo.com (in French). Retrieved 4 April 2024. July 31, 2016 "Le petit prince...
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    d'aloyau braisé à la royale. Queen Marie is also credited with introducing Polonaise garnishing to the French diet. The French Revolution was integral...
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    of the French kings of the Middle Ages. The disruptions of the Wars of Religion inspired Charles IX (1560–1574) to create the position of a garde particulier...
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    Vichy France (French: Régime de Vichy; 10 July 1940 – 9 August 1944), officially the French State (État français), was a French puppet and rump state...
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    The Académie Royale de Danse, founded by Letters Patent on the initiative of King Louis XIV of France in March 1661, was the first dance institution established...
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  • others, Monty Python's Flying Circus and The Young Ones. Avant-garde theatre in France after World War I was profoundly marked by Dada and Surrealism...
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    Secretary to the Governor General. Anselme, Père. ‘'Histoire de la Maison Royale de France'’, tome 4. Editions du Palais-Royal, 1967, Paris. pp. 144–146, 151–153...
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    Saint-Gobain S.A. (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ɡɔbɛ̃]) is a French multinational corporation, founded in 1665 in Paris as the Manufacture royale de glaces de...
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    ˌɒ̃t-/; French: [maʁi ɑ̃twanɛt] ; Maria Antonia Josefa Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution...
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    recalled them from Spanish service. Creation: 1794 Also known as: Légion royale des Pyrénées in May Founder: Marquis de Saint-Simon Commander: Marquis de...
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    court in 17th-century France. Pierre Mignard became the first painter to King Louis XIV during this period. In 1648, the Académie royale de peinture et de...
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    The Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels (French: Académie royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles [akademi ʁwajal de boz‿aʁ də bʁysɛl] (ArBA-EsA); Dutch:...
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    Garde Champetre (27 March 1999 – 13 March 2012) was a French-bred, Irish-trained thoroughbred racehorse. He is best known for winning the Glenfarclas Cross...
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    of France (3 May 1764 – 10 May 1794), also known as Madame Élisabeth, was a French princess. She was the youngest child of Louis, Dauphin of France, and...
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    Charles-Antoine Coypel (category Members of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture)
    playwright. He became court painter to the French king and director of the Académie Royale. He inherited the title of Garde des tableaux et dessins du roi (Keeper...
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