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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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  • Romsey Abbey in Hampshire. The abbey had been rebuilt by her uncle Henry of Blois, Bishop of Winchester. It was at Romsey that she became a nun sometime between...
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    legitimised Françoise Marie and gave her the courtesy title of Mademoiselle de Blois, a style once held by her older half-sister Marie Anne de Bourbon, a legitimised...
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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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    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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  • On February 12, 1331, the pope authorized Guy to marry "during Lent" Marie de Blois, niece of Philip VI of France. Guy died suddenly on Tuesday March 26...
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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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    being annulled by Pope John XXII. Guy then married into the de Blois faction to Marie de Blois, who was also a niece of Philip VI of France. Guy died unexpectedly...
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  • Mademoiselle de Blois may refer to one of the following: Marie Anne de Bourbon (1666–1739) illegitimate daughter of Louis XIV of France and Louise de La Vallière...
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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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    1692, her half-sister Françoise-Marie de Bourbon (1677–1749), who inherited her maiden title of Mademoiselle de Blois, was married to Philippe, Duke of...
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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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    Count of Blois from the House of Châtillon. It marked the end of the first dynasty of Blois that lasted over 400 years. After the death of Marie, Hugh married...
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    The first castle on this site, situated between Blois and Amboise, was built by Odo I, Count of Blois, in the 10th century, with the purpose of protecting...
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    exiled to the Château de Blois. In the night of 21–22 February 1619, the 43-year-old Queen Mother escaped from her prison in Blois with a rope ladder and...
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    of Châtillon, Count of Blois (died 12 August 1342), son of Hugh II of Châtillon and Beatrix of Dampierre, was Count of Blois and Lord of Avesnes 1307–1342...
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  • Comte de Dunois (died 15 July 1391) was the son of Guy II of Blois-Châtillon and Marie of Namur. On 29 May 1386, in Bourges, he married Marie, Duchess...
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    Marie de Blois, mother of and regent to the infant Count Louis II of Provence, was a supporter of Urban's enemy Antipope Clement VII. In 1383 Marie therefore...
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    Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon (commonly known as Madame Guyon, French: [gɥi.jɔ̃]; 13 April 1648 – 9 June 1717) was a French Christian accused...
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  • atptour.com/en/scores/current-challenger/blois/6757/results https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current-challenger/blois/6757/results?matchType=doubles "Rankings...
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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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    Paris. The Allies entered the city the following day. Marie Louise and the court moved to Blois, which was safe from the Allies. She did not expect her...
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    Blois Cathedral, or the Cathedral of St. Louis of Blois (French: Cathédrale Saint-Louis de Blois), is a Late Gothic Catholic cathedral in Blois, France...
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    Mademoiselle, was the only daughter of Gaston d'Orléans with his first wife, Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier. One of the greatest heiresses in history...
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  • Publications de la Sorbonne. Nelson, Janet L. (1991). The Annals of St-Bertin. Manchester University Press. Quervelle, Pierre-Marie (1952). Blois, son Chateau...
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    Seigneurs de Cheverny, having served under Louis XI, Charles VIII and Louis XII(b1)(note 3) and gained the governorship of the county of Blois under Francis...
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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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    married Guy I of Châtillon, Count of Blois. They had three children together: Louis II of Châtillon, Count of Blois (d. 1346) and Lord of Avesnes, married...
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    organised from time to time by the town of Blois and the Amis du Vieux Blois association. Congrès archéologique de France (in French). Vol. 88. Paris: A....
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  • in 1588. Invoking Marie's hereditary rights as a distant descendant of Joan of Penthièvre, Duchess of Brittany and Charles of Blois, Duke of Brittany...
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