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    Saint-Jacques-de-Thouars (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒak də twaʁ], literally Saint-Jacques of Thouars) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western...
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  • Saint-Jacques (the French name for Saint James) may refer to: Saint-Jacques, New Brunswick, a former village, now part of Edmundston Saint-Jacques Parish...
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    outside Thouars. He destroyed the Gallo-Roman town and torched the castle. In the ninth century the first of a line of viscounts took charge of Thouars: he...
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  • Its seat is in Thouars. It consists of the following communes: Louzy Sainte-Verge Saint-Jacques-de-Thouars Saint-Jean-de-Thouars Thouars "Décret n° 2014-176...
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    Miles II de Thouars and mother of Rais' own wife, Catherine de Thouars. In short, Gilles de Rais' maternal grandfather married Catherine de Thouars' maternal...
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    SNCF rail system, with lines to Niort, Thouars, Poitiers and Bressuire. However, only the lines to Niort and Thouars survive, and these lines now only carry...
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    Saint-Jean-de-Thouars (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ də twaʁ], literally Saint-Jean of Thouars) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western...
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    footballer Jacques Antoine Marie de Liniers et Brémond (Santiago Antonio María de Liniers y Bremond) (1753–1810), Spanish Viceroy in the Río de la Plata...
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    and Chalonnes. He seized Beaupréau on 23 April and won the Battle of Thouars on 5 May. Having been pushed back to La Châtaigneraie on 14 May, the Vendéens...
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    name of Mairé-L'Evescault are closely linked to that of Saint Junian (Junien), the patron saint of Poitou ploughmen. He was born in the year AD 500 or...
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    chapel of Saint Cyprien, dates back to the eleventh century. Medieval Bressuire ("Castrum Berzoriacum") belonged to the viscounts of Thouars and comprised...
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    firstly married Saint-Maur-des-Fossés on October 5, 1604 to Philippe de Harlay de Champvallon (1582-1652), Count de Césy, a nephew of Jacques de Harlay a lover...
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    Château de Rueil, not so far from Paris, also demolished. The Château of Thouars, with its majestic long façade, is his also, and survives. Less known,...
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    Loublande, Rorthais, Saint-Amand-sur-Sèvre, Saint-Aubin-de-Baubigné, Le Temple and Moulins. In January 1992 Saint-Amand-sur-Sèvre was re-established as an...
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    built the main façade of the church in the 12th century. In 1204, Guy of Thouars, regent for the Duchess of Brittany, as vassal of the King of France, undertook...
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    (79236) Saint-Aubin-du-Plain (79238) Saint-Cyr-la-Lande (79244) Sainte-Gemme (79250) Sainte-Verge (79300) Saint-Généroux (79252) Saint-Jacques-de-Thouars (79258)...
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  • daughters: Alix of Thouars (1200 – 1221); she married Peter Mauclerc, the first Breton ruler of the House of Dreux; and Catherine of Thouars (1201 – c. 1240)...
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    It is situated on the river Thouet some 15 km upstream from the town of Thouars. Communes of the Deux-Sèvres department "Répertoire national des élus:...
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    the former communes Mazières-sur-Béronne, Paizay-le-Tort, Saint-Léger-de-la-Martinière and Saint-Martin-lès-Melle were merged into Melle. It is today best...
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    (before 2015: Poitou-Charentes), western France. Saint-Maixent-l'École is located in the Haut Val de Sèvre area of western France, about 15 miles (24 km)...
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    Saint-Christophe-sur-Roc is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. Saint-Christophe-sur-Roc is located 17 km (11 mi) North of Niort...
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    the town. The Saint Pierre church in the center of town was built around 975 AD by Aldéarde, the wife of viscount Herbert I of Thouars. Rebuilt in the...
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    Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ də sɑ̃zɛ]) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. In January 1973 it...
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  • Saint-Lin (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ lɛ̃]) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. Communes of the Deux-Sèvres department "Répertoire...
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  • Saint-Georges-de-Noisné (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɔʁʒ də nwane]) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. Communes of the Deux-Sèvres...
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  • Saint-Laurs is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. Communes of the Deux-Sèvres department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires"...
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    Saint-Maixent-de-Beugné (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ mɛksɑ̃ də bœɲe]) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. Communes of the Deux-Sèvres...
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  • La Mothe-Saint-Héray (French pronunciation: [la mɔt sɛ̃.t‿eʁɛ]) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. Communes of the Deux-Sèvres...
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    became Viscount of Thouars in 1397 after the death of Perronelle of Thouars, his maternal aunt. His mother was Isabelle of Thouars, Countess of Dreux...
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    Saint-Martin-de-Mâcon (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ də makɔ̃]) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. Communes of the Deux-Sèvres...
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