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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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  • The Treaty of Blois can refer to one of the four treaties signed in the French city of Blois, in the early sixteenth century, between the Spanish kingdoms...
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  • Look up Blois in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Blois is the capital of Loir-et-Cher department in central France. Blois may also refer to: Blois family...
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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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    Flanders. She later became the countess of Blois, Chartres, and Meaux by marriage to Stephen II of Blois. Her husband greatly benefited from the increased...
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  • election. Blois is currently the Chair of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Foods. After Mark Carney became Prime Minister, Blois became the...
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  • Charles Blois may refer to: Sir Charles Blois, 1st Baronet (1657–1738), British Tory politician Charles of Blois (1319–1364) "the Saint", legalist Duke...
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  • Pulcelina of Blois (died 1171) was a Jewish woman, mistress and/or moneylender to the count Theobald V of Blois. Pulcelina was also a victim of antisemitic...
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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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    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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    England. Stephen was born in the County of Blois in central France as the fourth son of Stephen-Henry, Count of Blois, and Adela, daughter of William the Conqueror...
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  • 1197/1198) was countess consort of Blois by marriage to Theobald V, Count of Blois. She served as regent of Blois during Theobald's absence from in 1190–1191...
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  • Peter of Blois (Latin: Petrus Blesensis; French: Pierre de Blois; c. 1130 – c. 1211) was a French cleric, theologian, poet and diplomat. He is particularly...
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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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    baronet. Sir Charles Blois, 1st Baronet (1657–1738) William Blois (1691–1734) Sir Charles Blois, 2nd Baronet (1733–1760) Sir Charles Blois, 3rd Baronet (1692–1761)...
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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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  • de Blois, often written as DeBlois or Deblois, is a surname meaning "from Blois", a city in central France. The surname is most common in Quebec. Charles...
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    in Old French, Estienne Henri; c. 1045 – 19 May 1102) was the count of Blois and Count of Chartres. He led an army during the First Crusade, was at the...
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  • to us", and De Blois was eventually promoted to associate partner in 1964. Her works in Chicago include the Equitable Building. De Blois joined Neuhaus...
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    Comté of Blois. In 1497, Louis d’Orleans (23rd hereditary Count of Blois) was crowned Louis XII. This marked the beginning of the importance of Blois and of...
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  • and sixth child of Stephen, Count of Blois and his wife, Adela of Normandy, and thus a sister of Stephen of Blois (later Stephen, King of England). Her...
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    his brother was unavailable, Henry of Blois was the most powerful and wealthiest man in England. Stephen of Blois was crowned King of England in 1135,...
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  • William of Blois or William de Blois may refer to: William, Count of Blois (c.772–834), count of Blois from 830 to 34 William, Count of Sully (c.1085–c...
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    death in 1135, his nephew Stephen of Blois seized the throne, with the help of Stephen's brother Henry of Blois, who was the bishop of Winchester. Stephen's...
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  • Sir Ralph Barrett MacNaghten Blois, who married Winifred Grace Hegan Kennard. Their son Sir Gervase Ralph Edmund Blois, 10th Baronet, was born on 6 June...
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    Bertha of Blois (French: Berthe de Blois; c. 1005 — c. 1080), was a Duchess consort of Brittany and a countess consort of Maine. Bertha was the daughter...
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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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  • Tobias Dorzon (né Bloi-Dei Dorzon; born November 23, 1984) is an American chef, restaurateur, and former professional football player. His cooking has...
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  • Isabelle of Blois or Elizabeth of Blois may refer to: Elizabeth of Blois, Duchess of Apulia (b. c. 1130), daughter of Theobald IV of Blois, later nun Isabelle...
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  • Vitalis of Blois was a 12th-century cleric and Latin dramatist. He wrote two elegiac comedies, Geta and Aulularia, both adaptations of Plautus. The internal...
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