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    Louis XVI (21 January 1793), the chief French diplomatic agent, Bernard-François de Chauvelin, was ordered to leave Britain, while the National Convention...
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    François-Bernard de Chauvelin, marquis de Grosbois (born 29 November 1766 in Paris; died 9 April 1832 in Paris), also known as Marquis de Chauvelin, was...
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  • is to Sir Percy. Orczy's depiction is loosely based on Bernard-François, marquis de Chauvelin, a notable political figure in revolutionary France. Although...
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  • François Claude Bernard Louis de Chauvelin (Paris, 1716 – Versailles, 1773), marquis de Chauvelin, was a French soldier, diplomat and writer. He was a...
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    François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand (4 September 1768 – 4 July 1848) was a French writer, politician, diplomat and historian who influenced French...
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    Citizen Chauvelin, the recurring villain of the Scarlet Pimpernel series, is based to some extent on the real-life Bernard-François, marquis de Chauvelin, who...
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  • Germain Louis Chauvelin, marquis de Grosbois (26 March 1685 – 1 April 1762, Paris), marquis de Grosbois, was a French politician, serving as garde des...
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    Bernard Kouchner (born 1 November 1939) is a French politician and doctor. He is the co-founder of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Médecins du Monde...
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    minister, Charles François Dumouriez, of the importance of having a fully accredited ambassador in London, and the marquis de Chauvelin was duly appointed...
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    with the English that you must deal. In this letter to Bernard-François, marquis de Chauvelin (1716–1773), written at Les Délices, Voltaire's property...
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    Nationales. "VIRY, François Marie Joseph Justin de". francearchives.fr. Retrieved 21 June 2019. Archives Nationales. "CHAUVELIN, Bernard François de". francearchives...
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    Louis Chauvelin in 1731, who in 1762 sold it in turn to François Marie Peyrenc de Moras. She left it to her great-niece Anne Marie de Merle de Beauchamps...
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    Joseph Denis Odevaere (category Prix de Rome for painting)
    Musea Brugge, pgs.238-254. Andries Van Den Abeele, Prefect Bernard-François de Chauvelin en de schilder Joseph Odevaere, in: Handelingen van het genootschap...
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    Worship Jean Bernard Jauréguiberry – Minister of Marine and Colonies Jules Ferry – Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts François de Mahy – Minister...
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    on his journey to Paris. Count de Las Cases, Memorial de Sainte Hélène Vol VII: Quote from Napoleon: "Hugues-Bernard Maret and Caulaincourt, two men...
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    Jean Louis Xavier François Darlan (French: [ʒɑ̃ lwi ɡzavje fʁɑ̃swa daʁlɑ̃]; 7 August 1881 – 24 December 1942) was a French admiral and political figure...
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    Jean-Bernard Raimond (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ bɛʁnaʁ ʁɛmɔ̃]; 6 February 1926 – 7 March 2016) was a conservative French politician who served as Foreign...
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    Elisabeth de Lagrange (Paris, 6 August 1806 - Paris, 1 September 1870) François (1804–1882) was a well-known author, who was made a member of the French...
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    1737 (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Foreign Minister, Germain Louis Chauvelin, is dismissed by King Louis XV's Chief Minister, Cardinal André-Hercule de Fleury February 27 – French scientists...
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    (1528), the latter granted to François I de La Rochefoucauld [fr] (1450–1541), godfather of King François I. François V married Gabrielle du Plessis-Liancourt...
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    Henri-Godefroi-Bernard-Alphonse, 1st Prince de La Tour d'Auvergne, 2nd Marquis de Saint-Paulet (21 October 1823 – 5 May 1871) was a French politician of...
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    father, François du Plessis, seigneur de Richelieu, was a soldier and courtier who served as the Grand Provost of France, and his mother, Susanne de La Porte...
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    marriage to Brigitte, daughter of Pierre François de Grenier de Lapierre. He was a Catholic.[citation needed] Jean-de-Dieu Soult was expected to have a promising...
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  • Jean de Boullongne (1744–1757) Jean Dominique Barberie de Courteilles (1748–1767) Jacques Bernard Chauvelin de Beauséjour (1751–1766) François Marie...
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    and Socialist politician who served as Foreign Minister under President François Mitterrand from 1984 to 1986 and from 1988 to 1993. He was also President...
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    Michel Barnier (category MEPs for Île-de-France 2009–2014)
    French cabinet positions under the governments from Édouard Balladur to François Fillon from 1993 to 2009. At the European Union (EU) level, Barnier was...
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    Charles Duclerc (category People from Bagnères-de-Bigorre)
    Worship Jean Bernard Jauréguiberry – Minister of Marine and Colonies Jules Duvaux – Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts François de Mahy – Minister...
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    Jean-Marc Ayrault (category Politicians from Pays de la Loire)
    Following François Hollande's victory in the 2012 presidential election, Ayrault was appointed Prime Minister of France replacing François Fillon. The...
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    in the Seine-et-Oise department, now in the Val-de-Marne department since 1968). Her father is Bernard Marie (1918–2015), who was a famous international...
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    Michel Debré (category Presidency of Charles de Gaulle)
    (1939–), businessman; François Debré (1942–2020), journalist; Bernard Debré (1944–2020), urologist and politician; and Bernard's fraternal twin, Jean-Louis...
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