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    of partial Huguenot extraction, François was exposed to a military life from an early age. His father Bruno von François [de] was a Prussian major general...
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    on 4 August 1892. François was born in Luxembourg of French Huguenot ancestry. He was the son of Prussian general Bruno von François, who was killed in...
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    Hill marking the place where General Bruno von François died French plaque indicating the General Bruno von François memorial trail French battle of Spicheren...
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    in Alsace on August 6, 1870, a Prussian general officer (General Bruno von François) was brought down by a very closely spaced volley of four bullets...
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  • later Namibia, was officially founded on 18 October 1890 by Curt Karl Bruno von François, an Imperial German Colonial Official in the Schutztruppe. Its purpose...
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    Bruno von Schuckmann (3 December 1857, Rohrbeck, Arnswalde District – 6 June 1919, Stettin) was a German lawyer and consular officer. He was an imperial...
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  • 58, Oberst Bruno von François 18. Brigade: Generalmajor Adolf von Horn Königs-Grenadier-Regiment (2. Westpreußisches) Nr. 7, Oberst von Voigts-Rhetz...
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    Savchenko / Bruno Massot, who won gold at the 2018 Winter Olympics, 2018 World Championships and 2017–18 Grand Prix Final. Jean-François "Jeff" Ballester...
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  • Wehrmacht Oberleutnant Bruno von Falk, a member of the German nobility, is billeted at the Angelliers' household. Lucile tries to ignore Bruno but is charmed...
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    Paul François Jean Nicolas, Vicomte de Barras (French: [bara:s]; 30 June 1755 – 29 January 1829), commonly known as Paul Barras, was a French politician...
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    François de Montmorency, 2nd Duke of Montmorency KG (17 July 1530 – 6 May 1579) was a French noble, governor, diplomat and soldier during the latter Italian...
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    General Adrian Dietrich Lothar von Trotha (3 July 1848 – 31 March 1920) was a German military commander during the European new colonial era. As a brigade...
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    von Bock and comprising Schleicher, Eugen Ott and Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord established what came to be known as the Black Reichswehr. Major Bruno Ernst...
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    candidates: François Fillion, Alain Juppé, Nicolas Sarkozy, Jean-François Copé, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, Bruno Le Maire and Jean-Frédéric Poisson. François Fillon...
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    Sidonie von Grassenabb in the comedy drama Peter von Kant, tribute to Rainer Werner Fassbinder's The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, directed by François Ozon...
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    Charles Pierre François Augereau, duc de Castiglione (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl pjɛʁ oʒʁo]; 21 October 1757 – 12 June 1816) was a French military commander...
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    1885. (German commercial interests had forced the Imperial Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, into creating a state-financed colonial administration to support...
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    Brunelleschi Marco Cardisco Juan de Castillo Androuet du Cerceau Jean Clouet François Clouet Colantonio Lucas Cranach the Elder Lucas Cranach the Younger Philibert...
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    promotions he achieved the rank of major in 1893. In 1894 he replaced Curt von François as commander of the Imperial Schutztruppe for German South West Africa...
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    Bruno Bauer (German: [baʊɐ]; 6 September 1809 – 13 April 1882) was a German philosopher and theologian. As a student of G. W. F. Hegel, Bauer was a radical...
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    de Cossé: 1562–1563 Marshal François de Montmorency: 15..–1572 René de Villequier, Viscount of La Guerche: 1580 François d'O: 158.–1589 Charles-Emmanuel...
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    Jacques-François de Menou, Baron of Boussay, later Abdallah de Menou, (3 September 1750 – 13 August 1810) was a French statesman and general of Napoleon...
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    François Joseph Lefebvre, Duke of Danzig (/ləˈfɛvrə/ lə-FEV-rə, French: [fʁɑ̃swa ʒozɛf ləfɛvʁ]; 25 October 1755 – 14 September 1820), was a French military...
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    Prussia (1828–1885) François Joseph Lefebvre Louis II, Grand Duke of Baden Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia Helmuth von Moltke the Elder Nicholas...
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  • ISBN 9782754070126. StreetPress. "Du punk au business, la petite entreprise de François, ex-Ludwig von 88". StreetPress (in French). Retrieved 2021-12-18. Manet, Laurent...
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    François Vidocq was born in Arras, northern France, during the night of 23/24 July 1775, in the Rue du Miroir-de-Venise, now the Rue Eugène-François Vidocq...
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     299. ciel terre épaules Flammarion. de La Mothe Le Vayer, François (1662). Oeuvres de François de La Mothe Le Vayer, Volume 3. Paris. p. 777. Estève, Pierre...
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     9, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, p. 767 Jaselskis, Bruno, Carl Moore, Alfred von Smolink. "Theodor von Grotthuss (1785 - 1822)-- A Trail Blazer," Bulletin...
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    Otto Ernst Vinzent Leo von Below (18 January 1857 – 9 March 1944) served as a Prussian general officer in the Imperial German Army during the First World...
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  • François Genoud (26 October 1915 – 30 May 1996) was a noted Swiss financier and a principal benefactor of the Nazi diaspora through the ODESSA escape network...
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