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    1875. Now open to the public, the Château d'Angers is home of the Apocalypse Tapestry. Originally, the Château d'Angers was built as a fortress at a site...
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    recovered and restored in the 19th century and is now on display at the Château d'Angers. It is the largest set of medieval tapestries to have survived, and...
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  • Château de Sceaux Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte Château de Vincennes Château d'Amboise Château d'Anet Château d'Angers Château d'Azay-le-Rideau Château de...
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    political landscape of Medieval Europe. Joan was born in October 1165 at Château d'Angers in Anjou as the seventh child of Henry II, King of England and his...
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    their powers. Some French castles that survived are Chinon, Château d'Angers, the massive Château de Vincennes and the so-called Cathar castles. During this...
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    the Loire Valley Château de Montsoreau. Royal Abbey of Fontevraud. Château de Brissac. Château de Saumur. Château d'Angers. Château de Brézé. Anjou traditions...
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    himself. During his father's life-time he had been beaten by Gervais de Château-du-Loir, bishop of Le Mans (1038), but later (1047 or 1048) succeeded in...
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  • Marriages Death René 25 January 1431 – 28 February 1453 16 January 1409 Château d'Angers son of Louis II of Anjou and Yolande of Aragon (1) Isabella 1420 ten...
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    usually offers some degree of armour or protection. Châtelet of the Château d'Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France, unknown architect, 13th century Hôtel Fumé...
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    the A11 and the A85. It can receive 50,000 passengers per year. The Château d'Angers, built on a schist promontory, dominates the river Maine and the old...
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    its castles, such as the Château d'Amboise, Château d'Angers, Château de Chambord, Château de Montsoreau, Château d'Ussé, Château de Villandry and Chenonceau...
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    châteaux were built on hilltops, such as the Château d'Amboise, while the only one built in the riverbed is the Château de Montsoreau. Many had exquisite churches...
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    Bar Count of Provence Style(s) "Majesty" "Grace" Estate(s) Château d'Angers (seat) Château de Baugé Reggia di Quisisana (seat in Naples) Dissolution 1481 (1481)...
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  • Provence, Piedmont, duke of Bar, Lorraine, king of Naples 16 January 1409 Château d'Angers second son of Louis II of Anjou and Yolande of Aragon (1) Isabella...
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    Originally 140 m (459 ft), the surviving 100m are displayed in the Château d'Angers, in Angers. The six-part piece La Dame à la Licorne (The Lady and the...
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    37 René (claimant) House of Valois-Anjou 1466–1472 16 January 1409 Château d'Angers son of Louis II of Anjou and Yolande of Aragon Isabella, Duchess of...
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    Angers Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Maurice d'Angers) is a Catholic church dedicated to Saint Maurice in Angers, France. It is the seat of the Bishops...
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    from Paris to join his wife and children at Angers. Louis II died at his chateau of Angers, the county town of Anjou; he is buried there. Louis and Yolande...
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    new commune Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne. It is about 30 km (19 mi) south of Laval, the préfecture of the department of Mayenne. Château-Gontier is home...
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    their powers. Some French castles that survived are Chinon, Château d'Angers, the massive Château de Vincennes and the so-called Cathar castles. During this...
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    Louis III Successor Charles IV Born René of Anjou 16 January 1409 Château d'Angers, Angers, Anjou, France Died 10 July 1480(1480-07-10) (aged 71) Aix-en-Provence...
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  • Anjou Château d'Angers, in Angers Château de la Beuvrière Grez-Neuville, in Grez-Neuville Château de Boumois, in Saint-Martin-de-la-Place Château de Bourmont...
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    (alphabetically by city) Musée des tapisseries in Aix-en-Provence Château d'Angers in Angers Musée de la tapisserie de Bayeux in Bayeux Musée des Tissus...
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    As a result of the dauphins death, Brissac received command of the Château d'Angers. The ligue resolved to make war on the king to get him to revise his...
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  • French) Base Mérimée: Château du Ranroët (ruines), Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) Base Mérimée: Château d'Angers, Ministère français de...
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    project manager, Robin, to double the size of his royal dwelling of the Château d'Angers with a gallery whose staircase bears his motto on the vault. He also...
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    changing senses through the contextualization and analysis of le Château d'Angers, le Château de Josselin, and their intertwined human histories". academia...
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  • brilliant reception he had prepared for queen Yolande of Aragon in his château d'Angers. He thus worked to detach the Breton captain from the English and bring...
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    The jardin des plantes d'Angers (4 hectares) is a municipal park and botanical garden located on Place Pierre Mendès France, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays...
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    brother Joyeuse. Together they drove Condé off after his capture of the 'château d'Angers' reconquering it for the crown. At the end of 1585, Entragues indicated...
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