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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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    Medieval 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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  • 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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    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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    Dean Allan DeBlois (/dəˈblwɑː/ də-BLWAH; born June 7, 1970) is a Canadian filmmaker and animator. He is best known for writing and directing the Oscar-nominated...
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    Orleans became the possession of the Comté of Blois. In 1497, Louis d’Orleans (23rd count hereditary of Blois) was crowned with the name of Louis XII. This...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Gervase of Blois was the Abbot of Westminster in England between 1138 and around 1157. Historically, Gervase has a bad reputation for mismanaging the...
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    Catholics as they conduct their lives as Christians." See Georges de Blois, Louis de Blois, un Bénédictin au XVIème siècle (Paris, 1875), Eng. trans. by Lady...
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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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    Mary, Countess of Blois, also known as Marie of Avesnes, (1200–1241) was countess of Blois from 1230 to 1241. She was the daughter of Walter of Avesnes...
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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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  • Theobald III of Blois (French: Thibaut; 1012–1089) was count of Blois, Meaux and Troyes. He was captured in 1044 by Geoffrey II, Count of Anjou, and exchanged...
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    Count of Blois and Margaret of Valois, was count of Blois and lord of Avesnes from 1342 to 1346. Louis was the eldest son of Guy I, Count of Blois and Margaret...
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