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    Perche (French pronunciation: [pɛʁʃ] ) (French: le Perche) is a former province of France, known historically for its forests and, for the past two centuries...
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    lordship of Mortagne-au-Perche, the viscountcy of Châteaudun and the lordship of Nogent-le-Rotrou in the countship of Perche and Montagne. Hervé I, 941-...
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  • Stephen du Perche (1137 or 1138 – 1169) was the chancellor of the Kingdom of Sicily (1166–68) and Archbishop of Palermo (1167–68) during the early regency...
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  • early as 1642. Robert Giguère was born in an area of France known as Le Perche. "Perche" comes from the Latin word pertica, which means long pole and more...
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    The canton of Le Perche (French: Canton du Perche) is a canton (an administrative division) of the Loir-et-Cher department, central France. Its seat is...
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    Zacharie Cloutier (category People from Mortagne-au-Perche)
    the first wave of the Percheron immigration from the former province of Perche, to an area that is today part of Quebec, Canada. He settled in Beauport...
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    Boissy-lès-Perche (French pronunciation: [bwasi pɛʁʃ], literally Boissy near Perche) is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France...
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    Le Gault-du-Perche (French pronunciation: [lə ɡo dy pɛʁʃ], literally Le Gault of the Perche; before 2017: Le Gault-Perche) is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher...
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    Louvilliers-lès-Perche (French pronunciation: [luvilje pɛʁʃ], literally Louvilliers near Perche) is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern...
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    (Authon-du-Perche), Castle Saint-John (Nogent-le-Rotrou), Castle of Villepion (Orgères-en-Beauce), Castle of Reverseaux (Voves) Regional parc of the Perche Chartres...
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    General Estates convened in Blois. L’Orléanais, le Berry, la Touraine, le Perche et le Maine occupied le Loir-et-Cher and its provinces in 1790. The Loir-et-Cher's...
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    Also, the art of fencing in France was taught by local masters such as Le Perche du Coudray (1635, 1676, teacher of Cyrano de Bergerac), Besnard (1653...
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  • Montireau Montlandon Moutiers-au-Perche Nonvilliers-Grandhoux Perche en Nocé Pontgouin La Puisaye Rémalard en Perche Les Ressuintes Saint-Ange-et-Torçay...
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  • his father in 1080, receiving the Percheron fields (Mortagne-au-Perche and Nogent-le-Rotrou), while his younger brother Hugues received Châteaudun. A...
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    Communes of the Eure-et-Loir department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises...
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    Le Pays malouin (Ille-et-Vilaine) Le Perche (Orne) Le Petit Bleu des Côtes d'Armor (Côtes-d'Armor) Le Petit Solognot (Cher, Loir-et-Cher, Loiret) Le Régional...
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  • Hervé I (died after 25 June 955), Count of Perche and Mortagne. Hervé appears several times between 941 and 946 in the entourage of Hugh the Great and...
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    Peter II, Count of Alençon (category Counts of Perche)
    Pierre Cointerel, Count of Aunou-le-Faucon and Viscount of Perche under Peter: Peter, "Bastard of Alençon" (French: Le Bâtard d'Alençon) (c. 1375–d. aft...
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    ferro, Di Grassi, Fabris, Giganti, Marozzo, and Viggiani; Jean Baptiste le Perche du Coudray (c.1603, French); Wilhelm Kreussler father of the Kreussler...
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    Mortagne-au-Perche (French pronunciation: [mɔʁtaɲ o pɛʁʃ] ) is a commune in the Orne department in Normandy, northwestern France. It is classed as a Petites...
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  • Bretoncelles, in the Arrondissement of Mortagne-au-Perche, in the department of Orne (and formerly within Le Perche region) in north-western France: on 1 January...
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    driver Wayne, IL Communes of the Eure-et-Loir department Perche "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte...
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  • II, Count of Perche, d. 1100 Rotrou III, Count of Perche, c. 1080-1144 Rotrou IV, Count of Perche, 1135-1191 Geoffrey III, Count of Perche, d. 1202 Thomas...
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    Lenotre, Le Château de Rambouillet, six siècles d'histoire, Calmann-Lévy, Paris, 1930, reprint: Denoël, Paris, 1984, (215 pages), chapter 5: Le prince des...
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    and systems of teaching. French masters of the Baroque period include Le Perche du Coudray (1635, 1676, teacher of Cyrano de Bergerac), Besnard (1653...
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  • Lesinrocks.com. "Denis Podalydès et Josiane Balasko en tournage dans le Perche pour le film Bécassine". Actu.fr. 17 August 2017. Bécassine at IMDb v t e...
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    a few daily connections to Le Mans, Nogent-le-Rotrou and Courtalain. The A11 motorway connects Chartres with Paris and Le Mans. Chartres is home to two...
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  • Hugues du Perche was a 10th-century French noble. He was the youngest son of Fulcois, the Count of Perche, probably of the family of viscounts from Châteaudun...
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    influences from Normandy, Drouais, Beauce and Perche, it is a transition zone like the Drouais. A former country of Perche under the Merovingian dynasty, it took...
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    de Beauce Communauté de communes Entre Beauce et Perche Communauté de communes des Forêts du Perche Communauté de communes du Grand Châteaudun Communauté...
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