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    Le Chabanais was one of the best known and most luxurious brothels in Paris, operating near the Louvre at 12 rue Chabanais from 1878 until 1946, when...
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    Chabanais (French pronunciation: [ʃabanɛ]; Occitan: Chabanès) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. The river Vienne passes...
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    Auguste François-Marie de Colbert-Chabanais (French pronunciation: [oɡyst fʁɑ̃swa maʁi də kɔlbɛʁ ʃabanɛ]; 18 October 1777, in Paris – 3 January 1809,...
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  • Laure of Chabanais (died 1316), was a Countess regnant suo jure of Bigorre in 1283-1307. v t e...
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    visitor to the most exquisite and lavish bordello of Victorian Paris, Le Chabanais, where the chair, designed specifically to cater for his copulatory tastes...
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  • Eschivat IV Chabanais (died 1283) was Count of Bigorre from 1255 to 1283 and Count of Armagnac and de Fézensac of 1255 in 1256. He was the son of Jordan...
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  • shot-down airmen. Le Chabanais was one of the best known and most luxurious brothels in Paris, operating near the Louvre at 12 rue Chabanais from 1878 until...
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  • The canton of Chabanais is a former administrative division in central France. It had 7,885 inhabitants (2012). It was disbanded following the French...
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    heavy losses including the death of French Brigadier General Colbert-Chabanais. The resulting delay allowed Moore's forces to continue their retreat...
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    remembered for killing French general Auguste François-Marie de Colbert-Chabanais during the Peninsular War with a Baker rifle shot, then killing the general's...
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    David de Colbert-Chabanais" in Dictionnaire universel d’histoire et de géographie, 1878 (in French) "Pierre David de Colbert-Chabanais", in Charles Mullié...
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    Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, Limoges, Aixe-sur-Vienne, Saint-Junien Charente: Chabanais, Confolens Vienne: L'Isle-Jourdain, Lussac-les-Châteaux, Chauvigny, Châtellerault...
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    Count of Lectoure and Lomagne 1245–1249 Mascarose II 1249–1256 Eskivat de Chabanais, Lord of Chabannais 1249–1256 Gerald VI 1256–1285 Bernard VI 1285–1319...
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    constructed "love chair" (siege d'amour) when he visited the famous brothel, Le Chabanais in Paris. The piece still exists and a replica is exhibited at the Musée...
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    Chabanais and le Sphinx, were internationally known for the luxury they provided. The French government sometimes included a visit to the Chabanais as...
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    maison close (brothel) in Paris in the 1930s and 1940s. Along with the "Le Chabanais" and "One-Two-Two" it was considered one of the most luxurious and famous...
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    They also received a new leader - Col. Baron Pierre David de Colbert-Chabanais - under whom they were known formally as the 2nd Light Horse Lancers of...
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    flourished between 1940 and 1945. Various top Paris brothels, including Le Chabanais, Le Sphinx, One Two Two, La rue des Moulins, and Chez Marguerite, were...
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    7th Hussars had several notable commanders including Édouard de Colbert-Chabanais, Marcellin Marbot (during the Hundred Days) and Hercule Corbineau. Future...
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    The County of Bigorre was a small feudatory of the Duchy of Gascony in the ninth through 15th centuries. Its capital was Tarbes. The county was constituted...
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  • story is set in a luxurious Parisian brothel (a 'maison close', like Le Chabanais) in the early 20th century. It explores the restricted lives of a group...
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    prostitution in France Brothels Brothels in Paris Aux Belles Poules Le Chabanais La Fleur blanche L'Étoile de Kléber Lanterne Verte Le Fourcy Maison Souquet...
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    Memorial plaque at 10, rue Chabanais [fr], Paris 2ième...
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    several wars against Wulgrin II, count of Angoulême. He married Mathilde de Chabanais. Guy IV de La Rochefoucauld (son of preceding), Lord de La Rochefoucauld...
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    Antoine Lallemand 1223 men (26 Mamelukes) 2nd Brigade Baron de Colbert-Chabanais 1er Régiment de Chevau-Légère Garde Lanciers (French and Polish) Colonels...
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  • prostitution in France Brothels Brothels in Paris Aux Belles Poules Le Chabanais La Fleur blanche L'Étoile de Kléber Lanterne Verte Le Fourcy Maison Souquet...
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    who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Born in Chabanais, Charente, Dupont first saw active service during the French Revolutionary...
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    herself Doriane. She had formerly worked in another brothel in Paris, Le Chabanais. Doriane, through her husband, acquired 122 Rue de Provence. Initially...
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    most expensive and best known maisons de tolérance in Paris were: le Chabanais (opened 1878 and favored by Prince Edward, who had himself made a special...
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    prostitution in France Brothels Brothels in Paris Aux Belles Poules Le Chabanais La Fleur blanche L'Étoile de Kléber Lanterne Verte Le Fourcy Maison Souquet...
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