• Le Grand Charles is a 2006 French television miniseries on the life of Charles de Gaulle from 1939 to 1959, written and directed by Bernard Stora. Bernard...
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    The Lycée Louis-le-Grand (French pronunciation: [lise lwi lə gʁɑ̃]), also referred to simply as Louis-le-Grand or by its acronym LLG, is a public Lycée...
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    Division, completing the liberation of the building. In the 1960s, Le Corbusier wanted the Grand Palais to be demolished to set up the Museum of 20th Century...
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    Le Solitaire (1987) and Let Sleeping Cops Lie (1988)—have also been noted. His interpretation of statesman Charles de Gaulle in the TV mini-series Le...
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    Noisy-le-Grand (French pronunciation: [nwazi lə ɡʁɑ̃] ) is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 15.2 km (9.4 mi) from the centre...
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    (2005) Celle qui reste (2005) Le Grand Charles (2006) Des fleurs pour Algernon (2006) Vive la colo ! (2012–2013) Nina (2018) Les copains d'abord (2020) Visions...
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  • of Winston Churchill in the French television drama Le Grand Charles, based on the life of Charles de Gaulle. Ryall appeared in the BBC One sitcom Outnumbered...
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    Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 1887 – 27 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier (UK: /lə kɔːrˈbjuːzieɪ/ lə kor-BEW-zee-ay, US: /lə ˌkɔːrbuːˈzjeɪ, -ˈsjeɪ/...
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    accolade "France's First Fighter" from General Charles de Gaulle. His wartime memoir, The Big Show (Le Grand Cirque) became a notable bestseller. After the...
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    The 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 34th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 18 and 19 June 1966. It was also the seventh round of the 1966 World...
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    as le Grand Dauphin, was the eldest son and heir apparent of King Louis XIV and his spouse, Maria Theresa of Spain. He became known as the Grand Dauphin...
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    expected grand celebrations, but Charles X merely proclaimed his grandson's majority. On the same day, after much cajoling by Chateaubriand, Charles agreed...
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    He later studied letters and political science at the Institut Albert-le-Grand in Angers, receiving his bachelor's degree with honors in 2009. His degree...
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    sometimes referred to as Marols or Marollien), the Grand-Place is called Gruute Met. In the 10th century, Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine, constructed a fort...
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    residence, with 7.37%, and fourth also in Monaco, with 5.33%.) Charles-Philippe served as Grand Master of the Orléans obedience of the Order of Saint Lazarus...
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    Charles V (21 January 1338 – 16 September 1380), called the Wise (French: le Sage; Latin: Sapiens), was King of France from 1364 to his death in 1380....
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    Prior to working on Versailles, Le Nôtre collaborated with Louis Le Vau and Charles Le Brun on the park at Vaux-le-Vicomte. His other works include the...
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  • This French word can also be understood in slang as meaning "dumb". le grand Charles: This was used in political caricatures, referring to the tall height...
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    World Health Organization) and a director of the Charles Darwin Trust for the Galápagos Islands. The grand duke lives with his family at Berg Castle in Luxembourg...
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  • Vernier as Principal Charles Hurez as Delouche Clément Naslin as Delouche Samuel Brafman as Roy Andrée Damant "The Great Meaulnes (Le Grand Meaulnes)". Cineuropa...
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    Church as Blessed Karl of Austria. Charles succeeded to the thrones in November 1916 following the death of his grand-uncle, Franz Joseph. He began secret...
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    Auxi-le-Château, as the eight-year-old Charles's guardian. D'Auxy later served as Charles's chamberlain from 1456 to 1468. At the age of 12, Charles began...
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    Bas-Empire, en commençant à Constantin le Grand, in 22 volumes (Paris, 1756–1779). This is a continuation of Charles Rollin's Histoire Romaine and JBL Crevier's...
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    Independently to the process described above, a position of Minister for Le Grand Paris was created and Christian Blanc was appointed to occupy it. Blanc...
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    threat. Father Le Loutre's War had created the conditions for total war; British civilians had not been spared and, as Governor Charles Lawrence and the...
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  • day-time soap opera Cap des Pins and William Wilbur in Le Grand Charles (a French mini series on Charles De Gaulle), among many other roles. He was married...
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    numerous grand operas of which the most notable were Halévy’s La reine de Chypre (1841) and Charles VI (1843), Donizetti's La favorite and Les martyrs...
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    12 June 1838 Grand Cross of St. Olav, 11 August 1865 Kingdom of Prussia: Knight of the Black Eagle, 14 June 1838; with Collar, 1857 Pour le Mérite (military)...
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    Charles VII (22 February 1403 – 22 July 1461), called the Victorious (French: le Victorieux) or the Well-Served (le Bien-Servi), was King of France from...
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    Army then marched on Vienna. After the war, he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Pour le Mérite. He was elected to the North German Reichstag in the February...
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