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    The Maison du Roi (French pronunciation: [mɛzɔ̃ dy ʁwa], 'King's Household') was the royal household of the King of France. It comprised the military,...
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    maison militaire du roi de France (French pronunciation: [mɛzɔ̃ militɛʁ dy ʁwa də fʁɑ̃s], military household of the king of France) were the military branch...
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    The Gardes du Corps du Roi (French pronunciation: [ɡaʁd dy kɔʁ dy ʁwa]) was a cavalry unit of the maison militaire du roi de France. The oldest unit in the...
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    known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or the Sun King (le Roi Soleil), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72...
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  • très puissant et très excellent Prince, X, par la grâce de Dieu, Roi de France et de Navarre, Roi Très-chrétien) Orleanist: "X, by the Grace of God and...
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    King of France (Mousquetaires de la maison militaire du roi de France), also known as the Musketeers of the Guard (French: Mousquetaires de la garde)...
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    Cambridge University Press. Prou, Maurice (1908). Recueil des actes de Philippe Ier, roi de France (1059-1108). Imprimerie Nationale. Rolker, Christof (2009)....
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  • The Conseil du Roi (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃sɛj dy ʁwa]; 'King's Council'), also known as the Royal Council, is a general term for the administrative...
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    architectural de l'an Mil", La France de l'an Mil, Paris, Seuil, 1990, pp. 169–183. Alexandre Bruel: "Études sur la chronologie des rois de France et de Bourgogne"...
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    Household of France (Grands officiers de la maison du roi de France), which share certain officers, headed by the Grand Master of France. In 1224, Louis...
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    François Bayrou (category Democratic Force (France) politicians)
    1994, subject(s): Henri IV (roi de France ; 1553–1610) – Biographies, France—1589–1610 (Henri IV). Le roi libre. Paris: France loisirs. 1995. ISBN 2-7242-8944-7...
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    of the maison militaire du roi de France ("military household of the king of France") under the Ancien Régime. The French Guards, who were located in...
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  • Accursed Kings (French: Les Rois maudits [le ʁwa mo.di]) is a series of seven historical novels by French author Maurice Druon about the French monarchy in...
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    d'Autriche, femme de Charles IX, Roi de France, in Collection universelle des Mémoires particuliers, relatifs à l'Histoire de France, Tome LXIV, 16e siècle...
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    Saint Louis, King of France (French: Cathédrale-Basilique de Saint-Louis, Roi-de-France, Spanish: Catedral-Basílica de San Luis, Rey de Francia), also called...
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    Choisy-le-Roi (French pronunciation: [ʃwazi lə ʁwa] ) is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department, in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. Choisy-le-Roi...
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    King's Daughters (French: filles du roi [fij dy ʁwa], or filles du roy in the spelling of the era) were the approximately 800 young French women who immigrated...
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    Maison militaire du roi de France (to which belonged the Garde du Corps, the Swiss Guards, and the French Guards), in the Kingdom of France Royal Foot Guard...
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    century; the first to adopt the title of "King of France" (Latin: Rex Franciae; French: roi de France) was Philip II in 1190 (r. 1180–1223), after which...
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    Medieval France: An Encyclopedia. Psychology Press. p. 379. ISBN 978-0-8240-4444-2. Chartier, Jean, Chronique de Charles VII, Roi de France, publié avec...
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    Histoire de France, tome ii. (Paris, 1903) E. Favre, Eudes, comte de Paris et roi de France (Paris, 1893) Carl Johan Lamm. Oriental Glass of Mediaeval Date...
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    (from friend and foe alike) other nicknames, such as the Iron King (French: le Roi de fer). His fierce opponent Bernard Saisset, bishop of Pamiers, said...
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    Marly-le-Roi (French pronunciation: [maʁli lə ʁwa] ) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the administrative region of Île-de-France, France. It is...
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    Mistresses of Renaissance France. Yale University Press. Bordonove, Georges (1988). Henri III: Roi de France et de Pologne (in French). Paris: Pygmalion....
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    dowager, enfants de France (children of France) and petits-enfants de France (grandchildren of France) constituted the famille du roi (royal family). More...
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  • completing the work of Eusèbe de Laurière, later continued by Denis-François Secousse, on the Ordonnances des Rois de France de la 3e Race. Secousse had published...
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    August 1845, and his tomb was inscribed "Louis XVII., roi de France et de Navarre (Charles Louis, duc de Normandie)". The Dutch authorities who had inscribed...
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    Ubu Roi (French: [yby ʁwa]; "Ubu the King" or "King Ubu") is a play by French writer Alfred Jarry, then 23 years old. It was first performed in Paris...
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  • Grand Almoner of France (French: Grand aumônier de France) was an officer of the French monarchy and a member of the Maison du Roi ("King's Household")...
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    Bibliothèque nationale de France (French: [biblijɔtɛk nɑsjɔnal də fʁɑ̃s]; 'National Library of France'; BnF) is the national library of France, located in Paris...
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