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    The 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 Château de Chaumont (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto də ʃomɔ̃]), officially Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire, is a castle (château) in Chaumont-sur-Loire...
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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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    largest château in the Loire Valley; it was built to serve as a hunting lodge for Francis I, who maintained his royal residences at the Château de Blois and...
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    known, the earliest being Château de Doué-la-Fontaine built by the Count of Blois around 900. The counts of Anjou and Blois had bordering territories...
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    notably the Château de Montsoreau, the Château de Langeais, the Château d'Amboise, the Château de Blois, the Château de Gaillon and the Château de Chambord...
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    their peak in the gardens of the royal Château de Fontainebleau, Château d'Amboise, Château de Blois, and Château de Chenonceau. French Renaissance gardens...
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    following: Château de Blois Château de Chaumont Château de Chambord Château de Cheverny Blois Vendôme Château de Chambord Interior of the Château de Chaumont...
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    known as the "Flying Squadron".: 277  The following morning at the Château de Blois, Guise was summoned to attend the king, and was at once assassinated...
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    name of his barony of Alluyes. On Rue Saint-Honoré near Blois Cathedral and the Château de Blois, it is now significantly smaller than it was originally...
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    Reign of Henry III (1574–1589) 1576-1577, at the Château de Blois 1588-1589, at the Château de Blois Reign of Henry IV (1589–1610) 1593, at the Louvre...
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    Richard of Brittany (1395 – Château de Clisson 2 June 1438), Count of Benon, Étampes, and Mantes, married at the Château de Blois, Loir-et-Cher on 29 August...
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    representing the story of Ulysses. Château de Cheverny, detail of the facade The hunting dogs at Château de Cheverny Château de Cheverny painting The Belgian...
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    de Rochebrune (1824–1900) was a French painter, sculptor and etcher. He did 492 etchings, including etchings of the Château de Blois, the Château de Chambord...
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    were built on hilltops, such as the Château d'Amboise, while the only one built in the riverbed is the Château de Montsoreau. Many had exquisite churches...
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    the omnipresence of his mistress, Françoise de Foix. Claude died on 26 July 1524 at the Château de Blois, aged twenty-four. The exact cause of her death...
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    so pleased with the result that he invited Mansart to renovate his Château de Blois (1635). Mansart intended to rebuild this former royal residence completely...
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    Château de Chinon is a château located on the bank of the river Vienne in Chinon, France. It was founded by Theobald I, Count of Blois. In the 11th century...
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    The Château de Goulaine is a historic château located in the Loire Valley wine region near Nantes, France. The property has been home to the family of...
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    ex-voto, Blois, Blois Cathedral. Oil painting, Portrait du préfet du Loir-et-Cher Louis Chicoilet de Corbigny, 1829, Blois, Château de Blois Pastel, Charlotte...
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  • Dieu de Saint-Jean au musée du château de Blois ("a portrait of the musician Marin Marais by Jean Dieu de Saint-Jean in the musée du château de Blois")....
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    23 December 1588, he asked the Duke of Guise to call on him at the Château de Blois. As Guise entered the king's chamber, the Forty-five plunged their...
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  • d'Angers Château d'Azay-le-Rideau Château de Blois Château de Brézé Château de Cayx, Cahors, a residence of the Danish Royal Family Château de Chambord...
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    The Oath of Henri de Guise is an 1864 history painting by Pierre-Charles Comte, now in the Château de Blois. It formed part of the 2014 exhibition L'invention...
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    from the Breton House of Montfort-Brittany, and the Blois-Penthièvre heir was a female, Nicole of Blois, who in 1480 sold her rights over Brittany to King...
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    Richard of Brittany (1395 – Château de Clisson 2 June 1438), Count of Benon, Étampes, and Mantes, married at the Château de Blois, Loir-et-Cher on 29 August...
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    Louis de Blois, O.S.B., (October 1506 – 7 January 1566) was a Flemish monk and mystical writer, generally known under the name of Blosius. Louis was born...
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    assassinated at the Château de Blois. The next day Catherine's younger brother Cardinal Louis II was also assassinated at the Château de Blois. The bodies of...
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    La Maison de la Magie Robert-Houdin (French for "The Robert-Houdin House of Magic") is a museum which faces the Royal Château de Blois. It is located in...
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    Marie exiled to the Château de Blois. In the night of 21–22 February 1619, the 43-year-old Queen Mother escaped from her prison in Blois with a rope ladder...
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