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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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    Blois-Vienne (French pronunciation: [blwavjɛn]), or merely Vienne for locals, is the common name given to the southern part of Blois, central France, separated...
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    Catholic church was established in Vienne-lez-Blois, on the left bank of the Loire, right in front of the town center of Blois, located at the present-day 13...
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    French: aître Saint-Saturnin) is a unique monument located in the Vienne district of Blois, in central France. Formerly a cemetery, it is now a lapidary museum...
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    Church in Kutná Hora Vladislav Hall Albi Cathedral Amiens Cathedral Blois-Vienne Church Chartres Cathedral Fontevraud Abbey Notre-Dame de Paris Palais...
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    The County of Blois was a feudal principality centred on Blois, south of Paris, France. It was created just after king Clovis I conquered Roman Gaul around...
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    Archéologie en Région Centre : Vivre au bord de l'eau à Blois (in French). Annie Cosperec (1994). Blois : la forme d'une ville (in French). p. 406. ISBN 2-11-081322-9...
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    Adelaide. As her dowry, the young queen brought her husband the city of Vienne, which her brother Lothair had ceded to her. Her children were: Gerberga...
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    coprophilia. This soon led to her admission to a psychiatric hospital in Blois, where she died on 13 October 1913, in apparent obscurity. In 1930, André...
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    the Blois City Official Website (2022). "La Creusille Harbour". blois.fr. On the Blois City Official Website (2022). "La Creusille Harbour". blois.fr....
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    Jacques-Gabriel Bridge (category Blois)
    the Loire river in the middle of Blois, between the downtown (from the same axis of the Denis Papin staircase) and Vienne on the left bank (aligned to Wilson...
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  • Quartier Sud, Hénin-Beaumont Avenue Pierre Brossolette, 41000, Sud (Vienne), Blois-Vienne, Blois Rue Pierre Brossolette, 47300, Saint-Etienne, Villeneuve-sur-Lot...
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    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 the castle became the...
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  • II of Cyprus (1252/3–1267), ruler, also of Jerusalem Hugh II, Count of Blois (died 1307) Hugh II of Arborea (died 1336) Hugh II of Chalon-Arlay (1334–1388)...
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  • young to rule, the actual power was held by regent, count Girart II of Vienne whose wife was the sister-in-law of emperor Lothar I. Girart was a strong...
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  • Stephen I, Count of Burgundy (category Counts of Vienne)
    (1065 – 17 May 1102), known as the Rash, was Count of Burgundy, Mâcon and Vienne from 1097 until his death. Born into a powerful and influential family,...
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    Limòtges [liˈmɔdzes]) is a city and commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of...
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    Louis Didier Jousselin (category People from Blois)
    deputy at Blois from 1831 to 1834. He continued to work as an engineer and did early work on the Canal latéral à la Loire. Jousselin died at Vienne-en-Val...
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    Poitiers (redirect from Poitiers, Vienne)
    river Clain in west-central France. It is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and the historical centre of Poitou. In 2021 it had a population...
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    Blois Cathedral, or the Cathedral of St. Louis of Blois (French: Cathédrale Saint-Louis de Blois), is a Late Gothic Catholic cathedral in Blois, France...
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  • also the sister of Theobald I, Count of Blois, which permitted Fulk II to form an alliance with the House of Blois. He is said to have ordered the murder...
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  • factories are located in: Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin) producing Suchard rochers, Blois (Loir-et-Cher) manufacturing Poulain chocolate, Vichy (Allier) for Vichy...
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    sciences et lettres de Blois. After the February Revolution of 1848 Ducoux was made Commissioner of the Provisional Government in Blois. He was elected Representative...
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    to his brothers, retaining the Rhône and Meuse basins (including Verdun, Vienne and Besançon) but leaving the Rhineland with Aachen, Metz, and Trier in...
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    Rosny-sous-Bois Seine-Saint-Denis Île-de-France 41,174 43,802 46,024 150 Blois Loir-et-Cher Centre-Val de Loire 48,487 45,539 45,898 151 Meudon Hauts-de-Seine...
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    four children: Bertha (964 – 16 January 1016), married Odo I, Count of Blois, and then Robert II of France Matilda (born 969), possibly married Robert...
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    II, and three half-sisters: Bertha, who married, firstly, Count Odo I of Blois in 983, and, secondly, King Robert II of France in 996; Matilda, who possibly...
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  • Almanzor, chief minister and de facto ruler of Córdoba 1171 – Henry of Blois, bishop of Winchester (b. 1111) 1303 – Henry of Castile the Senator, Spanish...
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    classical symmetrical design is seen in the Château de Blois; Jacques Bougier (1635) of Blois whose classical design is the Château de Cheverny; Guillaume...
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    Province of Tours Archdiocese of Tours Archdiocese of Bourges Diocese of Blois Diocese of Chartres Diocese of Orléans Province of Martinique Archdiocese...
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