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    La Roche-Bernard (French pronunciation: [la ʁɔʃ bɛʁnaʁ]; Breton: Ar Roc'h-Bernez) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western...
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  • La Roche, LaRoche or Laroche may refer to: LaRoche (surname), includes Laroche Sophie von La Roche, a German writer Marquis de La Roche-Helgomarche or...
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    Vilaine (redirect from La Vilaine)
    Loire-Atlantique and Morbihan) and 4 main towns (Rennes, Vitré, Redon, and La Roche-Bernard), then flows into the Bay of Biscay by Pénestin. Three barrages were...
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    Montfort(-sur-Meu), Gaël, Baron of La Roche-Bernard, Lord of Tinténiac, Bécherel and Romillé, Castellan of La Brétesche, Lord of Lohéac, and La Roche-en-Nort, and Isabella...
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    violence swept La Rochelle with many churches being sacked. The Protestant mayor and Jarnac condemned the acts. La Rochefoucauld entreated La Rochelle and...
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    carpenter Charles Morieu, from Dieppe. She was being constructed at La Roche-Bernard and was one of the most advanced units of her time. After launch in...
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    La Roche-sur-Yon (pronounced [la ʁɔʃ syʁ jɔ̃]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. It is the capital...
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    Saint-Nazaire and extended to the east as far as Saint-Omer-de-Blain and from La Roche-Bernard in the north to Pornic in the south. After the battle of Normandy and...
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    daughter of Odo, Lord of La Roche-Bernard, in 1301; Amicia, who married Catherine's brother Bernard, Lord of La Roche-Bernard c. 1301 Isabella, who married...
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  • thousand crew members settled at the mouth of the Vilaine and the port of La Roche-Bernard. Despite financial constraints from the Royal Treasury, the presence...
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    de France Roche won stage 18 to the Aubisque and finished on the podium in 3rd position, 4 minutes and 29 seconds behind the winner Bernard Hinault. In...
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    capture of La Roche-Bernard on October 26. This was followed by the occupation of Nozay on the 27th, Bain on the 29th, and a return to La Roche-Bernard on November...
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  • Saint-Lyphard Saint-Molf La Turballe Pornichet Saint-André-des-Eaux Missillac Towns located in Morbihan Camoël Férel Pénestin La Roche-Bernard Saint-Nazaire Pontchâteau...
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  • Porhoët (died before 1114) a daughter who married Simon II, Baron of La Roche-Bernard Alan I of Rohan, 1st Viscount of Rohan in 1127 After Emma’s death,...
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    roughly to the west of a line linking Plouha (west of Saint-Brieuc) and La Roche-Bernard (east of Vannes). It comes from a Brittonic language community that...
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    65–120, 2004. Hubert La Marle, Dictionnaire des Chouans de la Mayenne, Éditions régionales de l'Ouest - Mayenne. 2005. Bernard Coquet, Le dernier des...
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    La Roche-Bernard. Two others are on display in front of Arzal city hall. Guns of Arzal, there on temporary display at Piriac-sur-Mer Guns of La Roche-Bernard...
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    Breizh in 2015 Claude-Michel Schönberg (born 1944), singer and songwriter Bernard Poignant (born 1945), politician Hélène de Fougerolles (born 1973), actress...
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    Anthony de la Roché (spelled also Antoine de la Roché, Antonio de la Roché or Antonio de la Roca in some sources) was a 17th-century English maritime explorer...
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  • February 1437, Redon – 14 August 1476), twin with Arthuse; Lord of la Roche-Bernard. Arthuse of Laval (14 February 1437, Redon – 1461, Marseille), twin...
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    XIV and Isabella of Brittany. He was born Nicolas de Laval, lord of La Roche-Bernard. He spent much of his youth at the court of his kinsman, Francis II...
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    Foucauld 1st (973–1047), first Lord of La Roche then La Rochefoucauld, possibly son of Adémar, Lord of La Roche (952–1037). They got the title of Baron...
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    Montmuran, Vitré, Rieux, Concoret, all in Brittany. the Barony of La Roche-Bernard (these lordships come from the Laval and allied families, such as the...
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    (in French) Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)...
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    Sir James La Roche (or Laroche), 1st Baronet (24 June 1734 – September 1804), was an English slave trader and politician. He was a younger son of John...
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    archives des compagnies commerciales et la traite : l'exemple de la Compagnie des Indes », Service historique de la Défense, Lorient, janvier 2009 Chaumeil...
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  • "Pont du Bras de la Plaine". "Grand Canal Bridge at Le Havre". "Chateaubriand Bridge". "Viaduc de la Grande-Ravine". "La Roche-Bernard Suspension Bridge"...
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  • September 1486, Châteaubriant), comte de Laval, baron de Vitré and of La Roche-Bernard, seigneur of Gâvre, of Acquigny, of Tinténiac, of Montfort and Gaël...
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    Navarre as François Vidocq Elmire Vautier as Manon-la-blonde Rachel Devirys as Yolande de la Roche Bernard Genica Missirio as L'Aristo Dolly Davis as Marie-Thérèse...
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  • and the succession fell to his nephew, Nicholas de Laval, Lord of La Roche-Bernard. Guy died at the Château de Laval on 28 January 1501. Guy XV de Laval...
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