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    Jarnac (French pronunciation: [ʒaʁnak]; Occitan: [d͡ʒaɾˈnak]; Saintongese: Jharnat) is a commune in the Charente department, southwestern France. It was...
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  • Chabot de Jarnac against François de Vivonne, following a request by Jarnac to King Henry II for permission to duel to regain his honour. Jarnac went on...
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    The Battle of Jarnac on 13 March 1569 was an encounter during the French Wars of Religion between the Catholic forces of Marshal Gaspard de Saulx, sieur...
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    Guy I de Chabot, seigneur de Jarnac (1514-1584) was a French courtier, soldier and governor. Rising to prominence with the elevation of his family to great...
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    [kuʁvwazje]) is a brand of cognac, with production based in the town of Jarnac in the Charente region of France. It is the youngest and smallest of the...
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  • of Paris (the actual last duel occurred in 1547 opposing Guy Chabot de Jarnac against François de Vivonne). The combat was decreed on December 29, 1386...
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    Jarnac-Champagne (French pronunciation: [ʒaʁnak ʃɑ̃paɲ]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Communes of the Charente-Maritime...
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  • Rougon identifies Vichy collaborator Marcel Jarnac. He supposedly died in 1943, but Rougon has strong doubts. Jarnac was careful about maintaining his anonymity...
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  • The Jarnac Convention was a bilateral agreement between the Kingdom of France and the United Kingdom in 1847 at the end of the Franco-Tahitian War. Its...
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  • Centre on Women's Rights (1991–1997) Member of Jarnac Municipal Council (1989–1995) First Deputy Mayor of Jarnac (2002) Vice-Chairwoman, Pays de Cognac (2002)...
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    baron de Jarnac triumphed over François de Vivonne, seigneur de la Chasteigneraie, who died the next day after what was called "coup de Jarnac". In September...
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    Philippe-Ferdinand-Auguste de Rohan-Chabot (1815–1875), comte de Jarnac, was a French diplomat of aristocratic descent.[citation needed] Descended from...
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  • the banks of the river Charente in Jarnac, France since the 18th century. It is one of the oldest houses in Jarnac and serves as the company's headquarters...
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  • Legendre, in 1798. Charles Rosalie de Rohan-Chabot (1740–1813), Count of Jarnac, who married Guyonne Hyacinthe de Pons Saint Maurice, a daughter of Charles...
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    The canton of Jarnac is an administrative division of the Charente department, southwestern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation...
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    across a metal flask originally recovered from the site of the Battle of Jarnac (1569). He purchased the metal flask and registered the rights for its reproduction...
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  • Pierre Jarnac, Les Mystères de Rennes-le-Château, Mélanges Sulfureux, CERT, 1994. Jean Delaude, Le Cercle d’Ulysse (1977), in: Pierre Jarnac, Les Mystères...
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    of Paris (the actual last duel occurred in 1547 opposing Guy Chabot de Jarnac against François de Vivonne). The combat was decreed in 1386 to contest...
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  • astronomer David H. Levy with whom she co-directs their private observatory (Jarnac Observatory) in Vail, Arizona MPC · 6485 6486 Anitahill 1991 FO Anita Hill...
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  • married Catherine de Parthenay in 1568. Quelennec fought in the Battle of Jarnac (1569) and was taken prisoner and escaped. He next fought under René of...
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    official recognition by France and the United Kingdom in 1847 through the Jarnac Convention. It was one of a number of independent Polynesian states in the...
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    throughout the 164 km to the town of Angoulême. The historic towns of Cognac, Jarnac, Saintes and Rochefort make the river a popular destination for boaters...
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    Wars of Religion before being executed after his defeat at the Battle of Jarnac in 1569. Born in Vendôme, he was the fifth son of Charles de Bourbon, Duke...
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    failures of the siege the rebels were dealt a far more devastating blow than Jarnac at the Battle of Moncontour. During the course of the battle Coligny received...
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    succeeded the slain Prince of Condé as leader of Huguenots after the Battle of Jarnac in 1569. Catherine, however, became increasingly fearful of Coligny's unchecked...
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  • Obs. (see #696) AZ Whipple Observatory, Mt. Hopkins—2MASS G92 Jarnac Observatory AZ Jarnac Observatory, Vail G93 Sonoita Research Observatory AZ Sonoita...
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    Midlothian. It is twinned with Jarnac, France. In 2004, Midlothian Council re-paved Jarnac Court in honour of Dalkeith and Jarnac's long standing link. On the...
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    army, taking part in the victories over the Huguenots at the Battle of Jarnac (March 1569) and at the Battle of Moncontour (October 1569). At this time...
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  • completed successful and innovative designs of two major extensions to the Jarnac Observatory, thus enabling it to redouble its observations and join in an...
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  • Dreux; Orléans Second; 1567–1568 Saint-Denis; Chartres Third; 1568–1570 Jarnac; La Roche-l'Abeille; Poitiers; Orthez; Moncontour; Saint-Jean d'Angély;...
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