• Françoise d'Humières (category Catherine de' Medici)
    Françoise d'Humières, Dame de Contay, née de Contay (circa 1489–1557), was a French court official; she served as Governess of the Children of France from...
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    Le Josne de Contay Louise, (c. 1490–1547) lady of honor to Elisabeth of Austria, wife Ferry de Mailly, baron de Conti, then (1514) Gaspard I de Coligny...
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    Captains/Chefs de corps: 1553 : Louis d'Humières de Contay 1557 : Philippe de Maillé-Brézé, vicomte de Verneuil 1575 : Nicolas de La Haulle, seigneur de Grémonville...
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  • by Leutnant Franz Büchner of Jasta 13. He is buried in the Contay British Cemetery, Contay, France. Two of Callaghan's younger brothers also died during...
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    character Himbaldus (Château-Hubault). In the 7th century, the Benedictine monks of Saint-Valéry, Saint-Josse, Saint-Saulve de Montreuil, Forest-Montiers...
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    en 2000. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ham. Ham, Official municipal website Château of Ham Article and photos about the château of Ham v t e...
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    of the Great War (known in French as the Historial de la Grande Guerre) is located in the château. Péronne is situated in the old region of Santerre,...
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    born in the Château de Vincennes on 3 November 1601, the illegitimate son of King Henry IV of France and his mistress, Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues...
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    twelfth century. Before becoming the parish church, it was the chapel of the château. Military cemetery. Containing the graves of 149 Second World War Commonwealth...
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    Somme (department) (category Departments of Hauts-de-France)
    in July 2021. Seal in the bay of Somme View of Mers-les-Bains Amiens Château de Rambures Chapel in Saint-Valery-sur-Somme Cantons of the Somme department...
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    increase of 8.5% compared to 2007. Delacour's château, or, as the Australian force called it, the "Red château", served as headquarters and billets for Allied...
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    World War I, as was the château. During the Second World War, the Germans occupied homes, the old presbytery and the château, which served as the Kommandantur...
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    Jean de Boves. July 1185 : Philippe-Auguste signed the treaty acquiring part of Picardy. August 1835 : Victor Hugo visited the ruins of the château. Ruins...
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    ruins of the chateau The kitchen fireplace Louis Duthoit (1807-1874) - Château de Picquigny The church: Originally the chapel to the château, is found behind...
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    Arras Amiens - Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise Crécy-en-Ponthieu - Bapaume Auxi-le-Château - Acheux-en-Amiénois Doullens, the ancient Dulincum, was seat of a viscountship...
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    ruins of his château can still be seen at Poutrincourt. Communes of the Somme department Réseau des Bains de Mer Chemin de Fer de la Baie de Somme "Répertoire...
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    Amiens. A farming area with extensive woodland and a grand chateau. The 18th-century château, constructed by Louis-Joseph Clermont-Tonnerre from 1730 to...
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    (French pronunciation: [ʁy] ) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Rue is situated some 15 miles (24 km) north of...
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    department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Vadencourt is situated 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Amiens, on the D919 road. Château: Both wings of the...
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    Château de Montières [fr] on Rue Baudoin d'Ailly Parc du Petit Marais on the Avenue des cygnes Square Paul Gauguin on the Avenue de la paix Parc de la...
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    1771 with materials taken from the château of Hyerville, which had been destroyed after the death of Catherine de Rinchevalle. The church has a single...
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    Château de Pont Remy Somme, also known as the Château Clochard (meaning the 'homeless man' or 'tramp' a reference to its abandoned state) or Château Pianiste...
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    Bernard Montgomery established his general headquarters here. Chateau of Luzières The château de Luzières is found in the hamlet of Luzières, to the south...
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    receive its charter from Louis IX. In 1373, The priory, the village and the château were destroyed by the Earl of Warwick. The village was also pillaged during...
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    century) Town hall. Saint Frères factory. Château de la Navette. Château blanc. Château rouge. Institut rural de la Somme. Moulin Basile. Teddy Bertin, a...
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    in Montigny. Church in Nampont. Entrance of the château-fort. On the church in Nampont. Old "relais de poste". Monument. "Auberge des contrebandiers"....
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    of Saint Pierre, constructed over several centuries, restored in 1804. Château de 1848, built on the site of an old fort, to the north of the church. The...
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    16th-century synagogue, with 18th century rococo interior renovations The château, near the church, in a beautiful woodland park, was built of bricks and...
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    by Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, who laid siege to Roye. By 1918, at the end of the First World War, the village and the chateau lay in ruins...
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    Nearby towns include Montonvillers to the east. The 17th–18th-century château, with vestiges of the ancient 14th-century fortress at the base of its...
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