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    commune of Machecoul-Saint-Même. It was the site of First Massacre of Machecoul, the opening of the War in the Vendée in 1793. The commune of Machecoul is surrounded...
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    1°49′18.12″W / 46.9939000°N 1.8217000°W / 46.9939000; -1.8217000 The Machecoul massacre is one of the first events of the War in the Vendée, a revolt...
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    Machecoul-Saint-Même (French pronunciation: [maʃku(l) sɛ̃ mɛm] ; Breton: Machikoul-Sant-Masen) is a commune in the department of Loire-Atlantique, western...
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  • Gitane is a French manufacturer of bicycles based in Machecoul, France; the name "Gitane" means gypsy woman. The brand was synonymous with French bicycle...
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    Machecoul is a railway station in Machecoul, Pays de la Loire, France. The station is located on the Nantes–La Roche-sur-Yon via Sainte-Pazanne railway...
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  • The canton of Machecoul-Saint-Même (before 2021: Machecoul) is an administrative division of the Loire-Atlantique department, western France. Its borders...
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    Bouin on the mainland. The most significant damage occurred in Bouin, Machecoul, Bois-de-Céné, La Garnache, Beauvoir-sur-Mer and Barbâtre areas. The earthquake...
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  • the original on 8 June 2008.; "Les origines des armoiries d'Olivier de Machecoul". www.tudchentil.org (in French). Early Blazon : Constantinople Archived...
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    de Paris, 1855–1859) The Last Vendee, or the She-Wolves of Machecoul (Les louves de Machecoul, 1859), a romance (not about werewolves). La Sanfelice (1864)...
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  • 1792 during the French Revolution, primarily in the French commune of Machecoul, the series follows the young Vampire hunter Richter Belmont and his adoptive...
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  • (1399 – 20 July 1450), seigneur de Coëtivy, baron de Retz and seigneur de Machecoul, was a Breton nobleman. He was in the service of the French crown and...
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    (1590 in Machecoul – 08/12/1659 in Chéméré), and Léonor de Gondi (died in 1600). After the marriage, Antoinette left Paris to settle in Machecoul, a fief...
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    government's imposition of military conscription. A massacre of Republicans at Machecoul in March was followed by guerrilla warfare, led at the outset by peasants...
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    Battle of Noirmoutier. Some of the captured soldiers took part in the Machecoul Massacres and a quarter of them were executed for retribution by Charette's...
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    John V, Duke of Brittany. Arrested on 15 September 1440 at his castle in Machecoul, he was brought to the Duchy of Brittany, an independent principality...
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    Marguerite de Montaigu, Lady of Montaigu, Commequiers, La Garnache then Machecoul, and widow of Hugh I de Thouars (died 1230), a brother to Guy of Thouars;...
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    Port du Collet [fr]. The main tributaries of the Falleron upstream of Machecoul, from upstream to downstream are la Gautrelière (5 km (3.1 mi)), whose...
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  • the country, the 7th Transmission Company suffers an air raid near the Machecoul woods, but escape and hide in the woods. Captain Dumont, the company commander...
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    Ligné La Limouzinière Loireauxence Le Loroux-Bottereau Louisfert Lusanger Machecoul-Saint-Même Maisdon-sur-Sèvre Malville La Marne Marsac-sur-Don Massérac...
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    of a Catholic Diocese of Rezé from 510 to 851), Pornic, Paimbœuf and Machecoul (another historical capital city). In the early 9th century the area formed...
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    later pass to her second son, Olivier de Braine, known as de Machecoul. This Olivier de Machecoul became, with the support of his half-brother, the new Duke...
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    Ligné La Limouzinière Loireauxence Le Loroux-Bottereau Louisfert Lusanger Machecoul-Saint-Même Maisdon-sur-Sèvre Malville La Marne Marsac-sur-Don Massérac...
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    at the 2006 World Cup, along with other tournament call-ups. Born in Machecoul, Landreau graduated from the Nantes Atlantique "Centre of Excellence"...
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    Ligné La Limouzinière Loireauxence Le Loroux-Bottereau Louisfert Lusanger Machecoul-Saint-Même Maisdon-sur-Sèvre Malville La Marne Marsac-sur-Don Massérac...
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    Seneschal of Anjou 26. Pierre de Craon 13. Jeanne de Craon 27. Catherine de Machecoul 3. Isabelle de Beauvau 28. Ferry IV de Chambley 14. Ferri V de Chambley...
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  • Cédric Michaud (born 26 February 1976, in Machecoul) is a French marathon speed skater. He was the first non-Dutchman after Oleg Bozhev to win the Essent...
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    bay extended over a far greater area. Its shores reached the ports of Machecoul and Challans and was dotted with several islands, notably the Isle of...
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    Ligné La Limouzinière Loireauxence Le Loroux-Bottereau Louisfert Lusanger Machecoul-Saint-Même Maisdon-sur-Sèvre Malville La Marne Marsac-sur-Don Massérac...
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    Louis-Charles-César Maupassant, born 25 April 1750 in Saumur, died 11 March 1793 in Machecoul, was a merchant, farmer and deputy to the French National Convention....
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    violence had spread to the Breton marshlands; peasants overran the town of Machecoul on 11 March, and several hundred Republican citizens were massacred. A...
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