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    The Royal Château of Blois (French: Château Royal de Blois, pronounced [ʃɑto ʁwajal də blwa]) is a château located in the city center of Blois, Loir-et-Cher...
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    heirs in the Château of Amboise. Subsequently, Duke Louis II ran 22 miles between the Château and Blois, and was crowned King Louis XII of France. He then...
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    Potier de la Morandière of Blois, who was later inspector of the works at the château de Blois; M. d'Aramon installed a museum of medieval arts in the "Tour...
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    During the Middle Ages, the counts of Blois were among the most powerful vassals of the King of France. This title of nobility seems to have been created...
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    who maintained his royal residences at the Château de Blois and Amboise. The original design of the château is attributed to the Tuscan architect Domenico...
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    built the château between 1624 and 1630, to designs by the sculptor architect of Blois, Jacques Bougier, who was trained in the atelier of Salomon de...
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    Gonsalvus), daughter of Petrus Gonsalvus. Antonietta was born in 1588. The painting is now in the collection of the Château of Blois. Wells, Christopher...
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    known, the earliest being Château de Doué-la-Fontaine built by the Count of Blois around 900. The counts of Anjou and Blois had bordering territories...
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    The Château de Lignières is a French château, located in the municipality of Lignières, in the département of Cher. It was built in 1654–1660 for the...
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    notably the Château de Montsoreau, the Château de Langeais, the Château d'Amboise, the Château de Blois, the Château de Gaillon and the Château de Chambord...
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    Chaumont Château de Chambord Château de Cheverny Blois Vendôme Château de Chambord Interior of the Château de Chaumont Château de Troussay Cantons of the Loir-et-Cher...
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  • landowners in Suffolk Blois Football 41, a French football club Château of Blois, a Château in the city of Blois Blois baronets Charles Blois (disambiguation)...
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    reached their peak in the gardens of the royal Château de Fontainebleau, Château d'Amboise, Château de Blois, and Château de Chenonceau. French Renaissance...
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    châteaux of the Loire Valley (French: châteaux de la Loire) are part of the architectural heritage of the historic towns of Amboise, Angers, Blois, Chinon...
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    notorious member of Catherine de' Medici's group of female spies known as the "Flying Squadron".: 277  The following morning at the Château de Blois, Guise was...
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    wing of the Château de Blois (1498–1503) Fusion of Flamboyant Gothic and Renaissance exterior decoration at Château de Gaillon (1502–1510) Burial of Christ...
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    so pleased with the result that he invited Mansart to renovate his Château de Blois (1635). Mansart intended to rebuild this former royal residence completely...
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    The Château d'Amboise is a château in Amboise, located in the Indre-et-Loire département of the Loire Valley in France. Confiscated by the monarchy in...
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    Henry III (1574–1589) 1576-1577, at the Château de Blois 1588-1589, at the Château de Blois Reign of Henry IV (1589–1610) 1593, at the Louvre Palace in...
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  • Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte Château de Vincennes Château d'Amboise Château d'Anet Château d'Angers Château d'Azay-le-Rideau Château de Blois Château de...
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  • Theobald III of Blois (French: Thibaut; 1012–1089) was count of Blois, Meaux and Troyes. He was captured in 1044 by Geoffrey II, Count of Anjou, and exchanged...
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    omnipresence of his mistress, Françoise de Foix. Claude died on 26 July 1524 at the Château de Blois, aged twenty-four. The exact cause of her death was...
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    thanked him of the interest he took of her fate and posed in front of him with serenity — Lamartine Oil painting, ex-voto, Blois, Blois Cathedral. Oil...
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    Charles of Blois was beatified in 1904. Charles was born in Blois, the son of Guy de Châtillon, count of Blois, by Margaret of Valois, a sister of King Philip...
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    lived mainly at the Château de Blois, where the presence of the Duchess of Brittany was visible everywhere. She built the tomb of her parents at Nantes...
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    the crests of François I and Claude de France, in the Salle du Roi, Château of Blois, Blois, France, unknown architect, 1515-1524 Assumption of the Virgin...
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    The Château de Saumur, originally built as a castle and later developed as a château, is located in the French town of Saumur, in the Maine-et-Loire département...
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    The Château de Goulaine is a historic château located in the Loire Valley wine region near Nantes, France. The property has been home to the family of the...
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  • du château de Blois ("a portrait of the musician Marin Marais by Jean Dieu de Saint-Jean in the musée du château de Blois"). Les cahiers du château et...
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    etcher. He did 492 etchings, including etchings of the Château de Blois, the Château de Chambord and the Château de Vitré. "Octave de Rochebrune (1824-1900)"...
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