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    played by Du Croisy) — the other rejected suitor Gorgibus (orig. François Bedeau, aka L'Espy) — a good bourgeois man Magdelon (orig. Madeleine Béjart)...
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    bourgeois Parisian, Sganarelle's neighbour and Célie's father L'Espy (François Bedeau) Lélie, a well-bred and idealistic young man in love with Célie La...
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    by François-René de Chateaubriand at Project Gutenberg Works by or about François-René de Chateaubriand at the Internet Archive Works by François-René...
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    French prestige. The eldest son of François Joseph de Choiseul, marquis de Stainville (1700–1770), Étienne François was born in Nancy in the Duchy of Lorraine...
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    Marie Alphonse Bedeau (19 August 1804 – 29 October 1863) was a French general and minister. Bedeau was born on 19 August 1804 in Vertou (Lower Loire)...
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    Jean Louis Xavier François Darlan (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ lwi ɡzavje fʁɑ̃swa daʁlɑ̃]; 7 August 1881 – 24 December 1942) was a French admiral and political...
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    Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin (French pronunciation: [dɔminik maʁi fʁɑ̃swa ʁəne ɡaluzo də vilpɛ̃]; born 14 November 1953) is a French...
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    was an advisor and later secretary general at the Élysée under President François Mitterrand. Following his retirement from politics, Védrine became an advisor...
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    discovered that François Guizot had substituted for her. In 1812 Mademoiselle de Meulan married Guizot. She died in 1827. (An only son, François, born in 1819...
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    ex ministre de François Mitterrand, et un historien local de Ducey" [The friendship between Roland Dumas, former minister of François Mitterrand, and...
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    was Philippe Charles François (1714–1774), baron de Pierrebourg, marquis de Pierre de Bernis, seigneur de Saint-Marcel. François was educated at the Louis-le-Grand...
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    period. He was Minister of Commerce, under the premiership of Frédéric François-Marsal, for just five days in 1924. He was Minister of Commerce and Industry...
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    Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta (Corsican: Oraziu Francescu Bastianu Sebastiani di A Porta; 11 November 1771 – 20 July 1851) was a French...
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    Charles François Marie, Comte de Rémusat (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl fʁɑ̃swa maʁi kɔ̃t də ʁemyza], 13 March 1797 – 6 June 1875), was a French politician...
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    his sallies. Generals Louis Juchault de Lamoricière and Marie Alphonse Bedeau fixed on their encampment on Lalla Maghnia. On 22 May 1844, El-Gennaoui...
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    d'Estaing appointed François-Poncet secretary of state at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1976 President Giscard d'Estaing appointed François-Poncet Secretary...
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    Charles-François Delacroix was born in Givry-en-Argonne on 15 April 1741. He married Victoire Oëbène, daughter of the cabinet-maker Jean-François Oeben...
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    Jules François Camille Ferry (French: [ʒyl fɛʁi]; 5 April 1832 – 17 March 1893) was a French statesman and republican philosopher. He was one of the leaders...
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  • Affairs under Georges Pompidou, and as Minister of External Commerce under François Mitterrand. His tenure was marked, in part, by tense relations with the...
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    Robert Bugeaud Eugène Daumas Marie Alphonse Bedeau French conquest of Algeria Emir Mustapha Marie Alphonse Bedeau (fr) Information on the capture of Algiers...
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  • centrist politician. He is a descendant of the royalist military leader François de Charette and of king Charles X of France. Member of the Union for French...
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    the resignation of Jean-François Copé from the head of the UMP, it was announced that former Prime Ministers Alain Juppé, François Fillon and Jean-Pierre...
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  • Thiers Molé Montebello Soult Thiers Guizot Second Republic Lamartine Bastide Bedeau Bastide Drouyn de Lhuys Tocqueville Rayneval La Hitte Drouyn de Lhuys Brénier...
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    Kouchner was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in Prime Minister François Fillon's government, even though Kouchner supported Sarkozy's Socialist...
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    François Joseph de Gratet, vicomte du Bouchage (1 April 1749, Grenoble – 12 April 1821), was an artillery general, politician, and French Minister of Marine...
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    Valée Thomas Robert Bugeaud Louis Juchault de Lamoricière Marie Alphonse Bedeau Henri d'Orleans Louis-Eugène Cavaignac Nicolas Théodule Changarnier Viala...
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    some 2,000 Jews were placed in concentration camps at Bedeau and Djelfa. The camp at Bedeau, near Sidi-bel-Abbes, became a place for the concentration...
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    centrist parliamentary group, he was often opposed to the UDF party leader François Bayrou. Indeed, while the latter advocated the emancipation of the UDF...
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  • Jean-François-Madeleine de Gentil (8 March 1789 – 29 March 1852) was a French officer who participated to the French conquest of Algeria. Jean-François Gentil...
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    Paul François de Quélen de Stuer de Caussade, 2nd Duke of La Vauguyon and sometimes mistakenly Paul François de Quélen de Stuer de Caussade de La Vauguyon...
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