2019, Blois is the most populated city of the department, and the 4th of the region. Historically, the city was the capital of the County of Blois, created...

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...

legitimised Françoise Marie and gave her the courtesy title of Mademoiselle de Blois, a style once held by her older half-sister Marie Anne de Bourbon, a...

revived in 1894. 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...

of Châtillon, Count of Blois (died 12 August 1342), son of Hugh II of Châtillon and Beatrix of Dampierre, was Count of Blois and Lord of Avesnes 1307–1342...

Jean Monier (or Mosnier; 1600–1656) was a French painter. He was born and died in Blois. Monier's father also named Jean was a glass painter and early...

Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ maʁi ʁɔlɑ̃ də la platjɛʁ]; 18 February 1734 – 10 November 1793) was a French inspector of...

Jean, or Jehan de Beaumanoir, marshal of Brittany for Charles of Blois, and captain of Josselin, is remembered for his share in the famous Combat of the...

The County of Blois was a feudal principality centred on Blois, south of Paris, France. It was created just after king Clovis I conquered Roman Gaul around...

October 1667, Blois' youngest full sibling, Louis (1667–1683) was born. The two children were placed in the care of Madame Colbert (born Marie Charron), the...

The Diocese of Blois (Latin: Dioecesis Blesensis; French: Diocèse de Blois) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese lies...

Vitry, and Marie exiled to the Château de Blois. In the night of 21–22 February 1619, the 43-year-old Queen Mother escaped from her prison in Blois with a...

Orléans (Gaston Jean Baptiste; 24 April 1608 – 2 February 1660), was the third son of King Henry IV of France and his second wife, Marie de' Medici. As...

children were: Henry I of Champagne, count of Champagne Theobald V of Blois, count of Blois and seneschal of France Adela, queen of France as the wife of King...

Jean Ville, also known under the names Jean-André Ville et André Ville, born 24 June 1910 in Marseille, died 22 January 1989 in Blois, was a French mathematician...

Blois. Jean-Eugene's mother, the former Marie-Catherine Guillon, died when he was just a young child. At the age of eleven, Prosper sent his son Jean-Eugène...

Jean Marie Pardessus (August 11, 1772 – May 27, 1853) was a French lawyer. He was born at Blois, and educated by the Oratorians, then studied law, at...

Paris. The Allies entered the city the following day. Marie Louise and the court moved to Blois, which was safe from the Allies. She did not expect her...

Châtillon, Count of Blois (died 22 December 1397), the youngest son of Louis I of Châtillon and Joan of Avesnes, was Count of Blois and Soissons, and lord...

supported the Blois faction, and the Breton War of Succession (1341–1364) was triggered. The Breton Civil War was fought between the House of Blois and the...

Blois Cathedral, or the Cathedral of St. Louis of Blois (French: Cathédrale Saint-Louis de Blois), is a Late Gothic Catholic cathedral in Blois, France...

at Blois, among them Johann Wettstein and Lord Forbes. She spent the remainder of her life in retirement with her daughter, the Marquise de Blois, at...

Jean-Marie Laclavetine (born February 17, 1954, in Bordeaux) is a French editor, writer and translator of Italian literature into French. Jean-Marie Laclavetine...

of Blois, jure uxoris, husband of the previous. 1346–1350 Louis III, also Count of Blois, son of the previous 1350–1367 Guy II, also Count of Blois, brother...

Blois (in English and French). Retrieved 2023-04-17. Ollier, Amandine (2022). "Blois : l'aître Saint-Saturnin, un patrimoine aux mille vies" [Blois:...

during her uncle Henry's reign and after his death. Marie Elisabeth resided firstly in Amboise and Blois, but later she was moved to Paris. Apparently of...

I, Count of Blois and Mary, Countess of Blois. They had: Hugh II, Count of Blois (died 1307), Count of Saint Pol and later Count of Blois Guy IV, Count...

War. In their later years, the couple lived at Orzain near Blois in France. She died at Blois at age 69. Juliette Rémillard, “RENAUD D’AVÈNE DES MÉLOIZES...

Orléans. He was also Duke of Valois, Count of Beaumont-sur-Oise and of Blois, Lord of Coucy, and the inheritor of Asti in Italy via his mother Valentina...

the Fronde, for bringing the composer Jean-Baptiste Lully to the king's court, and for her Mémoires. Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans was born at the Palais...