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    François-Marie Banier (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa maʁi banje]) (born 27 June 1947) is a French novelist, playwright, artist, actor and photographer...
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    François-Marie Arouet (French: [fʁɑ̃swa maʁi aʁwɛ]; 21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778), known by his nom de plume Voltaire (/vɒlˈtɛər, voʊl-/, US also /vɔːl-/;...
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    Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, Comtesse de La Fayette (baptized 18 March 1634 – 25 May 1693), better known as Madame de La Fayette, was a French...
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    Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (French: [maksimiljɛ̃ ʁɔbɛspjɛʁ]; 6 May 1758 – 28 July 1794) was a French lawyer and statesman, widely...
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  • François Poulin de Francheville, Seigneur de Saint-Maurice (7 October 1692 – November 1733) was a Montreal merchant who was granted permission by the King...
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    François-Honorat de Beauvilliers, 1st duc de Saint-Aignan (30 October 1607 – 16 June 1687), born in Paris, was a French military leader, administrator...
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    François Louis de Bourbon, le Grand Conti (30 April 1664 – 22 February 1709), was Prince de Conti, succeeding his brother, Louis Armand de Bourbon, in...
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    Françoise Marie de Bourbon (Légitimée de France; 4 May 1677 – 1 February 1749) was the youngest illegitimate daughter of King Louis XIV of France and his...
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    François Marie, comte d'Aboville (23 January 1730 – 1 November 1817) was a French général de division (major general). He was the father of Augustin Gabriel...
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    Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, vicomte de Saint-Exupéry (29 June 1900 – c. 31 July 1944), known simply as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (UK: /ˌsæ̃tɪɡˈzuːpəri/...
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    Louis Marie de Noailles, Viscount of Noailles (17 April 1756 Paris – 7 January 1804 Havana) was the second son of Philippe, duc de Mouchy, and a member...
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  • François Marie Daudin (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa maʁi dodɛ̃]; 29 August 1776 in Paris – 30 November 1803 in Paris) was a French zoologist. With legs...
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    François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier (December 27, 1803 – February 15, 1839), also known under shorter names such as François-Marie-Thomas de Lorimier...
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    Marie Anne de Bourbon, Légitimée de France, born Marie Anne de La Blaume Le Blanc, by her marriage Princess of Conti then Princess Dowager of Conti, suo...
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    François Auguste Marie Mignet (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa oɡyst maʁi miɲɛ], 8 May 1796 – 24 March 1884) was a French journalist and historian of the...
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  • préface by Jean-Marie Keller ; contributions from Albert André Algoud, Michel Fromentoux and François Saint-Pierre "François-Marie Algoud (1920 - 2012)"...
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    Francis de Sales, C.O., O.M. (French: François de Sales; Italian: Francesco di Sales; 21 August 1567 – 28 December 1622) was a Savoyard Catholic prelate...
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    claimant to the French crown. He was born François-Ferdinand-Philippe-Louis-Marie d'Orléans at the Château de Neuilly, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Educated...
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    of the royal blood). The son of François de Bourbon and Marie de Luxembourg, François was the heir to the comté de Saint-Pol from his mother. At the advent...
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    Antoinette de Pons, Marquise of Guercheville, and lady-in-waiting to Marie de' Medici. Together, they had twelve children, including: François de La Rochefoucauld...
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  • François Marie de Lorraine (4 Apr 1624 – 19 January 1694) was a French nobleman and member of the House of Lorraine. He was known as the prince de Lillebonne...
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    Anne Marie Timoléon François de Cossé, 11th Duke of Brissac (1868–1944), was a French aristocrat and author. He held the French noble title of Duke of...
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    finishing school she went to Paris. Marie-Hélène was married twice: In 1950, she married the French Count François de Nicolay (1919–1963) a horsebreeder...
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    and de Rohan raised to prince. François would be succeeded by three further princes before the male line of Rohan-Soubise became extinct. François was...
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    the Secret du Roi. As second son of François-Marie, duc de Broglie, he was accorded the courtesy title of marquis de Ruffec. After serving as a French military...
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    Marie de' Medici (French: Marie de Médicis; Italian: Maria de' Medici; 26 April 1575 – 3 July 1642) was Queen of France and Navarre as the second wife...
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  • François de Cossé, 13th Duke of Brissac (19 February 1929 – 6 April 2021), was a French aristocrat and landowner. He held the French noble title of Duke...
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    Jacques de Bourbon (1490–1491), died young François de Bourbon (1491–1545), Count of Saint Pol and Chaumont, and Duke of Estouteville Louis de Bourbon...
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    Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort, TOSD (French pronunciation: [lwi maʁi ɡʁiɲɔ̃ də mɔ̃fɔʁ]; 31 January 1673 – 28 April 1716) was a French Catholic priest...
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    the reverse Sarcophagus of Marie Louise in the Imperial Crypt, Vienna Napoleon Diamond Necklace de Saint-Amand, p. 1 de Saint-Amand, p. 2 Cuthell, Edith...
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