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    The canton of Guise is an administrative division in northern France. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton...
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    Guise (/ɡwiːz/ GWEEZ, French: [ɡɥiz]; Dutch: Wieze) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. The city was the birthplace...
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  • consisted of 15 communes, which joined the canton of Guise in 2015. It had 6,612 inhabitants (2012). The canton comprised the following communes: Étreux...
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  • consisted of 9 communes, which joined the canton of Guise in 2015. It had 6,805 inhabitants (2012). The canton comprised the following communes: Barzy-en-Thiérache...
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    began when in response to the massacre of Wassy by the duc de Guise (duke of Guise), the prince de Condé seized Orléans on 2 April. Over the next several...
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    Actual power fell to two of Henri II's favourites, the duc de Guise (duke of Guise) and cardinal de Lorraine who quickly moved to assert a monopoly of their...
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    constituency. Located in the arrondissement of La Rochelle, Île de Ré includes two cantons: Saint-Martin-de-Ré eastwards and Ars-en-Ré westwards. The island is divided...
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    Henri would dispatch both the cardinal de Lorraine and duc de Guise. Little interested in meeting with the duc de Guise, the duca di Savoia was removed as...
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  • 164 Birds of a Feather Anon. (Unknown) The Penny Popular 165 In Convict's Guise Anon. (Unknown) The Penny Popular 166 The Chinese Rivals Anon. (William...
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    of the Hôtel de Clisson, also known as the Hôtel de Guise, for François de Rohan, Prince de Soubise, which consequently became the Hôtel de Soubise, and...
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    the Château de Blois, Henry of Guise and his brother, the Cardinal de Guise, were lured into a trap and were murdered. The Duke of Guise had been highly...
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    Ghoul (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    that a ghoul is a desert-dwelling, shapeshifting demon that can assume the guise of an animal, especially a hyena. It lures unwary people into the desert...
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    twinned with: Buckingham, United Kingdom Jean de Joinville Claude de Lorraine Louis de Guise, cardinal évêque de Metz François Lespingola Louis Yard Joseph...
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    Aisne (category Departments of Hauts-de-France)
    Château of Guise Cathedrals Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Laon Soissons Cathedral Churches and abbeys Saint-Michel-en-Thiérache Abbey Abbaye du Tortoir de Saint...
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  • The following is a list of the 21 cantons of the Aisne department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March...
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    Flahaut to Guise. In the meantime, a body of troops had been discerned in the distance, moving towards the town. Napoleon sent an aide de camp to reconnoitre...
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    cardinal de Bourbon (1493–1553}. Charles' sister Antoinette de Bourbon, married the comte de Guise (a member of the house of Lorraine), who in 1524 was made...
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    by Montaigne, Voltaire, the Dukes of Guise, the Dukes of Lorraine, Beaumarchais, Napoleon Bonaparte, Joséphine de Beauharnais, Charles XIV John, Napoléon...
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    Gütsch Funicular (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    After rebuilding, the line reopened on 26 September 2015. In its current guise the line is operated by Verkehrsbetriebe Luzern, the city's transport operator...
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  • The Slipper Episode (category Films directed by Jean de Limur)
    pêcheur Janine Guise as Laurence de Tourville Jean Tissier as Jacques de Tourville Jean Dax as Le directeur de l'hôtel Maryanne as La dame de compagnie Émile...
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    Mary of Guise, succeeded his brother. François (1513–1548), Marquis of Rothelin, married Jacqueline de Rohan and had issue: Léonor d'Orléans, duc de Longueville...
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    de la Marck Catherine of Cleves (1548–1633); married Antoine III de Croÿ and Henry I, Duke of Guise. Marie of Cleves (1553–1574); married Henri I de Bourbon...
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  • temps : fantaisies en guise de "Maerchenbilder" (1990) La Preuve par le vide (1992) D'un pas suspendu (1994) Des parenthèses de soleil & de vent (1995) Dans...
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    Captain Cook was commanded by Henry Laurie, and the Experiment by Henry Guise. Strange was supercargo and also in overall command of the voyage. As far...
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    Interlaken (category Municipalities of the canton of Bern)
    municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern. It is an important and well-known tourist destination in the Bernese...
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    Bomberos Municipal del Cantón Santa Rosa". Cuerpo de Bomberos Municipal del Cantón Santa Rosa. "La Benemérita cumple 162 años de cantonización". Diario...
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  • justice system of the Swiss canton of Fribourg, who were responsible for most of the investigation into the case. The canton had wanted to release these...
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    well as Sarganserland of the Canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland; in St. Gallen, the creature may appear also in the guise of a magpie, fox, or black cat...
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    state matters in Zürich and spread to several other cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy. Seven cantons remained Catholic, however, which led to intercantonal...
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    attributes to Richier, two carvings for the tomb of Claude de Lorraine, the Duke of Guise and Antoinette de Bourbon, which were placed in the collegiate church...
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