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    cards. In a standard 52-card deck these are the valet (knave or jack), the dame (lady or queen), and the roi (king). In addition, in Tarot packs, there is...
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    Monsieur de La Tour-Landry Monsieur de Vic Madame de Cossé Dame Bérarde A Gentleman of the Queen A Valet of the King Doctor Seigneurs, Pages Common folk The...
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  • by Alexandre Bontemps (1626–1701), first valet of the king's bedchamber (premier valet de la chambre du roi), who secured a dowry of 40 000 livres, silver...
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  • Saint-Ernest 1851: Un vendredi, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act 1853: Le Roi, la dame et le valet, comédie en vaudevilles in 3 acts, with Thouin Joseph Marie Quérard...
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    and Kn (Ess, Kung, Dam and Knekt) and France uses 1, R, D, V (As, Roi, Dame, and Valet). Finland uses numbers 1-13. All early playing cards were single...
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  • including Mercure in Amphytrion 38, the dancing master in Ariadne auf Naxos, Un valet in Don Quichotte, le vieillard and la rainette in L'enfant et les sortilèges...
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    premiered in 1917, Sam Abramovitch in 1927 (in New York City) and Un roi, deux dames et un valet in 1934. He published a war poem L' Arret sur la Marne in 1916...
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  • vaudevilles 1849: Le Gibier du Roi, one-act comédie en vaudevilles, with Alfred Delacour 1852: Le Roi, la dame et le valet, three-act comédie en vaudevilles...
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    de la Cité. The first librarian of record was Claude Mallet, the king's valet de chambre, who made a sort of catalogue, Inventoire des Livres du Roy nostre...
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    summoned by the King. On 27 September, she was baptised with her nurse and valet stood in as godparents. She died the following day. The princess was eight...
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  • des nuages 2009 : Diamant 13 1971 : La Dame de Montsoreau (as Epernon) 1972 : Les Boussardel 1972 : Les Rois maudits, de Claude Barma (as Charles IV...
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    milkmaids, shepherdesses, and country ladies, whereas Charles played lovers, valets, and farmers. A famous story concerning the two involves the construction...
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    Étienne (1991). Recueil des Dames, poésies et tombeaux. Gallimard. p. 13. ISBN 978-2-07-011214-2. Le Roux, N. (2001). La Faveur du roi. Mignons et courtisans...
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    brothers: René d'O (–1586) sieur de Fresnes and gentilhomme de la chambre du roi (gentleman of the king's chamber) in 1580; Louis d'O (–1583) sieur de La...
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    ranks low) and four court cards: jack (valet), knight or cavalier (chevalier or cavalier), queen (dame) and king (roi). The other 22 are the 21 atouts or...
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    ace) 300 majeure 100 majeure 60 roi (king) 150 roi 80 roi 50 dame (queen) 100 dame 60 dame 40 valet (jack) 50 valet 40 valet 30 dix (ten) - dix 30 dix 20...
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    52-card decks), four "face cards"; the Valet (Jack), Cavalier (Knight; not seen in 52-card decks), Dame (Queen) and Roi (King) are respectively worth 2, 3...
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    cards: ten pip cards, and four face cards: the Roi (King), Dame (Queen), Cavalier (Knight), and Valet (Jack). Of the atouts, 21 are numbered from 1 to...
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    four face cards in each suit: a Valet (Knave or Page), Chevalier or Cavalier (Horse-rider or Knight), Dame (Queen) and Roi (King). The court cards are sometimes...
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    throwing him on top of a half naked Comtesse de Mailly on a sofa by his valet Gabriel Bachelier. Louise Julie de Mailly was described as a thin beauty...
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    Galvin 1941: Moulin Rouge by André Hugon - La concierge 1941: The Master Valet by Paul Mesnier - Agathe 1945: We Are Not Married by Bernard-Roland 1945:...
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    to convince him to move to the Louvre and suggested he move in with his valets de chambre, but de la Rochefoucauld replied "their feet stink". On the day...
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    three horses, and one sergeant brother with two horses, and one gentleman valet to carry his shield and lance, with one horse". As the order grew, more...
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    on the Dune (1934) L'aristo (1934) - Bérnu The Last Billionaire (1934) - Valet Mam'zelle Spahi (1934) - Perlot - l'ordonnance du lieutenant Hotel Free...
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    Porte-Saint-Martin. 1932 : Andromaque by Racine, Théâtre Antoine. 1934 : Un roi, deux dames et un valet by François Porche, Comédie des Champs-Élysées. 1936 : Elizabeth...
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    before the composition of La marquise de Brinvilliers was Le congrès des rois, conceived in a revolutionary spirit, the work of 12 composers, and presented...
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    sang his lines, inscribed on placards held aloft. He could appear as a valet, a cook, or an adventurer; his character is not strictly defined. In the...
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  • Marcel Maréchal for Mr Puntila and his Man Matti (Maître Puntila et son valet Matti) Bernard Murat for Célimène et le Cardinal 1993 : Laurent Terzieff...
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    actually the prison chaplain's room, the baron was allowed to be served by his valet, who ordered the baron's meals from the best caterers in town. In addition...
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    ranking 7 8 A R D V 10 9 in each suit, whereby R is the Roi (King), D the Dame (Queen) and V the Valet (Jack). The 8 is called the six. Sackson says that in...
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