of Saint-Porchaire (12th century) or Poitiers Cathedral (end of the 12th century) as well as the Palace of Poitiers, until recently a courthouse (12th century)...
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Blanche Monnier (redirect from La Séquestrée de Poitiers)
known in France as la Séquestrée de Poitiers (roughly, "The Confined Woman of Poitiers"), was a woman from Poitiers, France, who was secretly kept locked...
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architecture. Diane de Poitiers was born on 9 January 1500, in the Château de Saint-Vallier, Drôme, France. Her parents were Jean de Poitiers, Seigneur de Saint...
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Hilary of Poitiers (Latin: Hilarius Pictaviensis; c. 310 – c. 367) was Bishop of Poitiers and a Doctor of the Church. He was sometimes referred to as...
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The Battle of Poitiers was fought on 19 September 1356 between a French army commanded by King John II and an Anglo-Gascon force under Edward, the Black...
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citizenship. Although there were few Poitiers of French ancestry in the Bahamas, some believe that the Poitier ancestors had migrated from Haiti, and...
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historically uncertain, but she may have been the daughter of Hilary of Poitiers. Hilary of Poitiers was married; however, the existence of Abra is uncertain, as...
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University of Poitiers (UP; French: Université de Poitiers, pronounced [ynivɛʁsite də pwatje]) is a public university located in Poitiers, France. It is...
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up Poitiers in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Poitiers is a city in France. Poitiers may also refer to: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Poitiers, France...
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TV actress and daughter of Sidney Poitier Poitiers (disambiguation) This page lists people with the surname Poitier. If an internal link intending to...
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Among the people who have borne the title of Count of Poitiers (French: Comte de Poitiers, Latin: Comes Pictaviensis; or Poitou, in what is now France...
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Battle of Tours (redirect from Battle of Tours-Poitiers)
The Battle of Tours, also called the Battle of Poitiers and the Battle of the Highway of the Martyrs (Arabic: معركة بلاط الشهداء, romanized: Maʿrakat Balāṭ...
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Jean de Poitiers, Lord of Saint Vallier (c. 1475 – 1529) was a French nobleman best known as the father of Diane de Poitiers, mistress of King Henry II...
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The Palace of Poitiers was the palace of the Counts of Poitiers and subsequent Dukes of Aquitaine in Poitiers, in Poitou, western France. It is a medieval...
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Poitiers station (French: Gare de Poitiers) is a major railway station in the French city of Poitiers, in the department of Vienne and region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine...
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William of Poitiers (1020–1090) was a Norman priest and chronicler, chaplain to William the Conqueror. William of Poitiers may also refer to: William...
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Ramnulfids (redirect from House of Poitiers)
Raymond of Poitiers, Prince of Antioch House of Poitiers-Antioch Hugh Ebles Ebalus, Bishop of Limoges and Treasurer of St. Hilary of Poitiers Gauzbert Ebalus...
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(852–866), Count of Poitiers from 835, Duke of Aquitaine from 852. Ranulph II (887–890), son of Ranulf I, also Count of Poitiers, called himself King...
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Grand Poitiers is the communauté urbaine, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Poitiers. It is located in the Vienne department, in the...
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Tamiia Poitier (/ˈpwɑːtjeɪ/ PWAH-tyay; born 1973/1974) is an American-Canadian television and film actress. Born in Los Angeles in 1973 or 1974, Poitier is...
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of Poitiers were, as of January 2015: Lusignan Mirebeau Neuville-de-Poitou Poitiers-1 Poitiers-2 Poitiers-3 Poitiers-4 Poitiers-5 Poitiers-6 Poitiers-7...
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Poitiers Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Poitiers) is a Roman Catholic church in Poitiers, France. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Poitiers...
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William of Poitiers (Latin: Guillelmus Pictaviensis, French: Guillaume de Poitiers; c. 1020 – 1090) was a Norman priest who served as the chaplain of...
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(1966). The French Apanages and the Capetian Monarchy: 1224–1328. Harvard University Press. Media related to Alphonse de Poitiers at Wikimedia Commons...
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Canton of Poitiers may refer to: Canton of Poitiers-1, Arrondissement of Poitiers, Department of Vienne, Region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France Canton of...
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Poitiers–Biard Airport (French: Aéroport de Poitiers – Biard, IATA: PIS, ICAO: LFBI) is an airport located at Biard, 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) west of Poitiers...
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Louis of Poitiers may refer to: Louis of Poitiers (bishop of Metz), who succeeded Henri, Dauphin of Viennois Louis I de Poitiers, Count of Valentinois...
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Les noces de Poitiers (1946), translated as The Couple from Poitiers, is a novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon; it is one of the author's self-described...
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Radegund (redirect from Radegund of Poitiers)
bishop Maroveus of Poitiers refused to install it in the abbey, at Radegund's request king Sigebert I sent Eufronius of Tours to Poitiers to perform the ceremony...
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great-grandfather Henry I. At the time of his death, William was reigning as Count of Poitiers, as his mother had ceded the county to him. For centuries, the dukes of...
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