• Jean de Poitiers, seigneur de Saint Vallier (c. 1475 – 1529) was a French nobleman best known as the father of Diane de Poitiers, mistress of King Henry...
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    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 Vallier...
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    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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    The Baptistère Saint-Jean (Baptistery of St John) is a Roman Catholic church in Poitiers, France. It is reputed to be the oldest existing Christian building...
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  • The University of Poitiers (UP; French: Université de Poitiers) is a public university located in Poitiers, France. It is a member of the Coimbra Group...
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    at the time that his father-in-law, Jean de Poitiers, Seigneur de Saint Vallier, was involved in the plot. Jean was condemned to death over that involvement...
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  • court-life. Aliénor was the daughter of the nobleman, Jean de Poitiers of Champagne and Isabel de Sousa, a member of an illegitimate line of the royal...
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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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    Church in France. The archepiscopal see is in the city of Poitiers. The Diocese of Poitiers includes the two Departments of Vienne and Deux-Sèvres. The...
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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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  • John of Poitiers-Lusignan (French: Jean de Poitiers-Lusignan; died 7 August 1343) was constable and later regent of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. He...
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  • Countess of Diois. King Henry II of France created his mistress Diane de Poitiers Duchess of Valentinois in 1548. She was the only suo jure Duchess and...
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    de Poitiers in Her Own Words. Bloomington, Indiana: iUniverse. ISBN 9781462029815. Draper, James David; Papet, Edouard (2014). The Passions of Jean-Baptiste...
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    4000/abpo.2071. Hiernard, Jean (2004). Le Baptistère Saint-Jean de Poitiers (in French). Poitiers: Société des Antiquaires de l'Ouest. Pillard, Guy (1982)...
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    1514 Jean de Poitiers, lord of Saint-Vallier 1515–1525 René of Savoy, Count of Tende 1525–1566 Claude de Savoie, Count of Tende 1566–1572 Honorat I de Savoie...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • Joufroi de Poitiers or Joufrois is a 13th-century French romance in 4613 octosyllabic verses. Only one manuscript of this work is preserved, in the Royal...
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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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    Pictaviensis, was a scholastic logician and theologian and Bishop of Poitiers. He was born in Poitiers, and completed his first studies there. He was then educated...
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    Toulouse Paris - Bordeaux - Arcachon Paris - St-Pierre-des-corps (Tours) - Poitiers - Angoulême - Bordeaux Lille - Aéroport CDG - Tours - Bordeaux Strasbourg...
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    Magnificent (French: Jean de Berry, Latin: Johannes de Bituria; 30 November 1340 – 15 June 1416) was Duke of Berry and Auvergne and Count of Poitiers and Montpensier...
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    École nationale supérieure d'ingénieurs de Poitiers (ENSI Poitiers) is a French engineering grande école in Poitiers, the regional capital of former Poitou-Charentes...
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    Jean Joseph Marie Gabriel de Lattre de Tassigny (2 February 1889 – 11 January 1952) was a French général d'armée during World War II and the First Indochina...
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    deputy to Jean de Cheylar, prior of Charraix, near Langeac, in the bishopric of Saint-Flour. Poitiers was the eldest son of Louis I de Poitiers, Count of...
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    Known also as Jean de Bellème, John of Poitiers, John of Belmeis, Jean de Belmeia, Jean aux Belles-Mains, Jean des Bellesmains and Jean de Bellesmes. s:Catholic...
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    de Charny (c. 1306 – 19 September 1356) was the third son of Jean de Charny, the lord of Charny (then a major Burgundian fortress), and Marguerite de...
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    that resulted in catastrophic military losses, including the Battle of Poitiers of 1356, in which John was captured. While John was a prisoner in London...
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  • Les Batailles de Poitiers. Charles Martel et les Arabes. en 30 questions. Geste éditions, La Crèche, 2000. Collection dirigée par Jean-Clément Martin...
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