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    firm Groupe PSA (19,648); EDF (Electricité de France, 18,199); and Renault (18,136). While the Petite Couronne, or departments closest to Paris, previously...
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    The French Crown Jewels (French: Joyaux de la Couronne de France) and Regalia comprise the crowns, orb, sceptres, diadems and jewels that were symbols...
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    Officers of the Crown of France (French: Grands officiers de la couronne de France) were the most important officers of state in the French royal court during...
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    The French ironclad Couronne ("Crown") was the first iron-hulled ironclad warship built for the French Navy in 1859–1862. She was the first such ship to...
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    the Crown of France (French: diamant bleu de la Couronne de France). Later English-speaking historians have simply called it the French Blue. The king...
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    Crown of Charlemagne (category Articles containing French-language text)
    Charlemagne (French: Couronne de Charlemagne) was a name given to the ancient coronation crown of Kings of the Franks, and later Kings of France after 1237...
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    Baumgartner 1996, p. 244. de Gibours 1726, pp. 205–208. Ornato, Monique (1981). Répertoire de personnages apparentés à la couronne de France aux XIVe et XVe siècles...
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    Marjorie Merriweather Post, cites Germain Bapst's Histoire des Joyaux de la Couronne de France, who in turn quotes Madame Campan, Marie Antoinette's lady's maid:...
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    Couronne (French for "crown") was an emblematic ship of the French Navy built by order of Richelieu. The Couronne was the first major warship to be designed...
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    years, and finally "Royal counsellor" (« conseiller du Roi, maison et couronne de France » 7 April 1573). In Paris, on 9 April 1551, he married Anne Le Maire...
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