• through Spain, Portugal, and southern France. He went to Paris in 1708. Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, whom he succeeded at the Jardin du Roi, later the Jardin...
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    Pierre Michon (born 28 March 1945, Châtelus-le-Marcheix, Creuse) is a French writer. His first novel, Small Lives (1984), is widely regarded as a genuine...
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    Portugal and the Algarves, for whom he was named. Princess Françoise of Orléans (14 August 1844 – 28 October 1925), the older sister of Prince Pierre...
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    Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (/ləˈmɑːrk/; French: [ʒɑ̃batist...
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    Louis XIV (redirect from Grand Roi)
    1715), also known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or the Sun King (le Roi Soleil), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified...
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    born at Manoir de la Possonnière in the village of Couture-sur-Loir, Vendômois. His father served Francis I as maître d'hôtel du roi. Ronsard received...
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    de Miledy d’Herby, d’Eustache de Saint-Pierre et de Beatrix de Guines au siège de la ville de Calais, sous le règne de Philippe de Valois, roi de France...
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    Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, S.J. (Latin: Petrus Franciscus-Xaverius de Charlevoix; 24 or 29 October 1682 – 1 February 1761) was a French Jesuit...
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    following years, and finally "Royal counsellor" (« conseiller du Roi, maison et couronne de France » 7 April 1573). In Paris, on 9 April 1551, he married...
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    Henri, Count of Paris (1908–1999) (category Articles with PortugalA identifiers)
    Comte de Paris: ou, La Passion du présent (in French). Paris: Centre d'études de l'Agora. Walter, Xavier (2002). Un roi pour la France: Henri comte de Paris...
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