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    Viscount (redirect from Vicomte)
    sometimes left untranslated as vicomte [vi.kɔ̃t]. The word viscount comes from Old French visconte (Modern French: vicomte), itself from Medieval Latin...
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    The Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte (French pronunciation: [ʃato də vo lə vikɔ̃t]) is a Baroque French château located in Maincy, near Melun, 55 kilometres...
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    The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (French: Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard [lə vikɔ̃t də bʁaʒəlɔn u diz‿ɑ̃ ply taʁ]) is a novel...
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    François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand (4 September 1768 – 4 July 1848) was a French writer, politician, diplomat and historian who influenced French...
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    Alexandre François Marie, Viscount of Beauharnais (28 May 1760 – 23 July 1794) was a French politician and general of the French Revolution. He was the...
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    Ferdinand Marie, Comte de Lesseps GCSI (French: [də lesɛps]; 19 November 1805 – 7 December 1894) was a French diplomat and later developer of the Suez...
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    from March 23, 1782. It is the story of the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, two amoral lovers-turned-rivals who amuse themselves by ruining...
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    Paul François Jean Nicolas, Vicomte de Barras (French: [bara:s]; 30 June 1755 – 29 January 1829), commonly known as Paul Barras, was a French politician...
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    Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne (11 September 1611 – 27 July 1675), commonly known as Turenne [ty.ʁɛn], was a French general and one of...
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    Ouilly-le-Vicomte (French pronunciation: [uji lə vikɔ̃t] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Communes...
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