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Châteaux of the Loire Valley, the Glossary

The châteaux of the Loire Valley (châteaux de la Loire) are part of the architectural heritage of the historic towns of Amboise, Angers, Blois, Chinon, Montsoreau, Orléans, Saumur, and Tours along the river Loire in France.^[1]

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Age of Enlightenment

The Age of Enlightenment (also the Age of Reason and the Enlightenment) was the intellectual and philosophical movement that occurred in Europe in the 17th and the 18th centuries.

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Agnès Sorel

Agnès Sorel (1422 – 9 February 1450), known by the sobriquet Dame de beauté (Lady of Beauty), was a favourite and chief mistress of King Charles VII of France, by whom she bore four daughters.

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Amboise

Amboise is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

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Amboise conspiracy

The Amboise conspiracy, also called Tumult of Amboise, was a failed attempt by a Huguenot faction in France to gain control over the young King Francis II and to reverse the policies of the current administration of Francis, Duke of Guise and Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine through their arrest, and potentially execution.

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Angers

Angers is a city in western France, about southwest of Paris.

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Anne of Brittany

Anne of Brittany (25/26 January 1477 – 9 January 1514) was reigning Duchess of Brittany from 1488 until her death, and Queen of France from 1491 to 1498 and from 1499 to her death.

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Apocalypse Tapestry

The Apocalypse Tapestry is a large medieval set of tapestries commissioned by Louis I, the Duke of Anjou, and woven in Paris between 1377 and 1382.

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Ardon, Loiret

Ardon is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.

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Argy

Argy is a commune in the department of Indre and the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France.

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Art & Language

Art & Language is an English conceptual artists' collaboration that has undergone many changes since it was created around 1967.

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Artnet

Artnet.com is an art market website.

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Azay-le-Ferron

Azay-le-Ferron is a commune in the Indre department in central France.

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Azay-le-Rideau

Azay-le-Rideau is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in the Centre-Val de Loire region in central-west France.

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Écuillé

Écuillé is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.

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Étienne François de Choiseul, Duke of Choiseul

Étienne François, marquis de Stainville, duc de Choiseul, KOHS, OGF (28 June 17198 May 1785) was a French military officer, diplomat and statesman.

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Baugé

Baugé is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire département in western France.

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Beaugency

Beaugency is a commune in the Loiret department, Centre-Val de Loire, north-central France.

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Blois

Blois is a commune and the capital city of Loir-et-Cher department, in Centre-Val de Loire, France, on the banks of the lower Loire river between Orléans and Tours.

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Bourgeoisie

The bourgeoisie are a class of business owners and merchants which emerged in the Late Middle Ages, originally as a "middle class" between peasantry and aristocracy.

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Brézé

Brézé is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.

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Briare

Briare (also known as Briare-le-Canal) is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France, in the historical region of Puisaye.

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Brissac Loire Aubance

Brissac Loire Aubance is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France.

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Cardinal Richelieu

Armand Jean du Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu (9 September 1585 – 4 December 1642), known as Cardinal Richelieu, was a French statesman and prelate of the Catholic Church.

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Castle

A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders.

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Catherine de' Medici

Catherine de' Medici (Caterina de' Medici,; Catherine de Médicis,; 13 April 1519 – 5 January 1589) was an Italian (Florentine) noblewoman born into the Medici family.

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Catholic League (French)

The Catholic League of France (Ligue catholique), sometimes referred to by contemporary (and modern) Catholics as the Holy League (La Sainte Ligue), was a major participant in the French Wars of Religion.

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Céré-la-Ronde

Céré-la-Ronde is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department, central France.

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Cellettes, Loir-et-Cher

Cellettes is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department, central France.

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Centre-Val de Loire

Centre-Val de Loire (In isolation, Centre is pronounced.) or Centre Region (région Centre), as it was known until 2015, is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France.

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Chambord, Loir-et-Cher

Chambord is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department, region of Centre-Val de Loire.

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Chançay

Chançay is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

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Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (2 February 1754 – 17 May 1838), 1st Prince of Benevento, then Prince of Talleyrand, was a French secularized clergyman, statesman, and leading diplomat.

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Charles Perrault

Charles Perrault (12 January 162816 May 1703) was a French author and member of the Académie Française.

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Charles VII of France

Charles VII (22 February 1403 – 22 July 1461), called the Victorious or the Well-Served, was King of France from 1422 to his death in 1461.

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Charles VIII of France

Charles VIII, called the Affable (l'Affable; 30 June 1470 – 7 April 1498), was King of France from 1483 to his death in 1498.

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Charles, Duke of Guise

Charles de Lorraine, 4th Duke of Guise and 3rd Prince of Joinville (20 August 1571 – 30 September 1640), was the son of Henry I, Duke of Guise and Catherine of Cleves, and succeeded his father as Duke of Guise in 1588.

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Chaumont-sur-Loire

Chaumont-sur-Loire, commonly known as Chaumont, is a commune and town in the Loir-et-Cher department and the administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire, France, known for its historical defensive walls and its castle.

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Château

A château (plural: châteaux) is a manor house, or palace, or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions.

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Château d'Amboise

The Château d'Amboise is a château in Amboise, located in the Indre-et-Loire département of the Loire Valley in France. Châteaux of the Loire Valley and château d'Amboise are Renaissance architecture in France.

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Château d'Angers

The Château d'Angers is a castle in the city of Angers in the Loire Valley, in the département of Maine-et-Loire, in France.

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Château d'Armaillé

Château d'Armaillé is an aristocratic château located in Loches, near Tours in France's Loire Valley.

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Château d'Azay-le-Ferron

Château d'Azay-le-Ferron is a 15th-century castle and 17th-century manor located in the commune of Azay-le-Ferron in the Indre département of France.

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Château d'Azay-le-Rideau

The Château d'Azay-le-Rideau is located in the town of Azay-le-Rideau in the French département of Indre-et-Loire.

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Château d'Ussé

Ussé is a castle in the Indre-et-Loire département, in France.

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Château de Baugé

The Château de Baugé is a castle, extensively altered and restored to create a château, in the commune of Baugé-en-Anjou in the Maine-et-Loire département of France.

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Château de Beauregard, Loire Valley

The Château de Beauregard is a Renaissance château in the Loire Valley in France.

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Château de Boisgibault

The Château de Boisgibault is located 10 kilometers south of Orléans on D168 in the commune of Ardon in the Loiret département of France. Châteaux of the Loire Valley and Château de Boisgibault are Loire Valley.

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Château de Brézé

Château de Brézé is a small, dry-moated castle located in Brézé, near Saumur in the Loire Valley, France.

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Château de Brissac

The Château de Brissac is a French château in the Brissac-Quincé area of the commune of Brissac Loire Aubance, located in the department of Maine-et-Loire, France.

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Château de Candé

The Château de Candé is a château located in the commune of Monts, Indre-et-Loire, France.

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Château de Chambord

The Château de Chambord in Chambord, Centre-Val de Loire, France, is one of the most recognisable châteaux in the world because of its very distinctive French Renaissance architecture, which blends traditional French medieval forms with classical Renaissance structures. Châteaux of the Loire Valley and château de Chambord are Renaissance architecture in France.

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Château de Chanteloup

The Château de Chanteloup was an imposing 18th-century French château with elaborate gardens, compared by some contemporaries to Versailles.

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Château de Chaumont

The Château de Chaumont, officially Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire, is a castle (château) in Chaumont-sur-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France.

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Château de Châteaudun

The Château de Châteaudun is a castle located in the town of Châteaudun in the French department of Eure-et-Loir.

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Château de Châteauneuf-sur-Loire

The Château de Châteauneuf-sur-Loire is a French castle, built in the 17th and 18th centuries, located in Châteauneuf-sur-Loire in the department of Loiret in the Centre-Val de Loire region.

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Château de Chenonceau

The Château de Chenonceau is a French château spanning the river Cher, near the small village of Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire. Châteaux of the Loire Valley and château de Chenonceau are Renaissance architecture in France.

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Château de Cheverny

The Château de Cheverny is located in Cheverny, Loir-et-Cher, France.

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Château de Chinon

Château de Chinon is a château located on the bank of the river Vienne in Chinon, France.

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Château de Fougères-sur-Bièvre

The Château de Fougères-sur-Bièvre is a castle in the commune of Fougères-sur-Bièvre, in the French department of Loir-et-Cher.

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Château de Gien

The Château de Gien is a historic manor in Gien, Loiret, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France.

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Château de Gizeux

The Château de Gizeux is an important edifice, dating from the Middle Ages and much altered over the centuries, notably during the French Renaissance and the Age of Enlightenment.

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Château de la Bastie d'Urfé

The Château de la Bastie d'Urfé (also known as Bastie d'Urfé or Bâtie d’Urfé) is a French château in the town of Saint-Étienne-le-Molard, historically within the province of Forez.

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Château de la Bourdaisière

The Château de la Bourdaisière is a 19th-century county house in the Commune of Montlouis-sur-Loire, in the Indre-et-Loire département of France.

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Château de Langeais

The Château de Langeais is a 15th-century Flamboyant Gothic castle in Indre-et-Loire, France, built on a promontory created by the small valley of the Roumer River at the opening to the Loire Valley.

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Château de Lavardin

The Château de Lavardin is a ruined castle in the village and commune of Lavardin in the Loir-et-Cher department of France.

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Château de Loches

The Château de Loches (also called Le Logis Royal de Loches) is a castle located in the département of Indre-et-Loire in the Loire Valley in France; it was constructed in the 9th century.

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Château de Luynes

The Château de Luynes is a castle located in Luynes, Indre-et-Loire, France.

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Château de Meillant

The Château de Meillant is a historic manor in Meillant, Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France.

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Château de Menars

The Castle of Menars (château de Menars) is a castle (château) associated with Madame de Pompadour situated on the bank of the river Loire in Menars, Loir-et-Cher, France.

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Château de Meung-sur-Loire

The Château de Meung-sur-Loire is a former castle and episcopal palace in the commune of Meung-sur-Loire in the Loiret département of France.

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Château de Montgeoffroy

The Château de Montgeoffroy is an 18th-century manor house located in the commune of Mazé (Maine-et-Loire), France.

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Château de Montpoupon

The Château de Montpoupon (pronounced ʃɑto də mɔ̃pupɔ̃) is a castle in the commune of Céré-la-Ronde in the Indre-et-Loire département of France.

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Château de Montrésor

The Château de Montrésor is a medieval castle with a Renaissance mansion built in the grounds, located in the French village of Montrésor in the département of Indre-et-Loire.

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Château de Montreuil-Bellay

The Château de Montreuil-Bellay is a historical building in the town of Montreuil-Bellay, département of Maine-et-Loire, France, first built on the site of a Gallo-Roman village high on a hill on the banks of the Thouet River.

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Château de Montrichard

The Château de Montrichard is a ruined 11th-century castle at the heart of the commune of Montrichard in the Loir-et-Cher département of France.

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Château de Montsoreau

The Château de Montsoreau is a Flamboyant Gothic castle in the Loire Valley, directly built in the Loire riverbed. Châteaux of the Loire Valley and Château de Montsoreau are Loire Valley.

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Château de Montsoreau-Museum of Contemporary Art

The Château de Montsoreau-Museum Contemporary Art is a private museum open to the public in Montsoreau, France. Châteaux of the Loire Valley and Château de Montsoreau-Museum of Contemporary Art are Renaissance architecture in France.

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Château de Plessis-lez-Tours

The Royal Château de Plessis-lèz-Tours is the remains of a late Gothic château located in the town of La Riche in the Indre-et-Loire department, in the Loire Valley of France.

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Château de Richelieu

The Château de Richelieu was an enormous 17th-century château (manor house) built by the French clergyman, nobleman, and statesman Cardinal Richelieu (1585–1642) in Touraine.

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Château de Saché

The Château de Saché is a writer's house museum located in a home built from the converted remains of a feudal castle.

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Château de Saumur

The Château de Saumur, originally built as a castle and later developed as a château, is located in the French town of Saumur, in the Maine-et-Loire département.

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Château de Selles-sur-Cher

Château de Selles-sur-Cher is a castle (château) located in the commune of Selles-sur-Cher, Loir-et-Cher, Centre Region, France.

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Château de Serrant

The Château de Serrant is a Renaissance château situated in the Loire Valley, to the west of Angers.

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Château de Sully-sur-Loire

The Château de Sully-sur-Loire (Castle of Sully-sur-Loire) is a castle, converted to a palatial seigneurial residence, situated in the commune of Sully-sur-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France.

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Château de Talcy

The Château de Talcy is a historical building in Talcy, Loir-et-Cher, France.

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Château de Tours

The Château de Tours is a castle located in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France.

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Château de Troussay

The Château de Troussay is one of the smallest Châteaux of the Loire Valley, and is situated in Cheverny, in the Loir-et-Cher.

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Château de Valençay

Château de Valençay is a château in the commune of Valençay, in the Indre department of France.

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Château de Villandry

The Château de Villandry is a grand country house located in Villandry, in the département of Indre-et-Loire, France.

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Château de Villesavin

Château de Villesavin is a 16th-century country house in the Tour-en-Sologne commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France. Châteaux of the Loire Valley and Château de Villesavin are Renaissance architecture in France.

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Château des Réaux

The Château des Réaux is a French medieval castle located in the commune Chouzé-sur-Loire in the Indre-et-Loire department in the Centre-Val de Loire region.

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Château du Lude

The Château du Lude is one of the many great châteaux of the Loire Valley (Vallée de la Loire) in France.

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Château du Plessis-Bourré

Château du Plessis-Bourré is a château in the Loire Valley in France, situated in the commune of Écuillé in the Maine-et-Loire department.

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Château du Rivau

The Château du Rivau is a castle in the village of Lémeré, Touraine, France.

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Château of Blois

The Royal Château of Blois (Château Royal de Blois) is a château located in the city center of Blois, Loir-et-Cher, in the Loire Valley, France. Châteaux of the Loire Valley and château of Blois are Loire Valley.

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Châteaudun

Châteaudun is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.

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Châteauneuf-sur-Loire

Châteauneuf-sur-Loire is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.

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Chémery

Chémery is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in central France.

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Chenonceaux

Chenonceaux is a commune in the French department of Indre-et-Loire, and the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France.

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Cher (department)

Cher (Berrichon: Char) is a department in central France, part of the Centre-Val de Loire region.

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Cher (river)

The Cher (Char) is a river in central France, a left tributary of the Loire.

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Cheverny

Cheverny is a commune in the French department of Loir-et-Cher, administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire.

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Chilleurs-aux-Bois

Chilleurs-aux-Bois is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.

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Chinon

Chinon is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.

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Chissay-en-Touraine

Chissay-en-Touraine (literally Chissay in Touraine) is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France.

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Chouzé-sur-Loire

Chouzé-sur-Loire (literally Chouzé on Loire) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

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Cinq-Mars-la-Pile

Cinq-Mars-la-Pile is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

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Clos Lucé

The Château du Clos Lucé (or simply Clos Lucé), formerly called Manoir du Cloux, is a large château located in the center of Amboise, in the department of Indre-et-Loire, in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

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Counts and dukes of Anjou

The count of Anjou was the ruler of the County of Anjou, first granted by Charles the Bald in the 9th century to Robert the Strong.

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Counts of Blois

During the Middle Ages, the counts of Blois were among the most powerful vassals of the King of France.

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Courtalain

Courtalain is a former commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.

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Couture-sur-Loir

Couture-sur-Loir (literally Couture on Loir) is a former commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France.

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Creuse (river)

The Creuse (Cruesa) is a long river in western France, a tributary of the Vienne.

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Diane de Poitiers

Diane de Poitiers (9 January 1500 – 25 April 1566) was a French noblewoman and prominent courtier.

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Edict of Amboise

The Edict of Amboise, also known as the Edict of Pacification, was signed at the Château of Amboise on 19 March 1563 by Catherine de' Medici, acting as regent for her son Charles IX of France.

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Eure-et-Loir

Eure-et-Loir (locally) is a French department, named after the Eure and Loir rivers.

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Fortification

A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime.

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Fougères-sur-Bièvre

Fougères-sur-Bièvre is a former commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Francis I of France

Francis I (er|; Françoys; 12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547.

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Francis of Paola

Francis of Paola, OM (also known as Francis the Fire Handler; 27 March 1416 – 2 April 1507), was a Roman Catholic friar from the town of Paola in Italy who founded the Order of Minims.

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French formal garden

The French formal garden, also called the garden in the French manner, is a style of "landscape" garden based on symmetry and the principle of imposing order on nature.

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French Renaissance architecture

French Renaissance architecture is a style which was prominent between the late 15th and early 17th centuries in the Kingdom of France. Châteaux of the Loire Valley and French Renaissance architecture are Renaissance architecture in France.

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French Revolution

The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate.

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Fresnes, Loir-et-Cher

Fresnes is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.

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Gien

Gien is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.

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Gizeux

Gizeux is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

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Guillotine

A guillotine is an apparatus designed for efficiently carrying out executions by beheading.

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Henri I, Duke of Guise

Henri I de Lorraine, Duke of Guise, Prince of Joinville, Count of Eu (31 December 1550 – 23 December 1588), sometimes called Le Balafré ('Scarface'), was the eldest son of François, Duke of Guise, and Anna d'Este.

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Henry III of France

Henry III (19 September 1551 – 2 August 1589) was King of France from 1574 until his assassination in 1589, as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1573 to 1575.

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Henry IV of France

Henry IV (Henri IV; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithets Good King Henry or Henry the Great, was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610.

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Hergé

Georges Prosper Remi (22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983), known by the pen name Hergé, from the French pronunciation of his reversed initials RG, was a Belgian comic strip artist.

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Hundred Years' War

The Hundred Years' War (1337–1453) was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the Late Middle Ages.

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Indre

Indre; is a department in central France named after the river Indre.

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Indre (river)

The Indre is a long river in central France, a left tributary to the Loire.

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Indre-et-Loire

Indre-et-Loire is a department in west-central France named after the Indre River and Loire River.

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Jean de Dunois

Jean d'Orléans, Count of Dunois (23 November 1402 – 24 November 1468), known as the "Bastard of Orléans" (bâtard d'Orléans) or simply Jean de Dunois, was a French military leader during the Hundred Years' War who participated in military campaigns with Joan of Arc.

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Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc (translit; Jehanne Darc; – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of France during the Hundred Years' War.

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La Bussière, Loiret

La Bussière is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.

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La Ferté-Saint-Aubin

La Ferté-Saint-Aubin is a commune in the Loiret department in the administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire, France.

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La Riche

La Riche is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

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Langeais

Langeais is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

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Lassay-sur-Croisne

Lassay-sur-Croisne is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in the administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire, France.

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Lavardin, Loir-et-Cher

Lavardin is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France.

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Lémeré

Lémeré is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

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Le Lude

Le Lude is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire, northwestern France.

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Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 14522 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect.

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List of châteaux in France

This is a list of châteaux in France, arranged by region.

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Lists of World Heritage Sites

This is a list of the lists of World Heritage Sites.

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Loches

Loches is a commune in the department of Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France.

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Loir

The Loir is a long river in western France.

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Loir-et-Cher

Loir-et-Cher is a department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

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Loire

The Loire (Léger; Lêre; Liger; Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world.

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Loire Valley

The Loire Valley (Vallée de la Loire), spanning, is a valley located in the middle stretch of the Loire river in central France, in both the administrative regions Pays de la Loire and Centre-Val de Loire. Châteaux of the Loire Valley and Loire Valley are world Heritage Sites in France.

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Loiret

Loiret is a department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of north-central France.

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Louis XI

Louis XI (3 July 1423 – 30 August 1483), called "Louis the Prudent" (le Prudent), was King of France from 1461 to 1483.

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Louis XIV

LouisXIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great or the Sun King, was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715.

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Louvre

The Louvre, or the Louvre Museum, is a national art museum in Paris, France, and one of the most famous museums in the world.

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Luynes, Indre-et-Loire

Luynes is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

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Maine (river)

The Maine is a river, a tributary of the Loire, long, in the Maine-et-Loire département in France.

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Maine-et-Loire

Maine-et-Loire is a department in the Loire Valley in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France.

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Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France

Margaret Stewart (Marguerite; 25 December 1424 – 16 August 1445) was a princess of Scotland and the dauphine of France.

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Marlinspike Hall

Marlinspike Hall (Le château de Moulinsart) is Captain Haddock's country house and family estate in The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé.

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Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully

Maximilien de Béthune Sully, 1st Prince of Sully, Marquis of Rosny and Nogent, Count of Muret and Villebon, Viscount of Meaux (13 December 156022 December 1641) was a nobleman, soldier, statesman, and counselor of King Henry IV of France.

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Mazé

Mazé is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.

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Meillant

Meillant is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

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Menars

Menars, also spelled Ménars, is a commune and town in the French department of Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France.

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Meung-sur-Loire

Meung-sur-Loire is a commune in the Loiret department, north-central France.

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Monthou-sur-Cher

Monthou-sur-Cher (literally Monthou on Cher) is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department, central France.

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Montigny-le-Gannelon

Montigny-le-Gannelon is a former commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.

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Montlouis-sur-Loire

Montlouis-sur-Loire (literally Montlouis on Loire) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

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Montrésor

Montrésor is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.

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Montreuil-Bellay

Montreuil-Bellay is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.

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Montrichard

Montrichard is a town and former commune in the Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.

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Monts, Indre-et-Loire

Monts is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

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Montsoreau

Montsoreau is a commune of the Loire Valley in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast and from Paris. The village is listed among The Most Beautiful Villages of France (Les Plus Beaux Villages de France) and is part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Nevers

Nevers (Noviodunum, later Nevirnum and Nebirnum) is a town and the prefecture of the Nièvre department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in central France.

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Nièvre

Nièvre is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, central-east France.

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Order of Minims

The Minims, officially known as the Order of Minims (abbreviated OM), and known in German-speaking countries as the Paulaner Order (Paulanerorden), are a Roman Catholic religious order of friars founded by Francis of Paola in fifteenth-century Italy.

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Orléans

Orléans ((US) and) is a city in north-central France, about 120 kilometres (74 miles) southwest of Paris.

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Palace of Versailles

The Palace of Versailles (château de Versailles) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about west of Paris, France. Châteaux of the Loire Valley and Palace of Versailles are world Heritage Sites in France.

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Palais ducal de Nevers

The Ducal Palace of Nevers (Palais ducal de Nevers) is a residence castle of the 15th and 16th centuries that once belonged to the counts and dukes of Nevers.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Pays de la Loire

Pays de la Loire is one of the eighteen regions of France, located on the country's Atlantic coast.

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Renaissance

The Renaissance is a period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries.

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Renaissance architecture

Renaissance architecture is the European architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 16th centuries in different regions, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of ancient Greek and Roman thought and material culture.

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René of Anjou

René of Anjou (Renato; Rainièr; 16 January 1409 – 10 July 1480) was Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence from 1434 to 1480, who also reigned as King of Naples as René I from 1435 to 1442 (then deposed).

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Richard I of England

Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199), known as Richard Cœur de Lion (Norman French: Quor de Lion) or Richard the Lionheart because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior, was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199.

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Richelieu, Indre-et-Loire

Richelieu is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

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Rigny-Ussé

Rigny-Ussé is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

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Saché, Indre-et-Loire

Saché is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

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Saint-Aignan, Loir-et-Cher

Saint-Aignan, also unofficially Saint-Aignan-sur-Cher (literally Saint-Aignan on Cher) is a commune and town in the Loir-et-Cher department in the administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire, France.

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Saint-Brisson-sur-Loire

Saint-Brisson-sur-Loire (literally Saint-Brisson on Loire) is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.

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Saint-Georges-sur-Loire

Saint-Georges-sur-Loire (literally Saint-Georges on Loire) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.

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Saint-Martin-de-la-Place

Saint-Martin-de-la-Place is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.

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Sarthe

Sarthe is a department of the French region of Pays de la Loire, and the province of Maine, situated in the Grand-Ouest of the country.

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Saumur

Saumur is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.

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Selles-sur-Cher

Selles-sur-Cher is a commune in the French department of Loir-et-Cher, administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire, France.

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Sleeping Beauty

"Sleeping Beauty" (La Belle au bois dormant, or The Beauty Sleeping in the Wood; Dornröschen, or Little Briar Rose), also titled in English as The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods, is a fairy tale about a princess cursed by an evil fairy to sleep for a hundred years before being awakened by a handsome prince.

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Sully-sur-Loire

Sully-sur-Loire (literally Sully on Loire) is a commune in the Loiret department, north-central France.

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Talcy, Loir-et-Cher

Talcy is a commune of the Loir-et-Cher department, central France.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally.

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Tour-en-Sologne

Tour-en-Sologne (literally Tour in Sologne) is a commune of the Loir-et-Cher department in the administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire, France.

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Tours

Tours (meaning Towers) is the largest city in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France.

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Treaty of Chambord

The Treaty of Chambord was an agreement signed on 15 January 1552 at the Château de Chambord between the Catholic King Henry II of France and three Protestant princes of the Holy Roman Empire led by Elector Maurice of Saxony.

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Treaty of Plessis-les-Tours

The Treaty of Plessis-les-Tours was signed on 29 September 1580 between the Dutch Staten Generaal (with the exception of Zeeland and Holland) and François, Duke of Anjou (supported by William the Silent).

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Treaty of Tours

The Treaty of Tours was an attempted peace agreement between Henry VI of England and Charles VII of France, concluded by their envoys on 28 May 1444 in the closing years of the Hundred Years' War.

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Troglodytae

The Troglodytae (Τρωγλοδύται, Trōglodytai), or Troglodyti (literally "cave goers"), were people mentioned in various locations by many ancient Greek and Roman geographers and historians, including Herodotus (5th century BCE), Agatharchides (2nd century BCE), Diodorus Siculus (1st century BCE), Strabo (64/63 BCE – c. 24 CE), Pliny (1st century CE), Josephus (37 – c.

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References

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