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Born March 29, 1187 • Nantes
Died April 3, 1203? • Cherbourg-en-Cotentin • Rouen
Edward I
Edward I
king of England
John of England
John
king of England
Frederick Herman, duke of Schomberg
German soldier
Orderic Vitalis
Norman history
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Eleanor of Aquitaine
queen consort of France and England
Jean III de Grailly, lord de Buch
French soldier
Louis VI
Louis VI
king of France
Isabella Clara Eugenia, archduchess of Austria
archduchess of Austria
Olivier de Clisson's residence
Olivier de Clisson
French military commander
James Fitzjames, duke of Berwick-upon-Tweed, engraving, 17th century.
James Fitzjames, duke of Berwick-upon-Tweed
English noble and marshal of France
Bernard-Louis, marquis de Chauvelin
French general and diplomat
Baldwin V
count of Flanders
Bernard-François, marquis de Chauvelin
French diplomat and politician
Philippe-Emmanuel Gondi
French military commander
Albert Gondi
Florentine diplomat and politician
Alain Juppé
prime minister of France
Melchior de Polignac
French clergyman and statesman
Jacques-Louis David: The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
Napoleon I
emperor of France
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres: painting of Joan of Arc
St. Joan of Arc
French heroine
The Red Eminence
Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman