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Born 1239
Died 1305 (aged 66) • Lyon • France
John IV
duke of Brittany [1340–1399]
Philippe-Emmanuel de Lorraine, duke de Mercoeur
French prince
Charles of Blois
Charles
duke of Brittany
John V
duke of Brittany [1389-1442]
John
duke of Brittany [died 1345]
Peter II
duke of Brittany
John III
duke of Brittany
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
French chemist
Auguste Lumière
French inventor
Serge Klarsfeld
French political activist
François-Ambroise Didot
French printer and typesetter
Jean de Brunhoff
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Arnaud-Michel d’Abbadie
French geographer
Bernard Chauvelin
French lawyer
Pierre Ayraut
French jurist
George de Benneville
American religious leader
Nicolas-Sébastien Adam
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