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Also Known As Janus Lascaris
Born c.1445 • Turkey
Died c.1535 • Rome • Italy
Melchior de Polignac
French clergyman and statesman
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Talleyrand
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Bonaparte, Joseph
Joseph Bonaparte
king of Spain and Naples
François Guizot
François Guizot
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Michel de L'Hospital, detail of a portrait by an unknown French artist, 1566; in the Musée Condé, Chantilly, France.
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Ségolène Royal, 2006.
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Maurice Couve de Murville
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Pozzo di Borgo, Charles-André, Comte
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