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Also Known As Peter of Dreux • Pierre Mauclerc • Peter Mauclerc • Pierre de Dreux
Born 1190
Died 1250 (aged 60) • France
House / Dynasty Capetian dynasty
Notable Family Members son John I
Charles-Marie Vanel
French actor
Olivier de Clisson's residence
Olivier de Clisson
French military commander
Nomenoë
duke of Brittany
John I
duke of Brittany
Serge Klarsfeld
French political activist
Auguste Lumière
French inventor
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
French chemist
Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier
French aviator
Édouard Michelin
French industrialist
André Siegfried
French political scientist
Joseph-Michel Montgolfier
French aviator
Alfred-Guillaume-Gabriel, Count d’Orsay
French noble
Étienne-Marcel Decroux
French mime
Henri Toutin
French artist
Louis Chantereau Le Febvre
French historian
Jérôme Tharaud
French writer
Christian Lacroix
French fashion designer
Thomas Bangalter
French musician
Catherine Arnauld
French nun
Jacques Caffiéri
French sculptor