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  2. Jarnac - Wikipedia

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    Jarnac (French pronunciation:; Occitan: [d͡ʒaɾˈnak]; Saintongese: Jharnat) is a commune in the Charente department, southwestern France. [3] It was the site of the Battle of Jarnac in 1569. It is the birthplace and resting place of François Mitterrand, President of France from 1981 to 1995.

  3. Battle of Jarnac - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Jarnac on 13 March 1569 was an encounter during the French Wars of Religion between the Catholic forces of Marshal Gaspard de Saulx, sieur de Tavannes, and the Huguenots led by Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé. The two forces met outside Jarnac between the right bank of the Charente and the high road between Angoulême and ...

  4. Jarnac-Champagne - Wikipedia

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    Magyar; Malagasy; Bahasa Melayu; ... Jarnac-Champagne (French pronunciation: [ʒaʁnak ʃɑ̃paɲ]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern ...

  5. Guy I de Chabot - Wikipedia

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    Guy I de Chabot, seigneur de Jarnac (1514-1584) was a French courtier, soldier and governor. Rising to prominence with the elevation of his family to great office during the reign of François I, Jarnac became entangled with the great factions of court, and a marriage between himself and Louise de Pisseleu, the sister of the king's mistress, secured his centrality at court.

  6. Gaspard de Saulx - Wikipedia

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    Gaspard de Saulx, sieur de Tavannes (March 1509–June 1573) was a French Roman Catholic military leader during the Italian Wars and the French Wars of Religion.He served under four kings during his career, participating in the Siege of Calais (1558) and leading the royal army to victory in the third civil war at the Jarnac and Moncontour.

  7. Canton of Jarnac - Wikipedia

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    The canton of Jarnac is an administrative division of the Charente department, southwestern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015.

  8. Jarnac Convention - Wikipedia

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    The Jarnac Convention was a bilateral agreement between the Kingdom of France and the United Kingdom in 1847 at the end of the Franco-Tahitian War. Its purpose was to end Franco-British diplomatic tension by guaranteeing the independence of the Leeward Islands in Polynesia. It was abrogated with the agreement of both parties in 1887.

  9. Courbillac - Wikipedia

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    Courbillac (French pronunciation:) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.In 1886, Philippe Delamain, a merchant from Jarnac, discovered by chance a cemetery from the Merovingian period in Herpes near Courbillac.