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1510:Paul-Boncour
1480:Paul-Boncour
913:La Ferronays
855:Caulaincourt
847:Hundred Days
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1830:1730 deaths
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1694:Bettencourt
1588:Provisional
1069:Tocqueville
663:É. Choiseul
658:C. Choiseul
653:É. Choiseul
563:Bouthillier
403:homosexuals
388:Saint-Simon
252:Early years
1819:Categories
1709:Guiringaud
1590:Government
1225:Waddington
1220:Banneville
1210:A. Broglie
1157:La Valette
1147:La Valette
1011:Montebello
996:V. Broglie
976:V. Broglie
971:Sébastiani
878:Talleyrand
837:Talleyrand
799:Talleyrand
781:Talleyrand
771:Talleyrand
723:Dubouchage
409:References
286:See also:
272:Gravelines
113:Allegiance
1420:Millerand
1385:Doumergue
1375:Bourgeois
1370:Doumergue
1335:Bourgeois
1315:Bourgeois
1310:Berthelot
1270:Freycinet
1255:Fallières
1245:Freycinet
1230:Freycinet
1137:Thouvenel
1044:Lamartine
933:Mortemart
888:Dessolles
804:Champagny
766:Delacroix
751:Deforgues
718:Chambonas
708:Dumouriez
698:Montmorin
688:Montmorin
683:Vergennes
673:Aiguillon
633:Puisieulx
613:Chauvelin
359:in 1713.
353:Louis XIV
235:Biography
225:Louis XIV
221:Louis XIV
1804:Séjourné
1794:Le Drian
1769:Kouchner
1754:Villepin
1744:Charette
1719:Cheysson
1689:Schumann
1558:Baudouin
1540:Baudouin
1530:Daladier
1520:Daladier
1485:Daladier
1440:Lefebvre
1435:Poincaré
1390:Delcassé
1355:Poincaré
1325:Delcassé
1320:Hanotaux
1305:Hanotaux
1275:Flourens
1240:Gambetta
1172:Ollivier
1152:Moustier
1127:Walewski
1079:La Hitte
1074:Rayneval
928:Polignac
923:Portalis
893:Pasquier
832:Laforest
776:Reinhard
693:Vauguyon
628:Argenson
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1789:Ayrault
1759:Barnier
1749:Védrine
1729:Raimond
1631:Bidault
1626:Schuman
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1598:Bidault
1568:Flandin
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1525:Reynaud
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1490:Barthou
1475:Herriot
1470:Tardieu
1455:Herriot
1445:Herriot
1425:Leygues
1410:Barthou
1395:Viviani
1380:Viviani
1360:Jonnart
1330:Rouvier
1295:Develle
1285:Spuller
1250:Duclerc
1215:Decazes
1205:Rémusat
1177:Gramont
1132:Baroche
1094:Baroche
1089:Brénier
1059:Bastide
1049:Bastide
986:Bresson
956:Jourdan
809:Bassano
713:Naillac
703:Lessart
643:Rouillé
588:Croissy
573:Brienne
553:Sillery
368:regency
268:Uxelles
208:Uxelles
204:marquis
1784:Fabius
1699:Jobert
1656:Pleven
1651:Pineau
1573:Darlan
1515:Bonnet
1505:Delbos
1460:Briand
1450:Briand
1430:Briand
1415:Pichon
1400:Briand
1365:Pichon
1350:Selves
1345:Cruppi
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1734:Dumas
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