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96:3 April 1461
73:Charles VIII
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1344:1522 deaths
1339:1461 births
1242:Jansen 2004
1215:Jansen 2002
1118:Jansen 2004
1106:Jansen 2004
551:Victor Hugo
413:Henry Tudor
117:Bourbonnais
1333:Categories
1270:References
524:In fiction
327:Beaujolais
270:Early life
570:In 2020,
565:Esméralda
488:Chantelle
299:Louis XII
79:Co-Regent
64:1483–1491
590:Ancestry
544:Louis XI
512:Writings
482:suo jure
454:Brittany
431:Triptych
359:Louis XI
305:Marriage
244:Louis XI
474:Suzanne
435:Suzanne
398:Francis
363:Mad War
355:regency
331:Beaujeu
291:Brabant
287:Genappe
278:Anne's
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69:Monarch
61:Regency
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224:Mother
214:Father
208:Valois
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124:Burial
1077:Notes
203:House
188:Names
171:Issue
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238:(or
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156:1473
106:Died
93:Born
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289:in
246:by
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