Lyonnais
Lyonnais , region and former province, E central France, now divided into the Rhône and Loire depts. It included Lyonnais proper (the region around Lyons , its capital), which Philip IV acquired c.1307; the former counties of Forez and Beaujolais, annexed in 1531; and the tiny dependency of Franc-Lyonnais. It is largely a grazing region, with great industrial centers (noted especially for their textile production) at Lyons, Saint-Étienne, and Roanne.
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BIOGRAPHY WHAT MADE THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH THE GREATEST GENERAL IN BRITISH HISTORY? ASKS SAUL DAVID
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 6/8/2008; ; 700+ words
; Marlborough: England's Fragile Genius BY...pounds 1.25 p&p) 0870 428 4115 John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, was arguably Britain's finest...illustrious descendant Winston S. Churchill in 1933 - and Professor Holmes...
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Churchill and Palestine. (Winston Churchill)
Magazine article from: Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought; 1/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...Blenheim Palace is where Churchill was born forty-six years...of Lord and Lady Randolph Churchill - she was the New York beauty...from the illustrious soldier John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and from the 1st Earl Spencer...
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James Falkner's guide to Marlborough's battlefields.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 8/1/2009; 487 words
; ...James Falkner's guide to Marlborough's battlefields. Falkner...and the military career of John Churchill, the 1st Duke of Marlborough, and he has written this illustrated account of Churchill's military campaigns against...
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 "The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)")
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Praise for the Duke 'who this great fight did win'.(News)
Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland); 8/13/2004; 700+ words
; ...victorious Allied commander, the Duke of Marlborough IN the good old days when...Blenheim and 'the Duke' was John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Winston Churchill, in his...men worshipped 'Corporal John'. During the first decade...
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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Earl Spencer's military coup; REVIEW.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 8/15/2004; 700+ words
; ...author's great ancestor John Churchill, the 1st Duke of Marlborough, becomes the toy boy of...it to get your bread.' Marlborough is rightly the acknowledged...have read since Sir Winston Churchill's biography of Marlborough...
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Easy virtue, easy victories
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 6/15/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...or so ago John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, vied with...Winston Churchill - especially...favour. John Churchill...one point John was just...with the Duke of York...England. Churchill's helter...earldom of Marlborough but effectively...
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WHY I'LL KEEP ON RIDING TO THE RESCUE OF BLENHEIM . . .
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 8/8/2004; 700+ words
; Byline: JOHN SPENCER-CHURCHILL By John Spencer-Churchill 11th Duke of Marlborough ON August 13, 1704, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, won a stunning victory over the French at Blenheim. Queen Anne's reward...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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FIRST IN... What secrets does your house hold? Continuing our fascinating series, Nigel Jones traces the stories behind houses currently for sale - and of the people who built and lived in them.(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 5/26/2007; 700+ words
; ...famous inhabitant - John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (right), who was...of both Sir Winston Churchill and Diana, Princess...to a knight called John de Tryl. Four hundred years later, John Churchill's father - also...
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 "Birmingham Evening Mail (England)")
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Travel: Palace of a hero.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England); 3/5/2005; 571 words
; ...Christmas Fair. The palace's permanent Churchill exhibition will have special resonance...celebrating the achievements of Sir Winston Churchill and his hero and ancestor, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Or visitors can wander round the great...
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Brandy butter? We'd be better off with belief.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 12/23/2007; 700+ words
; ...also wrote to the Duchess of Marlborough, thewidow of the great general John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, by then inher 80s, though...extravagance. The Duchess of Marlborough was hugely wealthy but no...
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John Churchill Marlborough, 1st duke of
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
John Churchill Marlborough, 1st duke of , 1650-1722...Sarah Jennings (see Marlborough, Sarah Churchill, duchess of ), attendant...was created earl of Marlborough at William's coronation...Harley and Henry St. John (later Viscount Bolingbroke...
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Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st duke of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st duke of (1650–1722). The most successful general of his age, Marlborough was from 1704 until 1710 the leading...connection with the future queen Anne. Churchill made a massive contribution to the...
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Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st Duke of
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st Duke of (1650–1722) English general. Churchill helped James II defeat Monmouth...1708), and Malplaquet (1709). Churchill was rewarded with a dukedom and...
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1st Duke of Marlborough
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
1st Duke of Marlborough The English general and statesman John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722), was responsible for the British victory...
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Sarah Churchill Marlborough, duchess of
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Sarah Churchill Marlborough, duchess of 1660-1744, confidante of Queen Anne of...childhood friend of Princess Anne. In 1677 she married John Churchill, later 1st duke of Marlborough. On Anne's marriage (1683) she was appointed lady...
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