Alençon
Americannoun
noun
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After a few emails and phone calls, I finally got in touch with Poincheval, and we agreed to meet outside the train station in Alençon, about 130 miles west of Paris.
From The Verge ● Feb. 13, 2015
One day she rode with the lance before the King, and acquitted herself so well that the Duke of Alençon rewarded her with the gift of a beautiful horse.
From Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages by Various
"The star of your youngest son, the Duke of Alençon, is towering also to its culminating point," replied the old man, looking over the papers before him.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 by Various
He with Alençon now is with the king, On weighty news from Compeigne, which he brings: The governor beseeches instant aid, And who but the redoubted maid must lead it?
From Joan of Arc A Play in Five Acts by Jane Alice Sargant
"Will you have my arquebuss?" said the Duke of Alençon.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 by Various
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