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
Would it not seem," said the Duke of Alençon to Henry, glancing at the Duke of Guise with the corner of his eye, "that yonder man with his steel-clad escort is the true king?
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 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
An army was assembled, and put under command of the Duke of Alençon, but the King required him to do nothing without the Maid's advice.
From Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages by Various
Alençon, Princesse d’: Wolsey’s alleged desire of Henry VIII.’s marriage with, 49 sq.
From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by J.A. Froude
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