Valois
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a member of a ruling family of France that reigned from 1328 to 1589.
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a county in the Île de France, which became united to the French crown in 1167 and was established as a duchy in 1406.
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Example Sentences
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Capt. Ray Valois, who helped oversee the department’s response to the Palisades fire, was elevated to commander in the Valley Bureau.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2025
It's such an important organisation that it has an office in the picture-perfect Place Valois, a well-struck free-kick away from the Louvre museum, right in the heart of Paris.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2024
It portrays a real-life Spanish prince, Don Carlo, and Elisabeth of Valois, a French princess, who are secretly in love, although she is betrothed to his father, King Philip II of Spain.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2023
Carlos, the Prince of Asturias, is engaged to France’s Élisabeth de Valois, but the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis called for Élisabeth to marry Carlos’ father, Philippe of Spain.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2022
The royal officials asserted that the gift had only been for life, and had seized it again, but Philippe de Valois abandoned it to the claimant.--Vaissette,
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea
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