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... France . Sir William Wallace . King Robert Bruce . The Black Prince . Timur the Great . John , Duke of Bedford . Mahomet the Second . Christopher Columbus . Gustavus Vasa . Francis the First of France . Charles the Fifth of Germany ...
... France . Sir William Wallace . King Robert Bruce . The Black Prince . Timur the Great . John , Duke of Bedford . Mahomet the Second . Christopher Columbus . Gustavus Vasa . Francis the First of France . Charles the Fifth of Germany ...
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NMEASOM CHARLEMAGNE PEPIN , king of France , who died in the year 768 , left his king- dom to his two sons , Charles and Karlomann . On the death of the latter , which took place about three years after , his brother , known in history ...
NMEASOM CHARLEMAGNE PEPIN , king of France , who died in the year 768 , left his king- dom to his two sons , Charles and Karlomann . On the death of the latter , which took place about three years after , his brother , known in history ...
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... France were then called , by consecration of the Pope , or chief bishop of the Church of Rome . - Immediately upon his accession to the throne we find him engaged in wars with the Saxons , a people who were in a sort of subjection to ...
... France were then called , by consecration of the Pope , or chief bishop of the Church of Rome . - Immediately upon his accession to the throne we find him engaged in wars with the Saxons , a people who were in a sort of subjection to ...
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