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Louis-Auguste Cézanne by Paul Cézanne
An 1866 painting in oils, Louis-Auguste Cézanne, by Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), the French post-impressionist artist. Cézanne here paints his father reading the newspaper L'Événement. The paper was not the one his father usually read but the...

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Louis XVIII of France
Louis XVIII of France in Coronation Robes, oil on canvas by François Gérard, c. 1814.
Hôtel Beauharnais, Paris.

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Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
Portrait of Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1747-1793) with the insignia of the Grand Orient of France. Oil on canvas portrait by Michel Garnier, 1781.
Condé Museum, Chantilly.

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Louis I de Bourbon, Prince of Condé
Louis I de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (1530-1569), oil on panel by an unknown French painter, 16th century.
Palace of Versailles.

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Louis XIII Crowned by Victory
Louis XIII Crowned by Victory, oil on canvas by Philippe de Champaigne, 1635.
Louvre, Paris.

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Saint Louis Castle
A photo showing Castle of Saint Louis, a ruined crusader castle located in Sidon, Lebanon. Built by the French crusaders in 1254 CE.

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Louis XIII in Armor
Louis XIII of France (r. 1610-1643) in armor, oil on canvas by Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1622-25.
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California.

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Dover Castle
Dover Castle, located in the southern county of Kent, is one of the largest castles in England and one of the first to have concentric defensive walls. First built in 1066 CE by William the Conqueror to help prevent anyone repeating his own...

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J. R. Giddings' Account of the Dade Massacre of the Second Seminole War
The Dade Massacre (also given as the Dade Battle, 28 December 1835) was the opening engagement of the Second Seminole War (1835-1842) between Euro-American forces and those of the Seminole, Black Seminole, and runaway slaves who had found...

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Charlemagne
Charlemagne (Charles the Great, also known as Charles I, l. 742-814) was King of the Franks (r. 768-814), King of the Franks and Lombards (r. 774-814), and Holy Roman Emperor (r. 800-814). He is among the best-known and most influential figures...