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8 unusual facts about Gravelines


Château de Rambures

Adrien ( - 1405), son of the preceding, captain of Boulogne and Gravelines, Governor of West Flanders; he married Jeanne de Bernuy; he died with his father at the Château de Mercq.

French Flemish

On the other hand, the private Catholic education began teaching Flemish in collèges in Gravelines and Hondschoote.

HMS Melton

Of that number, 2000 were transferred from the ex-LNER steamer Prague, after the latter had been damaged by near misses from shells and dive bombers off Gravelines.

John of Luxembourg, Count of Soissons

John of Luxembourg (died June 22, 1476) was Count of Marle and Count of Soissons between 1462 and 1476, Lord of Dunkirk, Gravelines and Bourbourg.

Louis, Duke of Joyeuse

As Colonel General of the light cavalry, he served as a volunteer at the siege of Gravelines in 1644, and in two other campaigns.

PS Duchess of Montrose

On the morning of Sunday 18 March 1917, Duchess of Montrose left Dunkirk harbour and at 9am began sweeping close to the Gravelines Buoy.

Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland

As a young man, Westmorland was among those who attended King Henry VIII at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in June 1520 and at his meeting with Emperor Charles V at Gravelines in July.

William Lockhart of Lee

It was further agreed to attack the three coast towns of Gravelines, Mardyke, and Dunkirk, the first of which was to fall to France and the two others to England.


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EuroBasket 2001 Women

The tournament was held in three cities in France: Orléans, Le Mans and Gravelines.

The arenas, in which the tournament was held, were: in Orléans, Palais des Sports; in Le Mans, Antarès; and in Gravelines, Gravelines Sportica.

Maestro de campo

One of the most famous maestro de campo was Julian Romero, a common soldier who reached the rank of maestro de campo and that brought victory to the Spanish tercios in the battles of San Quintín and Gravelines.

Portsmouth FC Basketball Club

They lost to Tours and Gravelines in the first and last matches but won two of the other three.

Treaty of the Pyrenees

France gained Roussillon and Perpignan, Montmédy and other parts of Luxembourg, Artois and other towns in Flanders, including Arras, Béthune, Gravelines and Thionville, and a new border with Spain was fixed at the Pyrenees.


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