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unusual facts about La Marche


March for Equality and Against Racism

On November 27, 2013, the movie La Marche, inspired from the march for equality and against racism will be released in cinemas.


Catherine of Vendôme

Charlotte (1388 – 15 January 1422), married in 1411 at Nicosia King Janus of Cyprus

Ebalus, Duke of Aquitaine

Moreover, the territory of La Marche, which was under the control of the lord of Charroux, vassal of Ebles, was transformed into an independent county.


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Duke of Bourbon

Although the senior line came to an end in 1527, the cadet branch of La Marche-Vendome would later succeed to the French throne as the Royal House of Bourbon, which would later spread out to other kingdoms and duchies in Europe.

Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville

Her mother Jeanne of Lusignan was part of one of the most illustrious French families, daughter of Hugh XII of Lusignan, Count of La Marche and of Angoulême, and sister of Yolanda of Lusignan, the suo jure Countess of La Marche.

Perche

The greater part of the district is occupied by a semicircle of heights (from 650 to 1000 ft. in height) stretching from Moulins-la-Marche on the northwest to Montmirail on the south; within the basin formed thereby the shape of which is defined by the Huisne, an affluent of the Sarthe, lie the chief towns of Mortagne-au-Perche, Nogent-le-Rotrou and Bellême.