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4 unusual facts about Lamballe


Aaron of Aleth

In Lamballe, France lies the Town of Saint-Aaron, which is placed around the place where Aaron is believed to have died.

Jean I, Duke of Alençon

# Charlotte d'Alençon (1413, Argentan – 1435, Lamballe)

Lamballe

Charles Armand Tuffin, marquis de la Rouerie, hero of the American war of independence, died near Lamballe in 1793.

Solen Désert-Mariller

Her personal best times are 23.02 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in June 2005 in Lamballe; and 51.42 seconds in the 400 metres, achieved in August 2007 in Niort.


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Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe

At the death of his older brother Louis Marie de Bourbon, the Prince of Lamballe became the heir to the Penthièvre fortune, much of which had been extorted by Louis XIV from his childless cousin la Grande Mademoiselle, and bestowed upon Louis XIV's legitimised elder son, Louis Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine.

Saint-Pôtan

There are train stations in Lamballe, Saint-Malo and Saint-Brieuc which have links to Brest and Gare Montparnasse (Paris).


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