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5 unusual facts about Leuze


Dender

The Western or Little Dender springs near Leuze-en-Hainaut at an altitude of about 60 to 70 metres above sea level.

Dominique Dropsy

Dominique Dropsy (born 9 December 1951 in Leuze, Aisne) is a former French footballer who played goalkeeper, and who earned seventeen international caps for the French national team during the late 1970s, early 1980s.

Guy III, Count of Saint-Pol

Jacques I of Leuze-Châtillon (d. 1302, Battle of the Golden Spurs), first of the lords of Leuze, married Catherine de Condé and had issue; his descendants brought Condé, Carency, etc. into the House of Bourbon.

Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Artois

Jacques I of Leuze-Châtillon (died 1302, Battle of the Golden Spurs), first of the lords of Leuze, married Catherine de Condé and had issue; his descendants brought Condé, Carency, etc. into the House of Bourbon.

Victor Amadeus, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg

#John George (b. Bernburg, 14 February 1674 - killed in battle at Leuze, 9 September 1691).


Bible translations into French

This Bible, in turn, became the basis of the first French Catholic Bible, published at Leuven in 1550, the work of Nicholas de Leuze and François de Larben.


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