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2 unusual facts about Rouvroy


Rouvroy

Rouvroy, Aisne, a commune in the Aisne département in France

Rouvroy, Pas-de-Calais, a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in France


Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon

With his elder brother Claude de Rouvroy entered the service of Louis XIII as a page and found instant favour with the king.

Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (August 1607 – 3 May 1693), French courtier, was the second son of Louis de Rouvroy, seigneur du Plessis (died 1643), who had been a warm supporter of Henry of Guise and the Catholic League.

William Hew Clark-Kennedy

On 27/28 August 1918 on the Fresnes-Rouvroy line, France, the brigade of which Lieutenant Colonel Clark-Kennedy's battalion was a central unit suffered heavy casualties.


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