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Domfront may refer to: Places Domfront may refer to one of several communes in France: * Domfront, Oise, a commune in the Oise department in northern France * Domfront, Orne, a commune in the Orne department in north-western France until 2015 ** Château de Domfront, a ruined castle in the town of Domfront, Orne * Domfront-en-Poiraie, a commune in the department of Orne, northwestern France from 2016 * Domfront-en-Champagne, a commune in the Sarthe department in the Pays de la Loire region in north-western France People * Ralph of Domfront Ralph of Domfront (or Radulph, la, Radulfus; died c. 1146) was the archbishop of Mamistra and second Latin patriarch of Antioch (as Ralph I) from 1135 until 1140. William of Tyre describes him as "a military man, very magnificent and generous, a g ...
(or Radulph, Radulfus; died c. 1146), an archbishop of Mamistra and second Latin patriarch of Antioch (as Ralph I) from 1135 until 1140 {{Disambiguation, geo ...
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Domfront, Oise
Domfront () is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. See also *Communes of the Oise department The following is a list of the 679 communes of the Oise department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Oise {{Oise-geo-stub ...
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Domfront, Orne
Domfront () is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Domfront-en-Poiraie. Geography Domfront is situated on a bluff overlooking the river Varenne and is said to have been established in the 6th century round the oratory of the hermit St. Front, and played an important part in the wars against the English and the French Wars of Religion. Beginning from the strategically sited castle of Domfront, the dispossessed count Henry, youngest son of William the Conqueror, rallied support among local lords and eventually ruled the Anglo-Norman dominions as Henry I of England.C. Warren Hollister, ''Henry I'' (Yale English Monarch) 2001:85ff, 90ff. In 1574 it was occupied by the Protestant leader Gabriel, comte de Montgomery, who after a stubborn siege was forced to yield it to Jacques Goyon, Count of Matignon. It has been subjected to floods when the river Varenne burst its banks, causing widespread havoc ...
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Château De Domfront
The Château de Domfront is a ruined castle in the town of Domfront, in the Orne département of France. The Château de Domfront has been protected as a '' monument historique'' by the French Ministry of Culture since 1875. The ruins include the keep, the enceinte, ramparts, towers, casemates and the former Sainte-Catherine et Saint-Symphorien chapels. The castle ruins have been repaired since 1984 by the '. The ruins stand in a public park and are open to the public free of charge. History In 1051, the castle at Domfront, belonging to Guillaume II Talvas, lord of Bellême, and occupied by the forces of Geoffrey of Anjou, was besieged by William the Conqueror, duke of Normandy.David C. Douglas, William the Conqueror (1967) In 1092, the people of Domfront revolted against Robert II de Bellême, Earl of Shrewsbury, transferring their allegiance to the third son of William the Conqueror, Henri Beauclerc, who became Duke of Normandy (1106) and King of England (1100). In 116 ...
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Domfront-en-Poiraie
Domfront en Poiraie (, literally ''Domfront in Pear Orchard'') is a commune in the department of Orne, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Domfront (the seat), La Haute-Chapelle and Rouellé.Arrêté préfectoral
21 December 2015


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Communes of the Orne department The following is a list of the 385 communes of the Orne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):
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Domfront-en-Champagne
Domfront-en-Champagne () is a commune in the Sarthe department in the Pays de la Loire region in north-western France. See also *Communes of the Sarthe department The following is a list of the 354 communes of the Sarthe department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Sarthe {{Sarthe-geo-stub ...
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