Maine-et-Loire
Maine-et-Loire () is a department in the Loire Valley in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France. It is named after the two rivers, Maine and the Loire. It borders Mayenne and Sarthe to the north, Loire-Atlantique to the west, Indr ...
department
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Government and military
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in western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune
Bellevigne-les-Châteaux
Bellevigne-les-Châteaux () is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. It was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Chacé (the seat), Brézé and Saint-Cyr-en-Bourg.Arrêté préfectoral 20 September 2018 The
Château de Brézé
Château de Brézé is a small, dry-moated castle located in Brézé, near Saumur in the Loire Valley, France.
The château was transformed during the 16th and the 19th centuries. The current structure is Renaissance in style yet retains medieva ...
is a small, dry-moated castle.
Population
Personalities
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Claire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé
Claire Clémence de Maillé (25 February 1628 – 16 April 1694) was a French noblewoman from the Brézé family and a niece of Cardinal Richelieu. She married Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, known as ''Le Grand Condé'' (The Great Cond� ...
, born here in 1628, ''
Princess of Condé
Princess of Condé
See also
* Duchess of Bourbon
* Duchess of Guise
*Duchess of Enghien
*Duchess of Montmorency
Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ra ...