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Marcigny' is a French village, in Saône-et-Loire, region of Burgundy. It is where Adela of Normandy, Countess of Blois, mother of King Stephen of England died in or around 1137. Saône-et-Loire is a French département, named after the Saône and the Loire rivers. ... Jump to: navigation, search Coat of arms of the 2nd duchy of Burgundy and later of the French province of Burgundy Burgundy (French: Bourgogne) is a historic region of France, inhabited in turn by Pre-Indo-European people, Celts (Gauls), Romans (Gallo-Romans), and various Germanic peoples, most importantly the... Jump to: navigation, search Adela of Blois (c. ... The County of Blois was centred on Blois, south of Paris. ... Stephen (1096 – October 25, 1154), the last Norman King of England, reigned from 1135 to 1154, when he was succeeded by his cousin Henry II, the first of the Angevin or Plantagenet Kings. ... Events Louis VII is crowned King of France. ...


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Marcigny (834 words)
Plan du prieuré de Marcigny en 1768, avant son démantèlement en 1791.
Marcigny, seul couvent créé par Cluny à l'usage des femmes, attira vite un grand nombre de dames de haute noblesse qui venaient s'y cloîtrer à vie.
Bâtiment datant de 1777, bien conservé, il est l'oeuvre de Edme Verniquet, architecte des jardins du roi Louis XVI, qui édifia à Marcigny l'hôtel de ville actuel, la maison Delastre et, dans la région, le château de Lugny-lès-Charolles ainsi que celui de Digoine, à Palinges.
Marcigny - Wikipédia (207 words)
Marcigny est une commune française, située dans le département de Saône-et-Loire et la région Bourgogne.
Au sud de la Bourgogne, en bord de Loire, Marcigny fait partie du Brionnais.
Le couvent de Marcigny reçut des membres de grandes familles d'Europe, notamment Adèle de Blois, fille de Guillaume le Conquérant, qui y mourut en 1137.
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