Henri de la Rochejaquelein
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Henri du Vergier, comte de la Rochejaquelein was the youngest general of the Royalist Vendéan insurrection during the French Revolution. At the age of 21, he served as commander-in-chief of the Catholic and Royal Army.
Henri de La Rochejacquelein at the Battle of Cholet in 1793, by Paul-Émile Boutigny,
The Death of Henri de La Rochejaquelein, painting by Alexandre Bloch
Granville, Manche
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Granville is a commune in the Manche department and region of Normandy, northwestern France. The chef-lieu of the canton of Granville and seat of the Communauté de communes de Granville, Terre et Mer, it is a seaside resort and health resort of Mont Saint-Michel Bay, at the end of the Côte des Havres, a former cod-fishing port and the first shellfish port of France. It is sometimes nicknamed "Monaco of the North" by virtue of its location on a rocky promontory.
The harbour of Granville, with Notre-Dame church in the background
Granville railway station
The Granville-Paris Express which overran the buffer stop at its Gare Montparnasse terminus on 22 October 1895
Granville in 1846