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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Olivier de La Marche |
 | | Two years later Count de Charolais became ruler of Bergundy and Flanders, and made Oliver bailiff of Among (now a department of the Haute-Sane) and captain of his guards. |
 | | Taken prisoner at the battle of Nancy, where the duke lost his life (1477), he regained his liberty by paying a ransom, and rejoined Marie, daughter of Duke Charles and heiress of Burgundy, who made him her maitre d'hôtel. |
 | | As a writer he is best known by his "Memoirs", which cover the years from 1435-92, first printed at Lyons in 1562. |
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