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| | Flanders, Brittany, Burgundy, Anjou, Normandy, Blois, Champagne, Toulouse, etc. |
 | | Dukes of Gascony, 768-1038 AD The culture of the South of France in the 12th century is one of the first signs of the revival of civilization in Francia after the "second Dark Age" of the 9th and 10th centuries. |
 | | Duke William V had three wives, and subsequent Dukes were descendants of William VIII, son of William V and Agnes of Burgundy. |
 | | His nephew and son-in-law, John Murray, surrendered the sovereignty of the Island to the British Crown in 1765 for £70,000 (today perhaps approaching $7,000,000), while retaining the title of Man until his death. |
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