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a party that sought to abolish the French monarchy and institute a republic, but was quick to restore order when the French
Revolution spiraled out of control. The nobles of Provence had resisted the expansion of the Bourbons for a century and had their own
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His father belonged to a cadet branch of French Royal and noble family of
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