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Charles Martel (circa 688 –741)

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Charles Martel (circa 688 –741)

The father of Pepin the Short, the first of the Carolingians and the grandfather ...of Charlemagne, Charles Martel repelled the Muslim Arabs and Berbers of Aquitaine and won a sensational victory at Poitiers on 17th October 732.

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Bertrand Du Guesclin (approx. 1320 – ...1380)

A legendary figure of the One Hundred Years War, Bertrand du Guesclin, together ...with Joan of Arc, was the symbol of the national feeling developing in France.