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Marguerite de Bressieux

October 11, 2017 in Corrections

Marguerite de Bressieux: the Legend and the Truth

A couple historians chimed in with info I didn't have, and it's looking more like much of Marguerite's story was legend.
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Marguerite de Bressieux (15th century legend/pseudohistory)
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