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Artois

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Ar·tois  (är-twä)
A historical region and former province of northern France near the English Channel between Picardy and Flanders. It was ruled at various times by Flanders, Burgundy, Austria, and Spain.
Artois (French) [artwa]
n
(Placename) (Historical Terms) a former province of N France
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Noun1.Artois - a former province of northern France near the English Channel (between Picardy and Flanders)
France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe


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{Dauphine = Crown Princess; Duchesse d'Angouleme = Marie Therese Charlotte (1778-1851), the Dauphine, daughter of King Louis XVI and wife of Louis Antoine of Artois, Duke of Angouleme, eldest son of King Charles X--she lost her chance to become queen when her father-in- law abdicated the French throne in 1830--Napoleon said of her that she was "the only man in her family"}
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