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principality_n come_v to_o his_o brother_n renatus_n he_o have_v no_o issue_n live_v make_v charles_n his_o brother_n son_n his_o heir_n and_o he_o make_v king_n ludovick_n the_o 11._o his_o heir_n and_o thus_o it_o be_v annex_v to_o the_o crown_n of_o france_n and_o continue_v so_o unite_v until_o francis_n the_o first_o give_v the_o revenue_n thereof_o to_o his_o mother_n aloisia_n â—abande_n king_n charles_n the_o 9_o give_v it_o to_o his_o brother_n henry_n who_o be_v afterward_o king_n of_o polonia_n and_o france_n the_o metropolis_n or_o mother_n city_n of_o the_o dukedom_n be_v andegavum_n paulus_n diacorus_fw-la call_v it_o the_o city_n of_o audegavia_n it_o be_v common_o call_v angiers_n ptolemy_n call_v it_o juliomagus_n andicavarum_n it_o be_v seat_v the_o dukedom_n of_o janiov_v anjou_n on_o both_o the_o bank_n of_o the_o river_n maine_n which_o have_v a_o stone_n bridge_n over_o it_o it_o be_v well_o govern_v have_v a_o bishop_n a_o marshal_n and_o a_o bailie_n and_o a_o 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and_o the_o house_n of_o the_o bourbon_n that_o so_o the_o title_n thereof_o may_v remain_v to_o posterity_n which_o be_v do_v robert_n the_o son_n of_o ludorick_n the_o nine_o who_o be_v canonize_v for_o a_o saint_n do_v propagate_v and_o enlarge_v the_o name_n of_o the_o borbons_n for_o his_o son_n be_v ludorick_n surname_v the_o great_a who_o succeed_v his_o father_n john_n clarâ—mâ—nt_a lord_n of_o the_o town_n of_o the_o fane_n of_o justine_n in_o campania_n peter_n archdeacon_n of_o paris_n and_o two_o daughter_n this_o ludorick_n philip_n valesius_fw-la the_o six_o create_v the_o first_o duke_n of_o bourbon_n in_o the_o year_n 1339._o or_o thereabouts_o who_o have_v by_o his_o wife_n mary_n the_o daughter_n of_o john_n earl_n of_o hannonia_n peter_n the_o first_o who_o succeed_v he_o and_o james_n the_o father_n of_o the_o earl_n of_o march_n and_o vendosme_n philip_n lord_n of_o belloâ—â—â—_n mary_n and_o beatrix_n this_o peter_n be_v create_v the_o second_o duke_n of_o 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