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To revert to early history, in the same year in which Brisson read his paper before the Academy, the Duke of Chartres gave the order for an airship to the brothers Robert, who were mechanics in Paris.
British Airships, Past, Present, and Future George Whale
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In 1791, the Prince, then Duke of Chartres, having previously received the appointment of Colonel in the 14th Dragoons, assumed the command of that regiment, and shortly after, quitting the garrison of Vendôme, proceeded to Valenciennes, where he continued to pursue his military avocations.
International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 Various
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He was by birth the Duke of Valois, and by succession the Duke of Chartres.
Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World Various 1870
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Dumouriez a project which did him honor -- that of abolishing the republican system and erecting a constitutional monarchy in favor of the Duke of Chartres.
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Many persons have imagined that the Duke of Chartres was aware of this design.
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Again the young Duke of Chartres, who commanded the centre, greatly distinguished himself by his coolness, bravery, and skill.
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When the Duke of Chartres was informed that the Assembly had annulled all the rights of primogeniture -- thus depriving him, as the first-born, of his exclusive right to the title and the estate -- he threw his arms around his brother, the Duke of Montpensier, and said,
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It is altogether probable that Dumouriez was intending, by the aid of the army, to overthrow the Convention, and re-establish the throne in favor of the Duke of Chartres.
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Until the death of his father, he bore the title of the Duke of Chartres.
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