French painter, designer, and courtier. As head of the French Royal Academy and principal painter to the king, he had a major influence on the development of the Louis Quatorze style. |
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French politician who was the last president of the Third Republic (1932-1940). He ceded power to Marshal Pétain after the German invasion (1940). |
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