Nantes
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- Alternate Name
- Naoned
Nante
- Names
Nantes
Naoned
Nante
- Place Type
- political
- Description
- Unsuccessfully attacked by Huns in 445; occupied by Normans 834-936; held by dukes of Brittany; passed to France when Anne of Brittany married Louis XII in 1499; site of Edict of Nantes issued by Henry IV 1598; scene of mass drownings during Revolution.
- Source
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)
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