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smiley1 | 07:58 Mon 12th Jan 2015 | Crosswords
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34A Industrial city of East Central france capital of the former duchy of Burgundy (6) -R-Y-S. The only thing that fits is TROYES but this wasn't in Burgundy, capital of which is Dijon!

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Not much help probably but it seems that Troyes did have a connection with Burgundy/Burgundians In 1285, when Philip the Fair united Champagne to the royal domain, the town kept a number of its traditional privileges. John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy and ally of the English, aimed in 1417 at making Troyes the capital of France, and he came to an...
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Not much help probably but it seems that Troyes did have a connection with Burgundy/Burgundians

In 1285, when Philip the Fair united Champagne to the royal domain, the town kept a number of its traditional privileges. John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy and ally of the English, aimed in 1417 at making Troyes the capital of France, and he came to an understanding with Isabeau of Bavaria, wife of Charles VI of France, that a court, council, and parlement with comptroller's offices should be established at Troyes. It was at Troyes, then in the hands of the Burgundians, that on 21 May 1420, the Treaty of Troyes was signed by which Henry V

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