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Châteauneuf-de-Randon — A town of the Gévaudan, in what is now the Lozère
A stronghold of the Gévaudan held by freebooters, whose governor came to lay the keys on the coffin of the besieger who died before the surrender. (Editorial synthesis)
Recorded person who died in Châteauneuf-de-Randon: Du Guesclin.
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