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Falaise — A town of the Calvados, castle of the dukes of Normandy
A fortified town of Lower Normandy whose ducal castle saw the birth, to an artisan’s daughter, of the bastard who conquered England. (Editorial synthesis)
Recorded person born in Falaise: William the Conqueror.
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