Histoire généalogique de la maison d’Auvergne
work by Baluze
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- In Étienne Baluze
In 1708 appeared his Histoire généalogique de la maison d’Auvergne, undertaken at the request of the Cardinal de Bouillon. In that work, which purported to trace the cardinal’s descent from the counts of Auvergne in the 9th century, Baluze made use of documents already proved to have been forged.…
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