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Births on February 10

Christine of France
1606Feb, 10

Christine of France

Christine of France, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1663)
Christine of France (10 February 1606 – 27 December 1663) was the sister of Louis XIII and the Duchess of Savoy by marriage. At the death of her husband Victor Amadeus I in 1637, she acted as regent of Savoy between 1637 and 1648.

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