Franche-Comté (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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  1. a former province in E France: once a part of Burgundy.
noun
  1. a region of E France, covering the Jura and the low country east of the Saône: part of the Kingdom of Burgundy (6th century ad –1137); autonomous as the Free County of Burgundy (1137–1384); under Burgundian rule again (1384–1477) and Hapsburg rule (1493–1674); annexed by France (1678)
Franche-Comté (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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