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Also Known As Gabriel-Claude-Jules Favre
Born March 21, 1809 • Lyon • France
Died January 19, 1880 (aged 70) • Versailles • France
Title / Office foreign minister (1870-1871), France • Legislative Assembly (1849-1851)
Role In Treaty of Frankfurt

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