La Ferté-Vidame
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La Ferté-Vidame is a village and commune in the Eure-et-Loir département of northern-central France.
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The title of vidame of Chartres was, under the Ancien Régime, attached to the lands of Ferté-Arnault (also called la Ferté-Vidame). The most famous men to bear that title were Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon and the English captain Thomas de Scales. Its chateau is now in ruins.
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