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Notes on the names in Monique Wittig's Les Guérillères

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Irene / Irène
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Empress Irene of the Holy Roman Empire. Ruled 792, 797-802. charlemagne tried to marry Irene to consolidate his claim to be Emperor, but she refused. In 802 she was deposed and exiled to the Isle of Lesbos.

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