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The archbishops held the important prerogative of the consecration of the kings of France - a privilege which they exercised (except in a few cases) from the time of Philippe II Augustus (anointed 1179, reigned 1180-1223) to that of Charles X (anointed 1825). The Palace of Tau, built between 1498 and 1509 and partly rebuilt in 1675, would later serve as the Archbishop's palace and as the residence of the kings of France

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