Medieval French county, approximately corresponding to the modern département of Creuse
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La Marche
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Map of France in 1154, showing location of County of La Marche
The County of La Marche (French pronunciation:[maʁʃ]; Occitan: la Marcha) was a medieval French county, approximately corresponding to the modern département of Creuse and the northern half of Haute Vienne.[1]
La Marche first appeared as a separate fief about the middle of the 10th century, when William III, Duke of Aquitaine, gave it to one of his vassals, Boson, who took the title of Count. In the 12th century, the countship passed to the House of Lusignan. They also were sometimes counts of Angoulême and counts of Limousin.
With the death of the childless Count Guy in 1308, his possessions in La Marche were seized by Philip IV of France.[2] In 1314, the king made La Marche an appanage for his youngest son the Prince, afterwards Charles IV.[3] Several years later in 1327, La Marche passed into the hands of the House of Bourbon.[4] The family of Armagnac held it from 1435 to 1477, when it reverted to the Bourbons.
In 1527 La Marche was seized by Francis I and became part of the domains of the French crown. It was divided into Haute Marche and Basse Marche, the estates of the former continuing until the 17th century. From 1470 until the Revolution, the province was under the jurisdiction of the parlement of Paris.[5]
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