The Duchy of Anjou (UK: /ˈɒ̃ʒuː,ˈæ̃ʒuː/, US: /ɒ̃ˈʒuː,ˈæn(d)ʒuː,ˈɑːnʒuː/;[1][2][3]French:[ɑ̃ʒu]ⓘ; Latin: Andegavia) was a French province straddling the lower Loire. Its capital was Angers, and its area was roughly co-extensive with the diocese of Angers. Anjou was bordered by Brittany to the west, Maine to the north, Touraine to the east and Poitou to the south. The adjectival form is Angevin, and inhabitants of Anjou are known as Angevins. In 1482, the duchy became part of the Kingdom of France and then remained a province of the Kingdom under the name of the Duchy of Anjou. After the decree dividing France into departments in 1791, the province was disestablished and split into six new départements: Deux-Sèvres, Indre-et-Loire, Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire, Sarthe and Vienne.
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The DuchyofAnjou (UK: /ˈɒ̃ʒuː, ˈæ̃ʒuː/, US: /ɒ̃ˈʒuː, ˈæn(d)ʒuː, ˈɑːnʒuː/; French: [ɑ̃ʒu] ; Latin: Andegavia) was a French province straddling the lower...
predecessor to the DuchyofAnjou. Its capital was Angers, and its area was roughly co-extensive with the diocese of Angers. Anjou was bordered by Brittany...
up Anjou in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Anjou may refer to: County ofAnjou, a historical county in France and predecessor of the DuchyofAnjou Count...
gained control of the area. In 1360, the count was raised to a dukedom becoming known as duke ofAnjou, subsequently leading the DuchyofAnjou. The title...
of France from 1445 to 1453. Born in the Duchyof Lorraine into the House of Valois-Anjou, Margaret was the second eldest daughter of René, King of Naples...
dictionary. Angevin or House ofAnjou may refer to: County ofAnjou or DuchyofAnjou, a historical county, and later Duchy, in France Angevin (language)...
Count of Anjou. Under Drogo, the duchy continued to experience political instability and he was unable to sustain his line. Drogo died in 958. Two of Alan...
French duchyofAnjou. It was founded in 1101 by the itinerant preacher Robert of Arbrissel. The foundation flourished and became the center of a new monastic...
title of a "Duke of Lothier" remained, held by Brabant. After the duchyof the Moselle came into the possession of René ofAnjou, the name "Duchyof Lorraine"...
Cross of Lorraine (French: Croix de Lorraine), known as the Cross ofAnjou in the 16th century, is a heraldic two-barred cross, consisting of a vertical...
lord from Brittany, Anjou and Poitou, a leader in the French army during the Hundred Years' War, and a companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc. He is best known...
crown permanently. The duchy henceforward followed the fortunes of the other English possessions in France, such as Normandy and Anjou, ultimately leading...
Louise of Savoy (1524–1531), Duchess of Angoulême, Francis I of France's mother. She received the duchyof Nemours in 1524 with the duchyofAnjou. It was...
Peronne and Montdidier John ofAnjou, Duke of Lorraine, the towns of Mouzon, St. Menehould and Neufchâteau Francis, Duke of Brittany, gained Montfort and...
attachment of the County of Provence, the DuchyofAnjou, the Duchyof Burgundy, the Duchyof Brittany, the Duchyof Lorraine, and so on. Some of these provinces...
Yolande of Aragon (11 August 1381 – 14 November 1442) was Duchess ofAnjou and Countess of Provence by marriage, who acted as regent of Provence during...
well as other House of Habsburg states such as the Grand Duchyof Tuscany and Liechtenstein Left the war after signing the Peace of Leoben with France...
of Bourbon constituted part of an apanage, in this case that of the Duke of Angoulême, Duke of Orleans and Duke ofAnjou and then future Henry III. Upon...
thirty thousand pounds on the duchyofAnjou. The representatives of Louis XII of France and those of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain signed a secret treaty...
grandson of King Louis XIV of France was named as his successor, to preclude the union of the thrones of France and Spain. The prince, then Duke ofAnjou, became...
The County of Bar, later Duchyof Bar, was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire encompassing the pays de Barrois and centred on the city of Bar-le-Duc...
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