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The Seneschal of Anjou (siniscallus, Vulgar or old Frankish Latin, also dapifer) was an officer of an aristocratic household assigned to manage the domestic affairs of the lords of Anjou. During the course of the twelfth century, the seneschalship also became an office of military command.

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Seneschal of Anjou

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The Seneschal of Anjou (siniscallus, Vulgar or old Frankish Latin, also dapifer) was an officer of an aristocratic household assigned to manage the domestic...

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County of Anjou

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Lackland, youngest son of Henry II, and supported by Philip Augustus of France, and aided by William des Roches, seneschal of Anjou, he managed to enter...

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Jeanne des Roches

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de Genneteil, de Precigné, de Agon, and de Craon; and the suo jure seneschal of Anjou, from 1222. The seneschalship passed to her husband, Amaury I, Sire...

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William des Roches

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as Seneschal of Anjou, of Maine and of Touraine. After serving the Angevin kings of England, in 1202 he changed his loyalty to King Philip II of France...

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Robert of Thurnham

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Poitiers. Appointed Seneschal of Anjou, he served in France with Richard I, primarily in Anjou and Normandy, throughout the rest of Richard's reign. At...

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Richard I of England

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father's appointment of William Fitz Ralph to the important post of seneschal of Normandy. In Anjou, Stephen of Tours was replaced as seneschal and temporarily...

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Angevin Empire

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Greater Anjou is a modern term to describe the area consisting of Anjou, Maine, Touraine, Vendôme, and Saintonge. Here, prévôts, the seneschal of Anjou, and...

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Amaury III de Craon

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1333), Lord of Créon, Mareuil and Sablé, Seneschal of Gascony as well as seneschal of Anjou, Maine and Touraine. He was a son of Maurice V of Craon and...

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Etienne de Tours

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Stephen of Tours and Later Stephen of Marçey was a Seneschal of Anjou in the 12th century. He was appointed in 1181 CE by the Angevin King Henry II of England...

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Seneschal of Normandy

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the chancellory or chapel. The seneschals of Normandy, like those appointed in Gascony, Poitou, and Anjou had custody of demesne fortresses, the regional...

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Invasion of Normandy by Philip II of France

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Accompanied by William de Roches, his seneschal in Anjou, he swung his mercenary army rapidly south to protect her. His turn of speed caught Arthur by surprise...

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Seneschal of the Saintonge

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Seneschal of the Saintonge was an officer carrying out and managing the domestic affairs of the lord of the district of the Saintonge, a province of France...

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Amaury I de Craon

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Roches, daughter of Seneschal of Anjou, Guillaume des Roches and Marguerite de Sablé. They had: Maurice IV of Craon, married Isabella of Lusignan Isabelle...

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Seneschal of Ponthieu

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the chancellory or chapel. The seneschals of Ponthieu, like those appointed in Normandy, Poitou, and Anjou had custody of demesne fortresses, the regional...

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Maurice VI de Craon

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 1255–1292) was Lord of Craon, Chantocé, Sablé, Briolé and La Suze. He served as Seneschal of Anjou, Touraine and Maine and in 1289 as Lieutenant of Aquitaine....

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Giovanni Cossa

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October 1476) was lieutenant general of Provence, seneschal of Rene of Anjou and grand seneschal of Provence. Martyrdom of Saint Maurice and his Comrades (in...

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Seneschal of Gascony

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The Seneschal of Gascony was an officer carrying out and managing the domestic affairs of the lord of the Duchy of Gascony. During the course of the twelfth...

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Henry II of England

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administration was less developed. Anjou was governed through a combination of officials called prévôts and seneschals based along the Loire and in western...

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