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Coat of Arms of the ancient Viscounts of Limoges

Between Limoges, Brive and Périgueux, the viscounts of Limoges (French: vicomtes de Limoges), also called viscounts of Ségur created a small principality, whose last heir was Henry IV. Ségur was the main home of these viscounts, in the heart of their domain. The viscounty went from the Limoges-Ségur family to the House of Montfort in Brittany, then to the Albrets and eventually to the Bourbons.

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Viscounty of Limoges

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Between Limoges, Brive and Périgueux, the viscounts of Limoges (French: vicomtes de Limoges), also called viscounts of Ségur created a small principality...

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House of Rochechouart

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back to Foucher, supporter of Charles the Bald, who became viscount (vicomte) of Limoges in 876. His descendants—Limoges, Rochechouart, Mortemart and...

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John of Montfort

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and confiscated from John of Montfort the French lands of the County of Montfort-l'Amaury, as well as the Viscounty of Limoges that he held more unduly...

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Albret

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themselves with the court of France through their alliances. In 1470, they inherited the County of Périgord and the Viscounty of Limoges. Their new strength...

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Crown lands of France

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of France, such as the County of Soissons, the duchies of Alençon, Vendôme, Beaumont, the Viscounty of Limoges, the County of Périgord, the County of...

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Appanage

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brother, Louis XVI the Marquisate of Pompadour and the Viscounty of Turenne. In 1776, Louis XVI deprived Charles of Limoges, Pompadour, and Turenne, and gave...

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Alain I of Albret

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Countess of Périgord, which brought him the county of County of Périgord, the viscounty of Limoges, and the Penthièvre claim to the Duchy of Brittany...

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House of La Rochefoucauld

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that the first member of this family, Adémar, known as Amaury or Esmerin, by Viscounty of Limoges, or the son of the lord Hugh I of Lusignan. This latter...

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Duchy of Aquitaine

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of Quercy County of Rouergue County of Rodez County of Gevaudan Viscounty of Albi Marquisat of Gothia Duke of Aquitaine History of Aquitaine Lewis, pp...

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Charlotte of Albret

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Countess of Périgord. Her paternal grandparents were Jean d'Albret and Charlotte de Rohan, and her maternal grandparents were William, Viscount of Limoges and...

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Raymond I of Turenne

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Army of Raymond of Saint-Gilles. Raymond was born around 1074, in the viscounty of Turenne, in Limousin. He succeeded his father, Boson of Turenne, who died...

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List of nobles and magnates of France in the 13th century

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Aquitaine/King of England had several viscounts under his control in the 13th century. Many of the viscounties were dependent on the king of England's diplomacy...

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Bourges

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served as the capital of the Viscounty of Bourges until 1101. In the fourteenth century, it became the capital of the Duchy of Berry (established in 1360)...

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Blois

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Denis Papin lived; the Château de la Vicomté (i.e.: Château of Viscounty), in the hamlet of Les Grouëts. In addition, many citizens from the peoples engineered...

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List of female hereditary monarchs

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Marie of Montmirail (d. 1272), Heiress of Montmirail, Oisy, Crèvecœur, Conde-en-Brie, the Viscounty of Meaux & Chatelainie of Cambrai, Lady of Conde-Brie[citation...

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Argentat

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lord, the Prior of Carennac, and a lay lord, the Viscount of Turenne. Guarding his rights the Viscounty did not grant any charter of liberties and the...

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House of Rohan

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about a fifth of the Breton territory. The heart of the viscounty of Rohan is made of the rohannais triangle (the three large fortresses of La Chèze, Josselin...

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Siege of Tartas

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town is crossed by the Midouze, a tributary of the Adour. Tartas was the capital of the namesake viscounty of Tartas, which in turn was held, since 1338...

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