Duchy of Aquitaine

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The Duchy of Aquitaine was a powerful medieval principality in southwestern France, renowned for its wealth, culture, and strategic importance in the politics of both France and England.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former principality
medieval duchy
alliance Plantagenet Empire
capital Bordeaux
conflictWith Capetian dynasty
surface form: Capetian kings of France

French Crown
surface form: French crown
contains Angoumois
Aunis
Auvergne
surface form: Auvergne (at times)

Duchy of Gascony
surface form: Gascony

Limousin
Poitou
Périgord
Saintonge
country France
culturalSignificance center of troubadour poetry
major Occitan literary center
economicBase agriculture
wine trade
endTime 15th century
era Middle Ages
event Anglo-French wars of the 12th and 13th centuries
surface form: Anglo-French conflicts

Hundred Years' War
governmentType feudal monarchy
importantCity Bordeaux
Limoges
Poitiers
language Latin
Occitan
locatedIn southwestern France
mergedInto French royal domain
notableRuler Charles VII of France
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Henry II of England
King John of England
surface form: John, King of England

Philip II of France
Philip IV of France
King Richard the Lionheart
surface form: Richard I of England

William IX, Duke of Aquitaine
William X, Duke of Aquitaine
partOf Kingdom of France
predecessor Duchy of Aquitaine self-linksurface differs
surface form: Merovingian Duchy of Aquitaine
religion Roman Catholicism
ruledBy Capetian dynasty
House of Plantagenet
House of Poitiers
startTime 8th century
strategicImportance access to trade routes
control of Atlantic coast
successor Kingdom of France

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King Richard the Lionheart alsoRuled Duchy of Aquitaine
subject surface form: Richard I of England
House of Plantagenet ruledTerritory Duchy of Aquitaine
Eleanor of Aquitaine birthRegion Duchy of Aquitaine
Carolingian dynasty hasPart Duchy of Aquitaine
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Aquitaine
Battle of Tours involvedTerritory Duchy of Aquitaine
Alphonso, Earl of Chester birthPlace Duchy of Aquitaine
Henry II of England countryRuled Duchy of Aquitaine
Beatrice of England birthPlace Duchy of Aquitaine
King Richard II of England birthPlace Duchy of Aquitaine
subject surface form: Richard II of England
House of Poitiers associatedWith Duchy of Aquitaine
House of Poitiers governed Duchy of Aquitaine
Poitiers wasCapitalOf Duchy of Aquitaine
Duchy of Aquitaine predecessor Duchy of Aquitaine self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Merovingian Duchy of Aquitaine
Count of Toulouse sharesBorderWith Duchy of Aquitaine
House of Anjou hasTerritory Duchy of Aquitaine
Angevin Empire territoryIncludes Duchy of Aquitaine
William IX, Count of Poitiers heirTo Duchy of Aquitaine
Occitania historicalPoliticalEntity Duchy of Aquitaine
La Marche wasFrontierBetween Duchy of Aquitaine
Agnes of Poitou birthRegion Duchy of Aquitaine
Umayyad forces from Al-Andalus opponent Duchy of Aquitaine
Prince Edward monarchOf Duchy of Aquitaine
subject surface form: Edward I of England
Plantagenet Empire territoryIncludes Duchy of Aquitaine
Duchy of Auvergne borderedBy Duchy of Aquitaine
County of Toulouse partOf Duchy of Aquitaine
County of Toulouse vassalOf Duchy of Aquitaine
County of Toulouse borderedBy Duchy of Aquitaine
Guyenne wasDuchyWithin Duchy of Aquitaine
Gallia Aquitania successor Duchy of Aquitaine
this entity surface form: Aquitaine (medieval duchy)
Ordinatio Imperii of 817 providedFor Duchy of Aquitaine
this entity surface form: subkingdom of Aquitaine
Richard of Bordeaux birthPlace Duchy of Aquitaine
King of Aquitaine appliesToTerritory Duchy of Aquitaine
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Aquitaine
de Born historicalTerritory Duchy of Aquitaine
Aquitanian culture shapedBy Duchy of Aquitaine
Duchy of Gascony partOf Duchy of Aquitaine
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Aquitaine
Duchy of Gascony mergedInto Duchy of Aquitaine
Treaty of Paris (1259) grantedRightsOver Duchy of Aquitaine
Aquitaine wasDuchy Duchy of Aquitaine
Seneschal of Poitou appliesToJurisdiction Duchy of Aquitaine