Anjou

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former county former duchy historic region

Anjou is a historic region in western France that was once a powerful medieval county and later a duchy, playing a central role in the Angevin Empire and European dynastic politics.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former county ⓘ
former duchy ⓘ
historic region ⓘ
absorbedInto French royal domain ⓘ
associatedWith County of Maine ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Naples ⓘ
House of Plantagenet ⓘ
surface form: Plantagenet dynasty
borderedByHistorical Brittany ⓘ
Maine ⓘ
Poitou ⓘ
Touraine ⓘ
capital Angers ⓘ
coatOfArms Azure semé-de-lis or, a label gules ⓘ
containsCity Angers ⓘ
Saumur ⓘ
containsRiver Loire ⓘ
Maine River ⓘ
Mayenne River ⓘ
Sarthe River ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dateAbsorbedApprox 15th century ⓘ
historicalEra Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalLanguage Angevin dialect of French ⓘ
historicalStatus fief of the Kingdom of France ⓘ
knownFor Anjou wine appellations ⓘ
tuffeau stone architecture ⓘ
wine production ⓘ
locatedIn Pays de la Loire ⓘ
Western France ⓘ
surface form: western France
modernSuccessorTerritory Maine-et-Loire department ⓘ
namedAfter Angers ⓘ
notableRuler Charles I of Anjou ⓘ
Geoffrey V Plantagenet ⓘ
surface form: Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou

Henry II of England ⓘ
Louis I of Anjou ⓘ
surface form: Louis I, Duke of Anjou
partOf Angevin Empire ⓘ
playedRoleIn Anglo-French wars of the 12th and 13th centuries ⓘ
surface form: Capetian–Plantagenet rivalry

European dynastic politics ⓘ
Hundred Years' War ⓘ
religionHistorical Roman Catholicism ⓘ
ruledBy Counts of Anjou ⓘ
House of Anjou ⓘ
surface form: Dukes of Anjou
ruledByDynasty Capetian dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Capetian House of Anjou

House of Ingelger ⓘ
House of Plantagenet ⓘ
House of Valois ⓘ
surface form: Valois House of Anjou
titleCreatedAs county ⓘ
titleLaterElevatedTo duchy ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maine → borderedBy → Anjou ⓘ
subject surface form: Maine (historical province)
Poitou → borders → Anjou ⓘ
Angers → historicRegion → Anjou ⓘ
John → lostTerritory → Anjou ⓘ
Duchy of Anjou → namedAfter → Anjou ⓘ
Angers → partOf → Anjou ⓘ
Philip II → territorialGain → Anjou ⓘ
subject surface form: Philip II of France