Anjou

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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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Label Occurrences
Anjou canonical 69

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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

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Poitou borders Anjou
John lostTerritory Anjou
Duchy of Anjou namedAfter Anjou
Angers partOf Anjou
Angers historicRegion Anjou
Maine borderedBy Anjou
subject surface form: Maine (historical province)
Philip II territorialGain Anjou
subject surface form: Philip II of France
Fontevraud Abbey, Anjou, France locatedIn Anjou
subject surface form: Fontevraud Abbey
House of Ingelger region Anjou
Ingelger region Anjou
Ingelger associatedWith Anjou
Counts of Anjou region Anjou
Maine-et-Loire department historicalRegion Anjou
subject surface form: Maine-et-Loire
Robert of Naples house Anjou
House of Anjou namedAfter Anjou
Angevin Empire namedAfter Anjou
Empress Matilda residence Anjou
Garden of France contains Anjou
Fulk V of Anjou residence Anjou
Gallo language spokenIn Anjou
County of Maine borders Anjou
La Marche bordered Anjou
Saumur historicProvince Anjou