Poitou

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former province of France historical region

Poitou is a historical region in western France that was a significant stronghold and cultural center for French Protestants (Huguenots) during the Reformation and subsequent religious conflicts.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Poitou canonical	63
Poitou-Charentes	11
County of Poitou	10
Poitou historical province	3
Counts of Poitou	1
County of Poitiers	1
Poitou cultural area	1
Poitou historical region	1
Poitou region	1
Poitou-Charentes (historical)	1
Province of Poitiers	1
county of Poitou	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former province of France ⓘ historical region ⓘ
associatedDynasty	Poitou self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Counts of Poitou Duke of Aquitaine ⓘ surface form: Dukes of Aquitaine
borders	Angoumois ⓘ Anjou ⓘ Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Berry ⓘ La Marche ⓘ Saintonge ⓘ Touraine ⓘ
capital	Poitiers ⓘ
consequenceOfRevocation	Huguenot emigration ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
emigrationDestinations	England ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ North America ⓘ South Africa ⓘ
historicalLanguage	Poitevin ⓘ Poitevin-Saintongeais ⓘ
historicalLanguageFamily	Poitevin-Saintongeais ⓘ surface form: Oïl languages
historicalPeriod	Early Modern period ⓘ surface form: Early modern period Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalRegionOf	Kingdom of France ⓘ
historicalStatus	Poitou self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: county of Poitou duchy of Aquitaine component ⓘ
knownFor	Protestant culture in early modern France ⓘ rural agriculture and livestock breeding ⓘ
locatedIn	France ⓘ Western France ⓘ surface form: western France
majorCity	Niort ⓘ Parthenay ⓘ Poitiers ⓘ
modernAdministrativeSuccessor	Nouvelle-Aquitaine ⓘ surface form: Nouvelle-Aquitaine region Pays de la Loire ⓘ surface form: Pays de la Loire region
modernTerritoryIncludes	Deux-Sèvres department ⓘ Vendée department ⓘ Vienne department ⓘ
notableEventImpact	Edict of Nantes ⓘ surface form: Edict of Nantes (1598) revocation of the Edict of Nantes ⓘ surface form: Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685)
notableReligiousMinority	Huguenots ⓘ
notableRuler	Eleanor of Aquitaine ⓘ Henry II of England ⓘ King Richard the Lionheart ⓘ surface form: Richard I of England
partOf	Nouvelle-Aquitaine ⓘ surface form: Aquitaine (historical region)
religiousConflictPeriod	French Wars of Religion ⓘ Reformation ⓘ
religiousHistoryRole	Huguenot stronghold ⓘ center of French Protestantism ⓘ

Referenced by (95)

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

Huguenots → centerOfActivity → Poitou ⓘ

King Richard the Lionheart → alsoRuled → Poitou ⓘ

subject surface form: Richard I of England

this entity surface form: County of Poitou

Madame de Montespan → placeOfBirth → Poitou ⓘ

Anjou → borderedByHistorical → Poitou ⓘ

Isabella of Angoulême → associatedWith → Poitou ⓘ

Poitou → historicalStatus → Poitou self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: county of Poitou

Poitou → associatedDynasty → Poitou self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Counts of Poitou

Nouvelle-Aquitaine → formedByMergerOf → Poitou ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poitou-Charentes

Duchy of Anjou → borderedBy → Poitou ⓘ

La Rochelle → region → Poitou ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poitou historical province

Huguenot rebellions → location → Poitou ⓘ

House of Poitiers → region → Poitou ⓘ

House of Poitiers → associatedWith → Poitou ⓘ

this entity surface form: County of Poitou

House of Poitiers → heldTerritory → Poitou ⓘ

House of Poitiers → governed → Poitou ⓘ

this entity surface form: County of Poitou

Poitiers → historicalRegion → Poitou ⓘ

Poitiers → wasCapitalOf → Poitou ⓘ

this entity surface form: County of Poitou

Western France → hasCulturalRegion → Poitou ⓘ

Limousin (de facto shared functions) → borderedBy → Poitou ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poitou-Charentes

Bishop of Luçon → ecclesiasticalProvince → Poitou ⓘ

this entity surface form: Province of Poitiers

Bishop of Luçon → historicalRegion → Poitou ⓘ

Anglo-French wars of the 12th and 13th centuries → location → Poitou ⓘ

Midi-Pyrénées → borderedBy → Poitou ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poitou-Charentes

Raymond of Poitiers → associatedWith → Poitou ⓘ

this entity surface form: County of Poitiers

Count of Poitiers → appliesToJurisdiction → Poitou ⓘ

this entity surface form: County of Poitou

Count of Poitiers → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Poitou ⓘ

Lusignan dynasty → originatedIn → Poitou ⓘ

Duchy of Aquitaine → contains → Poitou ⓘ

French royal domain → includedRegion → Poitou ⓘ

Niort, Kingdom of France → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Poitou ⓘ

Niort, Kingdom of France → hasCulturalRegion → Poitou ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poitou cultural area

Battle of Poitiers → region → Poitou ⓘ

Cordeliers Convent, Poitiers → locatedInHistoricalRegion → Poitou ⓘ

Athénaïs → placeOfBirth → Poitou ⓘ

Hugh X of Lusignan → region → Poitou ⓘ

Hugh X of Lusignan → associatedWith → Poitou ⓘ

this entity surface form: County of Poitou

Vendée → locatedInFormerRegion → Poitou ⓘ

Vendée → historicalRegion → Poitou ⓘ

Alice of Lusignan → region → Poitou ⓘ

Parthenay → locatedInFormerAdministrativeRegion → Poitou ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poitou-Charentes

Parthenay → historicalRegion → Poitou ⓘ

Poitevin-Saintongeais → spokenIn → Poitou ⓘ

Angoumois → borders → Poitou ⓘ

Vienne department → partOfHistoricalProvince → Poitou ⓘ

William IX, Count of Poitiers → heirTo → Poitou ⓘ

this entity surface form: County of Poitou

William IX, Count of Poitiers → historicalRegion → Poitou ⓘ

Aymer of Lusignan → origin → Poitou ⓘ

Deux-Sèvres department → formerRegion → Poitou ⓘ

subject surface form: Deux-Sèvres

this entity surface form: Poitou-Charentes

Deux-Sèvres department → locatedIn → Poitou ⓘ

subject surface form: Deux-Sèvres

this entity surface form: Poitou historical province

Vendée department → historicalRegion → Poitou ⓘ

subject surface form: Vendée