County of Anjou

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feudal territory medieval county principality

The County of Anjou was a medieval feudal territory in western France that became a powerful principality and the original power base of the Angevin dynasty, which later ruled England and large parts of France.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
County of Anjou canonical	10
Angevin region	1
Province of Anjou	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	feudal territory ⓘ medieval county ⓘ principality ⓘ
associatedWith	Angevin Empire ⓘ surface form: Angevin kings of England Hundred Years' War ⓘ
borderedBy	County of Maine ⓘ Poitou ⓘ surface form: County of Poitou Duchy of Brittany ⓘ Touraine ⓘ
capital	Angers ⓘ
coatOfArms	azure, semé-de-lis or, a label gules ⓘ
country	Kingdom of France ⓘ
dynastyFounded	House of Anjou ⓘ surface form: Angevin dynasty
endTime	13th century ⓘ
feudalRank	county ⓘ
followedBy	Duchy of Anjou ⓘ
governmentType	feudal monarchy ⓘ
hasCity	Angers ⓘ Saumur ⓘ
hasRiver	Loire ⓘ Maine ⓘ
historicalRegion	Maine-et-Loire department ⓘ surface form: Maine-et-Loire area
locatedIn	historical province of Anjou ⓘ western France ⓘ
lostTo	Philip II of France ⓘ
namedAfter	Anjou ⓘ
notableRuler	Charles I of Anjou ⓘ Fulk III Nerra ⓘ Geoffrey II of Anjou ⓘ Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou ⓘ surface form: Geoffrey V of Anjou Henry II of England ⓘ
originalLanguage	Latin ⓘ Old French ⓘ
partOf	Angevin Empire ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ
predecessor	Carolingian administrative district of Anjou ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rulingDynasty	House of Anjou ⓘ surface form: Capetian House of Anjou House of Valois-Anjou ⓘ Ingelgerian dynasty ⓘ House of Plantagenet ⓘ surface form: Plantagenet dynasty
significance	key principality in feudal France ⓘ original power base of Angevin rulers of England ⓘ
significantEvent	formation of Angevin Empire ⓘ loss of Anjou by King John of England ⓘ union with English crown under Henry II ⓘ
startTime	9th century ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Duchy of Anjou → predecessor → County of Anjou ⓘ

Duchy of Anjou → successor → County of Anjou ⓘ

this entity surface form: Province of Anjou

Henry II of England → countryRuled → County of Anjou ⓘ

Capetian dynasty → hasMainTerritory → County of Anjou ⓘ

House of Ingelger → founded → County of Anjou ⓘ

Counts of Anjou → ruledTerritory → County of Anjou ⓘ

House of Anjou → hasTerritory → County of Anjou ⓘ

Angevin Empire → territoryIncludes → County of Anjou ⓘ

Viscount of Anjou → country → County of Anjou ⓘ

Viscount of Anjou → appliesToJurisdiction → County of Anjou ⓘ

Plantagenet Empire → territoryIncludes → County of Anjou ⓘ

Gizeux, Anjou, France → culturalRegion → County of Anjou ⓘ

subject surface form: Gizeux

this entity surface form: Angevin region