Province of Bourbonnais

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The Province of Bourbonnais was a historic region of central France that became a royal province after the decline of the powerful Bourbon duchy and is known as the ancestral homeland of the Bourbon dynasty.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Province of Bourbonnais canonical 1
province of Bourbonnais 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former province of France
historical region
ancestralHomelandOf House of Bourbon
associatedDynasty House of Bourbon
associatedWithTitle Duke of Bourbon
borderedByHistoricalProvince Auvergne
Berry
Bourbonnais
surface form: Bourbonnais Marche

Burgundy
surface form: Bourgogne

Nivernais
capital Moulins
coatOfArms azure semé-de-lis or with a bend gules
country Kingdom of France
dissolutionEvent creation of French departments in 1790
dissolvedBy French Revolution
followedBy Allier department
governanceType royal province
historicalCapital Moulins
historicalImportance cradle of the Bourbon royal dynasty of France
historicalLanguage Bourbonnais dialect
French
Occitan
historicalProvinceOf France
historicalRegionNowMostlyIn Allier department
historicalRegionOf Massif Central
surface form: Massif Central area
historicalRegionPartlyIn Cher department
Creuse department
Nièvre department
Puy-de-Dôme department
integratedIntoRoyalDomain 16th century
largestCity Moulins
locatedIn central France
namedAfter House of Bourbon
notableReligiousBuilding Moulins Cathedral
notableRiver Allier River
notableTown Gannat
Montluçon
Vichy
partOf Ancien Régime
surface form: Ancien Régime France
predecessor Duchy of Bourbon
preRevolutionAdministrativeStatus province of the Kingdom of France
religion Roman Catholicism
ruledBy Dukes of Bourbon
timePeriod Early modern period
Middle Ages

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Duchy of Bourbon successor Province of Bourbonnais
Duke of Bourbon associatedWith Province of Bourbonnais
this entity surface form: province of Bourbonnais