Duchy of Gascony

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former political territory medieval duchy

The Duchy of Gascony was a medieval political territory in southwestern France, historically significant as a frontier duchy between the Frankish and Iberian worlds and later closely tied to the English crown.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Gascony	6
Duchy of Gascony canonical	3

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former political territory ⓘ medieval duchy ⓘ
borderedBy	Frankish world ⓘ Iberian world ⓘ
capital	Bordeaux ⓘ
closelyAssociatedWith	Crown of England ⓘ surface form: English crown
conflict	Hundred Years' War ⓘ surface form: Hundred Years War Reconquista-related frontier warfare ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Kingdom of France ⓘ
disestablished	15th century ⓘ
earliestFormation	late 7th century ⓘ
economy	maritime commerce ⓘ wine trade ⓘ
feudalRelation	held in fief from the French king by the king of England ⓘ
floruit	10th century ⓘ 11th century ⓘ 12th century ⓘ 13th century ⓘ 14th century ⓘ 8th century ⓘ 9th century ⓘ
historicalRegionOverlap	Aquitaine ⓘ Armagnac ⓘ Basque Country ⓘ Biscay ⓘ Béarn ⓘ Labourd ⓘ Navarre ⓘ
historicalRole	frontier between Frankish and Iberian worlds ⓘ key component of the Angevin Empire ⓘ major theater in the Hundred Years War ⓘ
importantPort	Bayonne ⓘ Bordeaux ⓘ
languageUsed	Gascon ⓘ Latin ⓘ Occitan ⓘ
legalStatusUnderEngland	overseas possession of the English crown ⓘ
locatedIn	region of Gascony ⓘ southwestern France ⓘ
mergedInto	Duchy of Aquitaine ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ
notableRuler	Edward I of England ⓘ Edward III of England ⓘ Eleanor of Aquitaine ⓘ Henry II of England ⓘ William VIII of Aquitaine ⓘ
partOf	Angevin Empire ⓘ Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ surface form: Frankish realm Duchy of Aquitaine ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Aquitaine
politicalStatus	fief of the English crown ⓘ frontier duchy ⓘ vassal of the Frankish kings ⓘ
presentIn	France ⓘ Spain ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rulingDynasty	Capetian dynasty ⓘ surface form: House of Capet House of Plantagenet ⓘ House of Poitiers ⓘ House of Valois ⓘ