historical province of Anjou

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former administrative division of France historical province

The historical province of Anjou was a prominent medieval region in western France, centered on the city of Angers and ruled by powerful counts who played a key role in the Plantagenet dynasty and European politics.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
historical province of Anjou canonical	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former administrative division of France ⓘ historical province ⓘ
administrativeChange	replaced by départements after the French Revolution ⓘ
associatedWith	Loire Valley cultural landscape NERFINISHED ⓘ
borders	Brittany NERFINISHED ⓘ Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ Poitou NERFINISHED ⓘ Touraine NERFINISHED ⓘ Vendée area ⓘ
capital	Angers NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	Angers NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
culturalRegion	Angevin NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicActivity	agriculture ⓘ wine trade ⓘ
hasHeritage	Gothic architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Romanesque architecture ⓘ medieval castles ⓘ
historicalEvent	incorporation into the French royal domain ⓘ
historicalLanguage	Angevin dialect of French NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegionOf	France NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalStatus	fief of the French crown ⓘ
incorporatedInto	Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Anjou wines NERFINISHED ⓘ fertile agricultural land ⓘ viticulture ⓘ wine production ⓘ
locatedIn	western France ⓘ
namedAfter	Angers NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRuler	Fulk III Nerra NERFINISHED ⓘ Fulk V of Anjou NERFINISHED ⓘ Geoffrey V of Anjou NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Angevin Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Pays de la Loire (modern region) NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalRole	core territory of the Plantagenet dynasty ⓘ key player in medieval European politics ⓘ
ruledBy	Capetian dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Counts of Anjou NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Ingelger NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Valois-Anjou NERFINISHED ⓘ Plantagenet dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
succeededBy	Maine-et-Loire département NERFINISHED ⓘ
titleAssociatedWith	Count of Anjou NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke of Anjou NERFINISHED ⓘ
traversedBy	Loire River NERFINISHED ⓘ Maine River NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Fontevraud Abbey, Anjou, France → regionHistorically → historical province of Anjou ⓘ

subject surface form: Fontevraud Abbey

Gizeux, Anjou, France → locatedIn → historical province of Anjou ⓘ

subject surface form: Gizeux