Duchy of Anjou

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duchy former political entity

The Duchy of Anjou was a historic French fief and political territory in western France that played a significant role in medieval and early modern European dynastic politics.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf duchy ⓘ
former political entity ⓘ
associatedDynasty House of Anjou ⓘ
surface form: Angevin dynasty
associatedWith Hundred Years' War ⓘ
Plantagenet Empire ⓘ
borderedBy County of Maine ⓘ
Brittany ⓘ
surface form: Duchy of Brittany

Duchy of Normandy ⓘ
Poitou ⓘ
Touraine ⓘ
capital Angers ⓘ
coatOfArms Azure semé-de-lis or, a label gules ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country France ⓘ
feudalRank peerage of France ⓘ
governmentType feudal monarchy ⓘ
historicalRegion Pays de la Loire NERFINISHED ⓘ
incorporatedInto French royal domain ⓘ
surface form: royal domain of France
languageUsed Middle French ⓘ
Old French ⓘ
locatedIn western France ⓘ
majorCity Angers ⓘ
Chinon ⓘ
Saumur ⓘ
majorRiver Loire ⓘ
modernTerritoryIncludes Maine-et-Loire ⓘ
parts of Indre-et-Loire ⓘ
parts of Sarthe ⓘ
namedAfter Anjou ⓘ
nobleTitle Duke of Anjou ⓘ
partOf Angevin lands ⓘ
French royal domain ⓘ
surface form: French crown lands

Kingdom of France ⓘ
predecessor County of Anjou ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
ruledBy House of Anjou ⓘ
surface form: Capetian House of Anjou

House of Ingelger ⓘ
House of Plantagenet ⓘ
House of Valois ⓘ
House of Valois ⓘ
surface form: Valois House of Anjou
significantIn early modern European dynastic politics ⓘ
medieval European politics ⓘ
successor County of Anjou ⓘ
surface form: Province of Anjou
titleHeldBy Charles I of Anjou ⓘ
Geoffrey V Plantagenet ⓘ
surface form: Geoffrey V of Anjou

Henry II of England ⓘ
Louis I of Anjou ⓘ
Louis XI of France ⓘ
René of Anjou ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

House of Valois → ruled → Duchy of Anjou ⓘ
House of Bourbon → ruledKingdom → Duchy of Anjou ⓘ