Ducal house of Aquitaine

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The Ducal house of Aquitaine was a powerful medieval ruling dynasty that controlled the Duchy of Aquitaine in southwestern France and played a major role in European politics, especially through its ties to the Plantagenet kings of England.

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Ducal house of Aquitaine canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf medieval dynasty
noble house
alliedWith House of Plantagenet NERFINISHED
capital Poitiers NERFINISHED
continent Europe
country Duchy of Aquitaine NERFINISHED
dynasticConnection Capetian House of France NERFINISHED
House of Anjou NERFINISHED
governmentForm feudal monarchy
hasTitle Duchess of Aquitaine NERFINISHED
Duke of Aquitaine NERFINISHED
importantCity Bordeaux NERFINISHED
La Rochelle NERFINISHED
Limoges NERFINISHED
knownFor control of the Duchy of Aquitaine
major role in European politics
marital alliances with English monarchy
patronage of troubadour culture
language Occitan NERFINISHED
Old French
linkedTo Capetian dynasty NERFINISHED
Kingdom of England NERFINISHED
notableEvent annulment of Eleanor’s marriage to Louis VII
marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine to Henry II of England
marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine to Louis VII of France
notableMember Eleanor of Aquitaine NERFINISHED
Guy-Geoffroy, Duke of Aquitaine NERFINISHED
William IX, Duke of Aquitaine NERFINISHED
William V, Duke of Aquitaine NERFINISHED
William VI, Duke of Aquitaine NERFINISHED
William VII, Duke of Aquitaine NERFINISHED
William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine NERFINISHED
William X, Duke of Aquitaine NERFINISHED
partOf French nobility
medieval European nobility
playedRoleIn Anglo-French conflicts NERFINISHED
development of courtly love tradition
politicalStatus semi-independent principality
vassal of the King of France
region southwestern France
religion Roman Catholicism
resultedIn extension of Plantagenet power in France
succession hereditary succession
territoryIncludes Gascony NERFINISHED
Limousin NERFINISHED
Poitou NERFINISHED
Périgord NERFINISHED
Saintonge NERFINISHED
timePeriod Middle Ages

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Aenor de Châtellerault nobleFamily Ducal house of Aquitaine
Agnes of Poitou nobleFamily Ducal house of Aquitaine