Angoumois
The Angoumois (in the language of Poitou and Saintonge Engoumaes , Occitan Engolmés ) is a former French province whose boundaries largely similar to those of present-day departments of Charente match. The capital was Angoulême ; the adjacent provinces were: Limousin (east), Périgord (south), Saintonge (west) and Poitou (north).
Landscapes
Landscapes belonged to the Angoumois:
- Ruffécois ( Ruffec )
- Confolentais (partially) ( Confolens )
- Cognaçais ( Cognac )
- Horte et Tardoire
history
The Angoumois was raised to a county ( comté ) in 866 and later belonged to the house of Valois-Angoulême until this branch of the Capetians with Philip VI. ascended the French throne in 1328 . The most important ruler from the branch line of the House of Orléans-Angoulême was Francis I (r. 1515–1547), who raised the former county to a duchy in the year of his accession to the throne .
See also
literature
- François Vigier De La Pile: Histoire De L'angoumois. NaBu Press, reprint 2004, ISBN 978-1294891840 .
