Counts and Dukes of Angoulême

Counts and Dukes of Angoulême

Angoulême (Angoumois) in western France was part of the Carolingian Empire as the kingdom of Aquitaine. Under Charlemagne's successors, the local Count of Angoulême was independent and was not united with the French crown until 1307. By the terms of the Treaty of Brétigny (1360) the Angoumois, then ruled by the Counts of Angoulême, was ceded as English territory to Edward III. In 1371 it became a fief of the dukes of Berry, a cadet line of the French royal family. When Francis I, formerly the Count of Angoulême, became king in 1515, Angoumois was definitively incorporated into the French crown lands, as a duchy.

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Counts of Angoulême

  • Turpio (838–863)
  • Emeno (863–866)

House of Taillefer

Coat of arms of the counts of Angoulême

House of Lusignan

Coat of arms of the lords of Lusignan

Royal Grantees

Dukes of Angoulême

Coat of arms of the counts of Angoulême of the Valois-Orléans family

Sources

Further Reading and Printed Sources

  • L'art de Verifier des Faits historiquws, des Chartes, des Chroniques, et Autres Anciens Monuments, Depuis la Naissance de Notre-Seigner by Moreau et Yalade, 1818
  • The coinage of the European continent, by Swan Sonnenschein, 1893
  • Annuaire Historique Pour L'annee 1854, by Société de l'histoire de France
  • Nouvelle Encyclopedie Theologique, by acques-Paul Migne, 1854

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