- Aiguillon
French commune
nomcommune=Aiguillon
région=Aquitaine
département=Lot-et-Garonne
arrondissement=Agen
canton=Port-Sainte-Marie
insee=47004
cp=47190
maire=
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=
longitude=0.341666666667
latitude=44.3002777778
alt moy=41 m
alt mini=22
alt maxi=168 m
hectares=2828
km²=28.28
sans=4219
date-sans=1999
dens=149
date-dens=1999Aiguillon (or Auguillon) is a commune in the
Lot-et-Garonne department in southwesternFrance . It lies near the two rivers that give name to the department.History
Attached to the English crown in
1318 , it was conquered by Du Guesclin in1370 . In1599 it was converted in center of a duchy.Demographics
Population in:
*1962= 3409
*1968= 3754
*1975= 3867
*1982= 4121
*1990= 4169
*1999= 4219Dukes of Aiguillon
*Charles Duke of Mayenne
1599 -1611
*Henry Duke of Mayenne 1611 -1621 (son of Charles duke of Mayenne)Incorporated to the French crown
1621 -1638 . Richelieu purchased this dukedom in 1638 and gave it to Marie Madeleine, the daughter of René Vignerot and his wife Françoise du Plessis, sister of Richelieu:
*Marie Madaleine De Vignerot De Plessis 1638 -1675
*Terese d'Aiguillon 1675 -1731 (niece of Marie Madaleine)
*Armand I d'Aiguillon 1731 -1750 (nephew of Terese)
*Emmanuel-Armand1750 -1782 (son of Armand)
*Armand II d'Aiguillon1782 -1789 (son of Emmanuel-Armand)Suppressed by the
French Revolution 1789
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