Editing Angoumois

{{Short description|Historic county and province of France}}
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* [[Marachaire]] (561–569)
* [[Francis I of France|Francis of Angoulême]] (1496–1515)
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'''Angoumois''' ({{IPA|fr|ɑ̃ɡumwa}}), historically the '''County of Angoulême''', was a [[county]] and [[Provinces of France|province of France]], originally inferior to the parent duchy of [[Aquitaine]], similar to the [[Périgord]] to its east but lower and generally less forested, equally with occasional vineyards throughout. Its capital was [[Angoulême]] with its citadel and castle above the river [[Charente (river)|Charente]].

It almost corresponds to the [[Charente]] [[département in France|Department]] which also takes in the east of the coastal comté de [[County of Saintonge|Saintonge]].<ref>{{cite EB1911 |mode=cs2 |wstitle=Angoumois |volume=2 |page=42}} cites Castaigne's 1845 ''Essai d'une bibliothèque historique de l'Angoumois'' {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

==History==
{{See also|Duchy of Aquitaine}}
{{Unreferenced section|date=October 2022}}

This area was a [[county]] and [[Provinces of France|province of France]], originally inferior to the parent duchy of [[Aquitaine]], similar to the [[Périgord]] to its east.  Many of the historic churches and castles, or castle ruins in the county, survive. Today it is noted for sunflowers and [[Cognac]], the archetypal brandy, one of its small towns being [[Cognac, France|at its origin]], as much as its historic mainstay crops of corn and wheat.   In the High Middle Ages, an enlarged Aquitaine pledged loyalty to the Angevin kings of England. Their claims in France triggered the Hundred Years' War, in which the kingdom of France emerged victorious in the 1450s, with many incorporated areas coming to be ruled directly by the French kings.

The county was created on the [[Roman Gaul|Gallo-Roman]] ''[[civitas]]'' of ''Iculisma'', the current Angoulême. It included the following "[[Natural regions of France|pays]]" (lit. countries), or natural regions of France: [[Ruffec, Charente|Ruffec]], [[:fr:Horte et Tardoire (région naturelle)|Horte and Tardoire]] and part of [[:fr:Charente limousine|Confolentais]], and was part, with [[Cognac, France|Cognac]], of the possessions of the [[House of Valois-Angoulême]] when they acceded to the throne of [[France in the early modern period|France]]. First placed under the authority of the [[Counts and Dukes of Angoulême|Count of Angoulême]], it was gradually integrated, from the 15th century, into the administration of modern France.

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File:Map France 1030-fr.svg|Map of France in 1030
Image:France 1154-en.svg|Map of France in 1154
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==References==
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==Further reading==
* "[https://www.britannica.com/place/Orleanais Orléanais]", ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]''. Accessed 17 October 2022.

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[[Category:Geography of Charente]]
[[Category:History of Nouvelle-Aquitaine]]

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