County of Forez

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The County of Forez was a historic feudal territory in central France, roughly corresponding to part of the modern Loire department and centered around the city of Montbrison.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
County of Forez canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former feudal territory ⓘ
historic county ⓘ
medieval county ⓘ
capital Montbrison ⓘ
centeredOn Montbrison ⓘ
coatOfArms Forez arms (azure semé-de-lis or with a bend gules) ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
crossedBy Loire River ⓘ
linked to: Loire
event annexation to the French crown ⓘ
governmentType feudal county ⓘ
hasCity Montbrison ⓘ
Saint-Étienne ⓘ
hasTown Feurs ⓘ
historicalRegion Forez ⓘ
integratedInto royal domain of France ⓘ
linked to: French royal domain
knownFor agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
language Franco-Provençal ⓘ
Old French ⓘ
locatedIn Massif Central region ⓘ
linked to: Massif Central

central France ⓘ
namedAfter Forez region ⓘ
linked to: Forez
partOf France ⓘ
Province of Lyonnais ⓘ
precededBy Carolingian pagus of Forez ⓘ
regionType rural region ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
roughlyCorrespondsTo Loire department ⓘ
ruledByDynasty House of Albon ⓘ
House of Bourbon ⓘ
House of Forez ⓘ
sovereign Counts of Forez ⓘ
linked to: Count of Forez
terrain hilly ⓘ
mountainous ⓘ
timePeriod Ancien Régime ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Duchy of Auvergne → borderedBy → County of Forez ⓘ
Forez province → historicalCounty → County of Forez ⓘ