Anjou

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Anjou is a historic region in western France that was once a powerful medieval county and later a duchy, playing a central role in the Angevin Empire and European dynastic politics.

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Generate an image of Anjou (Anjou is a historic region in western France that was once a powerful medieval county and later a duchy, playing a central role in the Angevin Empire and European dynastic politics.)

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Anjou canonical 152
of Anjou 4
Anjou Bleu 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former county ⓘ
former duchy ⓘ
historic region ⓘ
absorbedInto French royal domain ⓘ
associatedWith County of Maine ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Naples ⓘ
Plantagenet dynasty ⓘ
borderedByHistorical Brittany ⓘ
Maine ⓘ
Poitou ⓘ
Touraine ⓘ
capital Angers ⓘ
coatOfArms Azure semé-de-lis or, a label gules ⓘ
containsCity Angers ⓘ
Saumur ⓘ
containsRiver Loire ⓘ
Maine River ⓘ
Mayenne River ⓘ
Sarthe River ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dateAbsorbedApprox 15th century ⓘ
historicalEra Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalLanguage Angevin dialect of French ⓘ
historicalStatus fief of the Kingdom of France ⓘ
knownFor Anjou wine appellations ⓘ
tuffeau stone architecture ⓘ
wine production ⓘ
locatedIn Pays de la Loire ⓘ
western France ⓘ
linked to: Western France
modernSuccessorTerritory Maine-et-Loire department ⓘ
namedAfter Angers ⓘ
notableRuler Charles I of Anjou ⓘ
Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou ⓘ
Henry II of England ⓘ
Louis I, Duke of Anjou ⓘ
linked to: Louis I of Anjou
partOf Angevin Empire ⓘ
playedRoleIn Capetian–Plantagenet rivalry ⓘ
European dynastic politics ⓘ
Hundred Years' War ⓘ
religionHistorical Roman Catholicism ⓘ
ruledBy Counts of Anjou ⓘ
Dukes of Anjou ⓘ
linked to: House of Anjou
ruledByDynasty Capetian House of Anjou ⓘ
linked to: Capetian dynasty

House of Ingelger ⓘ
House of Plantagenet ⓘ
Valois House of Anjou ⓘ
linked to: House of Valois
titleCreatedAs county ⓘ
titleLaterElevatedTo duchy ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (157)

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

Poitou → borders → Anjou ⓘ
John → lostTerritory → Anjou ⓘ
Duchy of Anjou → namedAfter → Anjou ⓘ
Angers → partOf → Anjou ⓘ
Angers → historicRegion → Anjou ⓘ
Maine (historical province) → borderedBy → Anjou ⓘ
subject linked to: Maine
Philip II of France → territorialGain → Anjou ⓘ
subject linked to: Philip II
Fontevraud Abbey → locatedIn → Anjou ⓘ
subject linked to: Fontevraud Abbey, Anjou, France
House of Ingelger → region → Anjou ⓘ
Ingelger → region → Anjou ⓘ
Ingelger → associatedWith → Anjou ⓘ
Counts of Anjou → region → Anjou ⓘ
Maine-et-Loire → historicalRegion → Anjou ⓘ
subject linked to: Maine-et-Loire department
Robert of Naples → house → Anjou ⓘ
House of Anjou → namedAfter → Anjou ⓘ
Angevin Empire → namedAfter → Anjou ⓘ
Empress Matilda → residence → Anjou ⓘ
Garden of France → contains → Anjou ⓘ
Fulk V of Anjou → residence → Anjou ⓘ
Gallo language → spokenIn → Anjou ⓘ
County of Maine → borders → Anjou ⓘ
La Marche → bordered → Anjou ⓘ
Saumur → historicProvince → Anjou ⓘ