County of Ponthieu

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The County of Ponthieu was a medieval feudal territory in northern France, strategically located along the English Channel and frequently contested by French and English rulers.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
County of Ponthieu canonical 7
Count of Ponthieu 1
Ponthieu 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf feudal territory ⓘ
medieval county ⓘ
borderedBy County of Amiens ⓘ
County of Artois ⓘ
County of Boulogne ⓘ
broughtAsDowryTo Edward I of England ⓘ
capital Abbeville ⓘ
contains Abbeville ⓘ
Montreuil-sur-Mer ⓘ
Saint-Riquier ⓘ
contestedDuring Hundred Years' War ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
earlyRulingFamily House of Ponthieu ⓘ
ecclesiasticalJurisdiction Diocese of Amiens ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
textile production ⓘ
existedFrom 10th century ⓘ
existedUntil late Middle Ages ⓘ
feudalStatus vassal of the King of France ⓘ
frequentlyContestedBy Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
heldBy Edward I of England (jure uxoris) ⓘ
linked to: Edward I of England

Eleanor of Castile ⓘ
historicalRegion Ponthieu ⓘ
incorporatedInto French royal domain ⓘ
incorporationCentury 14th century ⓘ
inheritedBy Eleanor of Castile ⓘ
language Old French ⓘ
laterRulingFamily House of Castile ⓘ
House of France ⓘ
House of Montgommery ⓘ
linked to: House of Montgomery
locatedIn Picardy ⓘ
northern France ⓘ
locatedOn English Channel ⓘ
militaryRole buffer between Normandy and Flanders ⓘ
notableCount Guy I of Ponthieu ⓘ
John I of Ponthieu ⓘ
William III of Ponthieu ⓘ
partOf French crown lands ⓘ
linked to: French royal domain
personalUnionWith Kingdom of England (through Eleanor of Castile) ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of England
presentDayCountry France ⓘ
presentDayLocation Somme department ⓘ
linked to: Somme (department)
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rulerTitle Count of Ponthieu ⓘ
sceneOf military operations during the Hundred Years' War ⓘ
strategicImportance access point for English intervention in northern France ⓘ
control of Channel coast routes between Normandy and Flanders ⓘ
wasPartOf Duchy of Normandy (at times contested) ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Normandy

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

County of Boulogne → borderedBy → County of Ponthieu ⓘ
House of Montgomery → heldTitle → Count of Ponthieu ⓘ
linked to: County of Ponthieu
House of Montgomery → heldTerritory → Ponthieu ⓘ
linked to: County of Ponthieu
Joan of Ponthieu → associatedWithTerritory → County of Ponthieu ⓘ
Countess of Ponthieu → appliesToJurisdiction → County of Ponthieu ⓘ
Countess of Ponthieu → partOf → County of Ponthieu ⓘ
Joan of Dammartin → heldTerritory → County of Ponthieu ⓘ
Count of Ponthieu → associatedWith → lordship of Ponthieu ⓘ
linked to: County of Ponthieu
Count of Ponthieu → governs → County of Ponthieu ⓘ
Jeanne de Dammartin → associatedWithTerritory → County of Ponthieu ⓘ