County of Angoulême

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The County of Angoulême was a medieval feudal territory in southwestern France centered on the town of Angoulême, historically ruled by various noble families including the Lusignans.

All labels observed (3)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf feudal territory ⓘ
former administrative territorial entity ⓘ
medieval county ⓘ
associatedDynasty Capetian dynasty ⓘ
House of Valois ⓘ
borderedBy County of La Marche ⓘ
County of Périgord ⓘ
linked to: Périgord

Poitou ⓘ
Saintonge ⓘ
capital Angoulême ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
feudalRank county ⓘ
governmentForm feudal monarchy ⓘ
hasTitle Count of Angoulême ⓘ
historicalEra Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalRegionType county of France ⓘ
languageUsed Old French ⓘ
locatedIn Angoumois ⓘ
historical region of Aquitaine ⓘ
region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine ⓘ
southwestern France ⓘ
namedAfter Angoulême ⓘ
notableRulingFamily Lusignan family ⓘ
linked to: Lusignan dynasty

Taillefer family ⓘ
Valois-Angoulême family ⓘ
overlord Duchy of Aquitaine ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
partOf Angoumois ⓘ
French feudal system ⓘ
presentIn modern department of Charente ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
ruledBy Counts of Angoulême ⓘ
linked to: Count of Angoulême

House of Lusignan ⓘ
linked to: Lusignan dynasty

House of Taillefer ⓘ
House of Valois-Angoulême ⓘ
significantTown Angoulême ⓘ
strategicImportance control of routes between Poitou and Aquitaine ⓘ
successor Duchy of Angoulême ⓘ
French crown domain ⓘ
timePeriod medieval period ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

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

Hugh X of Lusignan → realm → County of Angoulême ⓘ
Alice of Lusignan → placeOfBirth → Angoulême region (approximate) ⓘ
linked to: County of Angoulême
Aymer, Count of Angoulême → realm → County of Angoulême ⓘ
Countess of Angoulême → titleHolderOf → County of Angoulême ⓘ
Countess of Angoulême → feudalJurisdiction → County of Angoulême ⓘ
Angoumois → predecessor → County of Angoulême ⓘ
Edward of Angoulême → birthPlace → County of Angoulême ⓘ
Edward of Angoulême → deathPlace → County of Angoulême ⓘ
Charles, Count of Angoulême → titleHolderOf → County of Angoulême ⓘ
Hugh XIII of Lusignan → ruledTerritory → County of Angoulême ⓘ
Counts of La Marche → linkedTo → County of Angoulême ⓘ
Count of Angoulême → associatedWith → County of Angoulême ⓘ
House of Taillefer → ruled → County of Angoulême ⓘ
House of Taillefer → nobleFamilyOf → County of Angoulême ⓘ
William VI of Angoulême → reignTerritory → County of Angoulême ⓘ
Isabella of Angoulême → birthPlace → Angoulême, County of Angoulême ⓘ
linked to: County of Angoulême
Lordship of Angoulême → hasCenter → County of Angoulême ⓘ
subject linked to: lordship of Angoulême