County of La Marche

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The County of La Marche was a medieval feudal territory in west-central France that played a strategic role between Poitou, Limousin, and Berry and was ruled at various times by powerful noble families such as the Lusignans.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
County of La Marche canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf feudal territory ⓘ
former administrative territorial entity ⓘ
medieval county ⓘ
associatedWith Anglo-French conflicts ⓘ
Hundred Years War ⓘ
linked to: Hundred Years' War
borderedBy Berry ⓘ
Limousin ⓘ
Poitou ⓘ
capital Guéret ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
feudalObligations vassalage to the French crown ⓘ
feudalRank county ⓘ
governmentType feudal monarchy ⓘ
historicalEra Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalRegion La Marche ⓘ
integratedInto French royal domain ⓘ
language Occitan ⓘ
Old French ⓘ
linkedDynasty Bourbon dynasty ⓘ
linked to: House of Bourbon

Capetian dynasty ⓘ
Valois dynasty ⓘ
linked to: House of Valois
locatedIn France ⓘ
west-central France ⓘ
militaryImportance frontier march between northern and southern France ⓘ
nameEtymology derived from function as a border march ⓘ
nobleTitleCreated Count of La Marche ⓘ
linked to: Counts of La Marche
notableRuler Hugh X of Lusignan ⓘ
Isabella of Angoulême ⓘ
James I Count of La Marche ⓘ
John I Count of La Marche ⓘ
overlord King of France ⓘ
partOf Kingdom of France ⓘ
presentDayLocation Creuse department ⓘ
Haute-Vienne department ⓘ
Indre department ⓘ
Vienne department ⓘ
regionType march territory ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
ruledBy House of Armagnac ⓘ
House of Bourbon ⓘ
House of Lusignan ⓘ
linked to: Lusignan dynasty

House of Valois ⓘ
strategicRole buffer between Poitou Limousin and Berry ⓘ
successor Province of Marche ⓘ
titleHeldBy Counts of La Marche ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Hugh X of Lusignan → realm → County of La Marche ⓘ
La Marche → wasCounty → County of La Marche ⓘ
Hugh XIII of Lusignan → ruledTerritory → County of La Marche ⓘ
County of Angoulême → borderedBy → County of La Marche ⓘ