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| Coordinates:45°39′N0°10′E / 45.650°N 0.167°E /45.650; 0.167 | |
| Country | France |
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Angoumois (French pronunciation:[ɑ̃ɡumwa]), historically theCounty of Angoulême, was acounty andprovince of France, originally inferior to the parent duchy ofAquitaine, similar to thePérigord to its east but lower and generally less forested, equally with occasional vineyards throughout. Its capital wasAngoulême with its citadel and castle above the riverCharente.
It almost corresponds to theCharenteDepartment which also takes in the east of the coastal comté deSaintonge.[1]
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This area was acounty andprovince of France, originally inferior to the parent duchy ofAquitaine, similar to thePérigord to its east. Many of the historic churches and castles, or castle ruins in the county, survive. Today it is noted for sunflowers andCognac, the archetypal brandy, one of its small towns beingat its origin, as much as its historic mainstay crops of corn and wheat. In the High Middle Ages, an enlarged Aquitaine pledged loyalty to the Angevin kings of England. Their claims in France triggered the Hundred Years' War, in which the kingdom of France emerged victorious in the 1450s, with many incorporated areas coming to be ruled directly by the French kings.
The county was created on theGallo-Romancivitas ofIculisma, the current Angoulême. It included the following "pays" (lit. countries), or natural regions of France:Ruffec,Horte and Tardoire and part ofConfolentais, and was part, withCognac, of the possessions of theHouse of Valois-Angoulême when they acceded to the throne ofFrance. First placed under the authority of theCount of Angoulême, it was gradually integrated, from the 15th century, into the administration of modern France.
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