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	Anjou - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The title of count of Anjou was held by two distinct dynasties each known as Angevins (angevin is the adjective derived from Anjou): the first, known from the 12th century also as Plantagenets, came to rule England and much of western France, but lost Anjou itself to the French crown in 1206.
		The title of count of Anjou was revived by king Louis IX in 1246 for his younger brother Charles, later king of Naples and Sicily.
		The last duke of the line (Charles V of Anjou) died in 1481, and Anjou reverted to the French crown (Louis XI of France).
	open-encyclopedia.com /Anjou (189 words)

	CAPET - LoveToKnow Article on CAPET (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In 1308 Charles Robert of Anjou was elected king of Hungary, his claim being based on the marriage of his grandfather Charles II., king of Naples and count of Anjou, with Maria, daughter of Stephen V., king of Hungary.
		This house merged in that of Valois in 1383, by the marriage of Margaret, daughter of Louis, count of Artois, with Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy.
		The counts of Dreux, for two centuries and a half (1132-1377), and the counts of Evreux, from 1307 to 1425, also belonged to the family of the Capets,other members of which worthy of mention are the Dunois and the Longuevilles, illegitimate branches of the house of Valois, which produced many famous warriors and courtiers.
	20.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CA/CAPET.htm (829 words)

	Angevin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It originated with Geoffrey of Anjou, father of King Henry II of England, because he adopted the flower as his emblem, often wearing a sprig of it.
		The second Angevin dynasty, known also as the house of Capet-Anjou, began with Charles, created count (from 1360 the family were dukes) of the western French province of Anjou by his elder brother king Louis IX of France in 1246; they were members of the French ruling house of Capet.
		The last duke of the junior line died in 1481, and Anjou reverted to the French crown.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Capet-Anjou (520 words)

	Encyclopedia: List of Counts and Dukes of Anjou
		Geoffrey III of Anjou, called le Barbu (the Bearded), was the eldest son of Ermenegarde, the daughter of Fulk III of Anjou, and of the count of Gâtinais.
		François, Duke of Anjou François Hercule, Duke of Anjou and Alençon, (March 18, 1555 - June 19, 1584) was the youngest son of Henry II of France and Catherine de Medici.
		Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (September 21, 1640 – June 8, 1701) was the son of the Louis XIII of France and Anne of Austria, and younger brother of Louis XIV of France.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-Counts-and-Dukes-of-Anjou (3547 words)

	Counts and Dukes of Anjou: Biography of Counts and Dukes of Anjou (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Counts and Dukes of Anjou: Biography of Counts and Dukes of Anjou
		Anjou, Counts and Dukes of, a powerful French family, connected with the regal house of Valois, which maintained a considerable share of independence until the reign of Louis XI.
		The title of Duke d'Anjou was also borne by several sons of kings of France, and lastly by a grandson of Louis XIV, who became Philip V of Spain.
	www.sacklunch.net /biography/A/CountsandDukesofAnjou.html (104 words)

	List of Counts and Dukes of Anjou - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He became Count of Anjou in her right, and was created Duke of Anjou and a Peer of France in 1297.
		Dukes of Anjou of the House of Bourbon
		On December 8, 2004, Henry, Count of Paris, Duke of France, Orléanist Pretender to the French throne, granted his nephew Charles Philippe the title of Duke of Anjou, one of the former titles of the Bourbon-Orléans line (see above).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Counts_and_Dukes_of_Anjou (624 words)

	anjou (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Anjou is also the last name of the Russian Arctic explorer.
		Anjou is also the name of borough of Montreal and a district in the Canadian province of Quebec
		Anjou is a commune of the Isère département of France
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Anjou.html (306 words)

	COUNTS AND DUKES OF VALOIS - LoveToKnow Article on COUNTS AND DUKES OF VALOIS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		From the 10th to the 12th century it was owned by the counts of Vermandois and of Vexin; but on the death of Eleanor, sister and heiress of Count Raoul V. (d.
		These are: (I) the direct line, beginning with Philip VI., which reigned from 1328 to 1498; (2) the Orleans branch, descended from Louis, duke of Orleans, a son of Charles V., from 1498 to 1515; (3) the Angoulme branch, descendants of John, another son of the same duke, from 1515 to 1589.
		Excluding the royal house, the most illustrious of the Valoi~ branches are: the dukes of Alencon, descendants of Charles, a younger son of Charles I., count of Valois; the dukes of Anjou,
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /V/VA/VALOIS_COUNTS_AND_DUKES_OF.htm (470 words)

	Louis I of Naples (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Louis I of Anjou (July 23, 1339, Château de Vincennes, – September 20, 1384, Biselia) was the second son of King John II of France and Bonne of Luxembourg.
		He was the Count of Anjou 1356–1360, Duke of Anjou 1360–1384, Count of Maine 1356–1384, Duke of Touraine 1370–1384, and titular King of Naples and Jerusalem and Count of Provence and Forcalquier 1382–1384.
		While he was able to succeed her as Count of Provence and Forcalquier after her murder in 1382 by Charles of Durazzo (her second cousin), he was unsuccessful in regaining the Kingdom of Naples from Charles.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Louis_I_of_Anjou.htm (433 words)

	Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Angevin
		Angevin is the name applied to two distinct medieval dynasties which originated as counts (from 1360, dukes) of the western French province of Anjou (of which angevin is the adjectival form), but later came to rule far greater areas including England, Hungary and Poland (see Angevin Empire).
		It originated with Geoffrey of Anjou, father of King Henry II of England, because he adapted the flower as his emblem, often wearing a sprig of it.
		The last duke of the Angevin (Capet-Anjou) line died in 1481, and Anjou reverted to the French crown.
	fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/Plantagenet (330 words)

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		The latter having seized upon Nantes, of which the counts of Anjou held themselves to be suzerains, Fulk Nerra came and laid siege to it, routing Conan's army at the battle of Conquereuil (27th of June 992) and re-establishing Nantes under his own suzerainty.
		On 16 December 1325, Charles died, leaving Anjou to his eldest son Philip of Valois, on whose recognition as king of France (Philip VI) on 1 April 1328, the countship of Anjou was again united to the crown.
		Louis I, who became in time count of Provence and king of Naples, died in 1384, and was succeeded by his son Louis II, who devoted most of his energies to his kingdom of Naples, and left the administration of Anjou almost entirely in the hands of his wife, Yolande of Aragon.
	www.everybase.com /Anjou (3264 words)

	Flanders, Brittany, Burgundy, Anjou, Normandy, Blois, Champagne, Toulouse, etc.
		Anjou was revived as a Duchy for Charles, the brother of King Louis IX of France, in 1246.
		Dukes of Gascony, 768-1038 AD The culture of the South of France in the 12th century is one of the first signs of the revival of civilization in Francia after the "second Dark Age" of the 9th and 10th centuries.
		Count Gaston III marries the sister of King Charles the Bad of Navarre, but this relationship comes to naught when Gaston, the son of the Count and the only legitimate heir, is starved to death by his father.
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	Medieval Sourcebook: Chronicle of the Counts of Anjou, c. 1100
		Geoffrey count of Anjou, when he had heard the royal messenger who was summoning him to come to the king's Pentecost court, made his arrangements for the castle of Landonense, which was his, before the appointed day, and came to Orléans a few days before the Ascension.
		Conan, count of Brittany, wanting to exceed the bounds of his consulate,[17] scorned Fulk and, trusting in the strength of his four sons, did not cease to ravage the borders of Anjou.
		When the count had heard this he rushed off to their aid, pretending he was going to the castle of Landonense, and rode night and day, changing horses often; he ordered those of his men whom he met on the way to follow him.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/source/anjou.html (8405 words)

	List of Counts and Dukes of Anjou -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Counts of (A former province of western France in the Loire valley) Anjou, c.870-1203
		He became Count of Anjou in her right, and was created Duke of Anjou and a (additional info and facts about Peer of France) Peer of France in 1297.
		On December 8, 2004, (additional info and facts about Henry, Count of Paris, Duke of France) Henry, Count of Paris, Duke of France, Head of the Royal House of France and Orléanist Pretender to the French Throne as Henri VII, granted his nephew Charles Philippe the title of Duke of Anjou.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/li/list_of_counts_and_dukes_of_anjou.htm (1176 words)

	Read about Anjou at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Anjou and learn about Anjou here! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The title of count of Anjou was held by two distinct dynasties each known as
		The title of count of Anjou was revived by king Louis IX in 1246 for his younger brother
		Charles V of Anjou) died in 1481, and Anjou reverted to the French crown (Louis XI of France).
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Anjou (151 words)

	Angevin Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Middle Agesmedieval dynasties which originated as counts (from 1360, dukes) of the western FranceFrench Provinces of Franceprovince of Anjou (of which ''angevin'' is the adjectival form), but later came to rule far greater areas including England, Hungary and Poland (''see Angevin Empire'').
		In 1430's, the senior Anjou (then Durazzo) line died out (leaving René of Anjou of the junior line as head of the Angevin house), but at the same time, Aragonese had intensified their efforts, driving 1442 all Anjou heirs away from Naples.
		The last duke of the (junior) Angevin (Capet-Anjou) line died in 1481, and Anjou reverted to the French crown.
	www.echostatic.com /Angevin.html (482 words)

	FRANCIA
		The Dukes of Savoy, beginning with a county in Burgundy, acquired more land and a capital (Turin) in Italy, named their new Kingdom after Sardinia and ultimately succeeded as the modern Kings of Italy.
		In 1349 Count Humbert II (d.1355), the "Dauphin," simply sold the territory to the grandson of Philip VI, the prince who would later become Charles V. Thus, Charles became the first "Dauphin" of France, and as he was the Crown Prince from 1350-1364, this now became the traditional title of the Heir Apparent of France.
		Henry of Guise was of the house of Anjou and Lorraine, descendants of King John II of France.
	www.friesian.org /francia.htm (14328 words)

	VALOIS, COUNTS AND DUKES OF - Online Information article about VALOIS, COUNTS AND DUKES OF
		John, another son of the same duke, from 1515 to 1589.
		Alencon, descendants of Charles, a younger son of Charles I., count of Valois; the dukes of See also:
		Anjou, descendants of Louis, the second son of King John II.; and I the dukes of See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /TUM_VAN/VALOIS_COUNTS_AND_DUKES_OF.html (655 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: States of the Church
		His representative, Duke Lambert of Spoleto, under the pretence of superintending the election of the pope, invaded Rome in 867, and treated it as conquered territory.
		At Rome itself the greatest influence was won by the family of the later Counts of Tusculum, which traced its descent to the senator and dux, Theophylactus, and whose power was for a time represented by the wife of Theophylactus, Theodora (called Senatrix or Vesteratrix), and her daughters Marozia and Theodora the Younger.
		Reggio and Modena, which belonged to the Duke of Ferrara, were also taken possession of by the pope, but his successor Leo X had to restore these cities to the duke in 1515.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14257a.htm (12122 words)

	Chronicle of the Counts of Anjou
		It is a mythologised account of the rise of the counts of Anjou ("consuls", in the monk's terminology) from the tenth to the late eleventh century (the following section ends with the death of Fulk Nerra in 1040).
		Geoffrey count of Anjou, garbed in a tunic of that cloth which the French call grisetum, and we Angevins buretum, seated himself among the princes.
		Conan, count of Brittany, wanting to exceed the bounds of his consulate, scorned Fulk and, trusting in the strength of his four sons, did not cease to ravage the borders of Anjou.
	www.ordotempli.org /chronicle_of_the_counts_of_anjou.htm (8222 words)

	Encyclopedia
		Wihin a couple of decades, Queen Joan I of Naples (of the senior Angevin line) realized that she will remain childless.
		Although there were extant heirs of the senior branch (for example, the Durazzo cadet line), she decided to adopt Louis I of Anjou as her final heir.
		Thus, in addition to the struggle of the Angevins with the Aragonese in Southern Italy, the two Angevin lines now began to contest with each other for the possession of the Kingdom of Naples.
	www.stylokna.pl /wikipedia/index.php?title=Angevin (525 words)

	Provence-Alps-Cote d'Azur Town Info
		As the medieval capital of Provence, governed by the counts and dukes of Anjou, Aix flowered as a center of learning and the arts.
		It became a holding of the Counts of Provence during the 10th century.
		The Old Town is located at the base of a granite hill known as Le Château, where the Counts of Provence built a castle that was destroyed by Louis XIV in 1706.
	www.french-at-a-touch.com /French_Regions/Provence-Alpes/provence-alps-cote_d_azur_town_info.htm (3579 words)

	Lists of office-holders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Dukes of the Archipelago, see Duchy of the Archipelago
		Count of Bouillon, see Duke of Lower Lorraine
		Dukes of Savoy, Kings of Sardinia, and Kings of Italy from 1861
	1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/l/li/lists_of_office_holders.html (707 words)

	DUKES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Search the DUKES Family Message Boards at Ancestry.com (if available).
		Search the DUKES Family Resource Center at RootsWeb.com (if available).
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	www.worldhistory.com /surname/US/D/DUKES.htm (73 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: Crisis, Recovery, Feudalism?
		[Geary 26] Agreement between Count William V of Aquitaine and Hugh IV of Lusignan.
		Count Alberto of Tuscany: An Oral Grant of Inheritance, 1210
		Chronicle of the Counts of Anjou, c.1100, trans.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/sbook1i.html (1154 words)

	COUNTS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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