Avranchin is an area in Normandy, France corresponding to the territory of the Abrincatui, a tribe of Celts from whom the city of Avranches, the main...

La Croix-Avranchin (French pronunciation: [la kʁwa avʁɑ̃ʃɛ̃]) is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January...

invasions and Norman raids, and Brittany lost the Cotentin Peninsula (and Avranchin nearby) after only 70 years of political domination. Meanwhile, Vikings...

Cotentin and a part of Avranchin followed in 933. That year, King Raoul of France was forced to give Cotentin and a part of Avranchin to William I of Normandy...

S. Army in 1942. He was killed in action two years later at La Croix-Avranchin, while serving with the 9th Infantry Regiment (United States) 2nd Infantry...

this second Rannulf married Maud, daughter of Richard, vicomte of the Avranchin, thus linking together two powerful vice-comital dynasties which were...

Brittany. [citation needed] He conceded the Cotentin and possibly the Avranchin to the Bretons. Hastein continued to ravage the Loire Valley for many...

the king of the Franks agreed to grant the Cotentin Peninsula and the Avranchin, including Mont-Saint-Michel traditionally linked to the city of Avranches...

Salomon of Brittany. Though not specified in the treaty, the territory of Avranchin, including Mont Saint-Michel, was likely included in the concession. Treaty...

Ardennes department La Croix-aux-Mines, in the Vosges department La Croix-Avranchin, in the Manche department La Croix-Blanche, in the Lot-et-Garonne department...

has the least, at 4%, a characteristic shared with the Channel Islands. Avranchin Bessin Bauptois Bocage virois Campagne d'Alençon Campagne d'Argentan Campagne...

same time, the Bretons, intent on avenging Arthur's death, attacked the Avranchin region to the west. Taking advantage of the favorable tide, they first...

of Christianity to Guernsey. In 933, the Cotentin Peninsula, including Avranchin, which included the islands, were placed by the French King Ranulf under...

and Edward's son and successor Æthelstan. Alan renounced the Cotentin, Avranchin and Mayenne and paid homage to Louis IV in 942. He was also allied to...

Jean François Gaultier (6 October 1708 in La Croix-Avranchin – 10 July 1756 in Quebec) was a French physician and botanist. He was the king's physician...

as Viscount of Avranches, and inherited large estates, not just in the Avranchin but scattered throughout western Normandy.[citation needed] The earl regarded...

of the Avranchin in either 1055 or 1056. Her brother (Richard Goz's son) was Hugh d'Avranches "Lupus" ("the Wolf"), viscount of the Avranchin and Earl...

which a third grant of land, usually identified as being the Cotentin and Avranchin areas, was given to his son and successor William. In Dudo's story of...

England had settled not long before. In 933, King Radulf granted the Avranchin and Cotentin to Rollo's son and successor, William Longsword. These areas...

As the region of Brittany emerged from the Roman region of Armorica, Avranchin was briefly held by Alan I, King of Brittany as part of the Kingdom of...

La Hague, the Campagne de Caen, the Norman Bocage, the Bessin, and the Avranchin. Regions relating to Lower Normandy: Gallia Lugdunensis, Neustria, and...

delegation of the ducal authority in the Cotentin, but it extended across the Avranchin, with control over the bishoprics of both. This also gave Henry influence...

Notable people with the name include: Turstin FitzRolf Turstin, Count of Avranchin Turstin, the Fleming of Wigmore Turstin, the Sheriff, who held 27 manors...

years. In Upper Normandy and in the pays d'Auge, Mortainais, Passais and Avranchin (Lower Normandy), the vernacular domestic architecture is typically half-timbered...

and p. Constantinus (Cotentin); that of Avranches the p. Abrincatinus (Avranchin); that of Sez the p. Oximensis (Hiémois), the p. Sagensis and p. Corbonensis...

region of Avranchin, are named after the Gallic tribe. The territory of the Abrincatui mostly corresponded the later regions of Avranchin and Mortainais...

in the south, the dukes no longer ruled over the regions of Cotentin, Avranchin, and Mayenne. Alan paid homage to Louis IV of France for Brittany in 942...

On 1 January 2017, the former communes of Argouges, Carnet, La Croix-Avranchin, Montanel, Vergoncey and Villiers-le-Pré were merged into Saint-James...

formed the traditional boundary between the Cotentin to the north and the Avranchin to the south. Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Le Thar (I77-0400)". v t e...

English Historical Review, Vol. 26, 1911. "The Inquest of 1171 in the Avranchin," The English Historical Review, Vol. 26, 1911. "Further Notes on Sicilian...