• Look up Saintonge in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Saintonge may refer to: County of Saintonge, a historical province of France on the Atlantic coast...
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    The County of Saintonge (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃tɔ̃ʒ]), historically spelled Xaintonge and Xainctonge, is a former province of France located on the...
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    Saintonge (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃tɔ̃ʒ]), historically spelled Xaintonge and Xainctonge, is a region of France located on the west central Atlantic...
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    The Saintonge War was a feudal dynastic conflict that occurred between 1242 and 1243. It opposed Capetian forces supportive of King Louis IX's brother...
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    The Saintonge Regiment, also known as the 85e Regiment of the Line, was raised in the year 1684 in the province of Saintonge, France. From 1763 to 1768...
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  • Jean-Pierre Saintonge (born December 6, 1945) is an educator, lawyer, judge and former political figure in Quebec. He represented La Prairie from 1981...
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  • Seneschal of the Saintonge was an officer carrying out and managing the domestic affairs of the lord of the district of the Saintonge, a province of France...
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    communes Cœur de Saintonge Communauté de communes de Gémozac et de la Saintonge Viticole Communauté de communes de la Haute-Saintonge Communauté de communes...
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    Jean Fonteneau, dit Alfonse de Saintonge (also spelled Jean Allefonsce) or João Afonso in Portuguese (also spelled João Alfonso) (c. 1484, Portugal –...
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    Aulnay, commonly referred to as Aulnay-de-Saintonge (French pronunciation: [onɛ də sɛ̃tɔ̃ʒ]), is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department, region...
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    Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒəni də sɛ̃tɔ̃ʒ], literally Saint-Genis of Saintonge) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department...
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  • Louise-Geneviève Gillot de Saintonge (sometimes Sainctonge), born Gillot de Beaucourt, (1650 – 24 March 1718) was a French femme de lettres and celebrated...
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    colonizer. A Calvinist, he was born in the Château de Mons, in Royan, Saintonge (southwestern France) and founded the first permanent French settlement...
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    campaigns in 1224 and 1226 against the Angevin Empire gained him Poitou, Saintonge, and La Rochelle as well as numerous cities in Languedoc, thus leaving...
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    west of Niort. At the conclusion of the Battle of Taillebourg in the Saintonge War, which was decisively won by the French, King Henry III of England...
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    February 1964 and 1 July 1993. Escadron de Transition Opérationnelle 1/8 Saintonge Escadron de Transition Opérationnelle 2/8 Nice Escadron d'Entraînement...
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    spoken halfway down the western coast of France in the former provinces of Saintonge, Aunis and Angoumois, all of which have been incorporated into the current...
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    Charentes, which correspond to the former provinces of Aunis, Angoumois and Saintonge. Aunis is not unlike the landscape of Niortais, with large marshes that...
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    breed is used for hunting in packs and descends from the old Hound of Saintonge type of large hunting dog. The breed is a very typical French hound, with...
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    Saint-Sever-de-Saintonge is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Communes of the Charente-Maritime department "Répertoire...
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    Poetou-Chérentes 54 Poitiers Former provinces of Angoumois, Aunis, Poitou and Saintonge Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA) Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA) Provençal:...
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    square kilometres (2,650 sq mi). Previously a part of the provinces of Saintonge and Aunis, Charente-Inférieure was one of the 83 original département...
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    Duchy of Aquitaine. It extended to Marais Poitevin in the north, Basse Saintonge (and Niortais) in the east, and Rochefortais in the south. Aunis had an...
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  • – known as the Poitou War Anglo-French War (1242–1243) – known as the Saintonge War Anglo-French War (1294–1303) – known as the Gascon War in English...
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    Saint-Émilion is a medieval city located at the crossroads of Bordeaux, Saintonge and Périgord. The town and surrounding vineyards was made a UNESCO World...
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    Marche County of Angoulême County of Périgord County of Velay County of Saintonge Viscounty of Limousin Lordship of Issoudun Lordship of Déols Duchy of...
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    1824 – 30 July 1903) was a French landscape and seascape painter of the Saintonge school. Born in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, he initially studied under...
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    The grand tour of France was a royal progress around France by Charles IX of France, set up by his mother Catherine de' Medici to show him his kingdom...
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  • refer to: People from Saintonge, an area in western France Saintongeais, the Romance language spoken in and around Saintonge Saintonge (disambiguation) This...
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  • Kadir Nasihi 2 0.01 Independent Winston Neutel 2 0.01 Independent Jacques Saintonge 2 0.01 Independent Felix-Antoine Hamel 0 0.00 Total valid votes 36,962...
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