Aquitaine (UK: /ˌækwɪˈteɪn/, US: /ˈækwɪteɪn/, French: [akitɛn] ; Occitan: Aquitània [akiˈtanjɔ]; Basque: Akitania; Poitevin-Saintongeais: Aguiéne), archaic...
19 KB (2,020 words) - 11:17, 14 March 2024
Nouvelle-Aquitaine (French pronunciation: [nuvɛl akitɛn] ) is the largest administrative region in France by area, spanning the west and southwest of...
66 KB (6,669 words) - 06:52, 21 June 2024
The Duchy of Aquitaine (Occitan: Ducat d'Aquitània, IPA: [dyˈkad dakiˈtaɲɔ]; French: Duché d'Aquitaine, IPA: [dyʃe dakitɛn]) was a historical fiefdom...
21 KB (2,611 words) - 12:42, 7 July 2024
Eleanor of Aquitaine (French: Aliénor d'Aquitaine, Éléonore d'Aquitaine, Occitan: Alienòr d'Aquitània, pronounced [aljeˈnɔɾ dakiˈtanjɔ], Latin: Helienordis...
207 KB (23,608 words) - 15:16, 25 July 2024
Duke of Aquitaine (Occitan: Duc d'Aquitània, French: Duc d'Aquitaine, IPA: [dyk dakitɛn]) was the ruler of the medieval region of Aquitaine (not to be...
14 KB (1,668 words) - 22:09, 15 July 2024
Poitiers, France – 4 January 1130) was the daughter of William VII, Duke of Aquitaine and Ermensinde de Longwy.[better source needed] Around 1075 she married...
3 KB (205 words) - 17:32, 16 June 2024
Elf Aquitaine is a French brand of oils and other motor products (such as brake fluids) for automobiles and trucks. Elf is a former petroleum company...
11 KB (1,269 words) - 21:15, 2 June 2024
Aquitaine Basin French ship Aquitaine, two ships of the French Navy TER Aquitaine, the regional rail network serving the Aquitaine région Aquitaine (train)...
658 bytes (114 words) - 13:05, 17 January 2020
Edward the Black Prince (redirect from Edward, Prince of Aquitaine)
appointed the king's lieutenant in Gascony, and ordered to lead an army into Aquitaine on a chevauchée, during which he pillaged Avignonet and Castelnaudary...
101 KB (14,162 words) - 19:50, 25 May 2024
Prosper of Aquitaine (Latin: Prosper Aquitanus; c. 390 – c. 455 AD), also called Prosper Tiro, was a Christian writer and disciple of Augustine of Hippo...
13 KB (1,815 words) - 21:24, 29 May 2024
Aquitaine is a frigate in service with the French Navy. She is the lead ship of her class of French frigates, which in turn were developed by the FREMM...
5 KB (209 words) - 21:59, 12 March 2023
Sylvia of Aquitaine was a fourth century pilgrim from Aquitaine. She was the sister of Rufinus, the chief minister of the Byzantine Empire under Theodosius...
2 KB (163 words) - 08:36, 23 April 2024
Walter or Walther of Aquitaine is a king of the Visigoths in Germanic heroic legend. Walter figures in several epic poems and narratives dealing with...
3 KB (385 words) - 15:27, 4 June 2024
Charlemagne (redirect from Charles I of Aquitaine)
760. The following year, he joined his father's campaign against Aquitaine. Aquitaine, led by Dukes Hunald and Waiofar, was constantly in rebellion during...
108 KB (13,481 words) - 17:21, 18 July 2024
Pippin of Aquitaine may refer to: Pepin I of Aquitaine (797 – 838), King of Aquitaine Pepin II of Aquitaine (823 – after 864), King of Aquitaine, son of...
230 bytes (64 words) - 23:34, 10 January 2019
Adbelahide, Adele, Adela or Adelaide of Aquitaine (also known as Adelaide of Poitiers; c. 945 or 952 – 1004), was Queen of France by marriage to Hugh...
6 KB (572 words) - 17:32, 16 June 2024
Agen (redirect from Agen, Aquitaine)
[aˈdʒen]) is the prefecture of the Lot-et-Garonne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. It lies on the river Garonne 135 kilometres (84...
22 KB (1,692 words) - 21:14, 24 June 2024
Petronilla of Aquitaine (c. 1125 – c.1151) was a French noble. She was the second daughter of William X of Aquitaine and Aenor of Châtellerault. She was...
4 KB (426 words) - 02:52, 18 March 2024
that is, the Basques. Felix is probably the first ruler of the Duchy of Aquitaine that evolved from the old kingdom of Charibert II in the decades following...
4 KB (468 words) - 08:10, 9 October 2023
The Aquitaine Progression is a novel by Robert Ludlum originally published in 1984. Joel Converse is a lawyer, having previously been a fighter pilot...
3 KB (210 words) - 00:28, 13 March 2024
of the time) was the infant son of Charibert II, and briefly king of Aquitaine in 632. He was killed shortly after his father in 632, under orders by...
977 bytes (62 words) - 20:02, 16 June 2024
(Occitan: Guillém X; 1099 – 9 April 1137), called the Saint, was Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, and Count of Poitou (as William VIII) from 1126 to 1137...
7 KB (677 words) - 16:03, 16 July 2024
the colour of his hair, was the "Count of the Duchy of Aquitaine" from 959 and Duke of Aquitaine from 962 to his death. He was also the Count of Poitou...
5 KB (542 words) - 11:17, 22 April 2024
October 1071 – 10 February 1126), called the Troubadour, was the Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony and Count of Poitou (as William VII) between 1086 and his...
20 KB (2,582 words) - 12:51, 20 July 2024
Pepin I or Pepin I of Aquitaine (French: Pépin; 797 – 13 December 838) was King of Aquitaine and Duke of Maine. Pepin was the second son of Emperor Louis...
4 KB (424 words) - 23:46, 15 January 2024
Angevin coat of arms (redirect from Flag of Aquitaine)
and its territories, especially the Duchy of Normandy and the Duchy of Aquitaine with the blazon gules, a lion passant guardant or. These attributed arms...
3 KB (276 words) - 13:14, 21 April 2024
Hildegarde of Burgundy (redirect from Hildegard of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine)
a French noble, Duchess consort of Gascony and Aquitaine by marriage to William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine. She was the only daughter of Robert I, Duke of...
3 KB (201 words) - 17:32, 16 June 2024
The Aquitaine Basin is the second largest Mesozoic and Cenozoic sedimentary basin in France after the Paris Basin, occupying a large part of the country's...
48 KB (6,285 words) - 14:05, 21 May 2024
Henry VI of England (redirect from Henry IV of Aquitaine)
the territory held by the English, including their ancestral lands in Aquitaine and the conquered Normandy. By 1453, Calais was the only English-governed...
62 KB (7,603 words) - 00:39, 23 July 2024
Agnes of Aquitaine may refer to: Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine, (c. 995–1068), wife of William V, Duke of Aquitaine Agnes of Poitou, (c. 1025–1077)...
790 bytes (162 words) - 16:59, 16 March 2024