Between Limoges, Brive and Périgueux, the viscounts of Limoges (French: vicomtes de Limoges), also called viscounts of Ségur created a small principality...

Bretagne de Penthièvre or Guy VII de Limoges (1287 – March 27, 1331), was Viscount of Limoges from 1314 to 1317 and Count of Penthièvre from 1317 to 1331. Guy...

back to Foucher, supporter of Charles the Bald, who became viscount (vicomte) of Limoges in 876. His descendants—Limoges, Rochechouart, Mortemart and...

and confiscated from John of Montfort the French lands of the County of Montfort-l'Amaury, as well as the Viscounty of Limoges that he held more unduly...

of France, such as the County of Soissons, the duchies of Alençon, Vendôme, Beaumont, the Viscounty of Limoges, the County of Périgord, the County of...

brother, Louis XVI the Marquisate of Pompadour and the Viscounty of Turenne. In 1776, Louis XVI deprived Charles of Limoges, Pompadour, and Turenne, and gave...

themselves with the court of France through their alliances. In 1470, they inherited the County of Périgord and the Viscounty of Limoges. Their new strength...

that the first member of this family, Adémar, known as Amaury or Esmerin, by Viscounty of Limoges, or the son of the lord Hugh I of Lusignan. This latter...

Countess of Périgord, which brought him the county of County of Périgord, the viscounty of Limoges, and the Penthièvre claim to the Duchy of Brittany...

lands of Aigle in Normandy, Charles the lordship of Avaugour, and William the viscounty of Limoges. John married Margaret de Clisson, daughter of Olivier...

limogeage. Limoges: Lucien Souny Capot, Stéphane; Valade, Jean-Michel (2008). Limousin 14–18, un abécédaire de la Grande guerre. Limoges: Les ardents...

of Quercy County of Rouergue County of Rodez County of Gevaudan Viscounty of Albi Marquisat of Gothia Duke of Aquitaine History of Aquitaine Lewis, pp...

Countess of Périgord. Her paternal grandparents were Jean d'Albret and Charlotte de Rohan, and her maternal grandparents were William, Viscount of Limoges and...

twelfth century, the viscounts of Limoges fortify the site by building a dungeon and walls to monitor the road from Limoges to Périgueux via Saint Yrieix...

Seigneurie of Rivière-Basse, the County of Rodez, the four Castellans of Rouergue, the County of Périgord, and the Viscounty of Limoges. First Presidents of the...

Army of Raymond of Saint-Gilles. Raymond was born around 1074, in the viscounty of Turenne, in Limousin. He succeeded his father, Boson of Turenne, who died...

Aquitaine/King of England had several viscounts under his control in the 13th century. Many of the viscounties were dependent on the king of England's diplomacy...

abbey of Saint-Maixent to Savary, Viscount of Thouars, who had been his constant supporter. He restructured Poitou by creating new viscounties in Aulnay...

younger brother, Robert of Alençon, Count of Perche, campaigned against the English in Aquitaine. In 1371, the French took Limoges, but failed to capture...

Sainte-Suzanne. Hubert, was the son of Raoul V de Beaumont and Emma de Montreveau. He held several viscounties, including that of Sainte-Suzanne, Lude, Maine...

in the 15th century having inherited the illustrious Viscounty of Comborn in 1513. The House of Pompadour had reached its religious, military and political...

served as the capital of the Viscounty of Bourges until 1101. In the fourteenth century, it became the capital of the Duchy of Berry (established in 1360)...

about a fifth of the Breton territory. The heart of the viscounty of Rohan is made of the rohannais triangle (the three large fortresses of La Chèze, Josselin...

Denis Papin lived; the Château de la Vicomté (i.e.: Château of Viscounty), in the hamlet of Les Grouëts. In addition, many citizens from the peoples engineered...

lord, the Prior of Carennac, and a lay lord, the Viscount of Turenne. Guarding his rights the Viscounty did not grant any charter of liberties and the...

of some minor territory to Henry, and the betrothing of Henry's son, Young Henry, to Louis' daughter, Margaret. In 1156, Henry seized the viscounty of...

Marie of Montmirail (d. 1272), Heiress of Montmirail, Oisy, Crèvecœur, Conde-en-Brie, the Viscounty of Meaux & Chatelainie of Cambrai, Lady of Conde-Brie[citation...

French wars of religion, the reconstruction of the nobility's fortune coincided with the viscount's rise in power. After selling the viscounty in 1738, and...

town is crossed by the Midouze, a tributary of the Adour. Tartas was the capital of the namesake viscounty of Tartas, which in turn was held, since 1338...