Angevin (disambiguation) in the context of "House of Ingelger"

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⭐ Core Definition: Angevin (disambiguation)

Angevin or House of Anjou may refer to:

  • County of Anjou or Duchy of Anjou, a historical county, and later Duchy, in France
  • House of Ingelger, a Frankish noble family who were counts of Anjou between the 10th and 12th centuries, their female-line descendants (through Ermengarde, Duchess of Burgundy) made up the Angevin Plantagenets
  • Angevin kings of England (Plantagenet), members of the House of Anjou who occupied the English throne in the 12th and early 13th centuries, their female-line descendants (through Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile) made up the Capetian Angevins
    • Angevin Empire, the assemblage of territories in Britain and France ruled by the Angevin kings of England
  • Angevin kings of Jerusalem, members of the House of Anjou who occupied the throne of the Kingdom of Jerusalem in the 12th century, relatives of the Angevin kings of England
  • Capetian House of Anjou, a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty of France, members of which became kings of Sicily, Naples, Hungary and Poland from the 13th to the 15th century
  • House of Valois-Anjou, a cadet branch of the French house of Valois and female-line descendants of the previous house, which ruled Naples and held territories such as Anjou, Maine, Piedmont and Provence in the 14th and 15th centuries
  • House of Bourbon-Anjou, a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon, descendants of Philip V of Spain, including the current Spanish royal family.
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Angevin (disambiguation) in the context of County of Anjou

The County of Anjou (UK: /ˈɒ̃ʒ, ˈæ̃ʒ/, US: /ɒ̃ˈʒ, ˈæn(d)ʒ, ˈɑːnʒ/; French: [ɑ̃ʒu]; Latin: Andegavia) was a French county that was the predecessor to the Duchy of Anjou. Its capital was Angers, and its area was roughly co-extensive with the diocese of Angers. Anjou was bordered by Brittany to the west, Maine to the north, Touraine to the east and Poitou to the south. Its 12th-century Count Geoffrey created the nucleus of what became the Angevin Empire. The adjectival form is Angevin, and inhabitants of Anjou are known as Angevins. In 1360, the county was raised into the Duchy of Anjou within the Kingdom of France. This duchy was later absorbed into the French royal domain in 1482, and remained a province of the kingdom until 1790.

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