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Anjou was bordered by Brittany to the west, Maine to the north, Touraine to the east and Poitou to the south. The adjectival form is Angevin, and inhabitants of Anjou are known as Angevins. In 1482, the duchy became part of the Kingdom of France and then remained a province of the Kingdom under the name of the Duchy of Anjou.
In 1360, the county was raised to a dukedom becoming known as Duke of Anjou, subsequently leading the Duchy of Anjou. The title was held by Philip V of Spain before his accession in 1700. Since then, some Spanish Legitimist claimants to the French throne have borne the title even to the present day, as does a nephew of the Orléanist pretender.
English: Illustration of the traditional French counties of Anjou and Maine with the Duchy of Aquitaine. Based on User:Thomas Gun's File:Duchy of Aquitaine.png, File:County of Maine.png, and File:Map of Anjou.png.
The County of Anjou (UK: / ˈ ɒ̃ ʒ uː, ˈ æ̃ ʒ uː /, US: / ɒ̃ ˈ ʒ uː, ˈ æ n (d) ʒ uː, ˈ ɑː n ʒ uː /; [1] [2] [3] French:; 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.
The Angevin Empire (/ ˈ æ n dʒ ɪ v ɪ n /; French: Empire Plantagenêt) was the collection of territories held by the House of Plantagenet during the 12th and 13th centuries, when they ruled over an area covering roughly all of present-day England, half of France, and parts of Ireland and Wales, and had further influence over much of the remaining British Isles.
Discussion Projet:Anjou et Maine-et-Loire; Histoire de l'Anjou; Listes des communes de l'Anjou historique situées hors de Maine-et-Loire; Histoire de Château-Gontier au Moyen Âge; Usage on he.wikipedia.org אנז'ו; Usage on hu.wikipedia.org Anjou (történelmi régió) Usage on ja.wikipedia.org モージュ; Usage on nl.wikipedia.org Anjou ...
Duchy of San Donato, created by the Kings of Spain and Naples for the ancestors of the Prince Sanseverino Duke of Calabria was the primogeniture for the crown prince of the Neapolitan kingdom. Since 1081 the Duchies of Benevento and Pontecorvo had been two among the Papal states , and, in fact, no duke was appointed.
County of Anjou, a historical county in France and predecessor of the Duchy of Anjou ... Other countries. Anjou, Quebec, Canada, a borough of Montreal