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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.
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 was united to the royal domain between 1205 and 1246, when it was turned into an apanage for the king's brother, Charles I of Anjou. This second Angevin dynasty, a branch of the Capetian dynasty, established itself on the thrones of Naples and Sicily, and the joint throne of Croatia and Hungary.
County of Anjou, a historical county in France and predecessor of the Duchy of Anjou Count of Anjou, title of nobility; Duchy of Anjou, a historical duchy and later a province of France Duke of Anjou, title of nobility; Anjou, Isère, a commune
During the 12th century, after internal divisions in Brittany, the county of Nantes was annexed by Anjou. Henry II Plantagenêt kept it for more than 30 years. The grandson of Henry I of England, he also succeeded to the English crown and ruled the vast Angevin Empire, which stretched from the Pyrenees to Ireland. [34]
Bordering the county of Anjou to the south and the Duchy of Normandy to the north, Maine became a bone of contention between the rulers of these more powerful principalities. Hugh III of Maine (ruled c. 991–c. 1015) was forced to recognize Fulk III, Count of Anjou as his overlord.
The county has formed the upper tier of local government over much of the United Kingdom at one time or another, [1] and has been used for a variety of other purposes, such as for Lord Lieutenants, land registration and postal delivery. This list of 184 counties is split by constituent country, time period and purpose.
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