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Périgord (UK: / ˈ p ɛr ɪ ɡ ɔːr / PERR-ig-or, US: / ˌ p ɛr ɪ ˈ ɡ ɔːr /- OR; [1] [2] French: [peʁiɡɔʁ] ⓘ; Occitan: Peiregòrd [pejɾeˈɣɔɾ(t)] or Perigòrd [peɾiˈɣɔɾ(t)]) is a natural region and former province of France, which corresponds roughly to the current Dordogne department, now forming the northern part of the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
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Map of France in 1154, showing location of County of Périgord. The County of Périgord was a historical region of France. The name Périgord derived from the Gaul tribe of the Petrocorii, who resisted the Roman conquest.
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Count of Périgord (Fr.: comte de Périgord) is a noble title in the peerage of France. Originally known as "The sovereign house of the Counts of Périgord, princes by the grace of God". [1]
Its historic centre, with 77 protected monuments, was added to France's Tentative List for future nomination as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2002. [8] The excellent state of preservation owed a debt to writer, resistance fighter and politician André Malraux , who, as Minister of Culture (1960–1969), restored the town and many other sites ...
Bernard was the son of Count William I of Périgord and Regelindis, daughter of Raymond I, Count of Toulouse, who was a relative of his grandmother.. Immediately after the death of Alduin I of Angoulême in 916, Bernard killed the viscount of Marcillac, Lambert, and his brother Ranulf, who were responsible for an attack on his aunt, Sancia, the sister of William I and wife of Aymer I of ...
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