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- historical region in France
- former County, Duchy and Province
- even called: Angoulême
• Flags
• Meaning/Origin of the Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Meaning/Origin of the Coat of Arms
• Map of the historical Regions in France
• Explanations about the Regions
• History
• Origin of the Country's Name
Flag of Angoumois,
Drapeau de Angoumois,
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Die Welt der Flaggen
1407–1589,
Flag of the County of Valois-Angoulême,
Drapeau du Comté de Valois-Angoulême,
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svowebmaster.free.fr
18th century,
Flag of the Duchy of Angoulême,
Drapeau du Duché d'Angoulême,
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ordresaintlouis.blogspot.com
1960–2016,
unofficial flag of the Region of Poitou-Charentes,
Drapeau de officieux de la Region Poitou-Charentes,
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svowebmaster.free.fr
1960–2016,
unofficial flag of the Region of Poitou-Charentes,
Drapeau de officieux de la Region Poitou-Charente,
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Wikipedia (FR)
The flag of Angoumois shows the image of the coat of arms, golden-red lozengy divided. That is the coat of arms of the House of Taillefer, which was the second dynasty of the Counts of Angoulême. The Taillefers ruled from the 9th to the 13th century. This image of the flag was transfered to the area in which the county was located in modern times. Flags in today's sense did not exist at that time, possibly a banner with the heraldry of the sovereign. With a few exceptions, such banners (including the coats of arms) had in France nothing to do with the country, they were only referred to the coats of arms of the respective rulers. The between 1960 and 2016 existing Region of "Poitou-Charentes", to which Saintonge belonged, used an unofficial flag. It shows two horizontal stripes in silver and black and a red lion in the middle. The flag is of recent origin, and it is reminiscent of the old coat of arms of Poitou from the time of the Plantagenets (look Poitou). Another model combines the heraldry of the four former provinces, in which Poitou-Charentes consists, Poitou (white-black with red lion), Angoumois (golden-red oblique chessboarded), Aunis (partridge) and Saintonge (Mitra).
Source:
Wikipedia (FR),
Volker Preuß
866–1220, Taillefer,
Coat of arms of Angoumois,
Blason du Angoumois,
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Wikipedia (FR)
1220–1308, Lusignan,
Coat of arms of the Lords of Lusignan,
Blason des Seigneurs de Lusignan,
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Wikipedia (FR)
1407–1589, Valois-Angoulême,
Coat of arms of Valois-Angoulême,
Blason de Valois-Angoulême,
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svowebmaster.free.fr
1619–1650, de Valois,
Coat of arms of Charles de Valois,
Blason du Charles de Valois,
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Wikipedia (FR)
1675–1696, d'Orléans,
Coat of arms of Elisabeth d'Orléans,
Blason de Elisabeth d'Orléans,
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Wikipedia (FR)
since 1757, Angoulême,
Coat of arms of the Dukes of Angoulême,
Blason des Ducs d'Angoulême,
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ordresaintlouis.blogspot.com
The coat of arms of the Angoumois shows a golden-red lozengy divided shield. That is the coat of arms of the House of Taillefer, which was the second dynasty of the Counts of Angoulême. The Taillefers ruled from the 9th to the 13th century. However, this Heraldry did not achieve as a Heraldic feature that would have been taken over in the coats of arms of the successors in the rule over the county. In the Afteryears the heraldry of the County of Angoumois was quite variable and was associated with the heraldry of their lords. About 1747 it seems that it was created a Heraldry for Angoumois (Angoulême), because with Charles Philippe de France (1757–1836) from the House of Bourbon (as king of France Charles X.), appeared a coat of arms that could be brought into connection to the Duchy of Angoulême, because his son and successor as Duke, Louis Antoine d'Artois (1775–1844) used this coat of arms too. The associated Heraldry showed the blue, with golden lilies topped shield of the Capetians, which was surrounded by a red border with a merlon-cut. The coat of arms of the Capetians showed three golden lilies on blue, but originally was the coat of arms sprinkled with lilies. From 1365 (by others sources 1376), the number of lilies was reduced to three. The lily-symbol is very old, already the Germanic tribe of the Franks has used it. The House of the Capetians has provided the kings of France between 987 and 1328. It goes back to Hugo Capet, son of Hugo the Great, who was electet to the King of France, in 987, after the death of King Ludwig V. from the House of the Carolingians. The Capetians brought out three branch lines which became the Kings of France: Valois 1328–1589, Bourbon 1589–1792 and 1814–1830, and Orléans 1830–1848. Nevertheless, the coat of arms of Taillefer has survived to modern times as an emblem of Angoumois.
Source:
Heraldique Europeenne,
Volker Preuß,
Wikipedia (FR),
Wikipedia (D)
The historical, French Regions:
in black: governorate and province in 1776,
in red: former county, province oder governorate
Map: Volker Preuß
The provinces (or governorates) that existed until the French Revolution were historically grown entities that had often developed from former fiefdoms of the French crown, historical counties and duchies, often existed for hundreds of years and had preserved regional characteristics (cultural peculiarities and regional languages). Such phenomena were naturally undesirable to the French Revolution, and in the context of its bloody and violent egalitarianism, all regional references were eradicated. Shortly after the Revolution, the provinces were dissolved and France was divided into many small départements, which were to be approximately the same size and have the same status, controlled by prefects of the central administration in Paris. The departments were named after rivers or mountains so as not to use the names of any of the old provinces. However, it was not possible to sever the ties between the inhabitants of France and their respective historically grown regions, so that in 1960 regions were created again. There can hardly be said to be any real autonomy. The regions are only supposed to promote the economic, social, health, cultural and scientific development of the region, keep an eye on housing and living conditions, and provide support in some areas, e.g. urban development policy, urban regeneration, regional planning, preservation of regional identity and promotion of regional languages. When the regions were formed, departments located in a particular historical province were administratively grouped together into a region that often had the same historical name. The resulting entities only roughly corresponded to the boundaries of historical provinces. In strictly centralised France, however, any form of responsible regionalism is avoided. The regions do not even have their own seals with which to mark their own legally binding decisions, because there are no plans to introduce such a thing. Therefore, anything to do with coats of arms or flags is completely irrelevant. The logos of the regions are used generally, sometimes with the colours reversed and placed arbitrarily on flags or banners. There are no rules, as they are not official symbols. The logos and flags of the regions therefore often look like company logos: Unloving, unhistorical, technocratic and modernistic. That is why most of these regions have a kind of unofficial heraldic flag, which is intended to recall historical heraldic models. However, these are merely decorative in nature and are not a symbol of sovereign functions. The regions created in 1960 were even called into question in 2014, and a territorial reform was decided – centrally from Paris – which reduced the number of regions by almost half through mergers. The regions and their institutions were not even consulted on this matter.
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Source: Flags of the World,
Wikipedia (D),
Volker Preuß
antiquity · settlement by Celtic tribes
52 B.C. · Roman conquest, the area of the today's Poitou comes to the province of Celtica, later to the province of Aquitania
418 A.D. · the Visigoths be settled as federates
5th century A.D. · conquest of Gaul by the Franks (under King Clovis) to 507 conquest of Aquitaine, expansion of the empire to the Atlantic Ocean, the Pyrenees and the Alps
ca. 550 · administrative division of the empire into the kingdoms of Austrasia and Neustria, and the Duchy of Aquitaine and the Kingdom of Burgundy
639 · death of King Dagobert I., the power goes over to the Mayors of the Palace (maior domus) of Austrasia (House of the Carolingians)
687 · Pepin II. asserts itself as Mayor of the Palace throughout the Frankish Empire
8th century · fights between the Dukes of Aquitania and the Frankish kings
751 · Pepin the Short (III., grandson of Pepin II.) eliminates the Merovingian monarchy and let hisself elect to the king from the Franks
839 · Turpion, mentioned as first Count of Angoulême (Angoumois)
843 · division of the Frankish Empire (Treaty of Verdun), there arise the West Frankish Kingdom of Charles II. (the Bald), the Middle Frankish Kingdom of Lothar (Lotharingia), and the East Frankish Kingdom of Louis II., Aquitaine (including Angoumois) comes to the Empire of Charles the Bald
866 · Vulgrin I., Count of Perigord and Agen, from the House of Taillefer, is Count of Angoulême
870 · at the division of the Frankish Empire (Treaty of Meersen) arises the West Frankish Kingdom, the East Frankish Kingdom, and the Frankish Kingdom of Italy
877 · Ludwig ascends the West Frankish throne, Aquitaine is given as a fief and a duchy to Rainulf, Count of Poitiers (House of the Ramnulfids)
880 · by the division of the Frankish Empire (Treaties of Verdun and Ribbemont) arises the West Frankish Kingdom (later France), the East Frankish Kingdom (later German Empire), the Kingdom of Italy, the Kingdom of Upper Burgundy (under Rudolf the Welf) and the Kingdom of Lower Burgundy persists
987 · death of the childless West Frankish King Louis V. (House of Carolingians), his heir and uncle Charles of Lower Lorraine could not prevail, the nobility elects Hugh Capet (House of Capet) to the king, the Capetians are the Kings of France to 1328
1220 · Isabella, daughter of Aymar Taillefer, merrys as second wife Hugo X. of Lusignan, the County of Angoumois comes in this way the House of Lusignan
1308 · death of Guido I., the last Count of Angoumois out of the House of Lusignan, the two sisters sell the county to Philip IV., King of France, Angoumois comes in this way to the royal domain
1325 · Charles IV., King of France (and from 1328 King of Navarre) transfers the County of Angoumois to his cousin Philip of Évreux
1328 · death of King Charles IV. (the Fair), extinction of the direct Capetian line, according to Salic Law Count Philip of Valois (Son of Prince Charles of Valois, first cousin of King Charles IV.) came on the French throne (as King Philip VI .), the English king Edward III. lays claim to the throne as a maternal nephew of Charles IV., reason for the "Hundred Years War" (Anglo-French War, 1338–1453), out of the House of Valois came all kings of France from 1328 to 1589
1343 · death of Philip of Évreux
1371 · The Duke of Berry gets the Angoumois as fief
1394 · Charles VI., King of France, hands over the County of Angoumois as appanage to his younger brother Louis de Valois, Duke of Orléans
1407 · Jean de Valois, a member of the House of Valois-Orléans, is enfeoffed with the County of Angoulême (and even the County of Périgord), split off as House of Valois-Angoulême
1515 · François de Valois (Valois-Angoulême) becomes King of France as Francis I., the County of Angoumois comes in this way to the royal domain, Angoumois becomes a duchy
1583–1619 · the Duchy of Angoulême (Angoumois) is awarded as Paragium to Diane de France
1619 · Charles de Valois, illegitimate son of King Charles IX. becomes Duke of Angoulême, the title is awarded to 1654 several times to members of the family-line of Valois, but also to the House of Lorraine
1696 · the Duchy is again a part of the royal domain
1775–1824 · Louis Antoine de Bourbon, the eldest son of King Charles X., gets the title of Duke of Angoulême
1776 · the already in the 14th century created governorates of the civil administration of the kingdom of France become committed to a number of 39, and correspond in this way to the number of provinces, in previous years could any provinces be summarized in one governorate
1789 · French Revolution, the governorates and provinces become abolished, Angoumois comes mostly to the department of Charente-Inférieure (later Charente-Maritime)
1960 · reintroduction of regions in France, formation of the region of Poitou-Charentes (capital Poitiers), but not within the historic boundaries, just by integration of the departments of Charente-Maritime, Charente, Deux-Sèvres and Vienne
2016 · the Poitou-Charentes region merges with the Aquitaine and Limousin regions in the new, larger region of New Aquitaine (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)
Source:
Wikipedia (DE),
Taschenatlas Weltgeschichte
The name "Angoumois" goes back to the name of the city "Angoulême". Both names were used for the county and later for the duchy too.
Source:
Volker Preuß
