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Poitou

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Formerly a province in France, lying S. of the Loire, between the Vienne River and the sea; passed to England when its countess, Eleanor, married Henry I., 1152; was taken by Philip Augustus 1205, ceded to England again 1360, and retaken by Charles V. 1369.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Poitou'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​p/poitou.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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