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	In the [[9th century]] the [[count]]s and other nobility of the region sought to excuse themselves from royal control; their nascent [[duke\|duchy]], however, foundered, and it was '''William V''' who successfully founded a dynasty, as duke, basing himself in [[Poitou]].<br>		In the [[9th century]] the [[count]]s and other nobility of the region sought to excuse themselves from royal control; their nascent [[duke\|duchy]], however, foundered, and it was '''William V''' who successfully founded a dynasty, as duke, basing himself in [[Poitou]].<br>
	When William X died, his daughter, [[Eleanor of Aquitaine\|Eleanor]] married the kign of [[France]], [[Louis VII]], but their marriage was unsuccessful and, after divorce in 1152CE, she re-married, to Louis' rival, the [[England\|English]] [[king]], [[Henry II]], bringing Aquitaine as her dowry, and making the kings of England the [[feudal]] subjects, as Dukes of Aquitaine, of the French crown.<br>		When William X died, his daughter, [[Eleanor of Aquitaine\|Eleanor]] married the kign of [[France]], [[Louis VII]], but their marriage was unsuccessful and, after divorce in 1152CE, she re-married, to Louis' rival, the [[England\|English]] [[king]], [[Henry II]], bringing Aquitaine as her dowry, and making the kings of England the [[feudal]] subjects, as Dukes of Aquitaine, of the French crown.<br>
	In 1224 the French king conquered Poitou; thereafter the French whittled away at Aquitaine, justified by the reluctance (and on occasions refusal) of the English to obey their royal overlord. In the 1360s', the English king [[Edward III]] managed temporarity to reconstitute Aquitaine, as a result of victories during the [[Hundred Years War], but the French fought back and finally overran the last vestiges of English control in 1453.		In 1224 the French king conquered Poitou; thereafter the French whittled away at Aquitaine, justified by the reluctance (and on occasions refusal) of the English to obey their royal overlord. In the 1360s', the English king [[Edward III]] managed temporarity to reconstitute Aquitaine, as a result of victories during the [[Hundred Years War]], but the French fought back and finally overran the last vestiges of English control in 1453.


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Simoncursitor at 08:59, 16 June 2007

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'''Aquitaine''' was one of the three divisions of [[classical]] [[Gaul]]. After the end of [[Rome|Roman]] rule it feel first to the [[Visigoths]] and then later, in c.507CE, to the [[Franks]].<br>
Around 725 CE it was raided by [[Muslim]]s coming from [[Spain]]. [[Charles Martel]] defeated the invaders and brought Aquitaine into the [[Carolingian]] [[emperor|empire]].<p>
In the [[9th century]] the [[count]]s and other nobility of the region sought to excuse themselves from royal control; their nascent [[duke|duchy]], however, foundered, and it was '''William V''' who successfully founded a dynasty, as duke, basing himself in [[Poitou]].<br>
When William X died, his daughter, [[Eleanor of Aquitaine|Eleanor]] married the kign of [[France]], [[Louis VII]], but their marriage was unsuccessful and, after divorce in 1152CE, she re-married, to Louis' rival, the [[England|English]] [[king]], [[Henry II]], bringing Aquitaine as her dowry, and making the kings of England the [[feudal]] subjects, as Dukes of Aquitaine, of the French crown.<br>
In 1224 the French king conquered Poitou; thereafter the French whittled away at Aquitaine, justified by the reluctance (and on occasions refusal) of the English to obey their royal overlord. In the 1360s', the English king [[Edward III]] managed temporarity to reconstitute Aquitaine, as a result of victories during the [[Hundred Years War], but the French fought back and finally overran the last vestiges of English control in 1453.

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