Angoumois (Traditional province, France)

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• History of Angoumois
• Description of the flag of Angoumois

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History of Angoumois

Angoumois was originally known as the pagus engolismensium. In the IXth century, Pépin, king of Aquitaine, created the county of Angoulême, or Angoumois. There were two successive kings of Aquitaine named Pépin: Pépin I (803-838) was a son of the Carolingian emperor Louis le Pieux, and struggled against his father. Pépin II (823-865), Pépin I's son, struggled against his uncle Charles le Chauve, who had received Aquitaine by the treaty of Verdun (843).

During the Hundred Years' War, Angoumois was annexed to England, along with the south-west of France, by the treaty of Brétigny (1360). King Charles V reconquered Angoumois in 1373.

The county was then granted to a member of the royal family according to the systeme of apanage. In 1515, François, count of Angoulême, was crowned king of France as François I, and incorporated Angoumois to the royal domain. François I succe