Franche-Comté (Traditional province, France)

Last modified: 2004-07-03 by ivan sache
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by Arnaud Leroy

• History of Franche-Comté
• Description of the flag of Franche-Comté

See also:

• France
• Traditional provinces
• Region
  • Franche-Comté
• Departments
  • Doubs
  • Haute-Saône
  • Jura
• République du Saugeais

History of Franche-Comté

Franche-Comté was originally called county of Burgundy, which was different from the duchy of Burgundy. The name Comté was then used in the feminine (la Comté), and this use was kept in the name of la Franche-Comté, which should have been in modern French le Franc-Comté. Therefore, le comté is the cheese produced in la Comté

German emperor Friedrich Barbarossa inherited Franche-Comté in 1155. The province was then successively allocated to the houses of Ivrea, Hohenstaufen and Chalon.
In 1295, king of France Philippe le Bel bought the county of Burgundy and granted it to his son Philippe le Long as his apanage. The name of Franche-Comtéappeared for the first time in 1366. similar to the Swiss Franches-Montagnes, the na