Chinon

2 Population sans doubles comptes, i.e. not counting those people already counted in another commune (such as students and military personal). Chinon is a town and commune of the Indre-et-Loire département in France. Chinon - Geography. Chinon is located in the Vallée de la Vienne (Vienne River valley). It is situated on the banks of the Vienne River, at 47°10′N 0°14′E Chinon - Château. Sitting high on a plate ...

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Sitting high on a plateau, a huge castle dominates the entire town. The château Chinon was built on the site of a Gallo-Roman castrum as a fortified stronghold by Theobald I, Count of Blois in the year 954. In the 12th century Chinon, located in Anjou in present day France, was a primary residence of Henry II (Angevin King and King of England) and served with Poitiers and Bordeaux as a key southern capital of the vast Angevin holdings. Henry was responsible for construction of almost all of the massive chateau, built over 1,300 feet ...

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Chinon, Chinon - Geography, Chinon - Château, Chinon - Wine, Chinon - Miscellaneous

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An Abbess (Latin abbatissa, fem. form of abbas, abbot) is the female superior, or Mother Superior, of an abbey or convent of nuns. The mode of election, position, rights and authority of an abbess correspond generally with those of an abbot. The office is elective, the choice being by the secret votes of the sisters from their own body. The abbess is solemnly admitted to her office by episcopal benediction, together with the conferring of a staff and pectoral cross, and holds for life, though liable to be deprived ...

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1154 - Events. King Stephen of England dies at Dover, and is succeeded by his adopted son Henry Plantagenet who becomes King Henry II of England, aged 21. Sweden's King Eric introduces Christianity to Finland (see History of Finland). December 14 - Nicholas Breakspear, the only English pope, is elected as Pope Adrian IV, succeding Pope Anastasius IV. A chateau is built at Chinon by Theobald I, count of Blois. William I becomes king of Sicily. Nur ad-Din gains con ...

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Agnès Sorel (1421 – February 9, 1450), surnamed Dame de beauté, was the mistress of King Charles VII of France. The daughter of a soldier, Jean Soreau, and of Catherine de Maignelais, Sorel was twenty years old when she was first introduced to King Charles. At that time, she was holding a position in the household of Rene I of Naples, Charles' brother-in-law. It is said that she was not only an extraordinarily beautiful young woman, but also extremely intelligent. The French king was immediately smitten by her charms and he gave h ...

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Charles VII the Victorious, or the Well-Served (French: Charles VII le Victorieux, or le Bien-Servi) (February 22, 1403 – July 22, 1461) was king of France from 1422 to 1461, a member of the Valois Dynasty. Born in Paris, Charles was the eldest surviving son of Charles VI of France and Isabeau de Bavière. Three of his elder brothers were dauphin in their turn, but died without issue during the lifetime of their parents. Charles being the fourth dauphin, added to instability of the kingdom, which was unde ...

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Joan of Arc - Early life. Joan of Arc was born in the village of Domrémy in the province of Lorraine.[3] Her parents Jacques D'Arc and Isabelle Romee owned a modest farm. The region was part of the duchy of Burgundy during that era. Joan's own village and a few nearby communities formed an isolated patch of territory ...

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Main article: Administrative divisions of France Metropolitan (i.e. European) France is divided into 22 régions (although strictly speaking Corsica is in fact a territorial collectivity, not a région, but is referred to as a region in common speech), which are subdivided into 96 départements, which are further divided into 329 arrondissements, which are further divided into 3,879 cantons, which ...

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The third of King Henry II's legitimate sons, Richard was never expected to ascend to the throne. He was, however, the favourite son of his mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine. Richard was a younger maternal half-brother of Marie de Champagne and Alix of France. He was a younger brother of William, Count of Poitiers, Henry the Young King and Matilda of England. He was also an older brother of Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, Leonora o ...

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Arrondissement of Chinon - Cantons. The cantons of Chinon are: Azay-le-Rideau Bourgueil Chinon L'Île-Bouchard Langeais Richelieu Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine Arrondissement of Chinon - Communes. The communes of Chinon are: Anché Antogny le Tillac Assay Avoine Avon-les-Roches Avrillé-les-Ponceaux Azay-le-Rideau Beaumont-en-VéronSee also:

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Paris-Tours has had a varied history with many route changes over the years although the race distance has generally remained the same at about 250 km. The start of the race was moved out of Paris in the early days, first to Versaille and then to the present start town of Saint Arnould en Yvelines. A major route alteration was tried between 1919 and 1926 in an effort to make the finale tougher, a loop through Chinon was added making the approach to Tours over hilly lanes on the south bank of the Loire and the total distance a hefty 342 km. D ...

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The Touraine takes its name from the Celtic tribe called the Turones. Nicknamed "The Garden of France," it was the retreat of kings at the end of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Touraine's history cannot be told without knowing how the name came to be. A Celtic tribe called the Turons inhabited the land later known as Touraine, nearly 2000 years ago. In 1044, the control of Touraine was given to the Angevins, who became kings of England in 1154 with the castle Chinon as their greatest stronghold. In 1205, Phillip II Augustus of F ...

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Rouen Cathedral contains a tomb of Richard the Lionheart which contains his heart. His bowels were buried at the foot of the tower in Limousin, France from which was fired the crossbow bolt which killed him, and the rest of his remains were buried next to his father at Fontevraud Abbey near Chinon and Saumur, France. Richard's effigy is on top of the tomb, and his name is inscribed in Latin on the side. Rouen Cathedral was the tall ...

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In April 1191, Richard stopped on the Byzantine island of Rhodes to avoid the stormy weather. It seems that Richard had previously met his fiancée Berengaria only once, years before their marriage. He had assigned his mother to represent him and convince her father, Sancho VI of Navarre, and her other relatives to agree to the marriage, and to bring the bride to the wedding. Richard came to their rescue when they were shipwrecked on the coast of Cyprus. He left Rhodes in May but a new storm drove Richard's fleet to the island. On May 6, 119 ...

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The 1952 book titled The Devils of Loudun by Aldous Huxley tells the story of the trial of Urbain Grandier, priest of the town who was tortured and burned at the stake in 1634. He was accused of being in league with the devil and having seduced an entire convent of nuns, in what is seen by many scholars as one of the most sensational cases of mass possession and sexual hysteria in recorded history. Based on Huxley's book, in 1969, Krzysztof Penderecki created an opera of the same name. The following year, Ken Russell directed the film The Devils, also based on Huxley's book. < ...

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The monastery became quite successful, attracting many rich and noble abbesses over the years. The Plantagenets were large benefactors of the Abbey and King Henry II's sister Mathilde was Abbess at Fontevraud. During the French Revolution, the order was dissolved. The Abbey later became a prison ,from 1804 to 1963. In 1963, it was given to the French Ministry of Culture. ...

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Rabelais was first a novice of the Franciscan order, and later a friar at Fontenay-le-Comte, where he studied Greek and Latin, as well as science, philology, and law, already becoming known and respected by the humanists of his era, including Budé. Harassed due to the directions of his studies, Rabelais petitioned Pope Clement VII and was granted permission to leave the Franciscans and enter the Benedictine order at Mai ...

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He was born on 5 March 1133 at Le Mans to the Empress Matilda and her second husband, Geoffrey the Fair, Count of Anjou. Brought up in Anjou, he visited England in 1149 to help his mother in her disputed claim to the English throne. Prior to coming to the throne he already controlled Normandy and Anjou on the continent; his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine on 18 May 1152 added her holdings to his, including Touraine, Aquitaine, and Gascony. He thus effectively became more powerful than the king of France — with an empire (the Ang ...

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Massive rebuilding took place at the end of the eighteenth century, during the Napoleonic Wars, which included the creation of underground tunnels to serve as troop barracks. Conditions in the castle itself had become too crowded with the new defences requiring large numbers of additional soldiers to be housed. The solution adopted by the Royal Engineers was to create a complex of tunnels about 15 metres below the cliff top and the first troops were accommodated in 1803. At the height of the Napoleonic Wars, the tunnels housed more than 2000 men and to da ...

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