Europe · The early medieval west
County of Anjou
drawn on the map AD 990–1125, 1294–1332
Comté d'Anjou; capital Angers. Fulk III Nerra ("the Black," 987–1040), a ferocious castle-builder, expanded Angevin power through the Loire.
- Shown on the map
- AD 990–1125, 1294–1332 (2 periods)
- Peak area
- 27k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
Comté d'Anjou; capital Angers. Fulk III Nerra ("the Black," 987–1040), a ferocious castle-builder, expanded Angevin power through the Loire. His descendant Geoffrey V Plantagenet married the Empress Matilda, conquered Normandy (1144), and their son became Henry II of England (1154), founder of the Angevin/Plantagenet "empire." Philip II Augustus conquered Anjou from King John (1204–1206) and annexed it; it was later revived as an apanage duchy (see entries 42, 44).
Common questions
- What was the County of Anjou?
- Comté d'Anjou; capital Angers. Fulk III Nerra ("the Black," 987–1040), a ferocious castle-builder, expanded Angevin power through the Loire.
- When is the County of Anjou shown on the map?
- The border data draws the County of Anjou AD 990–1125, 1294–1332, in 2 separate periods. The source samples borders at fixed dates, so a span can begin late or run on past the end.
- How large was the County of Anjou?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the County of Anjou covered about 27,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for each territory as the primary basis, cross-checked against Encyclopædia Britannica and specialist snippets, and flags entries built on unreliable foundations — the 911 treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte known only from Dudo of Saint-Quentin, and Arnaud Amalric's alleged order at Béziers attested only decades after the fact. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — County of Anjou en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Anjou
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Border geometry for the map itself comes from Cliopatria v0.12 (Seshat Global History Databank, CC-BY-4.0).
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