Europe · The early medieval west
County of Vexin
drawn on the map AD 990–1084
Comté du Vexin; the borderland astride the river Epte between Normandy and the royal domain (the Norman Vexin and the French Vexin). Of great strategic importance — it was on the Epte at Saint-Clair that Rollo was granted Normandy.
- Shown on the map
- AD 990–1084
- Peak area
- 4k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
Comté du Vexin; the borderland astride the river Epte between Normandy and the royal domain (the Norman Vexin and the French Vexin). Of great strategic importance — it was on the Epte at Saint-Clair that Rollo was granted Normandy. The French Vexin, tied to the advocacy of the Abbey of Saint-Denis (source of the Oriflamme, the royal battle-standard), was absorbed into the royal domain; the Norman Vexin was a perennial flashpoint between the Capetian and Angevin kings.
Common questions
- What was the County of Vexin?
- Comté du Vexin; the borderland astride the river Epte between Normandy and the royal domain (the Norman Vexin and the French Vexin). Of great strategic importance — it was on the Epte at Saint-Clair that Rollo was granted Normandy.
- When is the County of Vexin shown on the map?
- The border data draws the County of Vexin AD 990–1084. 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 Vexin?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the County of Vexin covered about 4,000 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 — Vexin en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vexin
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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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