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Argentan
Argentan () is a commune and the seat of two cantons and of an arrondissement in the Orne department in northwestern France. As of 2019, Argentan is the third largest municipality by population in the Orne department.Populations légales 2019: 61 Orne INSEE History Earley history Argentan is situated near the river . Although the region was heavily populated during the Gallo Roman period the town is not mentioned in any texts until the 11th Centaury. The toponym comes from the words ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre II, Count Of Alençon
Pierre II of Alençon, called The Noble [Le Noble] (1340 – 20 September 1404; , or ''Pierre de Valois''), was Count of Alençon from 1361 and Count of Perche from 1377. He was the son of Charles II of Alençon and María de la Cerda. Biography Pierre II of Alençon was born in 1340 to Charles II, Count of Alençon, Charles II, Count of Alençon and Perche and his wife, María de la Cerda, Countess of Alençon. Upon his father's death in 1346, Pierre's elder brother, Charles III, Count of Alençon, Charles, inherited the title of "Count of Alençon". Knighted in 1350, Pierre was one of the hostages exchanged for John II of France, King John II of France after the Battle of Poitiers (1356), Battle of Poitiers, and did not return to France until 1370. He and his younger brother, Robert of Alençon, Count of Perche, campaigned against the English in Aquitaine. In 1371, the French took Limoges, but failed to capture Usson, Puy-de-Dôme, Usson. In 1361, Pierre's elder brother, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terres D'Argentan Interco
Terres d'Argentan Interco (before 2023: ''Communauté de communes d'Argentan Intercom'') is a federation of municipalities (''communauté de communes'') in the Orne ''département'' and in the Normandy ''région'' of France. Its seat is Argentan. Its area is 715.1 km2, and its population in 2019 was 33,409. It covers some of the Communes that make up the area known as Suisse Normande. Composition The communauté de communes consists of the following 49 communes: #Argentan # Aunou-le-Faucon # Avoine # Bailleul # Boischampré # Boucé # Brieux # Commeaux # Coudehard # Coulonces #Écorches Écorches () is a Communes of France, commune in the Orne Departments of France, department in northwestern France. Geography The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Le Hameau Perré, Les Lignerits, Le Moncel ... # Écouché-les-Vallées # Fleuré # Fontaine-les-Bassets # Ginai #Gouffern en Auge #Guêprei #Joué-du-Plain #Juvigny-sur-Orne #La Lande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton Of Argentan-1
The canton of Argentan-1 is an administrative division of the Orne department, northwestern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Argentan. It consists of the following communes: #Argentan (partly) #Aunou-le-Faucon #Boischampré #Brieux # Commeaux #Juvigny-sur-Orne #Montabard #Moulins-sur-Orne #Nécy #Occagnes # Ri #Rônai # Sai #Sarceaux Sarceaux () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. Geography Sarceaux along with another 65 communes is part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents. The commu ... # Sévigny References Cantons of Orne {{Orne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton Of Argentan-2
The canton of Argentan-2 is an administrative division of the Orne department, northwestern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Argentan. It consists of the following communes: #Argentan (partly) # Bailleul #Coudehard # Coulonces #Écorches #Fontaine-les-Bassets #Ginai #Gouffern en Auge #Guêprei #Louvières-en-Auge # Merri #Mont-Ormel #Montreuil-la-Cambe #Neauphe-sur-Dive #Ommoy #Le Pin-au-Haras # Saint-Gervais-des-Sablons #Saint-Lambert-sur-Dive Saint-Lambert-sur-Dive (, literally ''Saint-Lambert on Dive'') is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. Significance Saint-Lambert-sur-Dive is recognised as the place where the 4th Canadian Armoured Division (specifically ... # Tournai-sur-Dive # Trun # Villedieu-lès-Bailleul References Cantons of Orne {{Orne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles I De Montmorency
Charles I de Montmorency (died 11 September 1381) was a 14th-century French noble. Biography Montmorency was a son of Jean I, lord of Montmorency and Jeanne de Calletot. He inherited the seigneuries of Montmorency, Val-d'Oise, Montmorency, Ecouen, Damville, Argentan, Feuillarde, Chaumont-en-Vexin, Vitry en Brie and others upon the death of his father. He was knighted, named Grand Panetier of France from 1336 to 1343 by King Philip VI of France, then was raised to the dignity of Marshal of France in 1343, was an advisor and chamberlain of Philip VI in 1346, and in 1347, captain general on the borders of County of Flanders and the sea near Picardy. In 1347, he resigned from his position as marshal in favour of his brother-in-law, Édouard I de Beaujeu, Edouard de Beaujeu. He commanded the army that Duke John II of France, John of Normandy led in Brittany to help Charles, Duke of Brittany, Charles de Blois. He accompanied this prince in Guyenne against Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orne
Orne (; or ) is a département in the northwest of France, named after the river Orne. It had a population of 279,942 in 2019.Populations légales 2019: 61 Orne INSEE History Orne is one of the original 83 départements created during the French Revolution, on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of and Perche. It is the birthplace of[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger The Poitevin
Roger the Poitevin or Roger de Poitou (mid-1060s – before 1140) was an Anglo-Norman aristocrat possessing large holdings both in England and through his marriage in France during the early 12th century. He was the third son of Roger of Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Mabel de Bellême. The appellation "the Poitevin" was for his marriage to an heiress from Poitou. Roger acquired a great lordship in England, with lands in Salfordshire, Essex, Suffolk, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Hampshire, and North Yorkshire. The principal part of the lordship was in what was then called ''inter Mersam et Ripam'', that is, "between the Mersey and the Ribble" and is now divided between Lancashire, Merseyside, and Greater Manchester. After 1090, he also assumed the title 1st Lord of Bowland. Before 1086, he had married Almodis, daughter of Count Aldebert II of La Marche in Poitou, and sister and presumptive heiress of Count Boso III who was childless and unmarried. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orne (river)
The Orne () is a river in Normandy, within northwestern France. It is long. It discharges into the English Channel at the port of Ouistreham. Its source is in Aunou-sur-Orne, east of Sées. Its main tributaries are the Odon and the Rouvre. Geography The Orne flows through the following departments and towns: *Orne (named after the river): Sées, Argentan * Calvados: Thury-Harcourt, Saint-André-sur-Orne, Caen, Ouistreham It also flows through the area known as Suisse Normande. Its longest tributaries are, from source to mouth: *Don *Ure *Cance *Udon * Baize * Rouvre * Noireau *Laize * Odon Name The name of the Orne in Normandy, which is referred to as the ''Olinas'' by Ptolemy Claudius Ptolemy (; , ; ; – 160s/170s AD) was a Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were important to later Byzantine science, Byzant ..., is a homonym of Fluvius Olne, the Orn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry I Of England
Henry I ( – 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135. He was the fourth son of William the Conqueror and was educated in Latin and the liberal arts. On William's death in 1087, Henry's elder brothers Robert Curthose and William Rufus inherited Duchy of Normandy, Normandy and England, respectively; Henry was left landless. He purchased the County of Cotentin in western Normandy from Robert, but his brothers deposed him in 1091. He gradually rebuilt his power base in the Cotentin and allied himself with William Rufus against Robert. Present in England with his brother William when William died in a hunting accident, Henry seized the English throne, promising at his coronation to correct many of William's less popular policies. He married Matilda of Scotland and they had two surviving children, Empress Matilda and William Adelin; he also had many illegitimate children by his numerous mistresses. Robert, who invaded from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John, King Of England
John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216) was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216. He lost the Duchy of Normandy and most of his other French lands to King Philip II of France, resulting in the collapse of the Angevin Empire and contributing to the subsequent growth in power of the French Capetian dynasty during the 13th century. The First Barons' War, baronial revolt at the end of John's reign led to the sealing of Magna Carta, a document considered a foundational milestone in English and later British constitution of the United Kingdom, constitutional history. John was the youngest son of King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine. He was nicknamed John Lackland () because, as a younger son, he was not expected to inherit significant lands. He became Henry's favourite child following the failed revolt of 1173–1174 by his brothers Henry the Young King, Richard I of England, Richard, and Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, Geoffrey against their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip II Of France
Philip II (21 August 1165 – 14 July 1223), also known as Philip Augustus (), was King of France from 1180 to 1223. His predecessors had been known as kings of the Franks (Latin: ''rex Francorum''), but from 1190 onward, Philip became the first French monarch to style himself "King of France" (''rex Francie''). The son of King Louis VII and his third wife, Adela of Champagne, he was originally nicknamed () because he was a first son and born late in his father's life. Philip was given the epithet "Augustus" by the chronicler Rigord for having extended the crown lands of France so remarkably. After decades of conflicts with the House of Plantagenet, Philip succeeded in putting an end to the Angevin Empire by defeating a coalition of his rivals at the Battle of Bouvines in 1214. This victory would have a lasting impact on western European politics: the authority of the French king became unchallenged, while John, King of England, was forced by his barons to assent to Magna C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subprefectures In France
In France, a subprefecture () is the Communes of France, commune which is the administrative centre of a Arrondissements in France, departmental arrondissement that does not contain the Prefectures in France, prefecture for its Departments of France, department. The term also applies to the building that houses the administrative headquarters for an arrondissement. Senate (France), Senate (in French). The civil servant in charge of a subprefecture is the subprefect, assisted by a Secretary (title), general secretary. Between May 1982 and February 1988, subprefects were known instead by the title Deputy Commissioner of the Republic (''commissaire adjoint de la République''). Where the administration of an arrondissement is carried out from a prefecture, the general secretary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
