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Duchy Of Auvergne
The Duchy of Auvergne was established in 1360 by the French King John II of France on the Terre royale d’Auvergne (''Royal land of Auvergne''), while the County of Auvergne continued to exist in parallel. Creation of the Royal land of Auvergne (1213) Since the Counts of Auvergne had been supporters of the English Plantagenet, the French King Philip Augustus occupied part of Auvergne (including the capital Riom) in 1195 and added it to the Domaine royal in 1213 as ''Terre royale d’Auvergne''. After another military intervention by the King, caused by a dispute between the pro-English Count Guy II of Auvergne and his pro-French brother Robert of Auvergne, Bishop of Clermont, the entire County was confiscated and incorporated into the Domaine royale. Guy's son and successor William X of Auvergne later received back a small part of Auvergne, after breaking his contacts with England in 1228, and pledging his loyalty to the King of France. In 1356, King John II of France mad ...
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