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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Angoumois
Britannica 11thANGOUMOIS, an old province of France, nearly corresponding to-day to the department of Charente. Its capital was Angouleme. See Essai d'une bibliothtque historique de fAngoumois, by E. Castaigne (1845).
Vol. 2, pp. 42-42
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Aquitaine
Britannica 11th... Pippin II. the kingdom had been diminished by the loss of Poitou, Saintonge and Angoumois, which had been given to Rainulf I., count of Poitiers. Somewhat earlier than this date the title of duke of the Aquitanians had been revived, and this was now borne by R ...
Vol. 2, pp. 252-253
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