Ponthieu
Sign in to savePonthieu (; ; ) was one of six feudal counties that eventually merged to become part of the Province of Picardy, in northern France. Its chief town is Abbeville.
Key facts
- Former country.native_name
- Ponthiu (Picard)
- Former country.conventional_long_name
- County of Ponthieu
- Former country.common_name
- Ponthieu
- Former country.era
- Middle Ages
- Former country.empire
- Kingdom of France
- Former country.government_type
- County
- Former country.event_start
- First count mentioned
- Former country.year_start
- ~926
- Former country.year_end
- 1836
- Former country.p1
- West Francia
- Former country.s1
- Kingdom of France
- Former country.image_coat
- Armoiries Ponthieu.svg
- Former country.image_map
- Cartecomtedeponthieu1180.png
- Former country.image_map_caption
- County of Ponthieu in 1180
- Former country.capital
- Abbeville
- Former country.religion
- Catholicism
- Former country.leader1
- Helgaud III (first)
- Former country.year_leader1
- ?-926
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
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- start time
- 0700-00-00
- end time
- 1482-00-00
- native label
- Ponthieu
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Norman conquest of England
- House of Castile
- The Hundred Years' War
- Counts of Ponthieu
- Cultural references
- References
- External links
Ponthieu (; ; ) was one of six feudal counties that eventually merged to become part of the Province of Picardy, in northern France. Its chief town is Abbeville.
== History == Ponthieu played a small but important role in the politics that led up to the Norman invasion of England in 1066.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ponthieu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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