besieged his grandmother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, in the Château de Mirebeau. John marched on Mirebeau, taking Arthur by surprise and capturing him on 1 August...

castellans of the castles of Chinon, Loudun, and Mirebeau to surrender before laying siege to the Château de Montsoreau. Following the loss of Montsoreau...

Mirebeau (French pronunciation: [miʁbo]; Poitevin: Mirebea) is a commune in the Vienne department, in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, western France...

grandmother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, John's mother, in the Château de Mirebeau. John marched on Mirebeau, taking Arthur by surprise on 31 July 1202. Arthur was...

of Mirebeau, Amboise, Parthenay and Sablé. Geoffrey succeeded in beating them one after another, razed the keep of Thouars and occupied Mirebeau. Another...

The Battle of Mirebeau was a battle in 1202 between the House of Lusignan-Breton alliance and the Kingdom of England. King John of England successfully...

Château de Cognac, also known as Château de Valois and Château François, is a castle in Cognac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The castle has been rebuilt...

captured at Mirebeau, was kept imprisoned by John for many years, albeit in relatively good conditions. In late 1203, John attempted to relieve Château Gaillard...

the Cardinal's death. The château was described, on the basis of Marot's engraving, by H. Carrington Lancaster, "The Chateau de Richelieu and Desmaretz's...

1531/1538), Dame de Givry, Baroness of Pagny and of Mirebeau, was an illegitimate half-sister of King Francis I of France and princess Marguerite de Navarre....

participated in the conquest of Normandy and fought at the battle of Mirebeau, the siege of Château Gaillard and the catch of Falaise, Caen, Bayeux and Rouen. In...

daughter Marie. August 1 – Battle of Mirebeau: Arthur of Brittany, supported by the Lusignans, lays siege to Mirebeau Castle trapping Eleanor of Aquitaine...

généralité de Limoges, Tome 1, pg.366, H. Ducourtieux éditeur, Limoges, 1882 @ Gallica La Révolution dans les cantons de Mirebeau et de Vouzailles Annales de la...

century to support the fortified town of Vouvant. Château of Saint Jean d'Angle Château de Parthenay Château de La Rochefoucauld Tower of David Krak des Chevaliers...

of England. At the Battle of Mirebeau in 1202, Arthur and Eleanor were captured. Arthur was imprisoned at the Château de Falaise and in 1203 disappeared...

to his titles. His testament was executed by his nephew the marquis de Mirebeau. His lands were divided between his five surviving daughters. Carroll...

was captured while besieging Mirebeau, and the following year he was transferred to Rouen, under the charge of William de Braose, and then vanished mysteriously...

from Anjou to her chief seat at Poitiers. Taking refuge in the castle of Mirebeau on the road just north of Poitiers, she came under siege. William agreed...

Val-de-Comporté (French pronunciation: [val də kɔ̃pɔʁte]) is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. It...

Barrois. She also retained the County of Beaufort and the lordship of Mirebeau (exchanged with the baronies of Aubagne and Provence). After her husband's...

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captured at Mirebeau, was kept imprisoned by John for many years, albeit in relatively good conditions. In late 1203, John attempted to relieve Château Gaillard...

Vix Grave). Some ruins on an eminence above the town mark the site of a château of the dukes of Burgundy. Nearby stands the church of St Vorles of the...

building more towers in a slow encirclement of Tours: Montbazon, Montrésor, Mirebeau, Montrichard, Loches, and even the tower of Montboyau, erected just across...

Mirebeau-sur-Bèze (French pronunciation: [miʁbo syʁ bɛz], literally Mirebeau on Bèze) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. Mirebeau...

married 1500 Marguerite de Glandeves-Faucon. Jeanne Blanche (d. 1470), Lady of Mirebeau, married in Paris 1467 Bertrand de Beauvau (d. 1474). Madeleine...

(86150) Mignaloux-Beauvoir (86157) Migné-Auxances (86158) Mirebeau (86160) Montamisé (86163) Neuville-de-Poitou (86177) Nieuil-l'Espoir (86178) Nouaillé-Maupertuis...

head. On 20 January 1628, at Mirebeau-sur-Bèze, he married Andrée de Vivonne (1612-1670) only daughter and heiress of André de Vivonne, Baron of la Chataigneraie...

Claude V de Thiard, born in 1620, (died 1701), Count of Bissy, named Governor of the town and Chateau of Auxonne on 13 April 1670. He built the Château of Pierre-de-Bresse...

Château-Larcher (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto laʁʃe]; Poitevin: Chât'lachèr / Chatelarchér) is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine...