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- historical region in today's France
- former county and province
• Flag
• Meaning/Origin of the Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Meaning/Origin of the Coat of Arms
• Map of the historical Regions in France
• Explanations about the Regions
• History
• Origin of the Country's Name
Flag of Saintonge
– Drapeau de Saintonge,
Source, by: Wikipedia (FR)
1960–2016,
Unofficial flag of the Region of Poitou-Charentes
– Drapeau de officieux de la Region Poitou-Charentes,
Source, by: svowebmaster.free.fr, Thanks to: Thierry Gilabert
1960–2016,
Unofficial flag of the Region of Poitou-Charentes
– Drapeau de officieux de la Region Poitou-Charentes,
Source, by: Wikipedia (FR)
The flag of the Saintonge shows the image of the coat of arms, a silvery miter between three golden lilies on blue. The between 1960 and 2016 existing Region of "Poitou-Charentes", to which Saintonge belonged, used two unofficial flags. In "Poitou-Charentes" was a flag in use, modeled after historical coats of arms. One model shows two horizontal stripes in silver and black and a red lion in the middle. That flag is of recent origin, and it is reminiscent of the old coat of arms of Poitou from the time of the Plantagenets (look Poitou). Another model combines the heraldry of the four former provinces, in which Poitou-Charentes consists, Poitou (white-black with red lion), Angoumois (golden-red oblique chessboarded), Aunis (partridge) and Saintonge (Mitra).
Source:
Wikipedia (FR),
Volker Preuß
Coat of arms of Saintonge
– Blason du Saintonge,
Source, by:
Wikipedia (FR)
The coat of arms of the Saintonge shows a silvery miter between three golden lilies on blue. The miter is those of the Holy Eutropius, the first bishop of Saintes. When the coat of arms was introduced is not known. The lilies suggest the takeover by the House of Capet, probably in 1369 represented by the Duke of Berry, because Berry is heraldical displayed with three lilies.
Source:
heraldique.org,
Volker Preuß
The historical, French Regions:
in black: governorate and province in 1776,
in red: former county, province oder governorate
Map: Volker Preuß
The provinces (or governorates) that existed until the French Revolution were historically grown entities that had often developed from former fiefdoms of the French crown, historical counties and duchies, often existed for hundreds of years and had preserved regional characteristics (cultural peculiarities and regional languages). Such phenomena were naturally undesirable to the French Revolution, and in the context of its bloody and violent egalitarianism, all regional references were eradicated. Shortly after the Revolution, the provinces were dissolved and France was divided into many small départements, which were to be approximately the same size and have the same status, controlled by prefects of the central administration in Paris. The departments were named after rivers or mountains so as not to use the names of any of the old provinces. However, it was not possible to sever the ties between the inhabitants of France and their respective historically grown regions, so that in 1960 regions were created again. There can hardly be said to be any real autonomy. The regions are only supposed to promote the economic, social, health, cultural and scientific development of the region, keep an eye on housing and living conditions, and provide support in some areas, e.g. urban development policy, urban regeneration, regional planning, preservation of regional identity and promotion of regional languages. When the regions were formed, departments located in a particular historical province were administratively grouped together into a region that often had the same historical name. The resulting entities only roughly corresponded to the boundaries of historical provinces. In strictly centralised France, however, any form of responsible regionalism is avoided. The regions do not even have their own seals with which to mark their own legally binding decisions, because there are no plans to introduce such a thing. Therefore, anything to do with coats of arms or flags is completely irrelevant. The logos of the regions are used generally, sometimes with the colours reversed and placed arbitrarily on flags or banners. There are no rules, as they are not official symbols. The logos and flags of the regions therefore often look like company logos: Unloving, unhistorical, technocratic and modernistic. That is why most of these regions have a kind of unofficial heraldic flag, which is intended to recall historical heraldic models. However, these are merely decorative in nature and are not a symbol of sovereign functions. The regions created in 1960 were even called into question in 2014, and a territorial reform was decided – centrally from Paris – which reduced the number of regions by almost half through mergers. The regions and their institutions were not even consulted on this matter.
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Source: Flags of the World,
Wikipedia (D),
Volker Preuß
antiquity · settlement by the Celtic tribe of the Santones
52 B.C. · Roman conquest, the area of the today's Poitou comes to the province of Celtica, later to the province of Aquitania
418 A.D. · the Visigoths be settled as federates
5th century A.D. · conquest of Gaul by the Franks (under King Clovis) to 507 conquest of Aquitaine, expansion of the empire to the Atlantic Ocean, the Pyrenees and the Alps
639 · death of King Dagobert I., the power goes over to the Mayors of the Palace (maior domus) of Austrasia (House of the Carolingians)
687 · Pepin II. asserts itself as Mayor of the Palace throughout the Frankish Empire
8th century · fights between the Dukes of Aquitania and the Frankish kings
751 · Pepin the Short (III., grandson of Pepin II.) eliminates the Merovingian monarchy and let hisself elect to the king from the Franks
839 · first mention of a County of Saintonge as "pagus santonum"
843 · division of the Frankish Empire (Treaty of Verdun), there arise the West Frankish Kingdom of Charles II. (the Bald), the Middle Frankish Kingdom of Lothar (Lotharingia), and the East Frankish Kingdom of Louis II., Aquitaine (including Poitou and Saintonge) comes to the Empire of Charles the Bald
870 · at the division of the Frankish Empire (Treaty of Meersen) arises the West Frankish Kingdom, the East Frankish Kingdom, and the Frankish Kingdom of Italy
877 · Ludwig ascends the West Frankish throne, Aquitaine is given as a fief and a duchy to Rainulf, Count of Poitiers, (House of the Ramnulfids)
880 · by the division of the Frankish Empire (Treaties of Verdun and Ribbemont) arises the West Frankish Kingdom (later France), the East Frankish Kingdom (later German Empire), the Kingdom of Italy, the Kingdom of Upper Burgundy (under Rudolf the Welf) and the Kingdom of Lower Burgundy persists
9th century · the Counts of Poitou take over the County of Saintonge
987 · death of the childless West Frankish King Louis V. (House of Carolingians), his heir and uncle Charles of Lower Lorraine could not prevail, the nobility elects Hugh Capet (House of Capet) to the king, the Capetians are the Kings of France to 1328
1033 · William VI ., the Thick, Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Poitou, Count of Saintonge, is captured in Moncontour by Gottfried Martel, the release was only done against the investiture of the Saintonge
1060 · death of Gottfried Martel, Count of Anjou and Saintonge, the inheritance goes to the nephews (ancestors of the dynasty of Plantagenet)
1062 · Duke William VIII. of Aquitaine takes over the Saintonge again
1152 · Henry Plantagenet marries Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine, the duchies of Aquitaine and Gascony, and in this way the Saintonge too, come to the house of Anjou-Plantagenet
1154 · death of Stephen of Blois (King of England) , Henry is his successor as Henry II., Anjou becomes in this way a fief of the French king, which is a part of the crown of England (House of Anjou-Plantagenet)
1204 · Philip Augustus, King of France, conquers Normandy, Anjou, Maine and Touraine (Angevin Empire of the Plantagenets)
1205 · Philip Augustus, King of France, conquers Poitou
1224 · King Louis VIII. of France, son of Philip Augustus, conquers Aquitaine, except Gascony the last possession of the Plantagenets in France, Poitou and Saintonge (including Aunis) come directly to the crown, La Marche, Périgord, Angoulême and Auvergne become fiefs
1259 · Treaty of Paris (Abbeville), King Henry III. of England recognizes the loss of Aquitaine, and receives in this way the Saintonge, which is united with Gascony to the Duchy of Guyenne, as fief
1328 · death of King Charles IV. (the Fair), extinction of the direct Capetian line, according to Salic Law Count Philip of Valois (Son of Prince Charles of Valois, first cousin of King Charles IV.) came on the French throne (as King Philip VI .), the English king Edward III. lays claim to the throne as a maternal nephew of Charles IV., reason for the "Hundred Years War" (Anglo-French War, 1338–1453), out of the House of Valois came all kings of France from 1328 to 1589
1356 · Battle of Maupertuis, Poitou is an English possession again
1360 · Treaty of Brétigny, Aquitaine (with Saintonge, Poitou and Aunis) becomes an English possession again and is even released from the feudal dependence of the French kings
1369 · Karl V., King of France, conquers Poitou and hands it over to his brother John, the Duke of Berry
1375 · Treaty of Bruges, the English king Edward III. cedes the Saintonge and other areas to France, formation of the provinces of Aunis and Saintonge
1428 · King Charles VII. of France hands over the County of Saintonge to James I. , King of Scotland
1469 · King Louis XI. of France hands over the County of Saintonge as appanage to his brother, Prince Charles of Valois
1472 · death of Charles of Valois, the title goes back to the Crown of France
1694 · the provinces of Saintonge and the Anuis become merged
1776 · the already in the 14th century created governorates of the civil administration of the kingdom of France become committed to a number of 39, and correspond in this way to the number of provinces, in previous years could any provinces be summarized in one governorate
1789 · French Revolution, the governorates and provinces become abolished, Saintonge and Aunis become summarized in the department of Charente-Inférieure (later Charente-Maritime)
1960 · reintroduction of regions in France, the Saintonge doesn't play a role, affiliation with the newly created Poitou-Charentes region (capital: Poitiers), of course not within the historic boundaries, just by integrating of the departments of Charente-Maritime, Charente, Deux-Sèvres and Vienne
2016 · the Poitou-Charentes region merges with the Limousin and Aquitaine regions in the new, larger region of New Aquitaine (Nouvelle-Aquitaine, capital: Bordeaux)
Source:
Wikipedia,
Taschenatlas Weltgeschichte
The name "Saintonge" goes back - like the name of the city "Saintes" - to the Celtic tribe of the Santones, who formerly lived here.
Source: Volker Preuß
