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Viscount Castillon
{{unreferenced, date=September 2017 The Viscountcy Castillon was situated in south-western France. At its centre was the town of Castillon-la-Bataille, Castillon-sur-Dordogne (now Castillon-la-Bataille). The purpose of the viscountcy, which has existed since the 10th century, was in the defence of the crossing over the river Dordogne (river), Dordogne. The family of viscounts lost their power because of a rebellion of Baron Guyenne against Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, Simon de Montfort. At the end of the 13th century, Castillon passed to Jean I de Grailly, whose descendants ruled in Castillon - apart from a small altercation between England and France - until the 16th century. The successor to the House of Grailly from the middle of the 16th century was the House La Tourd'Auvergne (Turenne). A descendant, André Leberthon, lost his feudal rights over Castillon during the French Revolution and sold Castillon in 1795. Viscounts Castillon * Olivier (1060), Visc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castillon-la-Bataille
Castillon-la-Bataille (; oc, Castilhon de la Batalha) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Castillon station has rail connections to Bordeaux, Bergerac and Sarlat-la-Canéda. This area was the site of the last battle of the Hundred Years' War, the Battle of Castillon, fought July 17, 1453. Castillon-la-Bataille, on the Dordogne river, saw the battle in which John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, charged valiantly but foolishly at the French artillery and was slain at the age of nearly 70, along with his son, John Talbot, 1st Viscount Lisle, and most of the rest of the small English force that had gone out to try to prevent Bordeaux falling to the French king. Near La Mothe-Montraval, on the right bank of the Dordogne, a tumulus is pointed out under the name of Talbot's tomb; but it is known that his body was removed by his friends to St Alkmund's Church, Whitchurch, in Shropshire in England. On November 27, 1953, the name of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |