Merey () is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Eure department of the
Normandy
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region in northern
France
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.
History
As Madrie (''Pagus Madriensis'', later pays de Merey) it was a ''
pagus
In ancient Rome, the Latin word (plural ) was an administrative term designating a rural subdivision of a tribal territory, which included individual farms, villages (), and strongholds () serving as refuges, as well as an early medieval geogra ...
'' in the north of
Gaul
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lying between the
Seine river and the rivers
Eure and
Iton
Iton () is a river in Normandy, France, left tributary of the river Eure. It is long. Its source is near Moulins-la-Marche. For about 10 km between Orvaux and Glisolles, it disappears and pursues a subterranean course.
The Iton flows t ...
. At the beginning of the fifth century, when the ''Notitia provinciarum'' was compiled, it was a Roman administrative division or ''pagus'' of
Provincia Lugdunensis Secunda.
In the ninth-century
Carolingian Empire
The Carolingian Empire (800–888) was a large Frankish-dominated empire in western and central Europe during the Early Middle Ages. It was ruled by the Carolingian dynasty, which had ruled as kings of the Franks since 751 and as kings of the ...
. In 822,
Pepin, king of Aquitaine married Ingeltrude (also called Engelberga, Hringard, or Ringart), daughter of Theodobert, count of Madrie (c. 800-after 876), who was a son of
Nibelung
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(Nivelan) of the royal house of the
Burgundians.
It became part of
Normandy
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in the 10th century
and is now in the region called
Normandy
Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...
.
Population
Personalities
In 1694
Francois Quesnay was born at Merey.
See also
*
Communes of the Eure department
References
MSS ''Notitia provinciarum ecclesiasticarum bulliae''
Communes of Eure
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