Yvelines
Yvelines () is a department in the western part of the ÃŽle-de-France region in Northern France. In 2019, it had a population of 1,448,207.department in the
ÃŽle-de-France
The ÃŽle-de-France (; ; ) is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 residents on 1 January 2023. Centered on the capital Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the cou ...
region
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in north-central
France
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.
History
Henri, count of Guerville, went to
Jerusalem
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on
crusade
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in the 12th century. On his return he established the priory of Secqueval, of which only ruins of the chapel remain.
One holder of the title served under
, as the head of royal hunting (the " Grand Écuyer of France").
At the time of the French revolution, the last male heir fled to London where his wife died. He returned to France with his two daughters and was buried in
Ferrières-en-Gâtinais
Ferrières-en-Gâtinais (; literally "Ferrières in Gâtinais", before 2001: ''Ferrières'') is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.
Ferrières was the site of the Benedictine monastery Ferrières Abbey, which had an ext ...
.
Population
See also
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Communes of the Yvelines department
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes o ...