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'''Anjou''' was a medieval [[county]] around the city of [[Angers]] in western France that emerged from the turbulence of the tenth century to gain ascendency in the region during the next two centuries, and become powerful enough under Geoffrey [[Plantagenet]] to become linked to the English throne. Geoffrey’s son became Henry II of England in 1154, founding the Angevan or Plantagenet dynasty that was to rule England until 1485.   
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'''Anjou''' was a medieval [[county]] around the city of [[Angers]] in western [[France]] that emerged from the turbulence of the tenth century to gain ascendency in the region during the next two centuries, and become powerful enough under Geoffrey [[Plantagenet]] to become linked to the English throne. Geoffrey’s son became [[Henry II]] of England in 1154, founding the Angevan or Plantagenet dynasty that was to rule [[England]] until 1485.   
    
Anjou was lost to England under the [[Treaty of Paris]] in 1259 and remained as a county then [[duchy]] in French hands until the demise of the French nobility and the creation of the [[Department]] of [[Maine-et-Loire]] during the [[French Revolution]].
 
Anjou was lost to England under the [[Treaty of Paris]] in 1259 and remained as a county then [[duchy]] in French hands until the demise of the French nobility and the creation of the [[Department]] of [[Maine-et-Loire]] during the [[French Revolution]].
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