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]]. |