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'''Bordeaux''' is an ancient port city on the estuary of the Garonne River in south-east France<ref>http://www.bordeaux-tourisme.com/index_uk.html</ref>. Settlement there is dated to pre-[[Roman]] times, but the town only came to prominence in the 12th century as the capital of the county of [[Gascony]] within the Duchy of [[Aquitaine]] as the chief wine exporting port for the region. <ref>http://www.bordeaux-tourisme.com/index_uk.html</ref>
'''Bordeaux''' is an ancient port city on the estuary of the Garonne River in south-east France.<ref>http://www.bordeaux-tourisme.com/index_uk.html</ref> Settlement there is dated to pre-[[Roman]] times, but the town only came to prominence in the 12th century as the capital of the county of [[Gascony]] within the Duchy of [[Aquitaine]] as the chief wine exporting port for the region.<ref>http://www.bordeaux-tourisme.com/index_uk.html</ref>
The town was in [[English]] hands from the accession of [[Henry II]] in 1154 (by virtue of his marriage to [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]] in 1152) to its capture by France in 1453. England’s [[Richard II]] was born there. <ref>http://www.frenchmoments.eu/</ref>
The town was in [[English]] hands from the accession of [[Henry II]] in 1154 (by virtue of his marriage to [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]] in 1152) to its capture by France in 1453. England’s [[Richard II]] was born there.<ref>http://www.frenchmoments.eu/</ref>
Deprived of its wine trade with England it languished between 1453 and the 16th century when the French trans-[[Atlantic]] trade began, reaching its peak of prosperity in the 18th century before the suppression of the slave trade.
Deprived of its wine trade with England it languished between 1453 and the 16th century when the French trans-[[Atlantic]] trade began, reaching its peak of prosperity in the 18th century before the suppression of the slave trade.
Today, the city itself has a population nearing quarter of a million.
Today, the city itself has a population nearing quarter of a million.
[[Category: French Cities and Towns]]
[[Category:French Cities and Towns]]
[[Category: French History]]
[[Category:French History]]
[[Category: English History]]
[[Category:English History]]
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