Saintonge

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Saintonge may refer to:

  • County of Saintonge, a historical province of France on the Atlantic coast
  • Saintonge (region), a region of France corresponding to the historical province
  • Saintonge ware, a medieval pottery type produced in Saintes region of France from the 13th century

Places

People

  • Jean-Pierre Saintonge (born 1945), Quebec, Canada educator, lawyer, judge and political figure
  • Anne de Xainctonge or de Saintonge (1567–1621), founder of the Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin, the first non-cloistered women's religious community

Others

  • Saintongese, people from Saintonge, an area in western France
  • Saintonge Regiment, infantry regiments of France
  • Saintonge War, a feudal dynastic encounter that occurred in 1242 and 1243 between forces of Louis IX of France, Alphonse of Poiters and those of Henry III of England, Hugh X of Lusignan, and Raymond VII of Toulouse

See also

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