Poitou is in France.
Before 1086 Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery Viscount Hiemois [aged 20] and Almodis La Marche were married at Poitou. She the daughter of Aldebert La Marche II Count La Marche. He the son of Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Mabel de Bellême.
In 1181 Piers Mauley was born at Poitou.
On 19th July 1230 Theobald Butler [aged 30] died at Poitou. He was buried at Arklow Abbey, Arklow, County Wicklow. His son Theobald [aged 6] succeeded 3rd Chief Butler Ireland.
On 21st March 1373 John Devereux 1st Baron Devereux [aged 36] was captured during the Battle of Chiset at Chizé at which the English were defeated by the French forces commanded by Bertrand Geusclin [aged 53]. The battle brought an end to English control in Poitou.
In 1369 James Audley [aged 51] died at Fontenay le Comte. He was buried in Poitiers [Map].
On 24th August 1230 Geoffrey Saye [aged 75] died at Gascoigne.
Around 1150 Guy I King Jerusalem was born to Hugh VIII of Lusignan [aged 42] and Bourgogne Dame de Fontenay Taillebourg Countess Lusignan at Lusignan. He married August 1186 Sibylla Anjou Queen Jerusalem, daughter of Almaric I King Jerusalem and Agnes Courtenay Queen Jerusalem.
On 17th August 1153 William Plantagenet IX Count Poitiers was born to King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England [aged 20] and Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England [aged 31] at Poitiers [Map]. He died aged two in 1156.
In 1369 James Audley [aged 51] died at Fontenay le Comte. He was buried in Poitiers [Map].
On 27th March 1168 Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England [aged 46] and her party were ambushed by brothers Guy I King Jerusalem [aged 18] and Geoffrey Lusignan [aged 18].
Patrick of Salisbury 1st Earl Salisbury [aged 46] was killed. He was buried at the Church of St Hilary, Poitiers. His son William [aged 18] succeeded 2nd Earl Salisbury.
William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke [aged 22] held off the enemy, was wounded and captured whilst Eleanor escaped. Eleanor subsequently paid his ransom.
Pierre Levée Chambered Tomb [Map] is a dolmen located in Poitiers. Known since Antiquity, the Roman road Lemonum (Poitiers) - Avaricum (Bourges) - Lugdunum (Lyon) passed nearby, it is mentioned since the Middle Ages, being the subject of several descriptions or representations, and it is associated with local folklore.
Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall
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1699. Pierre Levée Chambered Tomb [Map] by Louis Boudan.
On 18th May 1152 Whit Sunday King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England [aged 19] and Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England [aged 30] were married at Poitiers Cathedral [Map]. They were more closely related than Eleanor and her previous husband Louis VII King of the Franks [aged 32]. The marriage would bring the Kingdom of England, and the Duchies of Normandy and Aquitaine under the control of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She the daughter of William "Saint" Poitiers X Duke Aquitaine and Aenor Chatellerault Duchess Aquitaine. He the son of Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy and Empress Matilda [aged 50]. They were half third cousins. He a grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
On 9th May 1427 Francoise Amboise Duchess Brittany was born to Louis Amboise [aged 35] in Thouars. She married June 1442 Peter Montfort II Duke Brittany, son of John Montfort V Duke Brittany and Joan Valois Duchess Brittany.
In December 1599 Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby was born to Claude de La Tremoille 2nd Duke Thouars [aged 33] and Charlotte Flandrina Orange Nassau [aged 20] in Chateau Thouars. She married 26th June 1626 James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby, son of William Stanley 6th Earl of Derby and Elizabeth Vere Countess Derby, and had issue.
On 16th August 1445 Margaret Stewart Dauphine of France [aged 20] died at Châlons-en-Champagne [Map]. She was buried at the Church of Saint-Laon Thouars.