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From: "Stanley LeBlanc" <>
Subject: RE: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Serignac Saintonge
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 20:46:24 -0600
In-Reply-To: <000701c61331$7ee770e0$ab92b743@BoandBg>


Saintonge was a region of W France, on the Bay of Biscay. It is now part of
the Charente-Maritime dept. Known as the country of Santones, the region was
conquered by the Romans and was occupied (419) by the Visigoths and by
Clovis I (507). As a fief of Aquitaine , it became part of England (1154)
following the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine to Henry of Anjou (later
Henry II of England). During the Wars of Religion (1562-98), Saintonge was a
Protestant stronghold, especially at the city of La Rochelle . The region
was incorporated (1372) into the French crown lands, and was a French
province until the Revolution (1789).

See map [it is below Poitou] of French Provinces before the French
Revolution on my site at:

http://www.thecajuns.com/map1789.htm

Stanley LeBlanc

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From: Bo and Bg [mailto:]
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 8:25 PM
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Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Serignac Saintonge

Hi, does anyone know where Serignac (Saintonge) is located? Is it in
present day Nova Scotia or ? Thank you, BG



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