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Also Known As Gascogne • Vasconia

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France
France
France: wine regions
Armagnac
historical region, France
Tarn-et-Garonne
department, France
Gers
department, France
Ariège
department, France
Haute-Garonne
department, France
Hautes-Pyrénées
department, France
Lot-et-Garonne
department, France
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
department, France

Key People

Montfort, Simon de, earl of Leicester
Simon de Montfort, earl of Leicester
French noble
Marcabru
Gascon poet-musician
William IX
duke of Aquitaine and Gascony
William X
duke of Aquitaine