Duchy of Gascony

Duchy of Gascony
Duché de Vasconie (French)
Baskoniako Dukerria (Basque)
Ducat de Gasconha (Occitan)
602–1453
The Duchy of Gascony (Green) in 1150
The Duchy of Gascony (Green) in 1150
CapitalBordeaux
Common languagesGascon
Basque
Middle Latin
Religion
Catholic Christianity
Basque paganism
Duke of Gascony / Duchy of Vasconia[1] 
• 602
Genial
• 1009
Sancho VI William of Gascony
• 1052
William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine
• 1362
Edward the Black Prince
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Duke appointed by the Frankish kings
602
• Annexed by the Kingdom of France
1453
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Novempopulania
Guyenne province
County of Armagnac
Kingdom of Navarre
Today part ofFrance
Spain

The Duchy of Gascony or Duchy of Vasconia[2] was a duchy located in present-day southwestern France and northeastern Spain, an area encompassing the modern region of Gascony. The Duchy of Gascony, then known as Wasconia, was originally a Frankish march formed to hold sway over the Basques. However, the duchy went through different periods, from its early years with its distinctively Basque element to the merger in personal union with the Duchy of Aquitaine to the later period as a dependency of the Plantagenet kings of England.

In the Hundred Years' War, Charles V of France conquered most of Gascony by 1380, and under Charles VII of France it was incorporated into the Kingdom of France in its entirety in 1453. The corresponding portion within the Iberian Peninsula became the Kingdom of Navarre.

  1. ^ "The Duchy of Vasconia" kondaira.net/eng
  2. ^ French: Duché de Vasconie; Basque: Baskoniako Dukerria; Occitan: Ducat de Gasconha