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Aquitaine

Aquitaine is a region in France on the Bay of Biscay having historical importance. This former province in southwestern France was a division of ancient Gaul situated between the Garonne and the Pyrenees. From the time of Henry II in 1152 till 1453, it was an appanage of the English crown. It had become an English possession after the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine to Henry II.

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