A region and former province of south-western France, on the Bay of Biscay, centred on Bordeaux. It became an English possession by the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine to Henry II in 1152, and remained so until 1453.
A region and former province of southwestern France, on the Bay of Biscay, centered on Bordeaux. It became an English possession by the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine to Henry II in 1152, and remained so until 1453.