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crown_n and_o afterward_o be_v confer_v by_o king_n lewis_n the_o 9th_o on_o his_o brother_n charles_n who_o in_o right_n of_o beatrix_n his_o wife_n be_v earl_n of_o provence_n and_o by_o pope_n urban_n the_o four_o be_v make_v king_n of_o naples_n and_o sicily_n afterward_o it_o be_v make_v a_o dukedom_n by_o king_n charles_n the_o five_o in_o the_o person_n of_o lewis_n of_o france_n his_o second_o brother_n to_o who_o this_o fair_a estate_n be_v give_v as_o second_o son_n of_o king_n john_n of_o france_n the_o son_n of_o phâ—lip_n de_fw-fr valois_n and_o consequent_o the_o next_o heir_n to_o charles_n de_fw-fr valois_n the_o last_o earl_n hereof_o the_o king_n his_o brother_n yield_v up_o all_o his_o right_n unto_o he_o final_o it_o return_v again_o unto_o the_o crown_n in_o the_o time_n of_o lewis_n the_o 11_o the_o earl_n and_o duke_n hereof_o have_v be_v vest_v with_o the_o diadem_n of_o several_a country_n follow_v in_o this_o order_n the_o earl_n of_o anjou_n of_o the_o line_n 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the_o earldom_n of_o anjou_n from_o his_o part_n wherein_o he_o be_v exclude_v by_o his_o brother_n geofrie_n 1080._o 9_o geofrie_n iv._o son_n of_o foulk_n 2._o 1083._o 10_o foulk_n iii_o brother_n of_o geofrie_n king_n of_o jerusalem_n in_o the_o right_n of_o melisend_v his_o wife_n 1143._o 11_o geofrieâ—_n v._o surname_v plantagenet_n 1150._o 12_o henry_n the_o ii_o king_n of_o england_n son_n of_o earl_n geofrie_n and_o maud_n his_o wife_n daughter_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o 1162_o 13_o geofrie_n vi_o three_o son_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o second_o make_v earl_n of_o anjou_n on_o his_o marriage_n with_o constance_n the_o heir_n of_o bretagne_n 1186._o 14_o arthur_n son_n of_o geofrie_n and_o constance_n 1202._o 15_o john_n king_n of_o england_n succeed_v on_o the_o death_n of_o arthur_n disposs_v of_o his_o estate_n in_o france_n by_o philip_n augustus_n immediate_o on_o the_o death_n of_o arthur_n earl_n and_o duke_n of_o anjou_n beausse_fw-fr of_o the_o line_n of_o 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the_o duke_n of_o aquitaine_n the_o principal_a city_n of_o it_o 1_o again_o a_o rich_a populous_a and_o well-traded_n town_n seat_v on_o the_o garonne_n in_o a_o fruitful_a country_n a_o bishop_n see_v a_o seneschalsie_n and_o hold_v to_o be_v the_o fair_a in_o gascoigne_n 2_o condon_n a_o bishop_n see_v also_o from_o which_o the_o part_n adjoin_v be_v call_v condonnois_n 3_o villeneufne_v 4_o claerac_n 5_o marmand_n 6_o foy_n etc._n etc._n thus_o have_v take_v a_o brief_a view_n of_o those_o several_a member_n which_o make_v up_o the_o great_a body_n of_o the_o dukedom_n of_o aquitaine_n let_v we_o next_o look_v on_o the_o estate_n of_o the_o whole_a thus_o bring_v together_o which_o in_o the_o declination_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n be_v give_v unto_o the_o goth_n before_o possess_v of_o all_o gallia_n narbonensis_n by_o valentinian_n the_o 3d_o as_o a_o reward_n for_o their_o service_n in_o drive_v the_o alani_n out_o of_o spain_n long_o the_o goth_n have_v not_o hold_v it_o 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