Guyenne

The Guyenne (formerly also Guienne, Occitan Guiana ) was in the Middle Ages a duchy and the part of the actual Aquitaine, which, taken by the English in possession ( Angevinisches Reich, Eleanor of Aquitaine ), was left in the Hundred Years' War by the territorial losses, and finally, shortly before the end of which only the Bordelais and the Agenais included.

The fundamental agreement between Guyenne and Aquitaine is also apparent from the name Guyenne is a linguistic variant of the Roman Aquitania.

On October 12, 1453, the area was conquered by France. With this conquest, let historians the Hundred Years War end (although the hostilities between France and England were not eliminated thereby abruptly ). The conquered land was claimed and added as Guyenne the royal domain ( Domaine royal), which was finally resolved in the French Revolution by creating the department. The the Guyenne region comprising means again today Aquitaine ( Aquitaine).