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Subject: Re: Pictavi and Poitou (Gaulish?) meaning
Author: Jenna   (Authenticated as Jenna R)
Date: June 14, 2006 at 8:37:36 PM
Reply to: Pictavi and Poitou (Gaulish?) meaning by Bagpus
Poitou was city-state/kingdom in western France; it's capital was Poitiers. I'm not sure when it was founded and when it fell, but I know it existed in the 1100 and 1200s. At one point, Eleanor of Aquaintaine ruled it.

"Les yeux sont aveugles. Il faut chercher avec le coeur." -- Le Petit Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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