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Chinon

Chinon is a town on the Vienne river in Touraine, western France, dominated by a large medieval castle. Henry II of England, who died there in 1189, used it as a favourite residence and treasury, and Philip II of France took it in 1205. In 1429 Joan of Arc met the future Charles VII at Chinon.

Chinon
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Angevin Empire

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Chinon. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/chinon
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