County of Forez

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The County of Forez was a historic feudal territory in central France, roughly corresponding to part of the modern Loire department and centered around the city of Montbrison.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
County of Forez canonical 2

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Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former feudal territory
historic county
medieval county
capital Montbrison
centeredOn Montbrison
coatOfArms Forez arms (azure semé-de-lis or with a bend gules)
country Kingdom of France
crossedBy Loire River
linked to: Loire
event annexation to the French crown
governmentType feudal county
hasCity Montbrison
Saint-Étienne
hasTown Feurs
historicalRegion Forez
integratedInto royal domain of France
linked to: French royal domain
knownFor agriculture
pastoralism
language Franco-Provençal
Old French
locatedIn Massif Central region
linked to: Massif Central

central France
namedAfter Forez region
linked to: Forez
partOf France
Province of Lyonnais
precededBy Carolingian pagus of Forez
regionType rural region
religion Roman Catholicism
roughlyCorrespondsTo Loire department
ruledByDynasty House of Albon
House of Bourbon
House of Forez
sovereign Counts of Forez
linked to: Count of Forez
terrain hilly
mountainous
timePeriod Ancien Régime
Middle Ages

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Duchy of Auvergne borderedBy County of Forez
Forez province historicalCounty County of Forez