France, central region at the heart of the Massif Central covering approximately the modern departments of Cantal, Puy-de-Dôme and (parts of) Haute-Loire; bounded to the north by the duchy of Bourbon, the west by Limousin, the south by Viadene, the south-east by Gévaudan and the south-west by Quercy. Major towns: Clermont, Montferrand and Riom.
France, centre (modern departments of Corrèze, Creuse and Haute-Vienne); bounded to the north-east by La Marche, the east by Auvergne, the north-west by Poitou, the west by Périgord and Angoumois, and the south by Quercy. Principal city: Limoges, many of whose surrounding fortresses (including Chalusset, Rochechouart, Isle, Châlus, etc) were occupied by routier garrisons during the early 1370s.
Bernard de Ventadour (c. 1293 - 1389?), lord of Montpensier, second son of Èbles VIII de Ventadour and Marguerite de Beaujeu. He married Marguerite de Beaumont.
Bernard de Ventadour (c. 1293 - 1389?), lord of Montpensier, second son of Èbles VIII de Ventadour and Marguerite de Beaujeu. He married Marguerite de Beaumont.
Bernard de Ventadour (c. 1293 - 1389?), lord of Montpensier, second son of Èbles VIII de Ventadour and Marguerite de Beaujeu. He married Marguerite de Beaumont.
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