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Also Known As Gascogne • Vasconia

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Gavarnie
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Related Places

France: wine regions
Armagnac
historical region, France
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Lot-et-Garonne
department, France
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Pyrénées-Atlantiques
department, France
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Tarn-et-Garonne
department, France
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Gers
department, France
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Ariège
department, France
France
France
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Haute-Garonne
department, France
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Hautes-Pyrénées
department, France

Key People

Montfort, Simon de, earl of Leicester
Simon de Montfort, earl of Leicester
French noble
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Marcabru
Gascon poet-musician
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William IX
duke of Aquitaine and Gascony
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William X
duke of Aquitaine