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Gascony was a province of the southwestern Kingdom of France that succeeded the Duchy of Gascony. From the 17th century until the French Revolution, it was part of the combined Province of Guyenne and
Typical view of the hilly countryside of Gascony, with the Pyrenees mountains in the far distance
The Duchy was meant to hold sway over the Basques (Vascones).
Homage of Edward I (kneeling) to Philip IV (seated)
Charles de Batz de Castelmore, also known as d'Artagnan and later Count d'Artagnan, was a French soldier who served Louis XIV as captain of the Musketeers of the Guard. He died at the siege of Maastri
Gascony
…Middle Ages until today, the Gascon language has been spoken, usually classified as a regional variety of the Occitan language. Gascony is the land of d'Artagnan, who inspired Alexandre Dumas's character d'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers, as well as the land of Cyrano de Bergerac, the eponymous character of the…
Illustration from Courtilz de Sandras' novel Les mémoires de M. d'Artagnan.
Château de Castelmore
Statue of d'Artagnan in Maastricht
St Peter and Paul Church altar, where d’Artagnan may have been buried