Beaugency

Beaugency

France
      town, Loiret département, Centre région, north-central France. It lies on the right bank of the Loire River. The lords of Beaugency were powerful from the 11th to the 13th century. The first Council of Beaugency (1104) excommunicated Philip I, who had repudiated his queen and abducted and married the count of Anjou's wife. The second council (1152) annulled the marriage of Louis VII and Eleanor of Aquitaine, who later married Henry Plantagenet (Henry II) and gave almost all of southwestern France to the English crown. Beaugency was an important bridge crossing of the Loire, and the town's restored 13th-century 26-span bridge is still in use. The town fell to the English four times in the Hundred Years' War and was delivered by Joan of Arc (Joan of Arc, Saint) in 1429. In 1567 it was burned by the Protestants. In December 1870 the Germans defeated the French Army of the Loire northwest of the town. A nearby 15th-century château is a regional museum and has a massive 11th-century keep. A small service and tourist centre, the town also has some light industry. Pop. (1999) 7,106; (2008 prelim.) 7,648.

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