Place details
Place namePicardy
Other namesPicardie, Picardy historic region
CountryFrance
Latitude49.833
Longitude2.833
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Located in modern France; occupied by Salian Franks in the 5th century; never unified in feudal period; was often contested in Hundred Years' Wars 1337-1453; Valois family established military government here in 1350; taken by Burgundy in 1435; went to France in 1477; saw heavy fighting during World War I in Battle of Picardy in 1918; see also modern region of Picardie.
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