Poitou (disambiguation)

Look up Poitou in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Poitou is a former and historical province of France.

Poitou may also refer to:

Places

  • County of Poitou, a former and historical county of France
  • Poitou Marsh, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France; a marsh
    • Gulf of Poitou, that became the Poitou Marsh

Facilities and structures

People

  • Seneschal of Poitou, the administrator for the province of Poitou
  • Count of Poitou, the noble title for the county of Poitou
  • House of Poitou, a noble house of Aquitaine, France

Persons

  • Adelaide of Poitou (952–1004), Queen of the Franks
  • Georges Poitou (1926–1989), French mathematician
  • Philip of Poitou (died 1208), Bishop of Durham
  • Raymond of Poitou (1105–1149), Prince of Antioch
  • Roger de Poitou (died 1140), Anglo-Norman aristocrat

Other uses

  • Escadron de Transport 3/61 Poitou (English: 3/61 transport squadron "Poitou"), French aerospace squadron based in Orleans
  • Poitou donkey (the Poitou; French: baudet poitevine; baudet de Poitou; English: Poitevin donkey; Baudet de Poitou), a French breed of donkey
  • Poitou goat (the Poitou; French: chèvre poitevine; English: Poitevin goat), a French breed of goat
  • Poitou goose (the Poitou; French: oie poitevine; oie de Poitou; English: Poitevin goose), a French breed of goose; see List of goose breeds
  • Poitou mule (the Poitou; French: mule poitevine; English: Poitevin mule), a French crossbred mule

See also

Search for "poitou" on Wikipedia.
  • Poitou–Tate duality, in algebraic number fields
  • Poitou-Charentes, a former region of France
  • Rex du Poitou rabbit, a French breed of rabbit
  • All pages with titles beginning with Poitou
  • All pages with titles containing Poitou
  • Poitiers (disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term
Disambiguation icon
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Poitou.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.