{"slug": "picardy", "label": "Picardy", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picardy", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1249603", "qid": "Q1249603", "description": "cultural region of France", "entries": 16, "years": 15, "span": [606, 1557], "span_label": ["606 CE", "1557 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 11}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "franks", "label": "Franks", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "september", "label": "September", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "austrasia", "label": "Austrasia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "francia", "label": "Francia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "neustria", "label": "Neustria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "charles-martel", "label": "Charles Martel", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "normandy", "label": "Normandy", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "francois-duke-of-guise", "label": "François, Duke of Guise", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "italy", "label": "Italy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "june", "label": "June", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lombards", "label": "Lombards", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duchy-of-benevento", "label": "Duchy of Benevento", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 606, "year_label": "606 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Queen Brunhilda pressures her grandson Theuderic II to go to war against his brother, Theudebert II of Austrasia. She puts Protadius, Mayor of the Palace, in charge of the Burgundian army. At the palace of Quierzy (Picardy), Theuderic assembles his army. The soldiers under Uncelen, Duke of Alemannia, refuse to fight against their countrymen, and declare that the king orders Protadius' death. He is killed by the Frankish warriors, and Theuderic is forced to sign a peace treaty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340802689#Europe", "title": "606", "revid": 1340802689, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 661, "year_label": "661 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King Chlothar III of Neustria and queen regent Balthild found Corbie Abbey in Picardy (northern France), giving it immunity from taxation, and visits from local bishops in exchange for prayer.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804600#Europe", "title": "661", "revid": 1340804600, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 718, "year_label": "718 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Soissons: King Chilperic II of Neustria and his mayor of the palace Ragenfrid, allied with Eudes, independent duke of Aquitaine, march on Soissons in Picardy (northern France) but an army of Frankish veterans under Charles Martel defeat the Neustrian allies, who sue for peace. Chilperic flees to the land south of the River Loire and Ragenfrid escapes to Angers. Charles diplomatically chooses not to execute the enemy leaders, and becomes undisputed dux Francorum, ending the Frankish civil war.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367661186#Western_Europe", "title": "718", "revid": 1367661186, "section": "Events › By place › Western Europe"}}, {"year": 741, "year_label": "741 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 22", "text": "October 22 – Charles Martel, Merovingian mayor of the palace, dies in his palace at Quirzy-sur-Oise (modern-day Picardy). His territories are divided between his adult sons Carloman and Pepin the Short, although the Frankish Kingdom has had no true king since the death of Theuderic IV (see 737). Lands to the east, including Austrasia and Alemannia (with Bavaria as a vassal) go to Carloman, while Pepin receives Neustria and Burgundy (with Aquitaine as a vassal). Grifo, youngest son of Charles, succeeds him as mayor of the palace, and probably receives a strip of land between Neustria and Austrasia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1322653390#Europe", "title": "741", "revid": 1322653390, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 774, "year_label": "774 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June", "text": "June – King Desiderius surrenders the independence of the Lombards to the Franks, and is exiled to Corbie Abbey (Picardy). Charlemagne annexes northern Italy as a sub-kingdom, and takes the title of Rex Langobardorum. Some Lombards flee south to Benevento, which remains independent; Duke Arechis II retitles himself \"Prince of Benevento\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848019#Europe", "title": "774", "revid": 1340848019, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1120, "year_label": "1120 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Order of Premonstratensians founded by Norbert of Xanten at Prémontré in Picardy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1298169999#Religion", "title": "1120", "revid": 1298169999, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1198, "year_label": "1198 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 27", "text": "September 27 – Battle of Gisors: Richard I defeats the French forces led by Philip II (Augustus) at Courcelles-lès-Gisors, in Picardy. Richard captures three castles on the border of the Vexin. The French troops, many of them mounted, crowd the bridge leading into Gisors Castle but it collapses beneath them. The French king is among those who plunge into the water in his armor. Many French knights drown, but Philip is pulled to safety.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365584676#England", "title": "1198", "revid": 1365584676, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1339, "year_label": "1339 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 3", "text": "3 December - England formally allied with County of Flanders. In the following months, they launched several small scale attacks on French forces in Picardy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1331871540#Events", "title": "1339 in France", "revid": 1331871540, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1369, "year_label": "1369 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September", "text": "September – Hundred Years' War: The French burn Portsmouth, England; the English raid Picardy and Normandy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371621472#July–September", "title": "1369", "revid": 1371621472, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1472, "year_label": "1472 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, invaded northern France during his conflict with King Louis XI of France. Burgundian forces ravaged Picardy and Normandy, burning towns and countryside to pressure the French crown.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1333256559#Events", "title": "1472 in France", "revid": 1333256559, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1522, "year_label": "1522 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 4", "text": "July 4 – Brought on ships across the English Channel, an English fleet and army under the command of Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, attacks Brittany and Picardy after landing at Le Dourduff-en-Mer, near Calais, and burns and loots the countryside.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372799978#July–September", "title": "1522", "revid": 1372799978, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1536, "year_label": "1536 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 24", "text": "July 24 – Three days after the arrival of the peacekeeping team in Lyon, and 15 days after the legation had met with the Holy Roman Emperor to avoid war, troops of the Holy Roman Empire invade France, crossing over the Var river from Nizza in Italy (now Nice in France) as well as invading Picardie with a second force.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366494676#July–September", "title": "1536", "revid": 1366494676, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1543, "year_label": "1543 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September", "text": "September–October – Landrecies in Picardy is besieged by forces under Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, but the siege is withdrawn on the approach of the French army.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369357899#July–September", "title": "1543", "revid": 1369357899, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1554, "year_label": "1554 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 12", "text": "August 12 – Battle of Renty: French forces led by François, Duke of Guise turn back an invasion of Picardy, by Charles V.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366649182#July–September", "title": "1554", "revid": 1366649182, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1554, "year_label": "1554 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 12", "text": "August 12 – Battle of Renty: French forces led by Francis, Duke of Guise turn back an invasion of Picardy by Charles V.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353736557#Events", "title": "1554 in France", "revid": 1353736557, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1557, "year_label": "1557 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 6", "text": "January 6 – Italian War of 1551–1559: Gaspard II de Coligny, the French governor of Picardy (in northern France), launches surprise attacks on Douai and Lens in the Spanish Netherlands and captures both cities for France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365955110#January–March", "title": "1557", "revid": 1365955110, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}