County of Saintonge
| County of Saintonge Comté de Saintonge | |||||||||||||
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| 1371–1790 | |||||||||||||
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Location of Saintonge within the Kingdom of France in 1789 | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Saintes | ||||||||||||
| Demonym | Saintongeais, Saintongeais, Saintongeaise, Saintongeaises | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Type | Province | ||||||||||||
| King of France | |||||||||||||
• First | Charles V | ||||||||||||
• Last | Louis XVI | ||||||||||||
| Governor of Saintonge | |||||||||||||
• First | Jean II d'Angennes, Seigneur de Rambouillet | ||||||||||||
• Last | Duke of Uzès | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages / Early Modern | ||||||||||||
• Integrated into Kingdom of France | 1371 | ||||||||||||
• Decree dividing France into departments | 1790 | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | France | ||||||||||||
The County of Saintonge (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃tɔ̃ʒ]), historically spelled Xaintonge and Xainctonge, is a former province of France located on the west central Atlantic coast. The capital city was Saintes (Xaintes, Xainctes). Other principal towns include Saint-Jean-d'Angély, Jonzac, Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan, Royan, Marennes, Pons, and Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire.