Aquitaine (Bella Gerant Alii)

The Duchy of Aquitaine is a nation that exists in the Bella Gerant Alii timeline. The duchy is consists mainly of land in the southwest of old France. The populace of the duchy were mostly Armagnac supporters from the Hundred Years War who resisted the Burgundian expansion into French territories. As a result, the duchy has close ties with Brittany.

Formation
The Duchy of Aquitaine was originally chartered as English lands at the end of the Hundred Years War. However, the Count of Bearn, father-in-law of a young daughter of Charles VII of France, gathered troops and support of the local nobility and declared an independent nation in the name of his unborn grandson, throwing back Burgundian armies at Toulouse and Limoges

Breton War
Aquitaine, under Francis II, gave military support to Brittany during the Second Breton War of Succession, concerning the marriage of the Breton heiress Anna and Maximilian I of Austria. Although victorious in the war, the Aquitanians lost their Duke, leading to the crowning of Francis III and rule under his mother - regent Marie of Angouleme.