Historical place archive

Ponthieu in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Ponthieu in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

5 records3 event labels4 people1064–1360

Historical events in Ponthieu

1064

1064
Shipwreck
Harold II · House of Wessex

Harold II is shipwrecked off Normandy at Ponthieu

1064
Shipwreck
William I the Conqueror · House of Normandy

Harold II, then Earl of Wessex, is shipwrecked off Normandy at Ponthieu

1281

23 May 1281
Rule of Ponthieu
Eleanor · House of Plantagenet

Under the Treaty of Amiens Philip III recognizes Eleanor as Countess of Ponthieu

1325

1325
Peerage
Edward III · House of Plantagenet

Created Count of Ponthieu

1360

1360
Rule of Ponthieu
Edward III · Hundred Years War

Under the Treaty of Bretigny Edward gains sovereignty over Ponthieu

Provenance

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