Nivernais

Dictionary: Ni·ver·nais (nĭv'ər-nā', nē-vĕr-nĕ')

A historical region and former province of central France. A countship after the ninth century, it passed to various noble families before being incorporated into the royal domain by Louis XIV in 1669.

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Historical region, central France. Originally part of Burgundy, it became a county c. 10th century. Francis I of France made it a duchy in 1539 for Francis of Cleves. In 1659 it was sold to Cardinal Mazarin. His descendants possessed it until the French Revolution, when it was the last great fief to be reunited to the French crown. During the ancien régime it was administered from Nevers.

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Nivernais (nēvĕrnā'), region and former province, central France. It roughly coincides with Nièvre dept. Drained by the Loire and the Yonne, it is a hilly plateau, rising to the Morvan Mts. in the east. It has metallurgical, chemical, and livestock industries. Nevers is its chief town and historic capital. A county after the 10th cent., it passed (1384) through inheritance to Philip the Bold of Burgundy, and later, as a duchy, passed (1565) through a complicated succession to the house of Gonzaga. Cardinal Mazarin bought (1659) the title, which remained with his family even after Louis XIV incorporated (1669) Nivernais into the royal domain.

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Nivernais is former province of France, around the city of Nevers and the département of Nièvre.

The raw climate and soils cause the area to be heavily wooded.

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v • d • e Historic Provinces of France

Provinces in 1789	Alsace • Angoumois • Anjou • Artois • Aunis • Auvergne • Basse-Navarre • Béarn • Beaujolais • Berry • Bourbonnais • Burgundy • Brittany • Champagne • Corsica • Dauphiné • Flanders/Hainaut (Flanders & Hainaut) • Pays de Foix • Forez • Franche-Comté • Gascony • Guyenne • Île-de-France • Languedoc • Landau • Limousin • Lorraine • Lyonnais • Maine • Marche • Nivernais • Normandie • Orléanais • Perche • Picardy • Poitou • Provence • Roussillon • Saintonge • Touraine • Trois-Évêchés

After the Revolution	Avignon¹ and the Comtat Venaissin¹ • Montbéliard² • Mulhouse³ • Savoy⁴ • Nice⁴

¹ 1791. ² 1793. ³ 1798. ⁴ 1860.

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