Duchy of Gascony

Duchy of Gascony Duché de Vasconie (French) Baskoniako Dukerria (Basque) Ducat de Gasconha (Occitan)
602–1453
Top: Flag during the France and Armagnac periods Bottom: Union Gascona (12th century) Coat of arms
The Duchy of Vasconia / Gascony (Green) in 1030
Capital	Bordeaux
Common languages	Gascon Basque Middle Latin
Religion	Catholic Christianity Basque paganism
Duke of Gascony / Duchy of Vasconia[1]
• 602	Genial
• 1009	Sancho VI William of Gascony
• 1052	William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine
• 1362	Edward the Black Prince
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Duke appointed by the Frankish kings	602
• Annexed by the Kingdom of France	1453
Preceded by Succeeded by Novempopulania Guyenne province County of Armagnac Kingdom of Navarre
Today part of	France Spain

The Duchy of Gascony or Duchy of Vasconia^[2] was a duchy located in present-day southwestern France and northeastern Spain, an area encompassing the modern region of Gascony. The Duchy of Gascony, then known as Wasconia, was originally a Frankish march formed to hold sway over the Basques. However, the duchy went through different periods, from its early years with its distinctively Basque element to the merger in personal union with the Duchy of Aquitaine to the later period as a dependency of the Plantagenet kings of England.

Gascony was under continuous English rule for approximately 300 years, from 1152 to 1453. Charles VII of France reconquered the territory as a final act of the Hundred Years' War and the northern part of the territory was annexed by the Kingdom of France in 1453. The corresponding portion within the Iberian Peninsula became the Kingdom of Navarre.