Valois , historical region France , which gave its name to the second line of the Capetian dynasty; It corresponds to the southeast quarter of modern Departments Oise with a adjacent Part of Aisne. Among the Merovingian kings ( approx. 500–751) and their successors were the first Carolingians, the County of Valois or Pagus Vadensis with its capital Vez, an administrative district; in the post-Carolingian period it became a hereditary count. Dynastically linked to the Vexin (border region between Île-de-France and Normandy) in the early Capetian period, it passed to the House of Vermandois in 1077 with Crépy as its capital. In 1214 Philipp II Augustus of France annexed Valois to the royal domain. Philipp von Valois became king of France in 1328; His descendants ruled until 1589. Among them, Valois was a duchy held by members of the royal family. Louis XIII. , a Bourbon king, gave his brother Valois Gaston, Duke of Oréléans, 1630. Louis XIV There was again his brother Philippe, also a duke d'Orléans, 1661. The latter's descendants held it until the Revolution. In 1790, when France was redivided, it became Departments deleted .
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