The Lieutenant of the Duchy of Aquitaine was an officer charged with governing the
Duchy of Aquitaine on behalf of the
King of England. Unlike the
seneschalcy of Gascony, the lieutenancy was not a permanent office. Lieutenants were appointed in times of emergency, due either to an external threat or internal unrest. The lieutenant had quasi-viceregal authority and so was usually a man of high rank, usually English and often of the royal family.
Aquitaine, a grand
fief in southwestern
France, was a possession of the English crown from 1154, when the Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony inherited the English throne, until it was finally conquered by the French at the end of the
Hundred Years' War (1453).
The Lieutenant of the Duchy of Aquitaine was an officer charged with governing the
Duchy of Aquitaine on behalf of the
King of England. Unlike the
seneschalcy of Gascony, the lieutenancy was not a permanent office. Lieutenants were appointed in times of emergency, due either to an external threat or internal unrest. The lieutenant had quasi-viceregal authority and so was usually a man of high rank, usually English and often of the royal family.
Aquitaine, a grand
fief in southwestern
France, was a possession of the English crown from 1154, when the Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony inherited the English throne, until it was finally conquered by the French at the end of the
Hundred Years' War (1453).