Guyenne
Sign in to savethumb|France in 1477, when Guyenne (southwest) was a part of the royal domain thumb|The gouvernement général of Guyenne and Gascony in 1733 Guyenne or Guienne ( , ; ) was an old French province which corresponded roughly to the Roman province of Aquitania Secunda and the Catholic archdiocese of Bordeaux.
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thumb|France in 1477, when Guyenne (southwest) was a part of the royal domain thumb|The gouvernement général of Guyenne and Gascony in 1733 Guyenne or Guienne ( , ; ) was an old French province which corresponded roughly to the Roman province of Aquitania Secunda and the Catholic archdiocese of Bordeaux.
==Name== The name "Guyenne" comes from Aguyenne, a popular transformation of Aquitania. In the 12th century it formed, along with Gascony, the duchy of Aquitaine, which passed under the dominion of the kings of England by the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine to Henry II.