Poitou
(pwä-tu´) (pron: pwah-too)
Capital: Poitiers (pron: pwah-tee-ay)
French annexation: 1453
Poitou was given to Alphonse de France, Count of Toulouse, by his father, King Louis VIII. This coat of arms comes from his mother, Blanche of Castille (Spain).
Information courtesy of State Historical Society of North Dakota