- Le Puiset
Le Puiset is a commune in the
Eure-et-Loir department in north-centralFrance . Its postal code is 28310.Demographics
As of
1999 it had a population of 371, and 174 households, 29.9% of which are two-person households. There are 191 homes, 98.6% of which are individual houses. The largest age group is 20-39 year olds, who make up 27% of the population; 49.9% of the total population is male and 50.1% is female. The commune covers 7.91 square kilometres. 176 people are employed, and the average income is € 21 810. 42.9% of households have two or more cars, far more than the national average of 30.3%. 22.4% of the population are students.Medieval lordship
In the
Middle Ages it was the site of a lordship within the County of Blois and Chartres. The lords descended from the counts of Breteuil, and often also held the position ofviscount ofChartres . They participated in theNorman Conquest and thecrusade s of the12th century , and were cousins of the dynasty of the Kings of Jerusalem.Lords of Le Puiset
*Guilduin, count of Breteuil, viscount of Chartres
*Evrard I, count of Breteuil, viscount of Chartres
*Evrard II, count of Breteuil, viscount of Chartres
*Hugh I Blavans, lord of Le Puiset, viscount of Chartres
*Evrard III, lord of Le Puiset, viscount of Chartres (died c.1099 on theFirst Crusade ; his brother Galeran of Le Puiset was regent of theCounty of Edessa )
*Hugh II, regent of Le Puiset, viscount of Chartres (1096 -1106 ),count of Jaffa (father of Hugh II of Jaffa)
*Evrard IV, lord of Le Puiset, viscount of Chartres (brother ofHugh de Puiset ,Bishop of Durham )
*Hugh IV, lord of Le Puiset, viscount of Chartres,Count of Bar-sur-Seine (died1189 )
*Milo IV, lord of Le Puiset , viscount of Chartres, count of Bar
*Simon de Rochefort, lord of Le Puiset, viscount of Chartresee also
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Communes of the Eure-et-Loir department ources
* [http://www.linternaute.com/ville/ville/donnee/20729/le_puiset.shtml Statistics, in French]
*John L. La Monte, "The Lords of Le Puiset on the Crusades", Speculum 17 (1942)"Based in part on the article in the French Wikipedia."
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