Poitiers (disambiguation)

Poitiers is a city in France.

Poitiers may also refer to:

Places

• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Poitiers, France
• Arrondissement of Poitiers, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
• Canton of Poitiers (disambiguation)
• Grand Poitiers (), administrative unit in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
• County of Poitiers, Aquitaine; a county that became the province of Poitou, France

Facilities and structures

• University of Poitiers, Poitiers, Poitou, France
• Poitiers Campus, Sciences Po
• Poitiers–Biard Airport, Poitou, France
• Poitiers Cathedral, Poitiers, Poitou, France
• Poitiers station, Poitiers, Poitou, France; a train station
• Palace of Poitiers, Poitiers, Poitou, France

People

• Bishop of Poitiers, a position in the Roman Catholic Church
• Count of Poitiers, a noble title of Aquitaine, France
• House of Poitiers, a noble house of Gaul, Aquitaine, France
• House of Poitiers-Lusignan, a noble house of Aquitaine with kingships in several Crusader kingdoms

Persons

• Abra of Poitiers (343–360), Saint Abra

• Saint Agnes of Poitiers (died 586)
• Agnes of Poitou of House Poitiers (1025–1077, also Agnes of Poitiers), Holy Roman Empress
• Aliénor de Poitiers (1444–1509), Burgundian courtier
• Aymar VI de Poitiers (14th century), Count of Valentinois
• Diane de Poitiers (1500–1566), French noblewoman and courtier
• Ebroin of Poitiers (died 850), bishop and administrator of Poitiers
• Gilbert of Poitiers (1085–1154), theologian and logician
• Henry of Poitiers (1217–1217), Bailiff of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
• Hildegar of Poitiers (12th century), physician and mathematician
• Hilary of Poitiers (310–367), Bishop of Poitiers
• Hugh of Poitiers (died 1167), Benedictine monk and chronicler
• Jean de Poitiers (1475–1539), French nobleman
• John of Poitiers (died 1204), Roman Catholic prelate
• John of Poitiers-Lusignan (died 1343), Regent of the Kingdom of Cillicia
• Louis of Poitiers (disambiguation)
• Peter of Poitiers (1130–1215), theologian
• Peter of Poitiers (secretary) (12th century), monk and translator scribe
• Philip of Poitiers (disambiguation)
• Radegund of Poitiers (520–587), Thuringian princess and Frankish queen
• Raymond of Poitiers (1105–1149), Prince of Antioch
• Richard of Poitiers (died 1174), Benedictine monk and author
• William of Poitiers (disambiguation)

Military

• Battle of Vouillé (507; also called "Battle of Poitiers"), between the Franks and the Visigoths
• Battle of Tours-Poitiers (732; also called "Battle of Poitiers"), in the Umayyad Invasion of Gaul
• Battle of Poitiers (1356), in the Hundred Years War between England and France
• Siege of Poitiers (1569), French Wars of Religion

Other uses

• First Edict of Poitiers (1573), a treaty that ended the first of the Wars of Religion in France
• Edict of Poitiers (1577), a treaty between France and Huguenot princes
• The Battle of Poitiers (painting), an 1830 painting by Eugène Delacroix
• FC Poitiers, Poitiers, France; a soccer team

See also

• La Séquestrée de Poitiers (1849–1913), an adult woman kidnapped and confined by her mother
• Poitier (surname)
• Poitou (disambiguation)