Le Puiset is a small commune of the Eure-et-Loir département of France. Its postal code is 28310. The commune is an administrative division of France. ... Eure-et-Loir is a French département, named after the Eure and Loir rivers. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties and are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas régions. ...

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. 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

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 of viscount of Chartres. They participated in the Norman Conquest and the crusades of the 12th century, and were cousins of the dynasty of the Kings of Jerusalem. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... The County of Blois was centred on Blois, south of Paris. ... A viscount is a member of the European nobility, especially of France, and of the British peerage, where a viscount ranks above a baron, below an earl (a count in France), and corresponds in Britain to the Anglo-Saxon shire reeve. ... Chartres is a city and commune of France, préfecture (capital) of the Eure-et-Loir département. ... Bayeux Tapestry depicting events leading to the Battle of Hastings The Norman Conquest was the conquest of the Kingdom of England by William the Conqueror (Duke of Normandy), secured in 1066 at the Battle of Hastings and the subsequent Norman control of England. ... This article is about historical Crusades . ... (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... This is a list of Kings of Jerusalem, from 1099 to 1291, as well as claimants to the title up to the present day. ...

See also: Communes of the Eure-et-Loir département

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 the First Crusade; his brother Galeran of Le Puiset was regent of the County 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 of Hugh de Puiset, Bishop of Durham)
• Hugh IV, lord of Le Puiset, viscount of Chartres, count of Bar (died 1189)
• Milo III, lord of Le Puiset, viscount of Chartres, count of Bar
• Simon de Rochefort, lord of Le Puiset, viscount of Chartres
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Sources

• Statistics, in French (http://www.linternaute.com/ville/ville/donnee/20729/le_puiset.shtml)
• John L. La Monte, The Lords of Le Puiset on the Crusades, Speculum 17 (1942)