Rulers of France

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FRANCE
With the Frankish kings of the Merovingian dynasty increasingly dependent on their mayors of the palace,
real power in the Frankish kingdoms passed to the family of the mayor Charles Martel, the Carolingians. Ally of
the pope against the Lombards, Ppin the Short secured papal approval and seized the throne in 751. His son
Charles the Great (Charlemagne) expanded the Frankish kingdom by annexing Saxony, Bavaria, Italy and parts
of Spain, and was crowned emperor by the pope at Rome in 800. The tripartite division of the Frankish empire
between the sons of Louis the Pious in 840843 laid the foundation for the future French kingdom by assigning
Western Francia to Charles the Bald. Although he met with some success expanding his control to Lotharingia
(Lorraine) and Italy, his heirs had to make do with Western Francia, thereby setting the foundations of France.
Weakened by a series of succession crises, ceding power and lands to the nobility and inability to stem the raids
from abroad, the Carolingians were gradually displaced by the Robertians (later Capetians). By the time the
Capetians permanently established themselves on the throne with the accession of Hugues Capet in 987, they
themselves had lost a lot of their power and estates to their own vassals.
To monopolize the royal succession, Capetian kings associated their sons on the throne until the reign of
Philippe II. By the reign of Louis VI the king felt confident enough to intervene in the affairs of his nominal
vassals, and several of his successors, most notably Louis VII, Philippe II, and Louis IX, enhanced royal status by
participating in the Crusades. Philippe II successfully increased royal power and wealth by seizing many of the
French fiefs of his opponent, king John of England. Efficient royal bureaucracy was further developed under
Louis IX and then Philippe IV, who also called the first Estates General and defied the pope. The sonless deaths
of Philippe IVs sons created a crisis, as the throne was contested between his Valois nephew Philippe VI and his
English grandson Edward III. This was the origin of the Hundred Years War, which, in spite of the successes of
Charles V and Jeanne dArc, ended only in 1453. Louis XI endured a series of challenges by the feudal princes
with a combination of diplomacy and war, and asserted effective royal control over the kingdom, setting the
stage for the later development of royal absolutism. His policies brought under royal control much of the
patrimony of the Valois House of Burgundy and the Valois House of Anjou. From this increasingly secure
foundation, the next two kings, Charles VIII and Louis XII attempted to assert themselves as rulers in Italy (at
Naples and Milan), ultimately without lasting success.
On the extinction of the direct line of Valois kings, the throne passed successively to the lines of Orlans and
Angoulme, who capitalized on the centralization achieved by the last Valois, although Franois Is challenge to
the Holy Roman emperor Karl V was ultimately unsuccessful. A secular Renaissance culture flourished in this
period, particularly in the reigns of Louis XII and Franois I, whose building works include several of the
chateaux along the Loire. The Protestant Reformation plunged France into a protracted period of religious war
in the middle and second half of the 16th century. This ended when the Protestant Henri IV of BourbonVendme (Navarre) converted to Catholicism to be accepted as king in 1589, succeeding the extinct House of
Valois-Angoulme. Under Louis XIII and Louis XIV able royal ministers (Richelieu and Mazarin) crushed any
remaining religious and princely opposition, establishing royal absolutism. Louis XIV embarked upon an
ambitious program of territorial and dynastic expansion at the expense of his Habsburg neighbors in the Low
Countries and in Spain, which now passed into Bourbon hands. Simultaneously, the Bourbon kings and
contemporary nobles served as the patrons of culture, science, and the arts. The first French revolution
eventually toppled the Bourbon monarchy, only to necessitate its replacement by Napolon I Bonaparte as
emperor of the French. Although his domination of Europe was relatively brief, it led to lasting change in aspects
of French and European society, including the adoption of civil laws based on the Napoleonic Code. Following
a Bourbon restoration (and the assumption of the throne by a moderate junior branch, the Bourbon-Orlans), a
second republic mutated into a second empire under Napolon III. Captured in battle against the Prussians in
1870, Napolon III was deposed during his captivity and France has remained a republic ever since.
The royal title was king of the Franks (rex Francorum), later changed to king of France from the reign of
Louis IX. In 12851328 and 15891791 the monarchs title was king of France and Navarre, in 17911792
and 18301848 king of the French, in 18041815 and 18521870 emperor of the French, and in 1815
1830 king of France. The list below commences with the establishment of the Carolingian dynasty. Names
are presented in standard French forms, with standard German forms supplied in parentheses for the monarchs
down to the end of the Carolingian dynasty in 987.
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Kings of the West Franks, then of France

Carolingian House
751768 Ppin (Pippin), the Short son of Charles Martel; king of the Franks
768814 Charles I (Karl), the Great (Charlemagne) 1 son of Ppin; Italy 774781; emperor 800
& 768771 Carloman I (Karlmann) son of Ppin
+ Charles (Karl), the Younger son of Charles I; associated 790811
814833 Louis I (Ludwig), the Pious son of Charles I; Aquitaine 781817; Italy 817820;
emperor 813; deposed
833834 Lothaire I (Lothar) son of Louis I; emperor 817; Italy 820839; deposed
834840 Louis I (Ludwig), the Pious restored
840843 Lothaire I (Lothar) restored; deposed; Middle Francia 843855
843877 Charles II (Karl), the Bald son of Louis I; Aquitaine 832834 and 838845; Italy 875877;
emperor 875
877879 Louis II (Ludwig), the Stammerer son of Charles II; Aquitaine 866879
879882 Louis III (Ludwig), the Younger son of Louis II; in Neustria
& 879884 Carloman II (Karlmann) son of Louis II; in Aquitaine
884887 (to the emperor Karl III, the Fat, king of Germany and Italy, died 888)
Robertian House
888898 Eudes (Odo) son of marquis Robert the Strong of Neustria
Carolingian House
898922 Charles III (Karl), the Simple posthumous son of Louis II; rival since 893; deposed, died 929
Robertian House
922923 Robert I (Robert) brother of Eudes
Bosonid House
923936 Raoul (Rudolf) husband of Emma, daughter of Robert I; son of duke Richard of Autun
Carolingian House
936954 Louis IV (Ludwig), of Overseas son of Charles III
954986 Lothaire II (Lothar) son of Louis IV; associated 952
986987 Louis V (Ludwig), the Sluggard son of Lothaire II; associated 979
Capetian House
987996 Hugues, Capet son of duke Hugues the Great of the Franks, son of Robert I
9961031 Robert II, the Pious son of Hugues; associated 987
+ Hugues son of Robert II; associated 10171025
10311060 Henri I son of Robert II; associated 1027
10601108 Philippe I son of Henri I; associated 1059
11081137 Louis VI, the Fat son of Philippe I; associated 1098
+ Philippe son of Louis VI; associated 11291131
11371180 Louis VII, the Younger son of Louis VI; associated 1131
11801223 Philippe II, Auguste son of Louis VII; associated 1179
12231226 Louis VIII, the Lion son of Philippe II
12261270 Louis IX (Saint Louis) 2 son of Louis VIII 3
12701285 Philippe III, the Bold son of Louis IX
12851314 Philippe IV, the Fair son of Philippe III; Navarre 12841305
13141316 Louis X, the Stubborn son of Philippe IV; Navarre 13051316
Canonized as saint 1165.
3 In Mamlk captivity 1250.
1
2
1316 Jean I, the Posthumous posthumous son of Louis X; also Navarre

13161322 Philippe V, the Tall son of Philippe IV; also Navarre
13221328 Charles IV, the Fair son of Philippe IV; also Navarre
Capetian House of Valois
13281350 Philippe VI son of count Charles I of Valois, son of Philippe III
douard son of king Edward II of England by Isabelle, daughter of Philippe IV; rival
king 13401360; England 13271377
13501364 Jean II, the Good son of Philippe VI 4
13641380 Charles V, the Wise son of Jean II
13801422 Charles VI, the Mad son of Charles V
14221461 Charles VII, the Victorious son of Charles VI
Henri son of king Henry V of England by Catherine, daughter of Charles VI; rival
king 14221453; England 14221461 and 14701471; expelled, died 1471
14611483 Louis XI, the Prudent son of Charles VII
14831498 Charles VIII, the Affable son of Louis XI
Capetian House of Valois-Orlans
14981515 Louis XII son of duke Charles I of Orlans, son of duke Louis I, son of Charles V; Naples
15011504
Capetian House of Valois-Angoulme
15151547 Franois I son of count Charles III of Angoulme, son of count Jean, son of duke Louis I
of Orlans, son of Charles V 5
15471559 Henri II, the Bellicose son of Franois I
15591560 Franois II son of Henri II; Scotland 15581560
15601574 Charles IX son of Henri II
15741589 Henri III son of Henri II; Poland 15731575
Capetian House of Bourbon
15891610 Henri IV, the Great son of king Antonio of Navarre, son of duke Charles of Vendme,
son of count Franois, son of count Jean II, son of count Louis, son of count Jean I, son
of count Jacques I of La Marche, son of duke Louis I of Bourbon, son of count Robert
of Clermont, son of Louis IX; Navarre 15721610
16101643 Louis XIII, the Just son of Henri IV; Navarre 16101620 6
16431715 Louis XIV, the Great son of Louis XIII
17151774 Louis XV son of Louis, son of Louis, son of Louis XIV
17741792 Louis XVI son of Louis, son of Louis XV; deposed, died 1793
17921804 (1st republic)
Louis XVII son of Louis XVI; legitimist claimant 17931795
Emperors of the French (1st Empire)
House of Bonaparte
18041814 Napolon I son of Carlo Buonaparte; first consul 1799; emperor 1804; deposed
Kings of France
18141815 Louis XVIII brother of Louis XVI; legitimist claimant since 1795; deposed
In English captivity 13561360 and from 1364.
In Imperial captivity 15251526.
6 The kingdom of Navarre was integrated into the French royal domain in 1620, although the title king of
Navarre was retained by the kings of France until 1791.
4
5

Emperors of the French (1st Empire)
House of Bonaparte
1815 Napolon I restored; abdicated, died 1821
1815 Napolon II son of Napolon I; deposed, died 1832
Kings of France, then of the French
18151824 Louis XVIII restored
18241830 Charles X brother of Louis XVIII; abdicated, died 1836
1830 Louis XIX son of Charles X; abdicated, died 1844
1830 Henri V son of Charles-Ferdinand, son of Charles X; deposed, died 1883
Capetian House of Bourbon-Orlans
18301848 Louis-Philippe I son of duke Louis-Philippe II of Orlans, son of duke Louis-Philippe I,
son of duke Louis, son of duke Philippe II, son of duke Philippe I, son of Louis XIII;
abdicated, died 1850
1848 Louis-Philippe II son of Ferdinand-Philippe, son of Louis-Philippe I; deposed, died 1894
18481852 (2nd republic)
Emperors of the French (2nd Empire)
House of Bonaparte
18521870 Napolon III son of king Lodewijk I of Holland, brother of Napolon I; president of the
republic since 1848; emperor 1852; deposed, died 1873 7
rd
(3 republic 1870)
As part of the Carolingian Empire, the West Frankish Kingdom (future France) was greatly affected by the
feudal transformation of the 9th11th centuries. The list continues with a selection of French secular feudal
principalities, including most of those that attained the rank of peerage by the end of the 16th century and those
that provided monarchs in France or other countries. Although the first Capetian kings controlled directly less
territory than many of their theoretical vassals, with the reign of Philippe II the French king became the largest
feudal lord in the kingdom. Gradually the tendency of bringing feudal principalities into the royal domain
continued, and by the 16th century the vast majority of the kingdom was under direct royal control. Many of
the territories absorbed by the French royal domain were granted out as apanages to members of the royal family
(with the proviso that they revert to the royal domain on the extinction of the direct male line). It should be
noted that by the end of the Middle Ages many members of the nobility were given courtesy titles (often from
birth) that did not carry with them actual authority over the referenced territory: for example, Louis XIIIs son
Philippe, titled duke of Anjou from birth, but actually duke of Orlans, Valois, and Chartres (16601701), of
Nemours (16721701), and of Montpensier (16931701). The courtesy titles are not reflected in the lists of
feudal lords. The lists end in 1789, when apanages and feudal privileges were abolished in France. Actual use of
titles continued, and additional titles of nobility were created by the Bonaparte emperors in the 19th century.
ALBON (see Viennois under the KINGDOM OF BURGUNDY)
ALBRET
The lords of Albret (Labrit) were vassals of the dukes of Gascony, and claimed descent from a Carolingianperiod count of Bigorre. The chronology and genealogy of the earliest lords is uncertain down to the mid-12th
century. Profitable marriages led to the acquisition of the county of Prigord and the viscounty of Limoges,
7
In German captivity 18701871.

while that of Jean of Albret to queen Catalina of Navarre in 1484 elevated the house to royal rank. In 1550
Henri I of Albret, already king of Navarre, was promoted to duke of Albret. Through another marriage the new
duchy was acquired by the House of Bourbon-Vendme, which inherited the French throne in the person of
Henri IV in 1589. In 1607 the king merged his feudal possessions with the royal domain. In 1651 the duchy of
Albret was conferred on Frdric-Maurice de La Tour-dAuvergne in exchange for his principality of Sedan. His
descendants held the duchy until its abolition in 1789. The numbering of lords named Amanieu VI-VIII has
been corrected in light of the newly discovered distinction between Amanieu V and Amanieu VI.
Lords and dukes of Albret; peers 1556
House of Albret
:c.1050: Amanieu II son of (?) Bernard
:c.1097: Bernard-Ezy I son of Amanieu II
:c.1125: Amanieu III son of Amanieu II
:1140:1155 Bernard-Ezy II son of Amanieu III
:11551187: Amanieu IV son of Bernard-Ezy II
:11911209: Amanieu V son of Amanieu IV
:12101231: Amanieu VI 8 son of Amanieu V
:12401270: Amanieu VII son of Amanieu VI
1270:1280 Bernard-Ezy III son of Amanieu VI
1280c.1283 Mathe daughter of Bernard-Ezy III
c.12831294 Isabelle daughter of Bernard-Ezy III
& c.12901294 Bernard of Armagnac married Isabelle; son of count Graud VI of Armagnac; died 1319
12941324: Amanieu VIII son of Amanieu VII
:13261358: Bernard-Ezy IV son of Amanieu VIII
:13591401 Arnaud-Amanieu son of Bernard-Ezy IV
14011415 Charles I son of Arnaud-Amanieu
14151471 Charles II son of Charles I
14711522 Alain, the Great son of viscount Jean of Tartas, son of Charles II
15221555 Henri I son of king Juan III of Navarre, son of Alain; duke 1550; Navarre 15211555
15551572 Jeanne daughter of Henri; also Navarre
& 15551562 Antoine of Bourbon husband of Jeanne; son of duke Charles of Vendme; also Navarre
Capetian House of Bourbon-Vendme
15721607 Henri II, the Great son of Antoine and Jeanne; Navarre 15721610; France 15891610
16071651 (to France)
House of La Tour-dAuvergne
16511652 Frdric-Maurice son of prince Henri of Sedan
16521721 Godefroy-Maurice son of Frdric-Maurice
17211730 Emmanuel-Thodose son of Godefroy-Maurice
17301771 Charles-Godefroy son of Emmanuel-Thodose
17711789 Godefroy-Charles-Henri son of Charles-Godefroy; deposed, died 1792
(to France 1789)
ALBI (see Carcassonne)
In older lists Amanieu V and Amanieu VI are mistaken for the same person, affecting the numbering of
succeeding lords named Amanieu.
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ALENON
The lordship of Alenon was a vassal of its northern neighbor, the duke of Normandy, held in succession by
the Houses of Bellme and Montgommery. With the conquest of Normandy by the French king and the
extinction of the House of Montgommery in 1219, the territory was annexed to the French royal domain. In
1268 Pierre, a son of king Louis IX, was created count of Alenon and Perche. Shortly after his death in 1284
the county, which had returned to the royal domain, was granted out to Charles I of Valois, a son of king
Philippe III, in 1291. It remained under the control of a younger line of the Capetian House of Valois, and
became a duchy in 1414. On the extinction of the male line in 1525, the duchy was assigned on several
occasions as an apanage to members of the royal houses of Valois-Angoulme and Bourbon.
Lords and counts of Alenon
House of Bellme
c.10051027: Guillaume I son of Yves of Bellme
:1033c.1035 Robert I son of Guillaume I
c.10351048 Guillaume II, Talvas son of Guillaume I; deposed, died 1052
1048 Arnoul son of Guillaume II
10481070 Yves son of Guillaume I; bishop of Ses
10701079 Mabile daughter of Guillaume II
& 10701079 Roger of Montgommery husband of Mabile; son of Roger I of Montgommery; died 1094
House of Montgommery
10791112 Robert II, the Devil son of Roger and Mabile; deposed, died 1118?
11121171 Guillaume III, Talvas son of Robert II; count of Alenon
11711191 Jean I son of Guillaume III
1191 Jean II son of Jean I
11911217 Robert III son of Jean I
12171219 Robert IV posthumous son of Robert III
12191268 (to the France)
Capetian counts and dukes of Alenon; peers 1404
Capetian House of France
12681284 Pierre I son of king Louis IX of France
12911325 Charles I, of Valois son of king Philippe III of France, brother of Pierre I; Latin emperor
13011307
13251346 Charles II, the Magnanimous son of Charles I
13461361 Charles III son of Charles II; abdicated, archbishop of Lyon 13651375
13611367 Philippe son of Charles II; abdicated; archbishop of Rouen 13621375; cardinal, died 1397
13671404 Pierre II, the Noble son of Charles II
14041415 Jean I, the Wise son of Pierre II; duke 1414
14151473 Jean II son of Jean I; deposed 9
14611473 Jean II restored; deposed, died 1476
14781492 Ren son of Jean II 10
9
In exile during English occupation 14241449.

Imprisoned 14821483.
10
14921525 Charles IV son of Ren

Capetian House of Valois-Angoulme (France)
15251549 Marguerite widow of Charles IV; daughter of count Jean of Angoulme
& 15261549 Henri of Albret married Marguerite; son of king Juan III of Navarre; Navarre 15211551
House of Medici
15591566 Catherine wife of king Henri II of France, son of king Franois I, brother of Marguerite;
daughter of Lorenzo II de Medici; replaced, died 1589
15661584 Franois-Hercule (duc dAlenon) son of Catherine by king Henri II of France
Capetian House of Bourbon (France)
17101714 Charles V (duc de Berry) son of Louis, son of king Louis XIV of France
17751789 Louis-Stanislas-Xavier (comte de Provence) son of Louis, son of king Louis XV of France;
France 18141815, 18151824
(to France 1789)
AMBOISE
The lordship of Amboise in Touraine was a vassal first of the counts of Blois, then of the counts of Anjou.
The lords quickly built up a position of power, participated in the Crusades, and supported the king of France
against their English rivals. In 1397 the lord of Amboise inherited the viscounty of Thouars, but in 1431 his
successor was dispossessed by the king for treason. Although the family recovered some of its holdings and other
lines continued to serve the king, the lordship of Amboise remained united with the royal domain. The castle of
Amboise subsequently became one of the preferred royal holdings and residences on the Loire in the 15th and
early 16th centuries.
Lords of Amboise
House of Amboise
c.1060c.1081
c.10811129:
:11301153
11531190:
:11941218
1218c.1228
c.12281256
12561274
1274c.1303
c.1303:1322
:1322:1373
:13731424:
:14251431
Sulpice I son of Lisois of Bazoges, son of Hugues

Hugues I son of Sulpice I
Sulpice II son of Hugues I
Hugues II son of Sulpice II
Sulpice III son of Hugues II
Hugues III son of Sulpice III
Mahaut daughter of Sulpice III 11
Jean I son of Hugues, son of Hugues II
Jean II son of Jean I
Pierre I son of Jean II
Ingelger, the Great son of Pierre I
Pierre II son of Ingelger
Louis son of Ingelger of Rochecorbon, son of Ingelger; deposed, died 1469
(to France 1431)
Mahauts two husbands, viscount Richard of Beaumont-sur-Sarthre and count Jean II of Soissons, are not
usually reckoned among the lords of Amboise, but in principle would qualify as lords by right of their wife, in
12281242 and 1242:1256, respectively.
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AMIENS
The counts of Valois and Vexin also governed the county of Amiens (Aminois) in Picardy as vassals of the
local bishop. Subsequently Amiens passed to the houses of Coucy, Clermont, Vermandois, and Flanders. In
1185 the county was annexed to the royal domain, where it remained until ceded to the duke of Burgundy in
1435. Under Louis XI, Amiens returned under direct royal control in 1477.
Counts of Amiens
House of Laon?
910926 Raoul I son of (?) count Gautier of Laon
926941 Raoul II son of Raoul I; deposed, died 943
House of Vermandois
941944 Otton son of count Herbert II of Vermandois; deposed, died 946:
House of Montreuil
944945 Herluin son of count Helgaud of Montreuil
House of Laon?
945992: Gautier I son of (?) Raoul I
:9981017: Gautier II, the White son of Gautier I
:10241035 Dreux son of Gautier II
10351063 Gautier III son of Dreux 12
10631074 Raoul III, of Crpy son of count Raoul III of Valois, son of Gautier II
10741077 Simon son of Raoul III; abdicated, died 1081
10771085 Guy son of (?) Raoul III 13
& 10771085 Yves brother of (?) Guy
House of Boves (Coucy)
10851116 Enguerrand son of Dreux of Boves
11161118 Thomas, of Marle son of Enguerrand; deposed, died 1130
House of Vermandois
1118 Adlade daughter of count Herbert IV of Vermandois by Adle, daughter of Raoul III;
& 1118 Renaud of Clermont husband of Adlade; son of count Hugues of Clermont; died 1157:
House of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis
11181145: Marguerite daughter of Renaud and Adlade
& 11181127 Charles, the Good, of Denmark husband of Marguerite; son of king Knud IV of Denmark
& c.11281145: Hugues of Saint-Pol married Marguerite; son of count Hugues II of Saint-Pol
House of Boves (Coucy)
:11461151 Robert son of Thomas; husband of Batrix, daughter of Hugues and Marguerite; deposed,
died 1191
Capetian House of Vermandois
11511152 Raoul IV, the Valiant son of count Hugues of Vermandois by Adlade
11521156 Raoul V, the Leper son of Raoul IV; abdicated, died 1176
11561183 lisabeth 14 daughter of Raoul IV 15
In Norman captivity from 1063.
The comital succession in Amiens between 1077 and 1085 is not certain; another hypothesis attributes
authority to the bishop of Amiens, Guy.
14 Also named Mabile.
15 Whether lisabeth and Philippe entered into possession of Amiens at their marriage in 1156 or at the
abdication of Raoul V in 1167 is uncertain, but the former possibility seems more likely.
12
13

House of Alsace (Flanders)
& 11561185 Philippe husband of lisabeth; son of count Diederik of Flanders; deposed, died 1191
(to France 1185; to Burgundy 1435; to France 1477)
ANGOULME
The county of Angoulme (Angoumois) was originally a fief of the duchy of Aquitaine. In the late 9th and
early 10th century the House of Flavigny ruled the three adjacent counties of Angoulme, Prigord, and Agen at
the same time, sometimes divided among different family members. In the 11th century the counts adopted the
name Taillefer (Iron-cutter), based on the nickname of their ancestor, Guillaume I. It passed by marriage to
the Lusignans, who became extinct in the male line in 1308, leading to a personal union with the county of La
Marche. Isabelle and Jeanne, sisters and heiresses of the last Lusignan count, sold the county to the French king
Philippe IV. Thereafter Angoulme was granted out as an apanage on several occasions to members of the
Capetian family, most notably a branch of the House of Valois-Orlans. In 1515 the count of Angoulme
became French king as Franois I. The Angoulme, now promoted to duchy was afterwards granted out as an
apanage again to several members of the house of Valois-Angoulme and of Bourbon, including females and
legitimated royal issue. The last apanage holder lost his duchy in 1789 but later become king as Charles X.
Counts of Angoulme
House of Flavigny
866886
886916
916c.945
c.945c.950
c.950962
962975
975
975988
9881028
10281032
10321048
10481087
10871120
11201140
11401179
11791181
1181c.1186
c.11861202
12021246
& 12201246
House of Lusignan
12461250
12501270
12701303
13031308
13081309
& 13081309
13091317
Vulgrin I son of count Vulfard of Flavigny; count of Prigord, Angoulme, and Agen
Audouin I son of Vulgrin I
Guillaume I, Taillefer son of Audouin I
Bernard son of count Guillaume I of Prigord, son of Vulgrin I
Guillaume II, Talleyrand son of Bernard
Ramnulf, Bompar son of Bernard
Richard, the Foolish son of Bernard; deposed, died 992?
Arnaud, Manzer bastard son of Guillaume I; abdicated, died 989:91
Guillaume III, Taillefer son of Arnaud
Audouin II son of Guillaume III
Geoffroy son of Guillaume III
Foulques son of Geoffroy
Guillaume IV son of Foulques
Vulgrin II son of Guillaume IV
Guillaume V son of Vulgrin II
Vulgrin III son of Guillaume V
Guillaume VI son of Guillaume V
Aymar son of Guillaume V
Isabelle daughter of Aymar
Hugues I of Lusignan husband of Isabelle; son of Hugues IX of Lusignan by Mathilde,
daughter of Vulgrin III; died 1249
Hugues II son of Hugues I
Hugues III son of Hugues II
Hugues IV son of Hugues III
Guy son of Hugues III
Isabelle daughter of Hugues III; sold county, died 1309:
Jeanne daughter of Hugues III; sold county, died 1323
(to France)

Capetian counts and dukes of Angoulme; peers 1317
Capetian House of vreux
13171343 Philippe, the Good son of count Louis of vreux; Navarre 13281343
13431351 Charles I, the Bad son of Philippe; deposed; Navarre 13491387 16
House of la Cerda (Castile)
13511354 Charles II son of Alfonso de la Cerda, son of Fernando de la Cerda by Blanche, daughter
of king Louis IX of France
13541394 (to France 1354; to Aquitaine 1360, to France 1372)
Capetian House of Valois (Orlans)
13941407 Louis, of Orlans son of king Charles V of France
14071467 Jean son of Louis
14671496 Charles III son of Jean
14961515 Franois son of Charles III; France 15151547
House of Savoy
15151531 Louise of Savoy mother of Franois; daughter of duke Philippe II of Savoy; duchess
15401545 Charles IV (duc dOrlans) son of Franois
15821619 Diane legitimated daughter of king Henri II of France, son of Franois
16191650 Charles V legitimated son of king Charles IX of France, son of king Henri II
16501683 Louis-Emmanuel son of Charles V
16831696 Marie-Franoise daughter of Louis-Emmanuel
17101714 Charles VI (duc de Berry) son of Louis, son of king Louis XIV of France
17731789 Charles-Philippe (comte dArtois) son of Louis, son of king Louis XV of France; France
18241830; died 1836
(to France 1789)
ANJOU
What later became the county of Anjou (centered on the city of Angers) on the Lower Loire served as a
bastion against Breton and Viking raids in the 9th century, and had been entrusted to Robert the Strong, an
ancestor of the Capetian dynasty. Foulques I the Red, viscount of Angers, became count of Anjou by 929, the
title becoming hereditary for his descendants. The county expanded in the 11th century, acquiring, among other
holdings, Touraine (the area of Tours) to the east. On the extinction of the comital line in 1060, the county
was inherited by the House of Gtinais, which continued the expansionist policy of its predecessors, with
Foulques V taking over the county of Maine to the north in 1109. Profitable marriage alliances brought the
counts of Anjou to royal thrones in the 12th century: Foulques V became king of Jerusalem, while his grandson
Henri I became king of England. Dispossessing and defeating king John of England, Philippe II of France added
Anjou to the royal domain in 1204. In 1246 the county (together with Maine) was granted out as an apanage to
Charles, brother of king Louis IX, who went on to become count of Provence. Charles of Anjou and his
descendants used war, purchase, and dynastic marriages to acquire widespread possessions, including the thrones
of Sicily/Naples, Hungary, Poland, and the remnants of the Latin Empire of Constantinople, as well as a claim
to the kingdom of Jerusalem in Outremer. Charles II ceded the county to his son-in-law Charles of Valois in
1290, whose son and heir Philippe reunited Anjou with the royal domain upon becoming French king in 1328.
His grandson Louis I, promoted to duke of Anjou in 1360, founded the Valois House of Anjou, which became
16
In French captivity 13561357.

extinct in the male line in 1481, and its possessions reverted to the royal domain. The duchy was granted to
Franois Is mother Louise of Savoy, and then to younger sons of the French king in the 16th century.
Counts and dukes of Anjou; peers 1297
House of Angers
880886:
:898c.942
c.942958
958987
9871040
10401060
House of Gtinais
10601067
Ingelger son of Tertulle; viscount of Angers and Orlans

Foulques I, the Red son of Ingelger; count of Anjou by 929
Foulques II, the Good son of Foulques I
Geoffroy I, Greycloak son of Foulques II
Foulques III, Nerra son of Geoffroy I
Geoffroy II, Martel son of Foulques III
Geoffroy III, the Bearded son of count Geoffroy II Ferrol of Gtinais by Ermengarde,
daughter of Foulques III; deposed, died 1097
10671109 Foulques IV, the Surly brother of Geoffroy III
+ Geoffroy IV, Martel son of Foulques IV; associated 10981106
11091129 Foulques V, the Younger son of Foulques IV; abdicated; Jerusalem 11311143
11291151 Geoffroy V, the Fair son of Foulques V
11511189 Henri I (Henry II), Curtmantle son of Geoffroy V; England 11541189
+ Geoffroy VI son of Geoffroy V; associated 11561158
+ Henri II, the Younger son of Henri I; associated 11721183
11891199 Richard (Richard I), Lionheart son of Henri I; also England 17
11991204 Jean I (John), Lackland son of Henri I; deposed; England 11991216
Capetian House of Anjou
12461285 Charles I, of Anjou son of king Louis VIII of France; Naples 12661285 18
12851290 Charles II, the Lame son of Charles I; abdicated; Naples 12851309 19
12901314 Charles III, of Valois married Marguerite, daughter of Charles II; son of king Philippe III of
France, son of king Louis IX, brother of Charles I; Latin emperor 13011307; died 1325
13141328 Philippe son of Charles III; France 13281350
13321350 Jean II, the Good son of Philippe; France 13501364
Capetian House of Valois-Anjou
13511384 Louis I son of Jean II; duke 1360
13841417 Louis II son of Louis I
14171434 Louis III son of Louis II
14341480 Ren, the Good son of Louis II; king of Naples 1435 20
14801481 Charles IV son of count Charles IV of Maine, son of Louis II
House of Savoy
15151531 Louise daughter of duke Philippe II of Savoy
Charles Is older brother Jean had been intended to become apanage count of Anjou upon reaching his
majority, but died before doing so in 1232.
19 In Aragonese captivity until 1288.
20 In Burgundian captivity 14351437; French occupation of Anjou 14741476.
17
18

15661574 Henri-douard-Alexandre (duc dOrlans) son of king Henri II of France, son of king Franois I,
son of Louise by count Charles III of Angoulme; Poland 15731575; France 15741589
15761584 Franois-Hercule (duc dAlenon) brother of Henri-douard-Alexandre
(to France 1584)
AQUITAINE / GUYENNE
The southwestern portion of Gaul was known as Aquitania since Roman times. In 418, after having been
overrun by various Germanic tribes that moved on to Spain, much of Aquitaine was turned over the Visigoths,
settled at Toulouse as Roman federates. After the Frankish victory over the Visigoths at Vouill in 507 the
region was gradually taken over by the Franks by the 530s. At least one Merovingian kings of the Franks,
Charibert II, was specifically king of Aquitaine (629632), but after his death even the political history of the
region is unclear. By the early 8th century Aquitaine was ruled by an autonomous duke, Eudes, but he found
himself forced to seek the aid of Charles Martel, the Frankish mayor of the palace, to repel the Muslim invasion
of Gaul in 732. Eudes successors attempted to reassert their autonomy, but the ducal dynasty was ousted in
769. The Carolingian kings of the Franks turned Aquitaine into a sub-kingdom entrusted to junior members of
the ruling king of the Franks. Thus Charles I (Charlemagne) installed his son Louis I the Pious as king of
Aquitaine in 781 and later Louis installed his son Ppin in 817. The civil wars between Louiss sons destabilized
royal succession, especially in Aquitaine, but the kingdom was fully integrated into that of the West Franks
(France) by the 880s.
Although there were no further effective kings of Aquitaine, royal power was in decline and real authority
devolved to the local nobility. The counts of Poitou practically monopolized power in the region as dukes of
Aquitaine, although they were twice dislodged by their ambitious neighbors, the counts of Auvergne (in 893
928) and of Toulouse (in 935942). Dynastic marriages brought Gascony further south into the hands of the
dukes of Aquitaine first in 1038 and again, definitively, in 1052, so that by the early 12th century the duke of
Aquitaine governed the entire southwestern quarter of the kingdom of France. In 1064 duke Guillaume VIII
aided the Spanish Christians in recapturing Barbastro from the Muslims. Duke Guillaume IX not only aided
the Reconquista in Spain, but also participated in the follow-up to the First Crusade in 1101; his son Raymond
became prince of Antioch in 1136.
When Guillaume Xs daughter Alinor became duchess in 1137, her hand and duchy were claimed by her
feudal overlord, Louis VII of France. On their divorce in 1152 (because Alinor had not given birth to sons),
the duchess promptly remarried, to Henry II, who became king of England in 1154. For the next three centuries
the dukes of Aquitaine were simultaneously either the kings of England or the heirs to its throne. Although
other English holdings in France (including the county of Poitou) were lost in the early 13th century, the
southwestern section of Aquitaine (increasingly called Guyenne, centered on Bordeaux, and largely
corresponding to Gascony) remained under the control of the English kings until 1453, when it was finally
conquered by the French. After the brief reign of Charles, the younger brother of Louis XI of France, the duchy
ceased to exist as a separate administrative unit.
Dukes of Aquitaine; peers
House of Aquitaine
:715735
735742
742768
768769
21
Boggis duke of Aquitaine

Eudes son of Boggis
Hunold I son of Eudes; abdicated
Wafre son of Hunold I
Hunold II son of (?) Wafre; deposed, died 774 21
It is often suggested that Hunold I and Hunold II are the same person, restored to power.

Kings of Aquitaine
Carolingian House
769781 Charles I (Karl), the Great (Charlemagne) 22 son of king Ppin of the Franks; Franks 768814;
Italy 774781; emperor 800814
781817 Louis I (Ludwig), the Pious son of Charles I; emperor 813; Franks 814833 and 834840;
Italy 818820
817832 Ppin I (Pippin) son of Louis I; deposed
832834 Charles II (Karl), the Bald son of Louis I; deposed; France 843877; Italy 875877;
emperor 875
834838 Ppin I (Pippin) restored
838845 Charles II (Karl), the Bald restored; abdicated
845848 Ppin II (Pippin), the Younger son of Ppin I; deposed
848854 (to France)
854855 Ppin II (Pippin), the Younger restored; deposed, died 864:
855863 Charles III (Karl), the Child son of Charles II; deposed
863865 (to France)
865866 Charles III (Karl), the Child restored
866879 Louis II (Ludwig), the Stammerer son of Charles II; France 877879
879884 Carloman (Karlmann) son of Louis II; also France
(royal title merged with that of France 884)
Dukes of Aquitaine; peers
House of Poitiers
841866
866890
890893
House of Auvergne
893918
House of Razs
918926
926928
House of Poitiers
928935
House of Toulouse
935942
House of Poitiers
942963
963993
9931030
10301038
10381039
10391058
10581086
10861126
11261137
Ramnulf I son of count Gerard of Auvergne by Rotrude, daughter of king Louis I

Ramnulf II son of Ramnulf I; duke of Aquitaine
Ebles, Manzer bastard son of Ramnulf II; deposed
Guillaume I, the Pious son of count Bernard II of Auvergne
Guillaume II, the Younger son of count Acfred I of Razs by Adelinde, sister of Guillaume I
Acfred brother of Guillaume II
Ebles, Manzer restored
Raymond-Pons son of count Raymond II of Toulouse
Guillaume III, Towhead son of Ebles
Guillaume IV, Proudarm son of Guillaume III; abdicated, died 996
Guillaume V, the Great son of Guillaume IV
Guillaume VI, the Fat son of Guillaume V
Eudes son of Guillaume V
Guillaume VII, 23 the Brave son of Guillaume V
Guillaume VIII, 24 the Venerable son of Guillaume V
Guillaume IX, the Younger son of Guillaume VIII
Guillaume X, the Paladin son of Guillaume IX

Originally named Pierre.
24 Originally named Guy, called Guy-Geoffroy.
22
23
11371167 Alinor daughter of Guillaume X; abdicated, died 1204

& 11371152 Louis of France married Alinor; son of king Louis VI of France; divorced; France 11371180
& 11521167 Henri I (Henry II) married Alinor; son of count Geoffroy V of Anjou; England 11541189
House of Anjou (England)
11671199 Richard I, Lionheart son of Henri I and Alinor; England 11891199 25
11991216 Jean I (John), Lackland son of Henri I and Alinor; also England
12161254 Henri II (Henry III) son of Jean I; abdicated; England 12161272
12541306 douard I (Edward I), Longshanks son of Henri II; abdicated; England 12721307
13061325 douard II (Edward II) son of douard I; abdicated; England 13071327, died 1327
13251362 douard III (Edward III) son of douard II; abdicated; England 13271377
13621375 douard IV, the Black Prince son of douard III; abdicated, died 1376
13751377 douard III (Edward III) restored
13771390 Richard II son of douard IV; abdicated; England 13771399
13901397 Jean II, of Gaunt son of douard III; abdicated, died 1399
13971399 Richard II restored; deposed, died 1400
1399 Henri III (Henry IV) son of Jean II; abdicated; England 13991413
13991422 Henri IV (Henry V) son of Henri III; England 14131422
14221453 Henri V (Henry VI) son of Henri IV; England 14221461 and 14701471, died 1471
Capetian House of Valois (France)
14691472 Charles son of king Charles VII of France
(to France 1472)
ARMAGNAC
The county of Armagnac in Gascony was part of Fezensac until 960, when it passed to a younger son,
Bernard I. In the 12th century his successors acquired Fezensac, and on the extinction of the male line, both
counties were inherited by the House of Lomagne. In the mid-13th century the counts also inherited the county
of Rodez, which nearly doubled their possessions. Bernard VII, constable of France, headed the Armagnac
faction at the French court in the early 15th century, defending the interests of France and Orlans against
England and Burgundy. The inheritance passed to the Valois duke of Alenon, then to the kings of Navarre. In
1607, already king of France, Henri IV integrated Armagnac into the royal domain. In 1645 the county was
granted to count Henri of Harcourt, a younger son of duke Charles I of Elbeuf.
Counts of Armagnac
House of Gascony
960995
995:1011
:10111061
10611095
1095c.1110
c.11101160
11601193
11931215
House of Lomagne
12151219
25
Bernard I, the Suspicious son of count Guillaume of Fezensac

Graud I, Trancalon son of Bernard I
Bernard II, Tumapaler son of Graud I; abdicated, died 1064:90
Graud II son of Bernard II
Bernard III son of Graud II
Graud III son of Bernard III
Bernard IV son of Graud III
Graud IV son of Bernard IV
Graud V son of viscount Bernard of Fzensaguet, son of Odon I of Firmacon by Mascarose,
daughter of Graud III
12191241 Pierre son of Graud V

12411243 Bernard V son of Graud V
12431245 Mascarose I daughter of Graud V 26
& 12431245 Arnaud of Lomagne husband of Mascarose I; son of viscount Odon V of Lomagne; died 1264:7
12451256 Mascarose II daughter of Arnaud and Mascarose I
& 12551256 Eschivat of Chabanais married Mascarose II; son of Jourdain of Chabanais; died 1283
12561280 Graud VI son of viscount Roger of Fzensaguet, brother of Graud V
12801319 Bernard VI son of Graud VI
13191373 Jean I son of Bernard VI
13731384 Jean II, the Hunchback son of Jean I
13841391 Jean III son of Jean II
13911418 Bernard VII son of Jean II
14181450: Jean IV son of Bernard VII 27
:14511473 Jean V son of Jean IV 28
14731497 Charles I son of Jean IV 29
Valois House of Alenon
14971525 Charles II son of duke Ren of Alenon, son of duke Jean II by Marie, daughter of Jean IV
House of Albret
15271555 Henri I married Marguerite of Angoulme, widow of Charles II; son of king Juan III of
Navarre; Navarre 15211555
15551572 Jeanne daughter of Henri I; also Navarre
Bourbon House of Vendme
15721607 Henri II son of Antoine and Jeanne; Navarre 15721610; France 15891610
House of Lorraine-Vaudmont (Harcourt)
16451666 Henri III son of duke Charles I of Elbeuf
16661718 Louis son of Henri III
17181751 Charles III son of Louis
17511761 Louis-Charles son of count Louis of Brionne, son of count Henri, son of Louis
17611789 Charles-Eugne son of Louis-Charles; deposed, died 1825
(to France 1789)
ARTOIS
The county of Artois originally belonged to the counts of Flanders. By the Treaties of Arras (1191) and
Pronne (1200) the French king Philippe II obtained Artois as the dowry of his wife Isabelle of Flanders, and
annexed it to the royal domain. The counts of Flanders abandoned their claims to Artois definitively at the
Treaty of Melun in 1226. In 1237 the French king Louis IX gave Artois as an apanage to his brother Robert I,
in accordance with their fathers will. On the death of Robert II in 1302, there followed an acrimonious dispute
over the county between his daughter and grandson, with the court deciding in favor of the countess Mahaut.
For the next century the county tended to pass to female heiresses and their husbands, until finally coming to
The chronology of the period 12411255 is very uncertain: it is possible that Mascarose II succeeded directly
to her uncle Bernard V in 1245/1246 and Graud VI followed by 1254.
27 In French captivity 14431446.
28 In exile during French occupation 14551461 (formally dispossessed 14601461).
29 In French captivity 14721484 (formally dispossessed 14811484).
26

the Valois House of Burgundy. On the death of Charles the Rash in 1477, the French king Louis XI claimed
the Artois as part of the Burgundian succession. Charles son-in-law Maximilian of Austria only surrendered his
claims in 1482, and then on condition of a marriage alliance between his daughter and the French kings son.
When this marriage failed to occur, Artois was returned to the Habsburg heirs of Charles the Rash by the Treaty
of Senlis in 1493. After this Artois remained united with what became the Spanish Netherlands until 1640,
when it was occupied by France. Spain acknowledged French possession in the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659.
Counts of Artois; peers 1297
12371250 Robert I, the Good son of king Louis VIII of France
12501302 Robert II, the Noble posthumous son of Robert I
13021329 Mahaut daughter of Robert II
& 13021303 Othon of Burgundy husband of Mahaut; son of count Hugues of Burgundy
Robert III son of Philippe, son of Robert II; rival 13021309, died 1342
House of Ivrea (Chalon)
13291330 Jeanne I daughter of Othon and Mahaut
13301347 Jeanne II daughter of Jeanne I by king Philippe V of France
& 13301347 Eudes of Burgundy husband of Jeanne II; son of duke Robert II of Burgundy; died 1349
Capetian House of Burgundy
13471361 Philippe I, of Rouvres son of Philippe, son of Eudes and Jeanne
13611382 Marguerite I daughter of Jeanne I by king Philippe V of France
House of Dampierre (Flanders)
13821384 Louis of Mle son of Marguerite I by count Lodewijk I of Flanders
13841405 Marguerite II daughter of Louis
& 13841404 Philippe II of Burgundy husband of Marguerite II; son of king Jean II of France
Capetian House of Valois (Burgundy)
14051419 Jean, the Fearless son of Philippe II and Marguerite II
14191467 Philippe III, the Good son of Jean
14671477 Charles I, the Rash son of Philippe III
14771482 Marie daughter of Charles I 30
& 14771482 Maximilien married Marie; son of emperor Friedrich III; Empire 14931519
House of Habsburg (Austria)
14931506 Philippe IV, the Handsome son of Maximilien and Marie; Castile 15041506
15061549 Charles II (Carlos I) son of Philippe IV; abdicated; Castile 15061556; Aragn and Sicily
15161556; Naples 15161554; Empire 15191556; died 1558
(to the Spanish Netherlands 1549; to France 1640)
ASTARAC
The county of Astarac, like neighboring Fezensac and Armagnac to its west, was part of the duchy of
Gascony, and was granted to a younger son of duke Garcia II. In the early 13th century, the county seems to
have passed to the House of Bigorre, then in quicker succession to those of Grailly, and Nogaret. With the end
of the line of succession, Astarac was adjudicated to the House of Roquelaure, which was inherited by that of
Rohan-Chabot. The chronology and even succession down to the early 13th century is not very clear.
30
In exile during French occupation 14771479.
Counts of Astarac
House of Gascony
926c.960
c.960:975
:9751022:
:1023c.1060:
:1075c.1099:
c.1099::1124
:11241142
11421169:
:c.11721176:
:11871191:
& :11871191:
1191:1200:
& 1191:?
& ?1200:
House of Bigorre?
:1210:1243
:12431249
12491291
12911300
13001326:
1326:1331
1331c.1368
c.13681398
13981410
14101458
14581511
15111536
& 15111536
Arnaud I, Nonnat son of duke Garcia of Gascony

Garcia son of Arnaud I
Arnaud II son of Garcia
Guillaume I son of Arnaud II
Sanche I son of Guillaume I
Guillaume II son of Sanche I
Bernard I son of Sanche I
Sanche II son of Bernard I
Bohmond son of Bernard I
Marquise daughter of Bohmond
Ximene husband of Marquise
Batrice daughter of Bohmond
Rodrigue husband of Batrice; son of Ximene
Vital de Montgut married Batrice
Centule I son of (?) Bonnefemme, daughter of Bohmond

Centule II son of Centule I
Bernard II son of Centule I
Centule III son of Bernard II
Bernard III son of Centule III
Amanieu son of Bernard III
Centule IV son of Amanieu
Jean I son of Centule IV
Jean III son of Jean II
Jean IV son of Jean III
Mathe daughter of Jean IV; abdicated, died 1555
Gaston of Grailly husband of Mathe; son of Gaston II of Grailly, son of Jean, son of
count Gaston of Longueville, son of count Archambaud of Foix
House of Grailly (Foix)
15361571 Frdric son of Gaston and Mathe
15711572 Henri son of Frdric
15721593 Marguerite daughter of Henri
& 15871593 Jean-Louis de Nogaret married Marguerite, died 1642
House of Nogaret
15931661 Bernard IV son of Jean-Louis and Marguerite
House of Roquelaure
16611683 Gaston-Jean-Baptiste son of Antoine de Roquelaure
16831738 Antoine-Gaston son of Gaston-Jean-Baptiste
17381741 Franoise daughter of Antoine-Gaston
& 1738 Louis-Bretagne-Alain of Rohan husband of Franoise; son of duke Louis of Rohan
House of Rohan-Chabot
17411789 Louis-Marie son of Louis-Bretagne-Alain and Franoise; deposed, died 1801
(to France 1789)

AULNAY
The viscounty of Aulnay (less accurately Aunay) was located in-between Poitou and Saintonge. It was
governed by its own dynasty from the 10th until the 13th century, when it was inherited first by the House of
Rancon, then by that of Mortagne-sur-Gironde. In the 14th century the English temporarily dispossessed the
viscounts, who had sided with France. Aulnay was annexed to the royal domain in 1506, on account of the
debts of the last viscount, Christophe of Montbron, whose family had governed the viscounty for the last
century. The genealogy of the House of Mortagne is particularly uncertain.
Viscounts of Aulnay
House of Aulnay
:925948:
:959967:
:9891010:
:10161026:
:10261031:
:10401070:
:10721098:
:11011130:
Cadelon I son of (?) Maingaud; viscount of Aulnay

Cadelon II son of (?) Cadelon I
Cadelon III son of Cadelon II
Cadelon IV son of Cadelon III
Constantin son of Cadelon III
Guillaume I son of Cadelon IV
Cadelon V son of Guillaume I
Guillaume II, Asselli son of Cadelon V
Cadelon VI son of (?) Guillaume II
Guillaume III, Amanerii son of Cadelon VI
Guillaume IV son of Guillaume III
Jeanne daughter of Guillaume III
:1199:
:1201:
:12031235
House of Rancon
& :12031258 Geoffroy I husband of Jeanne; son of Geoffroy IV of Rancon
12581263 Geoffroy II son of Geoffroy I
House of Mortagne
12631305: Geoffroy III son of Benot III of Mortagne by lonore, daughter of Gdouin of Dou by
daughter of Geoffroy I and Jeanne
Pons I son of Geoffroy III
:13171354 Pons II (Ponson) son of Pons I
13541385 Marguerite daughter of Pons II
& 13541356 Jean I of Clermont husband of Marguerite; son of Raoul IV of Clermont
& :13591385 Jean II La Personne married Marguerite; son of viscount Jean I of Acy; died 1404
House of Clermont-Nesle (Chantilly)
1385c.1406 Jean III son of Jean I and Marguerite
House of Montbron (or Montbron)
c.14061468 Franois I husband of Louise, daughter of Jean III; son of Jacques of Montbron;
14681476 Franois II son of Franois I
14761502: Eustache son of Franois II
1502:1506 Christophe son of Eustache; deposed, died 1519
(to France 1523)
AUMALE
Originally part of the county of Ponthieu on the Channel, Aumale was taken over by Guillaume II, duke of
Normandy (William I as king of England), in 1063. In 1069 he granted the county of Aumale to his nephew
Eudes of Blois. In 1194 the French king Philippe II confiscated Aumale and granted it, a decade later, to his

friend Renaud of Dammartin, who soon turned over the county to his brother. The Dammartins deserted to
the English, and Philippe II, victorious at Bouvines, granted Aumale to his own son in 1214. The House of
Dammartin recovered the county in 1234, but it passed by marriage to the king of Castile. He left it to one of
his younger sons, whose descendant brought it by marriage to the House of Harcourt. Further marriages
brought Aumale to the houses of Lorraine (Guise) and Savoy. In 1547 Aumale was promoted to duchy. Finally,
in 1686, the duchess of Aumale sold the duchy to Louis-Auguste, a legitimated son of the French king Louis
XIV. This branch of the Bourbon dynasty retained Aumale until the French Revolution.
Counts and dukes of Aumale; peer 1776
House of Blois
10691115
Eudes husband of Adle, daughter of duke Robert I of Normandy; son of count tienne II
of Blois
11151127 tienne son of Eudes
11271179 Guillaume I, the Fat son of tienne
11791194 Hawise daughter of Guillaume I; deposed, died 1214
& 11801189 Guillaume II of Mandeville married Hawise; son of Geoffrey of Mandeville, 1st earl of Essex
& 11901194 Guillaume III of Forts married Hawise; deposed, died 1195
House of Dammartin
12041206 Renaud son of count Aubry III of Dammartin; abdicated, died 1227
12061214 Simon brother of Renaud; deposed
12141234 Philippe, Hurepel son of king Philippe II of France; married Mathilde, daughter of Renaud 31
House of Dammartin
12341239 Simon restored
12391252 Jeanne daughter of Simon; abdicated, died 1278
& 12391252 Ferdinand I husband of Jeanne; son of king Alfonso IX of Len; Castile 1217, Len 1230
House of Castile
12521261: Ferdinand II son of Ferdinand I and Jeanne
:12641302 Jean I son of Ferdinand II
13021340: Jean II son of Jean I
:13421387 Blanche daughter of Jean II
& :13421356 Jean III of Harcourt husband of Blanche; son of count Jean IV of Harcourt
House of Harcourt
13871388 Jean IV son of Jean III and Blanche
13881452 Jean V son of Jean IV 32
+ Jean VI son of Jean V; associated 14111424
House of Lorraine-Vaudmont
14521458 Antoine husband of Marie, daughter of Jean V; son of count Ferry I of Vaudmont
14581473 Jean VII son of Antoine
14731508 Ren son of count Ferry II of Vaudmont, son of Antoine
15081550 Claude I son of Ren; duke 1547
15501573 Claude II son of Claude I
15731595 Charles son of Claude II; deposed, died 1631
16181638 Anne daughter of Charles
31
32
The marriage was actually concluded in 1216.

In English captivity 1415; in exile during English occupation 14181449.
& 16181632 Henri I of Savoy husband of Anne; son of duke Jacques of Nemours
House of Savoy (Nemours)
16381641 Louis son of Henri I and Anne
16411652 Charles-Amde son of Henri I and Anne
16521659 Henri II son of Henri I and Anne; archbishop of Reims 16511657
16591686 Marie-Jeanne-Baptiste daughter of Charles-Amde; sold duchy, died 1724
16861736 Louis-Auguste (duc du Maine) legitimated son of king Louis XIV of France
17361773 Louis-Charles son of Louis-Auguste; sold duchy, died 1775
17761789 Louis-Jean-Marie son of Louis-Alexandre (comte de Toulouse), brother of Louis-Auguste;
deposed, died 1793
(to France 1789)
AUTUN (see Burgundy)
AUVERGNE
The county of Auvergne in what is now central France was entrusted to a long line of appointed counts and
dukes under the Merovingian and Carolingian kings of the Franks. Starting in the mid-9th century the county,
like many others, showed signs of becoming a hereditary principality, and under the House of Autun the rulers
of Auvergne attempted to extend their control to Aquitaine and Septimania. However, even possession of
Auvergne itself soon came to be contested among several rival houses, most notably those of Toulouse and
Aquitaine. In the late 10th century the viscount of Clermont and Auvergne, Guy I, proclaimed himself count by
the Grace of God, establishing a long-lasting line of counts. In c.1155 Auvergne and its ruling dynasty were split
between the counts of Auvergne and the counts of Clermont-Ferrand (which was actually governed by its
bishop), called the dauphins of Auvergne. The county of Auvergne (much of it alienated by the duke of Berry in
1380) was inherited by the House of La Tour in 1437, by Catherine of Medici in 1524, and then by her
descendants. It was united to the royal domain in 1610. The Dauphin of Auvergne passed to the House of
Bourbon-Montpensier in 1428, before being joined to the royal domain in 1523, and then detached again in
favor of the House of Bourbon-Vendme in 1539. It passed to the duke of Orlans in 1693.
The bulk of Auvergne, however, had already been confiscated from count and dauphin by the French king
Philippe II in 1195, as punishment for their almost continuous harassment of the bishops of Clermont. This
territory, called the Terre dAuvergne, was separated from the royal domain as a duchy for Louis VIIIs son
Alphonse of Poitiers in 12261271, and then again for Jean IIs son Jean of Berry in 1360. The latters
descendants ruled the duchy until 1523, when it was reunited with the royal domain. It was subsequently
granted out as an apanage to members of the royal family on several brief occasions until 1778.
Counts of Auvergne
House of Mcon
846868
868869
House of Autun
869886
886918
House of Razs
918926
926927
Bernard I son of count Gurin of Mcon; count of Auvergne

Gurin son of Bernard I
Bernard II, Hairyfoot husband of Ermengarde, daughter of Bernard I; son of marquis
Bernard I of Septimania
Guillaume I, the Pious son of Bernard II
Guillaume II, the Younger son of count Acfred I of Razs by Adelinde, daughter of Bernard II
Acfred brother of Guillaume II

House of Poitiers (Aquitaine)
927932 Ebles, Manzer bastard son of duke Ramnulf II of Aquitaine; deposed, died 934
House of Rouergue (Toulouse)
932942 Raymond-Pons son of count Raymond II of Toulouse
942963 Guillaume III, Towhead son of Ebles
963979 Guillaume IV, Ironarm son of Guillaume III; abdicated, died 994 33
House of Clermont
979c.989 Guy I son of viscount Robert II of Clermont
c.989c.1016 Guillaume V brother of Guy I
c.1016c.1032 Robert I son of Guillaume V
c.10321059: Guillaume VI son of Robert I
:10641096 Robert II son of Guillaume VI
1096c.1136 Guillaume VII son of Robert II
c.1136c.1147 Robert III son of Guillaume VII
c.1147c.1155 Guillaume VIII, the Younger son of Robert III; dauphin of Auvergne c.1155c.1169
c.1155c.1182 Guillaume IX, the Elder son of Guillaume VII
c.1182c.1194 Robert IV son of Guillaume IX
c.11941195: Guillaume X son of Robert IV
:11971213 Guy II son of Robert IV; deposed, died 1222
12291246 Guillaume XI son of Guy II; restored in Vic-le-Comte
12461277 Robert V son of Guillaume XI
1277 Guillaume XII son of Robert V
12771317 Robert VI son of Robert V
13171325 Robert VII, the Great son of Robert VI
13251332 Guillaume XIII son of Robert VII
13321360 Jeanne I daughter of Guillaume XIII
& 13381346 Philippe I married Jeanne I; son of duke Eudes IV of Burgundy
& 13501360 Jean I, the Good married Jeanne I; son of king Philippe VI of France; France 13501364 34
13601361 Philippe II of Rouvres son of Philippe I and Jeanne I
House of Clermont
13611386 Jean II son of Robert VII
14041423 Jeanne II daughter of Jean III
& 14041416 Jean IV of Berry husband of Jeanne II; son of Jean I
& 14161423 Georges of La Trmoille married Jeanne II; son of Guy VI of La Trmoille; died 1446
14231437 Marie daughter of Godefroy, son of Robert VII
14371461 Bertrand I son of Marie by Bertrand IV of La Tour
14611494 Bertrand II son of Bertrand I
The period 963979 was traditionally associated with domination by count Guillaume III of Toulouse, who
was believed to have reigned there since 950; recent research places his accession in Toulouse in 978 at the
earliest, which allows us to conjecture that Auvergne remained under the domination of the dukes of Aquitaine
until 979.
34 In English captivity from 1356.
33
14941501
15011524
& 15051524
Jean V son of Bertrand II

Anne daughter of Jean V
Jean VI Stuart of Albany married Anne; son of duke Alexander of Albany 35 by Anne,
daughter of Bertrand II; died 1536
House of Medici
15241589 Catherine daughter of Lorenzo II of Florence by Madeleine, daughter of Jean V
15891605 Charles legitimated son of king Charles IX of France, son of Catherine by king Henri II;
deposed, died 1650
16061608 Marguerite daughter of Catherine by king Henri II of France; abdicated, died 1615
16081610 Louis son of king Henri IV of France; France 16101643
(to France 1610)
Counts of Clermont(-Ferrand) in Vodable, dauphins of Auvergne
House of Clermont
c.1155c.1169 Guillaume I, the Younger son of count Robert III of Auvergne; count of Auvergne c.1147c.1155
c.11691235 Robert I (Dauphin) son of Guillaume I
12351239: Guillaume II son of Robert I
:12401262 Robert II son of Guillaume II
12621282 Robert III son of Robert II
12821324 Robert IV son of Robert III
13241352 Jean son of Robert IV
13521356 Braud I son of Jean
13561400 Braud II, the Great Dauphin son of Braud I
14001426 Braud III son of Braud II
14261436 Jeanne daughter of Braud III
Capetian House of Bourbon (Montpensier)
& 14281486 Louis I of Bourbon married Jeanne; son of duke Jean I of Bourbon
14861496 Gilbert son of Louis I
14961501 Louis II son of Gilbert
15011523 Charles, the Constable son of Gilbert; deposed, died 1527
Capetian House of Bourbon (Vendme)
15391582 Louis III son of prince Louis of La Roche-sur-Yon by Louise, daughter of Gilbert
15821592 Franois son of Louis III
15921608 Henri son of Franois
16081627 Marie daughter of Henri
& 16261627 Gaston married Marie; son of king Henri IV of France; died 1660
16271693 Anne-Marie-Louise daughter of Gaston and Marie
(to Orlans 1693)
Dukes of Auvergne; peers 1528
12261271 Alphonse, of Poitiers son of king Louis VIII of France
35
Son of king James II of Scotland.

13601416 Jean I, of Berry son of king Jean II of France
14161434 Marie daughter of Jean I
& 14161434 Jean II of Bourbon husband of Marie; son of duke Louis II of Bourbon 36
14341456 Charles I son of Jean II and Marie
14561488 Jean III son of Charles I
1488 Charles II son of Charles I; archbishop of Lyon 14441488; deposed, died 1488
14881503 Pierre, of Beaujeu son of Charles I
15031521 Suzanne daughter of Pierre
& 15051523 Charles III, the Constable married Suzanne; son of count Gilbert of Montpensier, son of
count Louis I, son of Jean II; deposed, died 1527
House of Savoy
15271531 Louise daughter of duke Philippe II of Savoy by Marguerite, daughter of Charles I
15691574 Henri-douard-Alexandre (duc dOrlans) son of king Henri II of France, son of king Franois I,
son of Louise by count Charles III of Angoulme; Poland 15731575; France 15741589
18241830; died 1836
(to France 1778)
AUXERRE
In the Carolingian period a series of royally-appointed counts governed Auxerre, but the county was
generally in the hands of the dukes of Autun/Burgundy in 8881002, before reverting to the French king
Robert II. In 1028 Renaud of Monceaux, count of Nevers, married the kings daughter Avoie and was given the
county of Auxerre. The county remained united with Nevers and (from 1065) Tonnerre, until 1262. Through
a series of heiresses the three counties passed to the houses of Courtenay and Bourbonnais. After a succession
dispute in 12621273 Auxerre passed to Alix of Burgundy and her husband Jean of Chalon-Salins. In 1370
their descendant Jean IV sold the county to the French king. In 1435 the French king ceded Auxerre to the
duchy of Burgundy by the Treaty of Arras, but in 1477 it returned to the royal domain. In the 16th century the
title count of Auxerre was used by members of the House of Cleves who were counts and dukes of Nevers.
Counts of Auxerre
Welf House
859c.863 Conrad I, the Elder son of Welf of Altdorf
c.863864 Conrad II son of Conrad I; deposed, died 876
Robertian House
864866 Robert, the Strong married Adlade, widow of Conrad I; marquis of Neustria
Welf House
866877 Hugues I, the Abbot son of Conrad I; abdicated, died 886
877902: Girbaud
Bosonid House of Metz
902:921 Richard, the Justiciar son of count Bivin of Metz
36
In English captivity since 1415.
921936 Raoul son of Richard; France 923936

Robertian House
936938 Hugues II, the Great son of king Robert I of France, son of Robert; abdicated, died 956
938952 Hugues III, the Black son of Richard
House of Vergy
952956 Gilbert son of count Manasss II of Dijon by Ermengarde, daughter of king Boson of
Provence, brother of Richard
Robertian House of France
956965 Otton husband of Ligarde, daughter of Gilbert; son of Hugues the Great
9651002 Eudes-Henri brother of Otton
House of Ivrea
10021005 Otte-Guillaume son of Eudes-Henris wife Gerberge by her first husband, king Adalberto
of Italy; deposed, died 1026
1005c.1028 (to France)
House of Monceaux (Nevers)
c.10281040 Renaud husband of Avoie, daughter of king Robert II of France; son of count Landry of Nevers
by Mathilde, daughter of Otte-Guillaume
10401098 Guillaume I son of Renaud
10981148 Guillaume II son of count Renaud II of Nevers, son of Guillaume I
11481161 Guillaume III son of Guillaume II
11611168 Guillaume IV son of Guillaume III
11681175 Guy son of Guillaume III
11751181 Guillaume V son of Guy
11811193 Agns daughter of Guy
& 11841193 Pierre of Courtenay married Agns; son of Pierre I of Courtenay; Latin emperor 12161217
Capetian House of Courtenay
11931257 Mahaut I daughter of Pierre and Agns
& 11991222 Herv of Donzy married Mahaut I; son of Herv III of Donzy; divorced, died 1222
& 12261241 Guigues of Forez married Mahaut I; son of count Guigues III of Forez
House of Bourbonnais
12571262 Mahaut II daughter of Archambaud IX of Bourbon by Yolande, daughter of count Guy I
of St-Pol by Agns, daughter of Herv and Mahaut I
& 12571262 Eudes of Burgundy husband of Mahaut II; son of duke Hugues IV of Burgundy; died 1266
12621273 Yolande daughter of Eudes and Mahaut II; deposed, died 1280
12731279 Alix sister of Yolande; rival claimant since 1262
& 12731279 Jean I of Chalon husband of Alix; son of count Jean of Auxonne and Chalon; died 1309
House of Ivrea (Chalon-Salins)
12791304 Guillaume VI son of Jean I and Alix
13041362 Jean II son of Guillaume VI 37
13621370 Jean III, the White Knight son of Jean II; sold county, died 1379
14351467 Philippe, the Good son of duke Jean II of Burgundy
14671477 Charles, the Rash son of Philippe
(to France 1477)
37
In English captivity 13571361.

BAR (Bar-le-Duc, see under GERMANY)
BAR-SUR-SEINE
The county of Bar-sur-Seine (not to be confused with those of Bar-sur-Aube and Bar-le-Duc) was situated
between Champagne and the duchy of Burgundy and was a fief of the bishop of Langres. The territory had been
inherited by the counts of Tonnerre in the early 11th century, but passed by marriage to the count of Brienne in
1065. It was subsequently governed by a junior line of the House of Brienne, followed by the House of Puiset.
Hlissende of Joigny, whose husband and son had perished on the Fifth Crusade, sold the county (which was her
dower) to her suzerain, the count of Champagne in 1225. The county entered the royal domain with
Champagne in 1314, although it was temporarily ceded to the duchy of Burgundy in the period 14351477,
before being recovered by the king.
Counts of Bar-sur-Seine
House of Tonnerre
:10401046:
:10471065
House of Brienne
1065c.1090
c.1090c.1126
c.11261145:
:11481151
11511168
House of Puiset
11681189
11891219
House of Joigny
12191225
Milon I son of count Milon II of Tonnerre

Hugues-Renaud son of Milon I; abdicated; bishop of Langres 10651084
Gautier husband of Eustachie, daughter of Milon I; son of count Engilbert III of Brienne
Milon II son of Gautier
Guy son of Milon II
Milon III son of Guy
Manasss son of Guy; abdicated; bishop of Langres 11791193
Hugues husband of Ptronille, daughter of Milon II; son of viscount rard IV of Chartres
Milon IV son of Hugues
Hlissende widow of Milon IV; daughter of count Renaud IV of Joigny; sold county, died 1226:
(to Champagne 1225; to France 1316; to Burgundy 1435; to France 1477)
BAUGENCY
The lordship of Baugency (less accurately, but more commonly, Beaugency) on the Loire between Blois and
Orlans was a fief of the county of Blois. The childless lord Raoul II sold the lordship to the French king
Philippe IV in 1291. Apart from the grant of Baugency as dower for the widow of the French king Louis X, it
remained part of the royal domain.
Lords of Baugency
House of Baugency
:10401051:
:10601098:
:1105c.1130
c.11301153:
:11541186:
:11921215:
:12161256:
:12601291
12911316
Lancelin I lord of Baugency

Lancelin II son of Lancelin I
Raoul I son of Lancelin II
Simon I son of Raoul I
Lancelin III son of Raoul I
Jean son of Lancelin III
Simon II son of Jean
Raoul II son of Simon II; sold lordship, died 1302:
(to France)

Capetian House of Anjou (Hungary)
13161328 Clmence widow of king Louis X of France; daughter of king Kroly Martell of Hungary
(to France 1328)
BARN
Located in the northern foothills of the Pyrenees and part of Gascony, Barn remained in the hands of the
same family of viscounts (supposedly descended from the dukes of Gascony) from the 9th century until 1147,
when it passed to the House of Gabarret. This was quickly followed by the Catalan House of Montcada, until
Barn came into the hands of the House of Foix in 1310. On several occasions the viscounts of Barn obtained
control of the neighboring county of Bigorre by marriage. In 1086 the duke of Aquitaine had granted
sovereignty to the viscount of Barn, something that allowed its rulers to occasionally defy the authority of the
French king, as in the case of Gaston X Fbus. Nevertheless, it is not apparent that the kings of France would
have considered this binding, and at times Barn had to accept the suzerainty of the kingdom of Aragn. Barn
remained united with Foix (and from 1479 with the kingdom of Navarre), passing to the houses of Grailly,
Albret, and finally Bourbon-Vendme. After Henri IV became king of France in 1589, he united his patrimony
with the French royal domain in 1607. Nevertheless, as technically sovereign entities, Barn and Navarre were
not united with the royal domain until 1620. The chronology and genealogy of early viscounts is uncertain.
Viscounts of Barn
House of Barn
?c.905
c.905c.940
c.940c.980
c.980c.995
c.9951012:
:1022c.1058
Centule I viscount of Barn

Loup son of Centule I
Centule II, son of Loup
Gaston I son of Centule II
Centule III, the Elder son of Gaston I
Gaston II son of Centule III
Centule IV, the Younger son of Gaston II
+ Gaston III son of Centule IV; associated c.10301054
Centule V son of Gaston III
Gaston IV, the Crusader son of Centule V
Centule VI son of Gaston IV
Guiscarde daughter of Gaston IV; abdicated, died 1154:
c.10581090
10901130
11301134
11341147
House of Gabarret
11471153 Pierre son of Guiscarde by Pierre de Gabarret
11531170 Gaston V son of Pierre
11701173 Marie daughter of Pierre; abdicated, died 1186
& 11711172 Guillaume I married Marie; son of Guillem Ramon I de Montcada
House of Montcada
11731214 Gaston VI, the Good son of Guillaume I and Marie
12141224 Guillaume-Raymond brother of Gaston VI
12241229 Guillaume II son of Guillaume-Raymond
12291290 Gaston VII son of Guillaume II
12901310 Marguerite daughter of Gaston VII; abdicated, died c.1319
& 12901303 Roger-Bernard of Foix husband of Marguerite; son of count Roger IV of Foix
House of Carcassonne (Foix)
13101315 Gaston VIII son of Roger-Bernard and Marguerite
13151343 Gaston IX, the Brave son of Gaston VIII
13431391 Gaston X, Fbus son of Gaston IX
13911398 Mathieu son of Roger-Bernard, son of Roger-Bernard, son of Gaston VIII

13981412 Isabelle sister of Mathieu; abdicated, died 1428
& 13981412 Archambaud of Grailly husband of Isabelle; son of Pierre II of Grailly
House of Grailly
14121436 Jean I son of Archambaud and Isabelle
14361472 Gaston XI son of Jean I
14721483 Franois, Fbus son of Gaston, son of Gaston XI; Navarre 14791483
14831517 Catherine sister of Franois; Navarre 14831512 and 1516
& 14841516 Jean II of Albret married Catherine; son of Alain of Albret; Navarre 14841512 and 1516
House of Albret
15171555 Henri I son of Jean II and Catherine; Navarre 15211555
15551572 Jeanne daughter of Henri; also Navarre
15721610 Henri II, the Great son of Antoine and Jeanne; also Navarre; France 15891610
16101620 Louis, the Just son of Henri II; also Navarre; France 16101643
(to France 1620)
BEAUMONT-LE-ROGER
The lordship of Beaumont-le-Roger in Normandy was granted as a county and peerage to Robert of Artois
in 1310, in compensation for the rejection of his claims to the county of Artois. At first a supporter of the
Valois, the count fell into disfavor after attempting to assert his rights to Artois with forged documents. His
county annexed to the royal domain, Robert fled abroad and perished in the service of the English king. His son
Jean was later invested with the county of Eu in 1351.
Count of Beaumont-le-Roger
Capetian House of Artois
13101331 Robert son of Philippe, son of count Robert II of Artois; deposed, died 1342
(to France 1331)
BEAUMONT-SUR-OISE
The small county of Beaumont-sur-Oise north of Paris appeared in the early 11th century. Usually
cooperating with the kings of France, the counts of Beaumont survived for at least two centuries, until 1222.
On the childless death of the last count, the French king Philippe II bought the county from his heirs in 1223.
Counts of Beaumont-sur-Oise
House of Beaumont
:10221059
10591068:
:10701083:
:10911155
11551174
11741208
12081222
Yves I, the Clerk count of Beaumont

Geoffroy son of Yves I
Yves II son of Yves II
Mathieu I son of Yves II
Mathieu II son of Mathieu I
Mathieu III son of Mathieu II
Jean son of Mathieu II
(to France 1223)

BERRY
The Berry, the area south of the Loire centered on Bourges, was a county, later viscounty, subject to the duke
of Aquitaine. The early counts included the future king of Provence Boson and several members of the House
of Autun, who ruled Toulouse and Septimania. In the 10th century the county was replaced by a hereditary
viscounty of Bourges. In 1101 the king of France obtained the Berry by purchase. In 1360, it was created a
duchy for Jean the Magnificent, a son of the French king Jean II. Unlike his brothers, he did not succeed in
establishing his own branch of the House of Valois, and the duchy was subsequently granted to royal princes,
including the future king Charles VII, who was known derisively as the king of Bourges while the English and
their Burgundian allies had occupied the northern portion of the French kingdom. Starting in the 16th century,
the duchy of Berry was granted out as an apanage on several occasions, often to former queens of France, as well
as royal daughters or sisters. The last apanage duke was deposed by the French Revolution.
Viscounts of Bourges
House of Bourges
c.962?
:10121038:
:10611092:
House of Sully
:10961098:
House of Dun
:10961101
11011360
Geoffroy I, Papabas viscount of Bourges

Geoffroy II, Bosberas son of Geoffroy I
Geoffroy III, the Noble son of Geoffroy II
Geoffroy IV, the Lad son of Geoffroy III
tienne son of Geoffroy IV
Gilles husband of Edelburge, daughter of Geoffroy IV; son of Archambaud II of Sully
Eudes husband of Mathilde, daughter of Gilles; sold viscounty, died 1108:
(to France)
Dukes of Berry; peers

13601416 Jean I, the Magnificent son of king Jean II of France
1416 Jean II son of king Charles VI of France, son of king Charles V, brother of Jean I
14171422 Charles I brother of Jean II; France 14221461
14611465 Charles II son of Charles I; replaced, died 1472
14981505 Jeanne 38 daughter of king Louis XI of France; divorced by king Louis XII
Capetian House of Valois (Angoulme)
15171547 Marguerite I daughter of count Charles III of Angoulme
& 15171525 Charles III of Alenon husband of Marguerite I; son of duke Ren of Alenon
& 15271547 Henri of Albret married Marguerite I; son of king Juan III of Navarre; Navarre 15211555
15501574 Marguerite II daughter of king Franois I of France, brother of Marguerite I
& 15591574 Emmanuel-Philibert of Savoy husband of Marguerite II; son of duke Charles II of Savoy;
died 1580
15741576 lisabeth widow of king Charles IX of France, son of king Henri II, brother of Marguerite II;
daughter of emperor Maximilian II; abdicated, died 1592
38

15761584 Franois-Hercule (duc dAlenon) son of king Henri II of France
House of Lorraine (Vaudmont)
15891601 Louise widow of king Henri III of France, brother of Franois-Hercule; daughter of count
Nicolas of Vaudmont
18241830; died 1836
(to France 1789)
BIGORRE
Like the viscounts of Barn, the counts of Bigorre claimed descent from the dukes of Gascony. The Bigorre
was vassal to Gascony and Aquitaine, then of the kings of Aragn and Navarre from 1082. The male line
becoming extinct as early as c.1040, the county passed via heiresses to the houses of Comminges, Barn, Marsan,
Montfort, and Chabanais; on several occasions it was united with the viscounty of Barn. In 1292, while
possession of Bigorre was disputed among several heirs, the French king Philippe IV sequestered the county and
took over it in 1302. In 1425 Bigorre was granted to the count of Foix, and in 1607 it was reunited with the
royal domain alongside that county. The chronology and genealogy of the earliest rulers is not entirely clear.
Counts of Bigorre
House of Bigorre
:845:
:865:
Donat son of (?) duke Loup of Gascony

Daton I son of Donat
Loup son of Donat
Daton II son of Loup
:945c.956 Raymond I son of (?) Daton II
c.956c.1000 Louis son of Raymond I
c.10001025: Garcia son of Arnaud, son of Raymond I
:1032: Gersende daughter of Garcia
& :10321036: Bernard I of Carcassonne husband of Gersende; son of count Bernard of Foix
House of Comminges (Foix)
:1038:1077 Bernard II son of Bernard I and Gersende
:10771080 Raymond II son of Bernard II
10801095: Batrix I daughter of Bernard II
& 10801090 Centule I husband of Batrix I; son of viscount Gaston III of Barn
House of Barn
1095:1113 Bernard III son of Centule I and Batrix I
11131128: Centule II brother of Bernard III
:11301148: Batrix II daughter of Centule II
& :11301148: Pierre I of Marsan husband of Batrix; son of viscount Loup of Marsan; died 1163
House of Marsan
:11631178 Centule III son of Pierre I and Batrix II
11781194 Batrix III 39 daughter of Centule III
& 1178:1180 Pierre II of Dax husband of Batrix III; son of viscount Raymond of Dax
39
Originally named Stphanie.
& 11801192:
Bernard IV of Comminges married Batrix III; son of count Bernard III of Comminges;
divorced, died 1225
House of Comminges
11941251 Ptronille daughter of Bernard IV and Batrix III
& 11961214 Gaston of Barn married Ptronille; son of count Guillaume I of Barn
& 12151216 Nuno of Aragn married Ptronille; son of count San I of Roussillon, son of count
Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona; divorced, died 1242
& 12161220 Guy of Montfort married Ptronille; son of count Simon of Toulouse
& :12231224 Aymar of Ranon married Ptronille; son of Geoffroy V of Ranon
& 12281247 Boson of Matha married Ptronille; son of Raoul of Matha
House of Montfort
12511255 Alix daughter of Guy and Ptronille
& 12511255 Raoul of Courtenay husband of Alix; son of Robert of Champignelles
House of Chabanais
12551283 Eschivat son of Alix by Jourdain of Chabanais
12831302 Lore sister of Eschivat; deposed, died 1316
& 12841285 Raymond III of Turenne married Lore; son of viscount Raymond IV of Turenne
(to France 1292; to Foix 1425; to France 1607)
BLOIS
The county of Blois stretched along both sides of the Loire between Tours and Orlans. Son of the viscount
of Blois, Thibaud the Swindler profited from the death of his overlord Hugues the Great to declare himself
count of Blois and viscount of Tours (Touraine), and to take control of the counties of Chartres and
Chteaudun (Dunois) further to the north in c.960. His descendants acquired what became Champagne to the
east, and Eudes II perished while vainly attempting to enforce his claim to the throne of the kingdom of
Burgundy in 1037. At the height of their power, the counts of Blois controlled an agglomeration of feudal
principalities surrounding the royal domain on the west, south, and east. Tours was lost to Anjou in 1041, and
Blois and Champagne separated under different branches of the comital family definitively in 1152. On the
extinction of the direct male line, the counties passed to the houses of Avesnes and Chtillon. In 1286 the
countess Jeanne sold the county of Chartres to the French king. Having lost his only son in 1391, count Guy II
sold his county to Louis of Orlans, brother of the French king Charles VI. Subsequently the county of Blois
usually formed part of the possessions of the dukes of Orlans.
Counts of Blois
House of Blois
943975
975995
9951004
10041037
10371089
10891102
11021151
11511191
11911205
12051218
12181230
& 12181230
Thibaud I, the Swindler son of viscount Thibaud of Blois; count of Blois and Chartres c.960
Eudes I son of Thibaud I
Thibaud II son of Eudes I
Eudes II son of Eudes I
Thibaud III son of Eudes II
tienne-Henri son of Thibaud III
Thibaud IV, the Great son of tienne-Henri
Thibaud V, the Good son of Thibaud IV
Louis I son of Thibaud V
Thibaud VI son of Louis I
Marguerite daughter of Thibaud V
Gautier of Avesnes husband of Marguerite; son of Jacques of Avesnes; died 1243:6

House of Avesnes
12301241 Marie daughter of Gautier and Marguerite
& 12301241 Hugues I of Chtillon husband of Marie; son of count Gaucher of Saint-Pol; died 1248
House of Chtillon (Saint-Pol)
12411279 Jean I son of Hugues I and Marie
12791291 Jeanne daughter of Jean I; sold Chartres to France 1286
& 12791284 Pierre of France husband of Jeanne; son of king Louis IX of France
12921307 Hugues II son of count Guy III of Saint-Pol, son of Hugues I and Marie
13071342 Guy I son of Hugues II
13421346 Louis II son of Guy I
13461372 Louis III son of Louis II
13721381 Jean II son of Louis II
13811397 Guy II son of Louis II
(to Orlans 1397, to France 1498, to Orlans 1626)
BOISBELLE / HENRICHEMONT
The first attested lords of Boisbelle (northeast of Bourges) belonged to the house of Sully, descended from
the counts of Blois and Champagne. The lordship was inherited by the houses of Albret, Mark, and Gonzaga,
before being bought by Henri IVs minister Maximilien I de Bthune in 1605. The new ruler, titled duke of
Sully (although unrelated to the old family), founded a new capital, the ideal city of Henrichemont (originally
Henrici Mons), in 1609, hence the new name of the principality. Over time the tiny lordship had acquired
atypical privileges from the dukes of Berry and the kings of France, including exemption from the taille impost
(1386), from military service (1443), and from the salt-tax (1608). These exemptions rendered it (already an
allod rather than fief) a technically sovereign entity. Its rulers enjoyed full legislative and judicial authority and
the right to mint coins. The relatively quiet existence of the principality ended, in 1766, when the seventh duke
of Sully ceded it to the king of France. With this came an end to most of the franchises and liberties that the
inhabitants had enjoyed, and after 1789 the last vestiges of Boisbelles unusual status disappeared. In the period
immediately before the French Revolution, Henrichemont was given as an apanage to the future king Charles X.
Sovereign lords and princes of Boisbelle, later Henrichemont
House of Blois-Sully
1234:1248:
:12521269
12691285
& 1269c.1281
12851334
13341343
13431382
13821421
& 13821398
& 14001415
House of Albret
14211457
& 14211429
Henri I son of Archambaud IV of Sully

Henri II son of Henri I
Henri III son of Henri II
Jean I son of Henri II
Henri IV son of Henri III
Jean II son of Henri IV
Louis I son of Jean II
Marie I daughter of Louis I 40
Guy of La Trmoille married Marie I; son of Guy V of La Trmoille 41
Charles I of Albret married Marie I; son of Arnaud-Amanieu of Albret
Charles II son of Charles I and Marie; abdicated, died 1471
Guillaume brother of Charles II
It is unclear whether Marie Is first husband, count Charles of Montpensier, son of duke Jean of Berry (son of
king Jean II of France), who died in 1382 lived long enough to survive his father-in-law Louis I.
41 In Ottoman captivity from 1396.
40
14571463 Arnaud-Amanieu son of Charles II

14631524 Jean III son of Arnaud-Amanieu
15241549 Marie II daughter of Jean III
Berg House of Mark (Cleves)
15491561 Franois I son of Marie II by count Charles II of Nevers and Rethel; duke of Nevers
15621564 Jacques son of Franois I
15641601 Henriette daughter of Franois I
& 15651595 Louis II Gonzaga married Henriette; son of duke Federico II of Mantua
House of Gonzaga
16011605 Charles III son of Louis II and Henriette; prince of Boisbelle; sold principality, died 1637
House of Bthune-Sully
16051641 Maximilien I son of Franois de Bthune, baron of Rosny; duke of Sully
+ Maximilien II son of Maximilien I; associated 16091634
16411662 Maximilien III Franois son of Maximilien II; associated 1634
16621694 Maximilien IV Pierre son of Maximilien III
16941712 Maximilien V son of Maximilien IV
17121729 Maximilien-Henri son of Maximilien IV
17291761 Louis-Pierre-Maximilien posthumous son of Maximilien-Franois, son of Maximilien-Alpin,
son of Franois, son of Maximilien I
17611766 Maximilien VI son of Armand-Maximilien, son of Franois, son of Maximilien I; abdicated,
died 1786
18241830; died 1836
(to France 1789)
BOUILLON
Bouillon, now in southeastern Belgium, is perhaps most famous for its association with Godefroy, duke of
Lorraine and defender of the Holy Sepulcher, who sold it to the bishop of Lige to raise funds for his
participation in the First Crusade. The bishops pawned the castle of Bouillon to the lords of Mark-Arenberg
(later princes of Sedan) in 1484 but recovered it in 1521. Nevertheless, Robert III of Mark-Arenberg claimed
the title of duke of Bouillon starting in 1526, and his descendants briefly recovered the actual territory in 1552,
as a gift from the French king Henri II. Subsequently the bishop of Lige regained Bouillon in 1559, but the
ducal title was continued to be claimed by the House of Mark-Arenberg and it was inherited by the House of La
Tour dAuvergne. When in 1676 the French took over Bouillon again, Louis XIV granted the duchy of
Bouillon to Godefroy-Maurice of La Tour, who was already its titular duke. The House of La Tour continued
to rule as actual dukes of Bouillon for over a century. Although technically a sovereign state that was part of
the Holy Roman Empire, the duchy of Bouillon remained a French protectorate until the end. This came in
1794, when French revolutionary armies invaded the duchy; it was annexed to France in 1795. After the
Napoleonic wars, Bouillon passed first to the Netherlands, and then to Belgium.
Dukes of Bouillon; peers for Albret
House of La Tour dAuvergne
16761721 Godefroy-Maurice son of prince Frdric-Maurice of Sedan
17711792
17921795
Godefroy-Charles-Henri son of Charles-Godefroy

Jacques-Lopold son of Godefroy-Charles-Henri; deposed, died 1802
(to France 1795; to the Netherlands 1815; to Belgium 1830)
BOULOGNE
The county of Boulogne on the Channel was taken over by the counts of Flanders in the 890s. It was
subsequently ruled by a junior line of the House of Flanders, later passing to the houses of Blois, Dammartin,
and Hainault. Despite the countys relatively small size, it was strategically located and important, something
perhaps reflected in the royal connections of its counts. Two sons of Eustache II became rulers of Jerusalem
following the First Crusade, tienne of Blois became king of England, and Alphonse became king of Portugal.
In 1265 the county was inherited by the counts of Auvergne, who retained control of it until 1477, when
Bertrand II ceded Boulogne to the French king in exchange of Lauragais in the southernmost part of France.
Counts of Boulogne-sur-Mer
House of Flanders
896918
918933
933964
964971
971990
9901033
10331049
10491088
10881125
11251151
& 11251151
Baudouin I, the Bald son of count Boudewijn I of Flanders

Adalolphe son of Baudouin I
Arnoul I, the Old son of Baudouin I; deposed, died 965
Arnoul II son of Adalolphe
Arnoul III son of Arnoul II
Baudouin II son of Arnoul III
Eustache I, the Eye son of Baudouin II
Eustache II, the Whiskered son of Eustache I
Eustache III son of Eustache II
Mathilde I daughter of Eustache III
tienne husband of Mathilde I; son of count tienne-Henri of Blois; England 11351141
and 11411154 42
House of Blois
11511153 Eustache IV son of tienne and Mathilde I
11531159 Guillaume son of tienne and Mathilde I
11591170 Marie I daughter of tienne and Mathilde I; abdicated, died 1180
& 11591173 Mathieu married Marie I (divorced 1170); son of count Diederik of Flanders
11731216 Ide daughter of Mathieu and Marie I
& 1181 Grard of Guelders married Ide; son of count Heinrich of Guelders
& 11831186 Berthold of Zhringen married Ide; son of duke Konrad of Zhringen
& 11901216 Renaud of Dammartin married Ide; son of count Aubry III of Dammartin; died 1227
House of Dammartin
1216c.1260 Mathilde II daughter of Renaud and Ide
& 12161234 Philippe I, Hurepel married Mathilde II; son of king Philippe II of France
& 12351253 Alphonse of Portugal married Mathilde II; divorced; Portugal 12481279
House of Hainault (Brabant)
12601265 Adlade daughter of duke Hendrik I of Brabant by Mathilde, daughter of Mathieu and
Marie I
House of Auvergne
12651277 Robert I son of Adlade by count Guillaume XI of Auvergne
42
12771280 Guillaume I son of Robert I

12801314 Robert II son of Guillaume I
13141325 Robert III son of Robert II
13251332 Guillaume II son of Robert III
13321360 Jeanne I daughter of Guillaume II
& 13381346 Philippe II of Burgundy married Jeanne I; son of duke Eudes IV of Burgundy
& 13501360 Jean I of France married Jeanne I; son of king Philippe VI of France; France 13501364
13601361 Philippe III, of Rouvres son of Philippe II and Jeanne I
House of Auvergne
13611386 Jean II son of Robert III
14041423 Jeanne II daughter of Jean III
& 14041416 Jean IV of Berry husband of Jeanne II; son of Jean I
& 14161423 Georges of La Trmoille married Jeanne II; son of Guy VI of La Trmoille; died 1446
14231437 Marie II daughter of Godefroy, son of Robert III
14371461 Bertrand I son of Marie by Bertrand IV of La Tour
14611477 Bertrand II son of Bertrand I; exchanged Boulogne for Lauragais, died 1494
(to France 1477; to England 1544; to France 1550)
BOURBON
Bourbon (or the Bourbonnais) was a sizable lordship centered on Moulins on the Loire. The House of
Bourbonnais governed the lordship from Carolingian times until the 13th century, when it was inherited by the
houses of Dampierre and Burgundy. In 1310 the Bourbonnais was inherited by a grandson of the French king
Louis IX, who was promoted to duke of Bourbon in 1327. Pierre II and his wife Anne, a daughter of Louis XI,
served as regents of France for the underage Charles VIII in 14831491. This line of dukes ended in 1521 (the
widowed duke Charles III was dispossessed in 1523 and deserted to the Empire), but junior lines in La Marche
and Vendme survived, the latter ascending the thrones of Navarre and France in 1572 and 1589, respectively.
The duchy of Bourbon passed to members of the French royal house, including Franois Is mother Louise of
Savoy, and younger sons or the royal family. The title of duke of Bourbon was subsequently granted to the
princes of Cond, who generally gave it to their eldest sons.
Lords of Bourbonnais
913924: Aymar son of (?) Nivelon; lord of Bourbonnais
:954: Aymon I son of Aymar
Archambaud I, the Frank son of Aymon I
:9951031: Archambaud II, the Green son of Archambaud I
:10331078 Archambaud III, the White son of Archambaud II
1078c.1095 Archambaud IV, the Strong son of Archambaud III
c.10951096 Archambaud V, the Pious son of Archambaud IV
10961115 Aymon II, Vaire-vache son of Archambaud IV; deposed
11151116 Archambaud VI, the Pupil son of Archambaud V
1116:1120 Aymon II, Vaire-vache restored
:11201171 Archambaud VII son of Aymon II
11711228 Mahaut I daughter of Archambaud, son of Archambaud VII
& :11831195 Gaucher of Salins married Mahaut I; son of count Graud I of Mcon; divorced, died 1219
& 11961216 Guy of Dampierre married Mahaut I; son of Guillaume I of Dampierre

House of Dampierre
12281242 Archambaud VIII, the Great son of Guy and Mahaut I
12421249 Archambaud IX, the Younger son of Archambaud VIII
12491262 Mahaut II daughter of Archambaud IX
12621287: Agns daughter of Archambaud IX
& 12621267 Jean of Burgundy husband of Agns; son of duke Hugues IV of Burgundy
& 12771287: Robert I of Artois married Agns; son of count Robert I of Artois; died 1302
:12881310 Batrix daughter of Jean and Agns
& :12881310 Robert II of Clermont husband of Batrix; son of king Louis IX of France; died 1317
Dukes of Bourbon; peers 1327
13101341 Louis I, the Lame son of Robert II and Batrix; duke of Bourbon 1327
13411356 Pierre I son of Louis I
13561410 Louis II, the Good son of Pierre I
14101434 Jean I son of Louis II 43
14341456 Charles I son of Jean I
14561488 Jean II, the Good son of Charles I
14881503 Pierre II, of Beaujeu son of Charles I
15031521 Suzanne daughter of Pierre II
count Louis I, son of Jean I; deposed, died 1527
House of Savoy
15271531 Louise daughter of duke Philippe II of Savoy by Marguerite, daughter of Charles I
15441545 Charles IV (duc dOrlans) son of king Franois I of France, son of Louise by count Charles III
of Angoulme
15661574 Henri-douard-Alexandre (duc dOrlans) son of king Henri II of France, brother of Charles IV;
Poland 15731575; France 15741589
(to France 1574)
BOURGES (see Berry)
BRIENNE
The small county of Brienne was a vassal of the counts of Champagne. The House of Brienne attained a
disproportionate importance during the Crusades, with Gautier III perishing in his attempt to enforce his wifes
claims to the throne of Sicily, while his brother Jean became king of Jerusalem and later emperor of
Constantinople. One of his sons inherited the county of Eu in Normandy, while other members of the family
obtained the duchy of Lecce in Italy and that of Athens in Greece. On the extinction of the male line in 1356,
43
In English captivity from 1415.

the possessions of the counts of Brienne were inherited by the House of Enghien, which also retained the
remaining possessions in Italy and Greece. The French possessions were subsequently inherited by a branch of
the House of Luxembourg (the counts of Saint-Pol), then the houses of Bon and Lomnie. The county was
suppressed by the French Revolution.
Counts of Brienne
House of Brienne
:951968: Engilbert I count of Brienne
:10041008: Engilbert II 44 son of (?) Engilbert I
:10271035 Engilbert III son of Engilbert II
1035c.1090 Gautier I son of Engilbert III
c.10901114: rard I son of Gautier I
:1125:1161 Gautier II son of rard I
:11611190: rard II son of Gautier II
:11911205 Gautier III son of rard II
12051246 Gautier IV posthumous son of Gautier III 45
12461260: Jean I son of Gautier IV
:12611296 Hugues son of Gautier IV
12961311 Gautier V son of Hugues
13111356 Gautier VI son of Gautier V
13561360 Isabelle daughter of Gautier V
House of Enghien
13561364 Sohier son of Isabelle by Gautier III of Enghien
13641381 Gautier VII son of Sohier
13811394 Louis I brother of Sohier
13941397? Marguerite daughter of Louis I
& 13941397 Jean II of Luxembourg husband of Marguerite; son of count Guy VI of Saint-Pol
House of Luxembourg-Ligny (Saint-Pol)
13971433 Pierre I son of Jean II and Marguerite
14331475 Louis II son of Pierre I; deposed, died 1475
14771482 Pierre II son of Louis II
14821519 Antoine I son of Louis II
15191530 Charles I son of Antoine I
15301557 Antoine II, the Good son of Charles I
15571576 Jean III son of Antoine II
15761608 Charles II son of Jean III; duke 1587
16081647 Louise I daughter of Jean III
House of Bon
16471665 Louise II daughter of Louise I by Bernard V of Bon, marquis of Bouteville
& 16471665 Henri-Auguste of Lomnie husband of Louise II; son of Antoine of Lomnie; died 1666
House of Lomnie
16651698 Louis-Henri son of Henri-Auguste
16981758 Andr-Louis-Henri son of Louis-Henri
17431758 Nicolas-Louis son of Andr-Louis-Henri
In some accounts Engilbert II is considered to be two persons of the same name, presumably father and son.
Gautier IV ruled under the regency of his uncle Jean (king of Jerusalem, Latin emperor of Constantinople),
son of rard II, until 1221.
44
45
17581789
Louis-Marie-Athanase son of Nicolas-Louis; deposed, died 1794

(to France 1789)
BRITTANY (BRETAGNE)
The large peninsula of Brittany in northwestern France was called Armorica by the Romans. Starting in the
5th6th century it was largely settled by emigrants from Britain, and it is from this that it derives its modern
name of Brittany (Petite Bretagne, or Little Britain). The Breton polities engaged in complex relations with
each other, with their former compatriots in Britain, and with their Frankish neighbors. The Merovingian kings
of the Franks intervened in Brittany on occasion, but without clear or lasting results. A more concerted effort to
extend Frankish rule to Brittany came under the Carolingians, who established the March of Brittany at Nantes
in 778 and overran the peninsula in 798. The Bretons rebelled time and again (801, 811, 818, 824, 837).
Nomino, the count of Vannes who had been entrusted with ducal authority over the Bretons in 831, used the
civil wars between the sons of Louis the Pious to assert his autonomy in 845, after defeating Charles the Bald at
Ballon. Later Charles recognized Erispo as king over Brittany, including Rennes and Nantes, by 854. This
fragile unity ended with the murder of the next Breton king, Salomon, in 874, when Brittany was divided
between the counts of Vannes and Rennes. Alain the Great reunified the kingdom in 888907 and repelled the
Viking (Norman) raiders, but this success did not long survive his death. Shortly after 913 Brittany appears to
have been completely overrun by the Normans, who had established themselves at Nantes by 919. They were not
dislodged until 937, when a descendant of Alain the Great established the county or duchy of Brittany.
The new or restored polity was less extensive, powerful, or autonomous than its predecessor, but it survived
until the 16th century. The first two ruling houses, those of Nantes (937990) and Rennes (9901066), claimed
direct descent from the old Breton kings. In spite of the occasional invasions by neighboring rulers (such as those
of Anjou and Normandy), Brittany escaped any lasting subjugation, and Breton lords participated in William
the Conquerors conquest of England in 1066. The Breton throne passed to the houses of Cornouaille (1066
1148) and Porhot (11481156), and a new Norman attack in 1076 was repelled with the help of the king of
France. Relations between Brittany and Normandy/England became closer after the house of Penthivre, whose
members typically served as earls of Richmond in England, took the throne with English help in 1156. But duke
Conan IV soon clashed with his protector, Henry II of England, and was forced to abdicate in 1166, leaving
Brittany to his daughter Constance, already engaged to Henry IIs son Geoffrey.
The marriage of Constance to Geoffrey brought Brittany to the House of Anjou, but it did not become a
mere attachment of the English monarchy, as Geoffrey rebelled against his father Henry II, and later Geoffreys
son Arthur I challenged his uncle John for the English throne. Johns elimination of Arthur left Brittany in the
hands of a second heiress, Alix of Thouars, who married a Capetian, Pierre Mauclerc. The Capetian House of
Dreux would control Brittany almost until the end of its existence. In 1297 the ruler of Brittany was formally
recognized as a duke and peer of France by the royal court. Until then the titles of count and duke had been
used inconsistently and interchangeably. During the Hundred Years War (13371453) England and France
clashed over Brittany, supporting rival claimants for its throne. After 1381 the duchy attempted to steer a
neutral course, which also increased its relative autonomy from royal suzerainty.
This situation changed with the French victory in the Hundred Years War, and in 1465 and 1485 duke
Franois II participated, without success, in the opposition to royal authority by the nobility. Royal armies
invaded the duchy in retaliation (1487 and 1488) and the duke was forced to accept a punitive peace treaty at
Verger. His young daughter and heiress Anne attempted to maintain the duchys autonomy by marrying
Maximilian I, the heir to the house of Austria and the Holy Roman Empire in 1490, but a new French invasion
forced her to marry king Charles VIII of France instead. Thus, in 1491, Brittany was effectively reunited with
the French crown, a strategic and tentative union that would be repeatedly reinforced. On Charles VIIIs death
in 1498 Anne remained duchess of Brittany and in 1499 duly married the new king of France, Louis XII. Her
daughter and heir Claude married the next king, Franois I, and granted him the usufruct of the duchy.
Although Claude was nominally succeeded in Brittany by her sons, the Union of Vannes officially united the
duchy of Brittany with the French crown in 1532; the nominal duke succeeded as king of France in 1547.
Autonomous rulers of Brittany

House of Vannes
831851
851857
857874
874877
& 874877
877907
& 877888
907913:
Norman House
:919930
930937
Nomino son of Erispo; count of Vannes by 819; duke of the Bretons 831
Erispo son of Nomino; king of the Bretons by 854
Salomon son of Riwallon, brother of Nomino; king by 868
Pascweten husband of Prostlon, daughter of Salomon; son of Ridoredh; count of Vannes
Gurwant husband of daughter of Erispo; count of Rennes
Alain, the Great brother of Pascweten; count of Vannes; all Brittany 888; king c.890
Judical son of Gurwant; count of Rennes
Rudalt son of Alain; count of Vannes 46
Ragenold Norman chieftain; took Nantes 919
Incon son of (?) Ragenold 47
Counts and dukes of Brittany; peers 1297

House of Nantes
937952 Alain I, Wrybeard son of count Mathudo of Poher by daughter of Alain the Great
952958 Dreux son of Alain I
House of Anjou
958960 Foulques, the Good married Roscille of Blois, mother of Dreux; son of count Foulques I of Anjou
House of Nantes
960981 Hol I bastard son of Alain I
981988 Gurech bastard son of Alain I
988990 Alain II son of Gurech
House of Rennes
990992 Conan I, the Crooked son of count Juhel of Rennes, son of Brenger by daughter of Gurwant
9921008 Geoffroy I son of Conan I
10081040 Alain III son of Geoffroy I
10401066 Conan II son of Alain III
House of Cornouaille
10661084 Hol II husband of Havoise, daughter of Alain III; son of count Alain of Cornouaille by
Judith, daughter of count Judical of Nantes, bastard son of Hol I
10841112 Alain IV, Fergent son of Hol II; abdicated, died 1119
11121148 Conan III, the Fat son of Alain IV
1148 Hol III disinherited son of Conan III; deposed, died 1156:
House of Porhot
11481156 Eudon (on) husband of Berthe, daughter of Conan III; son of viscount Geoffroy of
Porhot; deposed, died 1180:
House of Penthivre
11561166 Conan IV, the Little son of earl Alan of Richmond 48 by Berthe, daughter of Conan III;
11661196 Constance daughter of Conan IV; abdicated, died 1201
& 11811186 Geoffroy II married Constance; son of king Henry II of England
11961203 Arthur I posthumous son of Geoffroy II and Constance
Effective power was wielded by Gourmalon, count of Cornouaille.
Guillaume I, Longsword, duke of Normandy, was recognized as duke of Brittany in 931.
48 Alan of Richmond was the son of count tienne I of Penthivre, son of count Eudon, son of Geoffroy I.
46
47

House of Thouars
12031221
Alix daughter of Constance by Guy of Thouars (regent 12031206 and 12071213), son
of viscount Geoffroy IV of Thouars
& 12121221 Pierre I, Mauclerc married Alix; son of count Robert II of Dreux; regent 12131237, died 1250
Capetian House of Dreux
12211286 Jean I, the Red son of Pierre I and Alix
12861305 Jean II son of Jean I; formally invested as duke 1297
13051312 Arthur II son of Jean II
13121341 Jean III, the Good son of Arthur II
13411365 Jeanne, the Lame daughter of count Guy of Penthivre, son of Arthur II; abdicated, died 1284
& 13411364 Charles I of Chtillon husband of Jeanne; son of count Guy I of Blois 49
Jean of Montfort son of Arthur II; rival 13411345 50
13641399 Jean IV, the Valiant son of Jean of Montfort; rival since 1345 51
13991442 Jean V, the Wise son of Jean IV
14421450 Franois I son of Jean V
14501457 Pierre II son of Jean V
14571458 Arthur III, the Justiciar son of Jean IV
14581488 Franois II son of count Richard of tampes, son of Jean IV
14881514 Anne daughter of Franois II
& 14911498 Charles II married Anne; son of king Louis XI of France; France 14831498
& 14991514 Louis married Anne; son of duke Charles of Orlans; France 14981515
Capetian House of Valois-Orlans (France)
15141524 Claude daughter of Louis and Anne
& 15141524 Franois III married Claude; son of count Charles of Angoulme; France 15151547 52
15241536 Franois IV son of Franois III and Claude
15361547 Henri brother of Franois IV; France 15471559
(to France 1532, by the Union of Vannes)
BURGUNDY (BOURGOGNE)
Burgundy (Bourgogne in French, Burgund in German), an extensive and vague regional designation, was the
name of several kingdoms, including those of the original Burgundians, of their Frankish Merovingian
conquerors, of the latters Carolingian successors, and of the post Carolingian rulers of Lower Burgundy or
Provence (Vienne and Arles) and of Upper Burgundy. The last two united into a single kingdom of Burgundy
(Arelate), which became one of the three monarchies in the personal union known as the Holy Roman Empire
in 1032. These polities, and their fiefs, including the county of Burgundy (Franche-Comt) have been treated
separately (see Burgundians, Franks, and Burgundy).
The French duchy of Burgundy came into existence gradually, with the growth of the authority of the counts
of Autun in the lands between the Loire and the Sane. These rulers, related to both the kings of Lower
Burgundy (Provence) and France, used a variety of titles, including those of principal count of Burgundy,
marquis of Burgundy, or even (informally) duke of Burgundy, without much consistency. The Capetian king of
France, Robert II, annexed the area in 1005, but then granted it to a younger son, Henri, in 1016. When the
latter inherited the throne as Henri I in 1031, he was forced to cede the area to his younger brother Robert, with
whom the true medieval duchy of Burgundy was established. The Capetian dukes of Burgundy ruled until 1361,
In English captivity 13471356, beatified 1904.
51 In exile in England during French occupation 13731379.
52 In Imperial captivity 15251526.
49
50

having participated in the Crusades and aggrandized their possessions across the imperial frontier by acquiring
Chalon and Auxonne in 1237 and inheriting the Franche-Comt in 1318. On the male lines extinction in
1361, Burgundy passed to the French king Jean II, but the local lords refused to consent to the duchys
integration into the royal domain. In 1363 the duchy was granted to the kings younger son Philippe the Bold,
the first of a series of ambitious Valois dukes, who expanded their possessions on both sides of the border and
especially in the Low Countries through marriage, purchase, and war, and intervened in affairs of France,
England, and the Holy Roman Empire. The accumulation of lands and titles by the Valois dukes of Burgundy is
worth noting: Philippe II acquired Burgundy (1364) and Charolais (1390), and by marriage also Artois,
Flanders, Franche-Comt, Nevers, and Rethel (1384); Philippe III added Namur (1429), Brabant and Limburg
(1430), Hainault, Holland, and Zeeland (1432), and Luxembourg (1443); Charles added Picardy (1465),
Guelders and Zutphen (1473), and occupied Lorraine and Bar (1475). At first an ally of the English during the
Hundred Years War, the Valois duke of Burgundy switched over to France in 1435. Nevertheless, rivalry
between the Burgundian and French branches of the House of Valois continued, culminating under Charles the
Rash of Burgundy, who hoped to weaken royal authority in France and to reconstitute the old kingdom of
Lorraine for himself within the Holy Roman Empire. His death in the battle at Nancy in 1477 not only ended
his ambitions, but led to Frances occupation of Burgundy, which was integrated into the royal domain by king
Louis XI. Although Charles daughter Marie and her Habsburg heirs continued to claim the ducal title and
reclaimed other portions of the Burgundian inheritance, control of the duchy evaded them.
Dukes, marquis, or principal counts of Autun and Burgundy
880921 Richard, the Justiciar son of count Bivin of Metz
921936 Raoul son of Richard; France 922936
936943 Hugues I, the Black son of Richard; associated as count of Troyes since 923; abdicated, died 952
House of Vergy
936956 Gilbert son of count Manasss II of Dijon by Ermengarde, daughter of king Boson of
Provence, brother of Richard
943956 Hugues II, the Great son of king Robert I of France; associated 938
956965 Otton son of Hugues II; husband of Ligarde, daughter of Gilbert
9651002 Eudes-Henri son of Hugues II
House of Ivrea
10021005 Otte-Guillaume son of Eudes-Henris wife Gerberge by her first husband, king Adalberto
of Italy; deposed, died 1026
Dukes of Burgundy; peers
10161031 Henri son of king Robert II of France, son of king Hugues, brother of Eudes-Henri;
abdicated; France 10311060
10311076 Robert I, the Old brother of Henri
10761079 Hugues I son of Henri, son of Robert I; abdicated, died 1093
10791102 Eudes I, Borrel brother of Hugues I
11021143 Hugues II, the Pacific son of Eudes I
11431162 Eudes II son of Hugues II
11621192 Hugues III son of Eudes II
11921218 Eudes III son of Hugues III
12181272 Hugues IV son of Eudes III
12721306 Robert II son of Hugues IV
13061315 Hugues V son of Robert II
13151349 Eudes IV son of Robert II

13491361 Philippe I, of Rouvres son of Philippe, son of Eudes IV
13611364 Jean I, the Good son of king Philippe VI of France; France 13501364
13641404 Philippe II, the Bold son of Jean I; governor since 1363
14041419 Jean II, the Fearless son of Philippe II
14191467 Philippe III, the Good son of Jean II
14671477 Charles, the Rash son of Philippe III
1477 Marie daughter of Charles; deposed, died 1482
(to France 1477)
BURGUNDY (FRANCHE-COMT) (see under the KINGDOM OF BURGUNDY)
CARCASSONNE and ALBI
The county of Carcassonne in southern France became hereditary in the family of marquis Bello of the
Spanish March in the early 9th century. In 865 the counts of Carcassonne acquired control of Razs, but after
934 both counties passed into the hands of the counts of Comminges. On the death of Raymond-Roger in 1067
his heiresses sold their rights to the count of Barcelona, but in 1082 Bernard-Aton, viscount of Albi and Nmes,
reclaimed control of Carcassonne, Bziers, Agde, and Razs in the name of his mother, and proclaimed himself
viscount of these territories in 1101. Following seven wars with Barcelona over control of the area (10961157),
the viscount recognized the overlordship of the count of Barcelona but kept his possessions. Simultaneously the
area was under the suzerainty of the counts of Toulouse in their capacity of marquis of Septimania (Gothia).
The vicecomital family adopted the name Trencavel, derived from the nickname of Raymond I, as their family
name. In 1209 and 1214 the widespread holdings of the Trencavel family were seized by Simon of Montfort
during the Crusade against the Albigensians. After several attempts to recover his patrimony, viscount Raymond
IV ceded his rights to the French king in 1246.
Counts of Carcassonne
House of Carcassonne
:798c.812 Bellon count of Carcassonne, Roussillon, Ausona, Urgell, Cerdagne, Besal, Conflent;
marquis of the Spanish March 798812
c.812c.821 Gisclafred son of Bellon
c.821835: Oliba I son of Bellon
:837877: Oliba II son of (?) Oliba I
:883:906 Acfred I brother of Oliba II
:906908 Bencion son of Oliba II
908934: Acfred II son of Oliba II
House of Comminges
934::957 Arnaud husband of Arsinde, daughter of (?) Acfred II; son of count Aznar II of Comminges
:9571011: Roger, the Old son of Arnaud
:1012c.1060 Pierre son of Raymond, son of Roger; inherited Bziers c.1030
c.10601067 Raymond-Roger son of Pierre
(to Barcelona 1067; to the viscounts of Carcassonne 1082)
Viscounts of Albi and Nmes, later also of Carcassonne, Agde, Bziers, and Razs
House of Trencavel
:898: Aton viscount of Albi
:918: Bernard I son of (?) Aton
:942:
:956972:
:9931032
10321050:
:10621074
10741129
11291150
& 11291167
& 11291159
11591214
11671194
11941209
House of Montfort
12091218
Aton II son of Bernard I

Bernard II son of Aton II; also viscount of Nmes
Aton III son of Bernard II
Bernard III son of Aton III
Raymond I, Trencavel son of Bernard III
Bernard-Aton I son of Raymond I by Ermengarde, daughter of count Pierre of Carcassonne;
viscount of Carcassonne, Agde, Bziers, and Razs 1082 (formally 1101)
Roger I son of Bernard-Aton I; in Albi, Carcassonne, and Razs
Raymond II son of Bernard-Aton I; in Agde (until 1150) and Bziers; Albi, Carcassonne,
and Razs 1150 53
Bernard-Aton II son of Bernard-Aton I; in Nmes; Agde 1150
Bernard-Aton III posthumous son of Bernard-Aton II; in Agde and Nmes; abdicated,
died 1214:
Roger II son of Raymond II; in Carcassonne, Albi, Bziers, and Razs
Raymond III son of Roger II; in Carcassonne, Albi, Bziers, and Razs; deposed, died 1209
Simon son of Simon IV of Montfort-lAmaury; in Carcassonne, Albi, Bziers, and Razs;
Agde and Nmes 1214
Amaury son of Simon; deposed, died 1241
12181224
House of Trencavel
12241226 Raymond IV 54 son of Raymond III; only in Carcassonne; deposed
12261240 (to the French crown)
12401246 Raymond IV restored; only in Carcassonne; abdicated, died 1263:7
(to France 1246)
CARLAT and CARLADS
The viscounty of Carlat in the southern part of Auvergne adjoined the county of Rouergue to its south.
After passing by marriage to the House of Millau, the viscounty of Carlat was divided into two portions, one of
which was held by the counts of Provence until 1167, when it returned to the House of Millau, which held the
other half of Carlat and had acquired the county of Rodez. Carlat remained united with Rodez until 1304,
when they were split up among different heiresses. Thus the viscounty passed to the House of Pons until 1392,
when it was sold to the duke of Berry, whose daughter brought it by marriage to the House of Armagnac. This
was dispossessed by the French king Louis XI in 1477, and Carlat was given to his henchman Jean Blosset, who
sold it to the duke of Bourbon in 1489. Carlat entered the royal domain as with the dispossession of the
Constable of Bourbon in 1523, and was given in apanage to four female relatives of French kings in the 16th
century. Restored to the royal domain in 1615, the viscounty (excluding the ruined castle) was granted as the
county of Carlads to prince Honor I of Monaco in 1643, whose heirs retained possession until the Revolution.
Viscounts and counts of Carlat
House of Carlat
997::1030
:1030c.1048
c.10481050
House of Millau
10501080:
:10971119:
53
54
Gilbert II son of Bernard II (of Millau?); viscount of Carlat

Gilbert III son of Gilbert II
Bernard III son of Gilbert III
Brenger husband of Adle, daughter of Gilbert III; son of viscount Richard II of Millau
Richard I son of Brenger; Carlat
In Toulousan captivity 11531154.

Sometimes simply called Trencavel.
& :10971110:
:11351154
11541195:
& 1154c.1208
c.1208c.1222
c.12221274
12741304
13041325:
& 13041317:
House of Pons
1325:1356
Gilbert IV son of Brenger; Carlat (for his heirs until 1196, see Millau)
Hugues I son of Richard I; Carlat
Richard II son of Hugues I; Carlat
Hugues II son of Hugues I; Carlat; reunited viscounty 1167
+ Hugues III son of Hugues II; associated c.11761196
+ Guillaume son of Hugues II; associated 1196c.1208
Henri I legitimated son of Hugues II
Hugues IV son of Henri I
Henri II son of Hugues IV
Isabelle daughter of Henri II
Geoffroy of Pons husband of Isabelle; son of Renaud III of Pons
Renaud I son of Geoffroy and Isabelle

+ Renaud II son of Renaud I; associated 13431356
13561392 Renaud III son of Renaud II; sold viscounty, died 1427 55
13921410 Jean I, the Magnificent husband of Jeanne, daughter of count Jean I of Armagnac, son of
count Bernard VI by Ccile, daughter of Henri II; son of king Jean II of France;
14101427 Bonne daughter of Jean I; abdicated, died 1435
& 14101418 Bernard IV of Armagnac husband of Bonne; son of count Jean II of Armagnac
House of Lomagne (Armagnac)
14271462 Bernard V son of Bernard IV and Bonne
14621477 Jacques son of Bernard V; deposed, died 1477
House Blosset
14771489 Jean II son of Rogerin Blosset of Saint-Pierre; sold viscounty, died c.1531
14891503 Pierre, of Beaujeu son of duke Charles I of Bourbon
& 15051527 Charles, the Constable married Susanne; son of count Gilbert of Montpensier; deposed,
died 1527
House of Savoy
15271531 Louise mother of king Franois I of France by count Charles III of Angoulme; daughter
of duke Philippe II of Savoy
House of Medici
15591570 Catherine mother of king Franois II of France by king Henri II, son of king Franois I,
son of Louise by count Charles III of Angoulme; daughter of Lorenzo II de Medici;
15701572 lisabeth wife of king Charles IX of France, son of Catherine by king Henri II of France;
daughter of emperor Maximilian II; replaced, died 1592
15721615 Marguerite daughter of Catherine by king Henri II of France
55

House of Grimaldi (Monaco)
16431662 Honor I son of Hercule of Monaco; count of Carlads 1643
16621702 Louis son of Hercule, son of Honor
17021731 Antoine son of Louis
1731 Louise-Hippolyte daughter of Antoine
17311733 Jacques Goyon de Matignon husband of Hippolyte; son of count Jacques III of Torigny;
17331789 Honor II son of Jacques and Louise-Hippolyte; deposed, died 1795
(to France 1789)
CHAMPAGNE
By the 10th century the county of Troyes was ruled by the dukes of Autun/Burgundy, until inherited by
Robert of Vermandois, count of Meaux in 956. The union of the counties of Troyes and Meaux may be
considered the origin of Champagne (although that name was not used until 1102), which would expand to
include, eventually, most of the northeastern portion of the kingdom of France. While much of their lands were
fiefs held from other princes, the counts had secured their place among the leading feudal lords in France. In
c.1020 the counties were inherited by the House of Blois, which divided and united Champagne and Blois
among various heirs for over a century, until the definitive division in 1152, when Champagne passed to the
senior line of the family. The counts of Champagne not only dominated northeastern France (including smaller
counties like Brienne, Rethel, and Joigny) and obtained a number of fiefs beyond the imperial frontier to the
east, but also acquired international importance, Henri II becoming ruler of Jerusalem, Thibaud III being the
intended leader of the Fourth Crusade, and Thibaud IV becoming king of Navarre, which was inherited by his
descendants. Dynastic prominence aside, the county itself prospered, and Troyes was the site of the most
renowned fairs of the High Middle Ages. The succession of count Louis to the throne of France in 1314
integrated the county of Champagne into the French royal domain, where it remained indefinitely.
Counts of Meaux and (from 956) Troyes, later counts of Champagne; peers
Carolingian House of Vermandois
896902: Herbert I count of Vermandois; son of Ppin, son of king Bernardo of Italy
:907943 Herbert II son of Herbert I
943984: Herbert III, the Elder son of Herbert II
& 943966: Robert son of Herbert II; husband of Adlade, daughter and heiress of Gilbert of Troyes
:967995: Herbert IV, the Younger son of Robert
:9961019: tienne I son of Herbert IV
House of Blois
:10211037 Eudes I son of count Eudes I of Blois, son of count Thibaud I by Ligarde, daughter of Herbert II
c.1037c.1048 tienne II son of Eudes I
c.10481066: Eudes II son of tienne II; deposed, died 1118:
:10711089 Thibaud I son of Eudes I
10891102 tienne-Henri son of Thibaud I; in Meaux
& 10891093 Eudes III son of Thibaud I; in Troyes
10931125 Hugues I son of Thibaud I; in Troyes; abdicated, died 1126
11021152 Thibaud II, the Great son of tienne-Henri; in Meaux; Troyes 1125
11521181 Henri I, the Liberal son of Thibaud II
11811197 Henri II, the Younger son of Henri I; Jerusalem 11921197
11971201 Thibaud III son of Henri I
12011253 Thibaud IV, the Minstrel posthumous son of Thibaud III; Navarre 12341253
12531270 Thibaud V, the Younger son of Thibaud I; also Navarre
12701274 Henri III, the Fat son of Thibaud I; also Navarre

12741305 Jeanne daughter of Henri III; also Navarre
13051314 Louis, the Stubborn son of Jeanne by king Philippe IV of France; Navarre 13051316;
France 13141316
(to France 1314)
CHAROLAIS (CHAROLLES)
Charolles in Burgundy was purchased from the count of Chalon by Hugues IV, duke of Burgundy, and given
to his son Jean in 1248. The county passed in turn to the houses of France and Armagnac. When he inherited
the Armagnac from his brother in 1391, Bernard VII sold the Charolais to Philippe II the Bold, duke of
Burgundy. Charolais thus became one of the many feudal possessions of the dukes of Burgundy, and the title of
count of Charolais came to be granted to the ducal heir. When the male line of the House of Burgundy
became extinct in 1477, the French king Louis XI seized Charolais together with other portions of the
Burgundian inheritance. His successor Charles VIII restored Charolais, Artois, and the Franche-Comt to the
House of Habsburg by the Treaty of Senlis in 1493. Thereafter, Charolais remained a Habsburg enclave within
the territory of France (albeit under the suzerainty of the French king) until 1684. At that point, after
numerous temporary French confiscations of the Charolais, the county was finally seized by the prince of
Cond, to offset the unpaid money owed him by the king of Spain. In 1760 the French king annexed the
Charolais to the royal domain. In 1761 he bought the rights from the remaining heirs to the county.
Counts of Charolais
12481267 Jean I son of duke Hugues IV of Burgundy
12671310 Batrice I daughter of Jean
& 12721310 Robert of Clermont married Batrice I; son of king Louis IX of France; died 1317
13101316 Jean II son of Robert and Batrice
13161364 Batrice II daughter of Jean II
& 13271364 Jean III of Armagnac married Batrice II; son of count Bernard VI of Armagnac; died 1373
13641384 Jean IV son of Jean III and Batrice II
13841391 Bernard son of Jean IV; sold county, died 1418
13911404 Philippe I, the Bold son of king Jean II of France
14041410 Jean, the Fearless son of Philippe I; died 1419
14101433 Philippe II, the Good son of Jean; died 1467
14331477 Charles I, the Rash son of Philippe II
1477 Marie daughter of Charles I; deposed, died 1482
14821506 Philippe III, the Handsome son of Marie by emperor Maximilian I; Castile 15041506
15061507 Charles II (Carlos I) son of Filips III; deposed; Castile 15061556; Aragn and Sicily
15161556; Naples 15161554; Empire 15191556, died 1558
15091521 Charles II (Carlos I) restored; deposed
15261536 Charles II (Carlos I) restored; deposed
15361544
15441551
15511559
15591598
(to France)
Charles II (Carlos I) restored; deposed
(to France)
Philippe I (Felipe II), the Prudent son of Charles II; Naples 15541598; England 15541558;
Aragn, Castile, Sicily 15561598; Portugal 15811598
15981599 Philippe II (Felipe III), the Pious son of Philippe I; abdicated; Aragn, Castile, Naples,
Portugal, Sicily 15981621
15991633 Isabelle (Isabel) daughter of Philippe I
& 15991621 Albert (Albrecht) of Austria husband of Isabelle; son of emperor Maximilian II
16331635 Philippe III (Felipe IV), the Great son of Philippe II; deposed; Aragn, Castile, Naples,
Sicily 16211665; Portugal 16211640
16681674 Charles III (Carlos II), the Bewitched son of Philippe III; deposed; Aragn, Castile, Naples,
Sicily 16651700
16781684 Charles III (Carlos II), the Bewitched restored; deposed
Capetian House of Bourbon-Cond
16841686 Louis I, the Great Cond son of prince Henri II of Cond
16861709 Henri-Jules son of Louis I
17091710 Louis II son of Henri-Jules
17101760 Charles IV son of Louis II
(to France 1760)
CHTEAUDUN (see Dunois)
CHTEAUROUX (DOLS) and ISSOUDUN
The adjacent lordships of Dols and Issoudun formed a northern portion of the duchy of Aquitaine. The
conflict between the kings of England and France detached the lordships from the duchy and made them
immediate vassals of the French king. By the mid-11th century both lordships were ruled by the same family.
Issoudun passed to the royal domain in 1220, while Dols, now called Chteauroux (Chteau-Raoul) from its
new capital, survived into the 16th century, having been inherited by the Houses of Chauvigny. In 1503 it was
divided in two under the succeeding House of Maill, both portions purchased and reunited by the prince of
Bourbon-Cond in 1612. In 1573 one of the co-lords of Chteauroux was promoted to count, and in 1616 the
reunited county was promoted a duchy and a peerage for the House of Bourbon-Cond.
Lords of Dols, later Chteauroux
House of Dols
:900:
:917935
935952
9521012
10121045:
1045:1057:
1057:1058
1058c.1099
c.10991112:
:11411160
11601176
Laune lord of Dols

Ebbes I, the Noble son of Laune
Raoul I, the Liberal son of Ebbes I; lord of Chteauroux
Raoul II, the Bald son of Raoul I
Eudes, the Red son of Raoul II
Raoul III, the Prudent son of Eudes
Raoul IV, the Child son of Raoul III
Raoul V Thibaud son of Raoul III
Raoul VI, the Old son of Raoul V Thibaud
Ebbes II son of Raoul VI
Raoul VII son of Ebbes II
11761221
& 11771188
& 11891202
House of Chauvigny
12211234
12341271
12711322
13221358
1358c.1360
c.13601422
14221483
14831491
14911503
Denise daughter of Raoul VII

Baudouin de Reviers married Denise; son of Richard de Reviers, earl of Devon
Andr I of Chauvigny married Denise
Guillaume I son of Andr I and Denise
Guillaume II son of Guillaume I
Guillaume III son of Guillaume II
Andr II, the Deaf son of Guillaume III
Guy I son of Andr II
Guy II son of Guy I
Guy III son of Guy II
Franois son of Guy III
Andr III son of Franois
(lordship divided 1503)
Lords of Chteauroux
House of Maill
15031525
15251563
15631598
15981605
16051612
Hardouin X son of Hardouin IX of Maill and Antoinette, daughter of Guy III

Jean I son of Hardouin X
Franois son of Jean I
Charles son of Franois
Jean II son of Franois; sold his of Chteauroux; died 1635
(to Cond 1612)
Lords of Chteauroux, later counts of Chteauroux-le-Parc
House of Aumont
15031523
15231566
15661595
15951612
Jean V husband of Franoise, sister of Hardouin X; son of Jacques of Aumont

Pierre son of Jean V
Jean VI, le Franc Gaulois son of Pierre; count of Chteauroux-le-Parc 1573
Antoine son of Jean VI; sold his of Chteauroux, died 1635
(to Cond 1612)
Lords of Issoudun
House of Dols
:10401085 Eudes I son of Raoul III of Dols
10851092 Raoul I son of Eudes I
10921128 Geoffroy son of Eudes I
11281164 Raoul II son of Geoffroy
11641167 Eudes II son of Raoul II
1167c.1199 Eudes III son of Eudes II
c.11991213 Raoul III son of Eudes III
12131217 Mahaut daughter of Eudes III
& 12131217 Guillaume I of Chauvigny husband of Mahaut; son of Andr I of Chauvigny
House of Saint-Palais
12171220 tienne of Saint-Palais son of Anonyma of Issoudun; ceded lordship; died 1227:
(to France 1220/1221)

CHTELLERAULT
The viscounty of Chtellerault (originally Chtel-Airaud) was located northeast of Poitiers and was a vassal
of the dukes of Aquitaine. The chronology and genealogy of the early viscounts is particularly uncertain until
the end of the 11th century. Chtellerault was inherited in turn by the houses of La Rochefoucauld and
Harcourt, until sold to the count of Maine in 1447. After being annexed to the royal domain in 1481, the
viscounty was granted to the biological heirs in 1483. In 1505 Chtellerault was transferred to the count of
Montpensier, the famous Constable of Bourbon, whose brother and short-lived successor Franois was promoted
to duke of Chtellerault in 1514. In 1523 the duchy was annexed to the royal domain, then given in apanage to
Louise of Savoy, to her grandson Charles of Orlans, and to James Hamilton, 2nd earl of Arran and regent for
Mary I of Scotland. After 1559 Chtellerault remained part of the royal domain.
Viscounts and dukes of Chtellerault; peers 1514
House of Chtellerault
:936: Airaud I viscount of Chtellerault
:954: Acfred I son of (?) Airaud I
:960976: Airaud II son of (?) Airaud I
:989992: Acfred II son of Airaud II
:9991010: Boson I son of Airaud II
:10121046: Acfred III son of Boson I
House of La Rochefoucauld
1046:c.1070 Hugues I son of Foucauld I of La Roche by Garsende, daughter of Boson I
c.1070c.1092 Boson II son of Hugues I
c.1092:1144 Aimery I son of Boson II
:11441169: Hugues II son of Aimery I
:11761188 Guillaume son of Hugues II
11881202: Hugues III son of Guillaume
House of Maingot
:12031212 Hugues IV son of Guillaume Maingot; regent for Clmence (below)
House of Lusignan (Exoudun)
12121219 Raoul son of Hugues, son of Hugues VIII of Lusignan; regent for Clmence (below)
12191224 Aimery II son of Hugues II; abdicated; regent for Clmence (below)
1224:1239 Clmence daughter of Hugues III
& 1224:1239 Geoffroy son of Geoffroy, son of Hugues VIII of Lusignan; died 1247:8
:12391240: Aimery II restored
1240::1290 Jean I son of Aimery I
:12901315 Jeanne daughter of Jean I 56
& :12901302 Jean II of Harcourt husband of Jeanne; son of Jean I of Harcourt
House of Harcourt
13021329 Jean III, the Lame son of Jean II and Jeanne
13291346 Jean IV son of Jean III
13461356 Jean V son of Jean IV
13561388 Louis I son of Jean IV
13881406 Jean VI son of count Jean VI of Harcourt, son of Jean V; abdicated
14061422 Louis II brother of Jean VI; archbishop of Rouen 14091422
14221447 Jean VI restored; ceded county, died 1452
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Jeanne is often considered a sister, rather than daughter, of Jean I.

Capetian House of Valois (Anjou)
14471473 Charles I son of duke Louis II of Anjou
14831500 Jean VII son of duke Jacques of Nemours by Louise, daughter of Charles I
15001504 Charlotte sister of Jean VII; sold viscounty, died 1504
& 15031504 Charles III of Rohan husband of Charlotte; son of Pierre I of Rohan-Gi; died 1528
House of Rohan-Gi
15041505 Pierre brother of Charles III; deposed, died 1525
15051514 Charles IV, the Constable son of count Gilbert of Montpensier; replaced
15141515 Franois brother of Charles IV; duke 1514
15151523 Charles IV, the Constable restored; deposed, died 1527
House of Savoy
15271531 Louise daughter of duke Philippe II of Savoy
15401545 Charles V (duc dOrlans) son of king Franois I of France, son of Louise by count
Charles III of Angoulme
House of Hamilton
15481559 Jacques son of James, 1st earl of Arran, son of James Hamilton by Mary, daughter of king
James II of Scotland; deposed, died 1575
(to France 1559)
CLERMONT (Clermont-en-Beauvaisis)
The county of Clermont in Beauvaisis came under the control of the counts of Blois, before passing to the
French king in 1218. The county was granted to several members of the royal family, including the ancestor of
the future Capetian House of Bourbon. Several of the counts perished on Crusade. In 1327 the duke of
Bourbon ceded Clermont to the king in exchange for the larger county of La Marche in southern France. Apart
from the brief cession of Clermont to the apanage of a son of Franois I, it remained within the royal domain.
Counts and dukes of Clermont; peer 1540
House of Creil
10421088
Renaud I son of Hugues of Creil, cupbearer of France; married Ermengarde, daughter of

count Baudouin II of Clermont
Hugues son of Renaud I
Renaud II son of Hugues
Raoul, the Red son of Renaud II
10881101
11011157:
:11621191
House of Blois
11911205 Louis I husband of Catherine, daughter of Raoul; son of count Thibaud V of Blois
12051218 Thibaud son of Louis I
12181234 Philippe, Hurepel son of king Philippe II of France
12341242: Aubry son of Philippe; abdicated, died 1284:
1242:1252 Jeanne daughter of Philippe
& 1242:1250 Gaucher of Chtillon husband of Jeanne; son of count Guy II of Saint-Pol
12691317 Robert son of king Louis IX of France, son of king Louis VIII, brother of Philippe
13171327 Louis II son of Robert; duke of Bourbon and count of La Marche 13271342
15401545 Charles (duc dOrlans) son of king Franois I of France
(to France 1545)
CLERMONT-FERRAND (see Auvergne)
COMBORN
The viscounts of Comborn belonged to a leading lineage in southern Aquitaine, which also provided
viscounts for neighboring Turenne and Limoges. Around 1060, the two eldest sons of viscount Archambaud II
divided his possessions between Comborn in the west and Ventadour in the east. The line of Comborn ended
in 1508, when viscount Amanieu sold the viscounty to his cousin Antoine of Pompadour. The succession was
contested by another cousin, Louis of Pierre-Buffire, baron of Chteauneuf, who also assumed the title
viscount of Comborn. In 1530 the viscounty of Comborn was adjudicated to the House of Pierre-Buffire,
but the House of Pompadour retained another portion of the inheritance, the barony of Treignac. In 1649
Raymond de Lasteyrie du Saillant acquired by purchase the rights of Henri of Pierre-Buffire, who had lost the
viscounty on account of his debts in 1645; Raymonds heirs held Comborn until the French Revolution.
Counts of Comborn
House of Comborn
:962999: Archambaud I, Rottenleg son of (?) viscount Archambaud
:10011030: Ebles, the Old son of Archambaud
Archambaud II son of Ebles
:10381086: Archambaud III son of Archambaud II
:10941116: Bernard I son of Archambaud II
:1117c.1147 Archambaud IV, the Bearded son of Bernard I
c.11471184: Archambaud V son of Archambaud IV
:11871229: Archambaud VI son of Archambaud V
:12461256: Bernard II son of Archambaud VI
1256:1277 Archambaud VII son of Bernard II
1277:1284 Guy son of Archambaud VII
:12841298: Eustachie daughter of Guy
& :12841298: Eschivat of Preuilly husband of Eustachie; son of Geoffroy V of Preuilly; died 1320
:13031320 Bernard III son of Archambaud VII
13201367: Archambaud VIII son of Bernard III
:13681379 Archambaud IX son of Archambaud V; sold viscounty, died 1380
House of Comborn-Treignac
13791412: Guichard son of Guichard of Treignac, son of Jean, 57 son of Guichard, son of Hlie, son
of Guichard, son of Archambaud VI
:14151475: Jean I son of Guichard
:14801486: Jean II son of Jean I
:14891508 Amanieu son of Jean II; sold viscounty
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By Marie, daughter of viscount Guy of Comborn.

House of Pompadour
14961500 Geoffroy son of Martial Golfier of Pompadour by Isabelle, daughter of Guichard; bishop
of Le Puy; sold viscounty, died 1514
House of Comborn-Treignac
15001508 Amanieu restored; sold viscounty, died 1512
House of Pompadour
15081524: Antoine I son of Jean II of Pompadour, brother of Geoffroy
1524:1530 Franois I son of Antoine I; deposed, died 1534
House of Pierre-Buffire (Chteauneuf)
15301548 Louis son of Pierre of Pierre-Buffire by Catherine, daughter of Jean II; rival since 1508
15481562 Franois II son of Louis
15621606 Charles I son of Franois
16241649 Henri son of Abel of Chambret, son of Franois of Chambret, son of Louis
House of Lasteyrie du Saillant
16491678 Raymond son of Jean de Lasteyrie du Saillant
16781694 Antoine II son of Raymond
16941741: Charles-Noel son of Antoine
:17481777 Jean-Baptiste-Claude son of Charles-Nol
17771789 Charles-Louis-Jean-Gaspard son of Jean-Baptiste-Claude; deposed, died 1815
(to France 1789)
COMMINGES
The counts of Comminges in southeastern Gascony were descended from the dukes of Gascony. Originally
vassals of the duke of Gascony, they recognized the overlordship of the count of Toulouse by 1244. The
chronology and genealogy of the first counts is uncertain, but the county remained in the hands of the original
comital family until 1443. The last countess, Marguerite, was imprisoned for some 23 years (14201443) by her
third husband, Mathieu of Grailly, and died shortly after being liberated in response to royal demand. She left
her county to the French king Charles VII, who took possession on the death of Mathieu in 1453. The title and
usufruct of the county of Comminges were given to Jean of Lescun and Odet I of Aydie between 1461 and
1498, but reclaimed on the latters death. The descendants of Odet Is daughter Jeanne were also given the title
and usufruct from 1525 to 1540, when Comminges was definitively and fully united with the royal domain.
Counts of Comminges
House of Comminges
:870905 Aznar I son of count Garcia, son of duke Aznar of Gascony
905932: Loup son of Aznar I
:935: Aznar II son of Loup
:944: Arnaud I son of Aznar II
:949: Roger I brother of Arnaud I
:979: Arnaud II son of Roger I
:1003c.1035 Roger II son of Arnaud II
& :1003:1035 Eudes son of Arnaud II
c.1035c.1070 Arnaud III son of Roger II
c.1070:1105 Roger III son of Arnaud III
:1105c.1145 Bernard I son of Roger III
c.11451153 Bernard II son of Bernard I
11531176: Bernard III,58 of Samatan son of Bernard I

:11771225 Bernard IV son of Bernard III
12251241 Bernard V son of Bernard IV
12411295 Bernard VI son of Bernard V; abdicated, died 1295
12951312 Bernard VII son of Bernard VI
13121336 Bernard VIII son of Bernard VII
13361339 Jean I posthumous son of Bernard VIII
13391341 Pierre-Raymond I son of Bernard VII
13411376 Pierre-Raymond II son of Pierre-Raymond I
13761443 Marguerite daughter of Pierre-Raymond II
& 13761391 Jean II of Armagnac husband of Marguerite; son of count Jean II of Armagnac
& 13921402 Jean III of Fzenzaguet married Marguerite; son of viscount Graud IV of Fzensaguet
& 14191453 Mathieu married Marguerite; son of count Archambaud of Foix; died 1453
House of Lescun
14611473 Jean IV legitimated son of Arnaud-Guillaume of Lescun by Anne, daughter of (?) count
Bernard VII of Armagnac
House of Aydie
14731487 Odet I husband of Marie, daughter of Mathieu of Lescun, cousin of Jean IV; son of
Bertrand of Aydie; deposed, died 1498
House of Grailly (Foix-Lautrec)
14981502 Jean V husband of Jeanne, daughter of Odet I; son of viscount Pierre of Lautrec, son of
count Jean I of Foix, brother of Mathieu
15251528 Odet II son of Jean V
15281540 Henri son of Odet II
(to France 1540)
COND
The lordship of Cond in Brie (northern Champagne) had belonged to the lords of Coucy, before passing to
the dukes of Bar, then to the counts of Saint-Pol, and finally to the Bourbon counts of Vendme. From the
mid-16th century, Cond became the titular seat of a junior line of the House of Bourbon-Vendme. The first
prince of Cond, Louis I, led the Protestant forces in the first three French Wars of Religion, and was an uncle
of the future French king Henri IV. The princes of Cond were considered the eldest Capetian line after the
Bourbon kings of France from the 1590s, although they were later eclipsed by the House of Bourbon-Orlans.
Nevertheless, Louis II distinguished himself as general in the reign of king Louis XIV and received the title of
duke of Bourbon, while afterwards Louis IV Henri served as a regent of France in 17151723. A junior line of
the House of Cond was the House of Conti. The actual lordship of Cond was held by the descendants of a
younger son of Louis I, and passed by marriage to the House of Savoy-Carignan in the mid-17th century and was
reunited with France in 1789. Although wealthy and influential, the princes of Cond did not really rule a
veritable feudal principality, but are included as representatives of a leading branch of the royal family.
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Originally named Dodon.
Princes of Cond; peers for Chteauroux 16161710, Montmorency 1633, Albret 16411651,
Bourbon 1661, Guise 1704
Bourbon House of Vendme
15461569 Louis I son of duke Charles of Vendme
15691588 Henri I son of Louis I
15881646 Henri II posthumous son of Henri I
16461686 Louis II, the Great Cond son of Henri II
16861709 Henri-Jules son of Louis II
17091710 Louis III son of Henri-Jules
17101740 Louis IV Henri son of Louis III
17401789 Louis V Joseph son of Louis IV; deposed, died 1818
(to France 1789)
CONTI
The lordship of Conti (Conty) in Picardy was acquired through marriage by the first prince of Cond. The
title of prince of Conti was granted to two sons of princes of Cond, the second of whom founded a dynastic
line that survived until the French Revolution. Among them the artistic and adventurous Franois-Louis saw
service under the Habsburgs in Hungary and was elected king of Poland in 1697, but was unable to assert his
claim. Although the princes of Conti did not rule a veritable feudal principality, they are included as
representatives of a leading branch of the royal family. They received the title of counts of La Marche, while
possession of the duchy of Mercur provided them with the status of peers of France between 1723 and 1770.
Princes of Conti; peers for Mercur 17231770
Bourbon House of Cond
15811614 Franois son of prince Louis I of Cond
16141629 (to Cond)
16291666 Armand son of prince Henri II of Cond, brother of Franois
16661685 Louis-Armand I son of Armand
16851709 Franois-Louis, the Great Conti son of Armand
17091727 Louis-Armand II son of Franois-Louis
17271776 Louis-Franois son of Louis-Armand II
17761789 Louis-Franois-Joseph son of Louis-Franois; deposed, died 1814
(to France 1789)
CORBEIL
The small county of Corbeil southeast of Paris was originally created by Hugues the Great, duke of the
Franks, for his vassal Haimon, but passed by marriage to a son of the duke of Normandy in the early 11th
century. Corbeil formed an enclave within the royal domain by the 11th century; count Bouchard II was killed
fighting the French king Philippe I, and in 1112 his grandson Hugues of Puiset ceded the county to the king.
Counts of Corbeil
Danish House
c.947957
957973
& :9731007
10071012:
Haimon son of Osmond the Dane

lisabeth widow of Haimon; daughter of Lisiard Le Riche
Bouchard I of Vendme married lisabeth; son of count Bouchard
Albert brother of Haimon

House of Normandy
1012:1033: Mauger son of duke Richard I of Normandy; married Germaine, daughter of Albert
:10401067 Guillaume, Guerlenc son of Mauger
Renaud son of Guillaume
:1071: Bouchard II, the Proud son of Renaud
:10781112 Eudes son of Bouchard II
House of Puiset
1112 Hugues son of rard III of Puiset by Adlade, daughter of Bouchard II; ceded county, died 1132
(to France 1112)
COUCY
The lords of Coucy were originally vassals of the archbishop of Reims, but grew to be wealthy and
influential. Several of them perished on Crusade or in the various internecine wars among the feudal princes of
northern France. The lords made advantageous political alliances and marriages, the first two lords becoming
counts of Amiens, Enguerrand III count of Roucy, and Enguerrand VII (who had married a daughter of Edward
III of England and died on Crusade), count of Soissons, a title inherited by his heirs. But already Enguerrand III
was credited with the saying Je ne suis roi, prince, ne comte aussi, je suis le sire de Coucy (I am no king, prince,
or even count, [but] I am the lord of Coucy), and had built the powerful castle towering above the fortified
town of Coucy, sporting the largest keep (donjon) in Europe. The castle already gutted in the bombardment of
castles under Louis XIII, the impressive ruins of the keep were blown up for their symbolic value by the
Germans in World War I. The lordship of Coucy was sold to duke Louis I of Orlans in 1400, for whom the
barony was granted the status of a peerage. Merged with the royal domain in 1498, it was given in apanage to
members of the royal family, before being finally granted as a marquisate to the duke of Orlans in 1672.
Lords of Coucy; peers 14001515
House of Boves
10791116 Enguerrand I son of count Dreux of Amiens
11161130 Thomas, of Marle son of Enguerrand I
11301149 Enguerrand II son of Thomas
11491191 Raoul I son of Enguerrand I
11911242 Enguerrand III, the Great son of Raoul I
12421250 Raoul II son of Enguerrand III
12501311 Enguerrand IV son of Enguerrand III
House of Ghent (Gunes)
13111321 Enguerrand V son of count Arnoul III of Gunes by Alix, daughter of Enguerrand III
13211335 Guillaume son of Enguerrand V
13351347 Enguerrand VI son of Guillaume
13471397 Enguerrand VII son of Enguerrand VI 59
13971400 Marie daughter of Enguerrand VII; sold the lordship, died 1405
14001407 Louis I, of Orlans son of king Charles V of France
14071440 Charles I son of Louis I; ceded barony 60
14401450 Philippe, the Good son of duke Jean II of Burgundy; sold barony, died 1467
In Ottoman captivity from 1396.

In English captivity 14151440; Burgundian occupation 14111412 and 14191420; English occupation
14331440.
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Capetian House of Valois (Orlans and Angoulme)
14501465 Charles I restored
14651498 Louis II son of Charles I; France 14981515
15141515 Claude daughter of Louis II; died 1524
& 15141515 Franois I husband of Claude; son of count Charles III of Angoulme; France 15151547
15401545 Charles II (duc dOrlans) son of Franois I and Claude
House of Medici
15621576 Catherine widow of king Henri II of France, brother of Charles II; daughter of Lorenzo II
de Medici; replaced, died 1589
15761619 Diane legitimated daughter of king Henri II of France
& 15761579 Franois II of Montmorency husband of Diane; son of duke Anne of Montmorency
16191622 Franois III son of duke Charles V of Angoulme, legitimated son of king Charles IX of
France, son of Catherine by king Henri II
(to France 1622; to Orlans 1672; to France 1789)
COURTENAY
The lordship of Courtenay in the northwestern reaches of Burgundy emerged in the first half of the 11th
century. Its rulers attained a disproportionate importance during the Crusades. A son of lord Josselin, also
named Josselin, became a count of Edessa in Outremer, while the daughter of lord Renaud married Pierre, a son
of the French king Louis VI. Renaud left France for England after quarrelling with the French king, and the
latter invested his son with Courtenay. Through further profitable marriages, the Capetian House of Courtenay
obtained the counties of Auxerre, Nevers, and Tonnerre, and the throne of the Latin Empire of Constantinople.
When in 1300 Catherine I was about to marry Charles of Valois, she ceded her French lordships, including
Courtenay, to him. Nevertheless, Courtenay was still held by their daughter, Catherine II, who sold it to her
sister-in-law Jeanne of Burgundy in 1313. On Jeannes death in 1349, Courtenay entered the French royal
domain. A different branch of the original House of Courtenay survived in England, where in 1335 it inherited
the earldom of Devon.
Lords of Courtenay
House of Courtenay
:1039: Aton son of count Renaud of Chteau-Renard
1039:1065: Josselin son of Aton
:10791138: Milon son of Josselin
1138:1147: Guillaume son of Milon
:11481160: Renaud son of Milon; deposed, died c.1194
:11611180: Pierre I husband of lisabeth, daughter of Renaud; son of king Louis VI of France
:11831217 Pierre II son of Pierre I; Latin emperor 12161217 61
12171226 Philippe I, the Lip son of Pierre II
12261228 Robert son of Pierre II; Latin emperor 12201228
12281229 Henri son of Pierre II
12291273 Baudouin son of Pierre II; Latin emperor 12371273
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In Epirote captivity from 1217 to his death (in 1218?).
12731283
12831307
& 13011307
Philippe II son of Baudouin; also Latin emperor

Catherine I daughter of Philippe II; also Latin empress
Charles, of Valois married Catherine I; son of king Philippe III of France; also Latin emperor;
died 1325
13071313 Catherine II daughter of Charles and Catherine I; sold lordship; Latin empress 13071346
13131349 Jeanne, the Lame daughter of duke Robert II of Burgundy; bought lordship
& 13131328 Philippe III of Valois husband of Jeanne; son of Charles; France 13281350
(to France 1349)
DAMMARTIN
The small but prosperous county of Dammartin northeast of Paris controlled the roads between Paris and
Laon and Soissons. Despite the treason of count Renaud I, who sided with John of England against Philippe II
of France, his descendants continued to rule the county until the mid-16th century, when it was sold to the
Constable of Montmorency. In 1632 the county was sold once more, to the prince of Bourbon-Cond. The
chronology of the counts in the Early Modern period remains unusually obscure.
Counts of Dammartin-en-Gole
House of Montdidier
:10311037 Manasss, the Bald son of Hildouin II of Ramerupt
10371060: Eudes son of Manasss
:10611100 Hugues I son of Manasss
11001105: Pierre son of Hugues I
Hugues II son of (?) Pierre
House of Mello
:1107c.1112 Aubry I, the Pagan husband of (?) Adle, daughter of Hugues I
c.11121129: Aubry II son of (?) Aubry I
1129:1200 Aubry III son of Aubry II; deposed, died 1200
12001214 Renaud I son of Aubry III; deposed, died 1217
1214c.1260 Mathilde daughter of Renaud I
& 12161234 Philippe I, Hurepel married Mathilde II; son of king Philippe II of France
& 12351253 Alphonse of Portugal married Mathilde II; divorced; Portugal 12481279
House of Trie
c.12601272 Mathieu son of Jean I of Trie by Alis, daughter of Aubry III
12721302 Jean I, Billebaut son of Mathieu
13021316 Renaud II son of Jean I
13161327 Renaud III son of Renaud II
13271338 Jean II son of Renaud II
13381368: Charles I son of Jean II 62
:13941402: Blanche daughter of Charles I
& :13941402: Charles II Bureau husband of Blanche; son of Bureau de La Rivire; died 1429
House of Chtillon
1402:1408: Marguerite I daughter of count Jean I of Porcien by Jacqueline, daughter of Jean II
& 1402:1408 Guillaume of Fayel husband of Marguerite I
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House of Fayel
1408:1420 Jean III son of Guillaume and Marguerite I
14201422 Marie sister of Jean III; deposed
House of Vergy
14221436 Antoine I son of Jean III of Vergy; deposed, died 1439
House of Nanteuil
14361475 Marguerite II daughter of Marie by Renaud of Nanteuil
& 14391475 Antoine II of Chabannes married Marguerite II; son of Robert of Chabannes; died 1488
House of Chabannes
1475:1503 Jean IV son of Antoine II and Marguerite II
:15031527: Anne daughter of Jean IV
& :15031512 Jacques of Coligny husband of Anne; son of Jean III of Coligny
House of Boulainvilliers
1527:1536 Philippe II husband of Franoise of Anjou, daughter of marquis Ren of Mzires by
Antoinette, daughter of Jean IV; son of Charles of Boulainvilliers
15361554 Philippe III son of Philippe II; sold county 63
(to Montmorency 1554; to Cond 1632)
DAUPHIN (see under the KINGDOM OF BURGUNDY)
DOLS (see Chteauroux)
DOMBES
Originally part of the kingdom of Burgundy (Arelate), the Dombes just east of the Sane came to be ruled
by the French lords of Beaujeu in the north and those of Villars and Thoire in the south. In 1400 northern
Dombes was acquired by duke Louis II of Bourbon, who also took over southern Dombes in 1402. Technically
outside of France and yet de facto independent of the Holy Roman Empire, Dombes thus became a small but
profitable sovereign principality. Nevertheless, Dombes was taken from duke Charles III of Bourbon by the
French king Franois I in 1523, and was subsequently granted to various members of the French royal house
until given to the counts of Montpensier. In 1681 the duchess Anne-Marie-Louise was compelled to cede the
principality to Louis-Auguste, a legitimated son of king Louis XIV, whose heir exchanged Dombes with the
French king for the duchy of Gisors in 1762.
Princes of Dombes
14021410 Louis I, the Good son of duke Pierre I of Bourbon
14101434 Jean I son of Louis I
14341456 Charles I son of Jean I
14561488 Jean II, the Good son of Charles I
14881503 Pierre, of Beaujeu son of Charles I
count Louis I, son of Jean I; deposed, died 1527
A rival claim was maintained by Franoise of Anjou-Mzires second husband Jean III de Rambures (died
1558) and their son Oudart de Rambures (died 1562), who sold their claim to the duke of Guise in 1560. The
Montmorency claim was vindicated in 1572.
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House of Savoy
15271531 Louise I daughter of duke Philippe II of Savoy by Marguerite, daughter of Charles I
15311539 Franois I son of Louise I by count Charles III of Angoulme; France 15151547
Capetian House of Bourbon-Montpensier
15391561 Louise II sister of Charles III
15611582 Louis II son of Louise II by prince Louis of La Roche-sur-Yon, son of count Jean II of Vendme
15821592 Franois son of Louis II
16081627 Marie II daughter of Henri
& 16261627 Gaston (duc dAnjou) married Marie II; son of king Henri IV of France; died 1660
16271681 Anne-Marie-Louise daughter of Gaston and Marie II; ceded principality, died 1693
16811736 Louis-Auguste I (duc du Maine) legitimated son of king Louis XIV of France
17361755 Louis-Auguste II son of Louis-Auguste I
17551762 Louis-Charles son of Louis-Auguste I; ceded principality, died 1775
(to France 1762)
DREUX
Dreux had been part of Normandy and then Blois before being confiscated by the French king in the early
11th century. King Louis VI granted the county of Dreux to his younger son Robert, who established the
Capetian House of Dreux. This survived until the mid-14th century, and in the early 13th century Pierre, a son
of count Robert II, became duke of Brittany. Dreux passed by marriage and inheritance to the house of Thouars
and in 13771378 it was sold by the joint heirs to the French king. After 1382 Dreux was held, with some
interruptions, by the House of Albret, until that was inherited by the House of Mark (Cleves) in 1549. The
county was reclaimed by the king in 1556, and granted to members of the royal family until reunited with the
royal domain in 1584. Although the county remained part of the royal domain, it was subsequently given in
engagement to a long series of counts from several different noble houses. These are not included in the list
below, as the county of Dreux had ceased to constitute a veritable feudal principality.
Counts of Dreux; peer 1569
11521184 Robert I, the Great son of king Louis VI of France; abdicated, died 1188
11841218 Robert II, the Younger son of Robert I
12181234 Robert III, the Wheat-Spoiler son of Robert II
12341249 Jean I son of Robert III
12491282 Robert IV son of Jean I
12821309 Jean II, the Good son of Robert IV
13091329 Robert V son of Jean II
13311345 Pierre son of Jean II
13451346 Jeanne I daughter of Pierre
13461355 Jeanne II daughter of Jean II
& 13461355 Louis I of Thouars husband of Jeanne II; son of viscount Jean of Thouars; died 1370
House of Thouars
13551365 Simon son of Louis I and Jeanne II
13651377 Pronnelle sister of Simon; ceded county, died 1397
& 13651373 Amaury of Craon husband of Pronnelle; son of Maurice VII of Craon
& 13651378 Marguerite sister of Simon; ceded county, died 1404:
& :1367:1377 Thomas of Chemill husband of Marguerite
& 13761377 Clment (Tristan) Rouault of Boismnard married Pronnelle; died 1396
& :13771378 Guy Turpin of Criss married Marguerite
House of Albret
13821401 Arnaud-Amanieu I son of Bernard-Ezy IV of Albret
House of Albret
14081415 Charles I son of Arnaud-Amanieu I
14151442 Charles II son of Charles I; abdicated, died 1471
14421444 Jeanne daughter of Charles II
& 14421444 Arthur of Brittany husband of Jeanne; son of duke Jean IV of Brittany; died 1458
14441460 Arnaud-Amanieu II son of Charles II; deposed, died 1463
14601500 Alain, the Great son of viscount Jean of Tartas, son of Charles II; deposed, died 1522
15001524 Jean IV son of Arnaud-Amanieu II
15241549 Marie daughter of Jean IV
Berg House of Mark-Altena (Cleves)
15491556 Franois son of Marie by duke Franois I of Nevers; deposed, died 1561
House of Medici
15591569 Catherine daughter of Lorenzo II de Medici; abdicated, died 1589
15691584 Franois-Hercule (duc dAlenon) son of Catherine by king Henri II of France
(to France 1584)
DUNOIS (CHTEAUDUN)
The county of Chteaudun (originally Chteau-Dun) was held by the counts of Blois from c.956 until 1397.
The area was governed on their behalf by an equally long line of viscounts, which included the early counts of
Perche. In the 1390s both the counts and viscounts sold their rights to Louis, the duke of Orlans, whose
illegitimate son Jean, a renowned captain and companion of Jeanne dArc, was granted the county of Dunois in
1439. It remained in the hands of his heirs until the death of the mentally imbalanced Jean-Louis in 1694. His
brother Charles-Paris had perished in his haste to make a claim on the throne of Poland in 1672. From 1443
(de facto 1449) the counts of Dunois were also counts of Longueville in Normandy, which was promoted to
duchy in 1515; thereafter the title duke of Longueville was preferred by the head of the family. In 15251536
Dunois was briefly a duchy and a peerage, recreated in 15401545 for Charles of Orlans as duke of
Chteaudun. From 1707 the county of Dunois was reunited with the royal domain.
Viscounts of Chteaudun
House of Chteaudun
:956986: Geoffroy I viscount of Chteaudun
:989: Hugues I son of Geoffroy I
:9961003: Hugues II son of Hugues I; archbishop of Tours 10051026
House of Nogent
:10041039: Geoffroy II son of count Foulques of Mortagne by Mlisende, daughter of Hugues I
:1040c.1080 Rotrou son of Geoffroy II

c.10801110 Hugues III son of Rotrou
11101140: Geoffroy III son of Hugues III
:1145c.1180 Hugues IV son of Geoffroy III
c.11801191 Hugues V, the Crafty son of Hugues IV
11911218: Geoffroy IV son of Hugues V
:12221250 Geoffroy V son of Geoffroy IV
1250:1259 Clmence daughter of Geoffroy V
& :1253:1259 Robert of Dreux married Clmence; son of count Robert III of Dreux; died 1264
:1259:1295 Alix I daughter of Robert and Clmence
& :1275:1295 Raoul of Clermont married Alix I; son of Simon of Ailly; died 1302
House of Clermont
:12951320 Alix II daughter of Raoul and Alix I; abdicated, died 1330
& :12951311 Guillaume I of Dampierre son of count Gwijde of Flanders
& c.13121316: Jean I of Chalon married Alix II; son of count Jean of Auxonne and Chalon
13201325 Jean II son of Guillaume I and Alix II
13261387 Marguerite daughter of Jean II; abdicated, died 1387:
& :13411387 Guillaume II of Craon married Marguerite; son of Amaury III of Craon
House of Craon
13871395 Guillaume III son of Guillaume II and Marguerite; sold viscounty; died 1409:10
(to Orlans 1395)
Counts of Dunois, later dukes of Longueville
14391468 Jean bastard son of duke Louis I of Orlans; count of Dunois; count of Longueville 1443
14681491 Franois I son of Jean
14911513 Franois II son of Franois I; duke of Longueville 15051513
15131515 Rene daughter of Franois II
15151516 Louis I son of Franois I; duke of Longueville 1515
15161524 Claude son of Louis I
15241536 Louis II son of Louis I; duke of Dunois 15251536
15361551 Franois III son of Louis II
15511573 Lonor son of marquis Franois of Rothelin, son of Louis I
15731595 Henri I son of Lonor
15951663 Henri II son of Henri I
16631669 Jean-Louis son of Henri II; abdicated
16691672 Charles-Paris adopted son of Henri II; son of Henri IIs wife Anne-Genevive of Cond
by duke Franois VI of La Rochefoucauld
16721694 Jean-Louis restored
16941707 Marie daughter of Henri II
(to France 1707)
Duke of Chteaudun; peer
15401545 Charles (duc dOrlans) son of king Franois I of France
(to France 1545)
ELBEUF
The lordship (later barony) of Elbeuf in Normandy belonged to the lords of Harcourt from 1204. After
being occupied by the English in 14181444, it passed by marriage to count Antoine of Vaudmont. His
grandson, duke Ren II of Lorraine left his French possessions to his younger son Claude, who became the first
duke of Guise. In turn Claude left it to his younger son Ren, who became the founder of the Elbeuf line of the
House of Lorraine-Vaudmont (or Guise). Ren of Elbeuf was promoted to marquis of Elbeuf, and his son
Charles to duke. A younger branch of the family acquired the county of Armagnac, and one of its members
became duke of Elbeuf before the duchy was abolished in the French Revolution.
Lords, marquis, and dukes of Elbeuf; peers 1582
14521458 Antoine husband of Marie, daughter of Jean VII of Harcourt; son of count Ferry I of Vaudmont
14581472 Jean son of Antoine
14721508 Ren I son of count Ferry II of Vaudmont, son of Antoine
15081550 Claude son of Ren I
15501566 Ren II son of Claude; marquis of Elbeuf 1554
15661605 Charles I son of Ren II; duke 1582
16571692 Charles III son of Charles II
16921748 Henri son of Charles III
17481763 Emmanuel-Maurice son of Charles III
17631789 Charles-Eugne son of count Louis-Charles of Brionne, son of count Louis, son of count
Henri of Brionne, son of count Louis of Armagnac, son of count Henri, son of Charles I;
deposed, died 1825
(to France 1789)
TAMPES
The county of tampes south of Paris was conferred on Louis, younger brother of king Philippe IV of
France, in 1298. His grandson ceded the county to the duke of Anjou in 1381, the latters widow ceded it to the
duke of Berry in 1385, and he ceded it to the duke of Burgundy in 1387. tampes remained under Burgundian
rule until 1477, although in 1421 the French king had invested Richard, son of duke Jean IV of Brittany, as the
count of tampes. Richard and his son, duke Franois II of Brittany, were never able to take possession of their
county. Annexed to the royal domain, tampes was granted to Jean of Foix-Grailly in 1478. After his sons
death in 1512, the county was conferred on Anne of Brittany, queen of France and daughter of the titular count
Franois. With the accession of her son-in-law Franois I on the throne of France in 1515, tampes was
annexed to the royal domain. However, the county (promoted to duchy in 1536) was subsequently granted to
various royal relatives, favorites, mistresses, and others. In the 18th century, tampes was held in succession by
the Bourbon lines of Cond, Conti, and Orlans.
Counts and dukes of tampes; peers 1327
12981318 Louis I son of king Philippe III of France; abdicated, died 1319
13181336 Charles son of Louis
13361381 Louis II son of Charles; ceded county, died 1486
13811384 Louis III son of king Jean II of France
13841385 Louis IV son of Louis III; ceded county, died 1417

Capetian House of Valois (Berry)
13851387 Jean I, the Magnificent brother of Louis III; ceded county, died 1416
13871404 Philippe I, the Bold brother of Jean I
14041412 Jean II, the Fearless son of Philippe I; deposed
14161419 Jean II, the Fearless restored
14191434 Philippe II, the Good son of Jean II; abdicated, died 1467
Richard of Brittany son of duke Jean IV of Brittany; rival claimant 14211438
14341442 Jean III son of count Philippe II of Nevers, son of Philippe I; deposed, died 1491
Franois of Brittany son of Richard; rival claimant 14381488
14421478 (to France 64)
14781500 Jean IV son of count Gaston IV of Foix; husband of Marie, sister of king Louis XII of France
15001512 Gaston son of Jean IV
Capetian House of Dreux (Brittany)
15131514 Anne daughter of Franois of Brittany
15141515 Claude daughter of Anne by king Louis XII of France; replaced
& 15141515 Franois of Angoulme married Claude; son of count Charles III of Angoulme; France
15151547
House of Gouffier
15151519 Artus tutor of king Franois I of France; son of Guillaume Gouffier
15191524 Claude restored
House of La Barre
15261533 Jean V baron of Vretz and viscount of Bridieu
House of Brosse
15341553 Jean VI husband of Anne of Pisseleu, mistress of king Franois I of France; son of Ren of
Brosse; duke 1536; deposed
House of Poitiers (Valentinois)
15531562 Diane mistress of king Henri II of France; daughter of Jean of Saint-Vallier; deposed,
died 1566
House of Brosse
15621566 Jean VI restored
House of Pisseleu (Heilly)
15661576 Anne widow of Jean VI; daughter of Adrien of Heilly
Wittelsbach House of the Palatinate
15761577 Jean-Casimir son of elector Friedrich III of the Palatinate; abdicated, died 1592
House of Lorraine-Vaudmont (Guise)
15791582 Catherine daughter of duke Franois of Guise; replaced, died 1596
15821598 Marguerite daughter of king Henri II of France; abdicated, died 1615
House of Estres
15981599 Gabrielle mistress of king Henri IV of France; daughter of marquis Antoine of Cuvres
64
Burgundian occupation continued until 1477.

15991665 Csar legitimated son of Gabrielle by king Henri IV of France
16651669 Louis V son of Csar
16691712 Louis-Joseph son of Louis V
Capetian House of Bourbon (Cond)
17121718 Marie-Anne widow of Louis-Joseph; daughter of prince Henri-Jules of Cond
17181752 Louise-lisabeth daughter of prince Louis III of Cond, brother of Marie-Anne;
& 17181727 Louis-Armand of Conti husband of Louise-lisabeth; son of prince Franois-Louis of Conti
Capetian House of Bourbon (Conti)
17521759 Louise-Henriette daughter of Louis-Armand and Louise-lisabeth
& 17521759 Louis-Philippe I of Orlans husband of Louise-Henriette; son of duke Louis of Orlans;
died 1785
Capetian House of Bourbon (Orlans)
17591789 Louis-Philippe II (Philippe-galit) son of Louis-Philippe I and Louise-Henriette;
deposed, died 1793
(to France 1789)
EU
The county of Eu in northeastern Normandy was granted to first one, then another bastard son of the duke
of Normandy in the 990s, and held by his descendants until the 13th century, when it was inherited by the
houses of Lusignan and Brienne. The latter was dispossessed in favor of the Capetian House of Artois in 1350,
which was inherited by the houses of Nevers and Cleves in the 15th century. The counts of Eu participated in
the Crusades and the Hundred Years War, suffering death or captivity in the process. Having been inherited by
the dukes of Guise in 1633, Eu was sold to Anne-Marie-Louise, the duchess of Montpensier, who was obliged to
cede the county to Louis-Auguste, a legitimated son of the French king Louis XIV. His descendants held Eu
until the French Revolution. The daughter of the last duke, Louise-Marie-Adlade, married the duke of
Orlans and became the mother of the future king Louis-Philippe I.
Counts of Eu; peers 1458
House of Normandy
996:c.1015
c.1015c.1040
c.10401057
1057c.1076
c.10761089:
:10931096
10961140
11401170
11701190:
:11911246
& :11941219
House of Lusignan
1246
12461260
House of Brienne
& :12501270
12701294
Godefroy bastard son of duke Richard I of Normandy

Gilbert, Crespin son of Godefroy
Guillaume I brother of Godefroy
Guillaume II, Busac son of Guillaume I
Robert I son of Guillaume I
Guillaume III son of Robert I; deposed, died 1096:
Henri I son of Guillaume III
Jean I son of Henri I
Henri II son of Jean I
Alix daughter of Henri II
Raoul I of Lusignan married Alix; son of Hugues, son of Hugues VIII of Lusignan
Raoul II son of Raoul I and Alix
Marie daughter of Raoul II
Alphonse of Brienne married Marie; son of king Jean I of Jerusalem
Jean II son of Alphonse and Marie

13021344 Raoul III son of Jean III
13441350 Raoul IV son of Raoul III; deposed, died 1350 65
13511387 Jean IV, Lackland son of count Robert of Beaumont 66
1387 Robert II son of Jean IV
13871397 Philippe son of Jean IV
13971472 Charles I son of Philippe 67
Capetian House of Valois (Burgundy-Nevers)
14721477 Jean V son of count Philippe II of Nevers by Bonne, daughter of Philippe; sold county, died 1491
14771491 (to Burgundy 1477; to France 1477)
14921506 Engilbert son of duke Johann I of Cleves by lisabeth, daughter of Jean V
15061521 Charles II son of Engilbert
15211561 Franois I son of Charles II
15641633 Catherine daughter of Franois I
& 15641567 Antoine of Cro husband of Catherine; son of count Charles II of Porcien
& 15701588 Henri III of Guise married Catherine; son of duke Franois of Guise
16331640 Charles III son of Henri III and Catherine
16401657 Henri IV son of Charles III; archbishop of Reims 16291640; sold county, died 1664
16571681 Anne-Marie-Louise daughter of duke Gaston of Orlans; ceded county, died 1693
16811736 Louis-Auguste I (duc du Maine) legitimated son of king Louis XIV of France
17361755 Louis-Auguste II son of Louis-Auguste I
17551775 Louis-Charles son of Louis-Auguste I
17751789 Louis-Jean-Marie son of duke Louis-Alexandre of Penthivre, brother of Louis-Auguste I;
deposed, died 1793
(to France 1789)
VREUX
The county of vreux south of Rouen was originally part of the duchy of Normandy. vreux was granted to
a legitimated son of the duke of Normandy, who was also archbishop of Rouen, at the end of the 10th century,
and he was succeeded by his descendants, who were inherited by the House of Montfort in 1118. This family
was dispossessed by the French king Philippe II for supporting the king of England in 1195, and vreux entered
the French royal domain in 1199. A century later vreux was granted as an apanage to Louis, a half-brother of
the French king Philippe IV, whose heir became king-consort of Navarre. Louis descendants, still kings of
Navarre, retained vreux until 1404, when it was ceded back to the king of France in exchange for the duchy of
Nemours. After being granted out to royal supporters and to the duke of Alenon, the county of vreux was
given to the House of La Tour dAuvergne in exchange for the principality of Sedan in 1751.

67 In English captivity 14151438.
65
66
Counts of vreux; peers 1316

House of Normandy
9891037 Robert, the Dane legitimated son of duke Richard I of Normandy; archbishop of Rouen
9891037
10371067 Richard son of Robert
10671118 Guillaume, Crespin son of Richard
House of Montfort
11181137: Amaury I son of Simon I of Montfort-lAmaury by Agns, daughter of Richard
:1138c.1140 Amaury II son of Amaury I
c.11401181 Simon, the Bald son of Amaury I
11811182 Amaury III son of Simon
11821195 Amaury IV son of Amaury III; deposed (resigned rights 1200), died c.1213
11951199 Jean I, Lackland son of king Henry II of England; deposed; England 11991216
Capetian House of vreux
12981318 Louis son of king Philippe III of France; abdicated, died 1319
13181343 Philippe, the Wise son of Louis; Navarre 13281343
13431378 Charles I, the Bad son of Philippe; deposed; Navarre 13491387 68
13871404 Charles II, the Noble son of Charles I; abdicated; Navarre 13871425
House of Stuart-Darnley
14271429 Jean II son of Alexander Stewart of Darnley
House of Brz
14411461 Pierre son of Pierre de Brz; deposed, died 1465
16511652 Frdric-Maurice son of prince Henri of Sedan
16521721 Godefroy-Maurice son of Frdric-Maurice
17711789 Godefroy-Charles-Henri son of Charles-Godefroy; deposed, died 1792
(to France 1789)
FEZENSAC and FZENSAGUET
The county of Fezensac was part of the duchy of Gascony. In the mid-10th century it passed, together with
Armagnac, to Guillaume, a son of duke Garcia II, whose sons divided the counties of Armagnac and Fezensac
amongst themselves in c.965. By c.1140 Fezensac had become reunited with Armagnac. In 1182 Bernard IV,
count of Armagnac and Fezensac, granted the viscounty of Fzensaguet to his nephew Bernard of Lomagne. His
descendants ruled as viscounts of Fzensaguet until 1402, when the count of Armagnac reclaimed the territory.
68
Counts of Fezensac
House of Gascony
926c.960
c.960c.985
c.985:1020
:1020:1032
:1032c.1064
c.10641103
1103c.1140
Guillaume son of duke Garcia of Gascony

Odon son of Guillaume
Bernard I son of Odon
Aymeric I son of Bernard I
Astanove I 69 son of Aymeric I
Aymeric II, Forton son of Astanove I
Astanove II son of Aymeric II
(union with Armagnac c.1140 70)
Viscounts of Fzensaguet
House of Lomagne
11821202
12021215
12151245
12451280
12801319
13191339
13391390
13901401
14011402
Bernard son of Odon of Firmacon by Mascarose, daughter of count Graud III of Armagnac
Graud I son of Bernard; to Armagnac 12151219
Roger son of Bernard
Graud II son of Roger; Armagnac 12561280
Gaston son of Graud II
Graud III son of Gaston
Jean I son of Graud III
Graud IV son of Jean I
Jean II son of Graud IV; deposed, died 1402
(to Armagnac 1402)
FLANDERS (FLANDRE, VLAANDEREN)
The county of Flanders, now divided between France and Belgium, emerged in the late 9th century under
Boudewijn I, brother-in-law of Charles the Bald, who was charged with defending the coast from Viking raids.
Uniting several counties under his rule, Boudewijn adopted the title of marquis, although this was not
perpetuated. The counts control extended across the frontier with the Empire to the east, including Imperial
Flanders, while to the southwest they exercised overlordship over pettier counts of Boulogne, Gunes, Ponthieu,
and Saint-Pol. Boudewijn V served as regent of France for his nephew Philippe I in 10601067, and was also
father-in-law of William I of England. Boudewijn VI acquired the county of Hainault by marriage; it would be
united with Flanders on and off over the following centuries. Flanders had passed to the houses of Denmark,
Normandy, and Alsace, before returning to the Hainault branch of the House of Flanders with Boudewijn IX,
the first Latin emperor of Constantinople. Meanwhile dynastic policy and a strengthening royal authority had
led to conflict with the Capetian kings of France, and the count of Flanders had to surrender his southernmost
territories (the Artois) to the French king. Its economic interests closely aligned with England (which exported
the wool needed by Flemish cloth-makers), Flanders frequently took the English side in conflicts between that
kingdom and France. In 1384 Flanders passed by marriage into the hands of the Valois House of Burgundy,
which assembled a vast agglomeration of feudal principalities along the borders of France and the Holy Roman
Empire. After the death of Charles the Rash in 1477, his daughter Marie brought Flanders to the House of
Habsburg by marriage. The Treaty of Senlis (1493) left Flanders and Artois part of the Holy Roman Empire,
and the French claims were abandoned at the Treaty of Cambrai (1529). Most of Flanders remained under the
Habsburgs until 1794 (as part of the Spanish, later Austrian, Netherlands), when it was conquered by France.
Under Louis XIV, the French had taken Artois (1659), Lille (1668), and Cambrai and Valenciennes (1678).
After 1815, what remained of Habsburg Flanders passed first to the Netherlands and then to Belgium.
69
70
Originally named Guillaume.

Astanove IIs daughter Anicelle (Azelma) had married count Graud III of Armagnac.
Counts of Flanders; peers

House of Flanders
863879
879918
918965
Boudewijn I (Baudouin), Ironarm son of Ingelram; marquis in Flanders

Boudewijn II (Baudouin), the Bald son of Boudewijn I; count of Flanders
Arnulf I (Arnoul), the Old son of Boudewijn II
+ Boudewijn III (Baudouin) son of Arnulf I; associated 958962
Arnulf II (Arnoul), the Younger son of Boudewijn III; associated 964
Boudewijn IV (Baudouin), the Bearded son of Arnulf II
Boudewijn V (Baudouin), the Pious son of Boudewijn IV
Boudewijn VI (Baudouin), of Mons son of Boudewijn V
Arnulf III (Arnoul), the Unfortunate son of Boudewijn VI
Robrecht I (Robert), the Frisian son of Boudewijn V
Robrecht II (Robert), of Jerusalem son of Robrecht I; associated 1086
Boudewijn VII (Baudouin), Hapkin son of Robrecht II
965988
9881035
10351067
10671070
10701071
10711093
10931111
11111119
House of Denmark
11191127 Karel I (Charles), the Good son of king Knud IV of Denmark by Adela, daughter of
Robrecht I
House of Normandy
11271128 Willem (Guillaume), Clito son of duke Robert II of Normandy, son of king William I of
England by Mathilda, daughter of Boudewijn V
House of Alsace
11281168 Diederik (Thierry) son of duke Thierry II of Upper Lorraine by Gertrudis, daughter of
Robrecht I
11681191 Filips I (Philippe) son of Diederik; associated 1157
11911194 Margaretha I (Marguerite) daughter of Diederik
& 11911194 Boudewijn VIII (Baudouin) husband of Margaretha I; son of count Baudouin IV of Hainault,
son of count Baudouin III, son of count Baudouin II, son of Boudewijn VI; died 1195
House of Hainault
11941205 Boudewijn IX (Baudouin) son of Boudewijn VIII and Margaretha I; Constantinople
12041205 71
12061244 Johanna (Jeanne) daughter of Boudewijn IX
& 12121233 Ferrand (Ferdinand) married Johanna; son of king Sancho I of Portugal 72
& 12371244 Thomas (Thomas) married Johanna; son of count Thomas I of Savoy; died 1259
12441278 Margaretha II (Marguerite II) daughter of Boudewijn IX; abdicated, died 1280
House of Dampierre
+ Willem (Guillaume) son of Margaretha II by Guillaume II of Dampierre; associated
12461251
12781305 Gwijde (Guy) son of Margaretha II by Guillaume II of Dampierre; associated 1253 73
13051322 Robrecht III (Robert) son of Gwijde 74
13221346 Lodewijk I (Louis), of Crcy son of count Louis I of Nevers, son of Robrecht III
13461384 Lodewijk II (Louis), of Male son of Lodewijk I
13841405 Margaretha III (Marguerite) daughter of Lodewijk II
& 13841404 Filips II (Philippe), the Bold husband of Margaretha III; son of king Jean II of France
In Bulgarian captivity from 1205 to his death (in 1206?).
73 In French captivity 13001304, 1305.
74 In French captivity until 1305.
71
72

Capetian House of Valois-Burgundy
14051419 Jan (Jean), the Fearless son of Filips II and Margaretha III
14191467 Filips III (Philippe), the Good son of Jan
14671477 Karel II (Charles), the Rash son of Filips III
14771482 Maria (Marie) daughter of Karel II
& 14771482 Maximiliaan (Maximilien) married Maria; son of emperor Friedrich III; Empire 14931519
14821506 Filips IV (Philippe), the Handsome son of Maximilian and Maria; Castile 15041506
15061549 Karel III (Charles) son of Filips IV; Aragn, Castile, Sicily 15161556; Naples 15161554;
Empire 15191558
(to the Southern/Spanish Netherlands 1549; to the Austrian Netherlands 1713; to France
1794; to the Netherlands 1815; to Belgium 1830)
FOIX
The county of Foix in the foothills of the Pyrenees was a vassal of the counts of Toulouse, and was originally
governed by a branch of the same family as the counts of Carcassonne and Comminges. In 1290 the count of
Foix inherited the sovereign viscounty of Barn, thereby more than doubling his lands, power, and wealth. In
the late 14th century Gaston III Fbus, the lion of the Pyrenees, first cooperated with, then opposed royal
authority in the Languedoc. The succeeding House of Grailly saw Foix promoted to a peerage in 1458 and
ascended the throne of Navarre in 1479. It was inherited in all of its possessions by the House of Albret in the
early 16th century. This, in turn, was followed by the House of Bourbon, and after Henri IV became king of
France in 1589, Foix was joined to the royal domain in 1607.
Counts of Foix; peers 1458
House of Comminges (Carcassonne)
:10121036: Bernard son of count Roger of Carcassonne
:10381064: Roger I son of Bernard
:10671124 Roger II son of count Pierre of Couserans, son of Bernard
11241147: Roger III son of Roger II
:11481188 Roger-Bernard I, the Fat son of Roger III
11881223 Raymond-Roger son of Roger-Bernard I
12231241 Roger-Bernard II, the Great son of Raymond-Roger
12411265 Roger IV son of Roger-Bernard II
12651302 Roger-Bernard III son of Roger IV
13021315 Gaston I son of Roger-Bernard III
13151343 Gaston II, the Brave son of Gaston I
13431391 Gaston III, Fbus son of Gaston II
13911398 Mathieu son of viscount Roger-Bernard II of Castelbon, son of viscount Roger-Bernard I,
son of Gaston I
13981412 Isabelle sister of Mathieu; abdicated, died 1428
& 13981412 Archambaud of Grailly husband of Isabelle; son of Pierre of Grailly
House of Grailly
14121436 Jean I son of Archambaud and Isabelle
14361472 Gaston IV son of Jean I
14721483 Franois, Fbus son of Gaston, son of Gaston IV; Navarre 14791483
14821517 Catherine sister of Franois; Navarre 14831512 and 1516
& 14841516 Jean II of Albret married Catherine; son of Alain of Albret; Navarre 14841512 and 1516

House of Albret
15171555 Henri I son of Jean II and Catherine; Navarre 15211555
15551572 Jeanne daughter of Henri I; also Navarre
(to France 1607)
FOREZ
The county of Forez (centered on Feurs) west of the Rhne and Sane was originally a dependency of the
kingdom of Lower Burgundy (Provence). It had come under French rule in 928, but then passed to the
kingdom of Burgundy (Arelate) as the dowry of Louis IVs daughter Mathilde, who married king Conrad I of
Burgundy in 966. As a dependency of Burgundy, Forez was ruled by the same count as Lyon. A long-lasting
conflict between the count (supported by the king of France) and the archbishop of Lyon (supported by the
Holy Roman Emperor) resulted in the formal separation between the county of Forez and that of Lyon,
formalized in 1173. In the process, the count of Forez had become the vassal of the king of France (to whom he
swore fealty in 1137, confirmed 1167), instead of the Holy Roman Emperor (in his capacity as king of
Burgundy). This constitutes the first marked expansion of Capetian France towards the east at the expense of
the kingdom of Burgundy and of the Holy Roman Empire. Meanwhile the original comital family, the House of
Lyon, had been inherited by that of Albon. The latter was succeeded by those of Auvergne, Bourbon, and Savoy,
until the county was joined to the royal domain in 1531. Apart from being granted as an apanage to the future
French king Henri III in 15661574, it remained united with the royal domain.
Counts of Forez; peer 1566
House of Lyon
c.913925:
925:944:
& 925:960
960984:
:993c.1000
c.1000:1017
:10171046:
:10611078:
:10791097
10971107:
:1110:
House of Albon
:11171138
11381198
1198c.1202
c.12021241
12411259
12591270
12701278
12781334
13341358
75
Guillaume I count of Lyon and Forez

Guillaume II son of Guillaume I; in Lyon
Artaud I son of Guillaume I; in Forez
Graud I son of Artaud I
Artaud II son of Graud I
Artaud III son of Artaud II
Graud II son of Artaud II
Artaud IV son of Graud II
Guillaume III, the Elder son of Artaud IV
Guillaume IV, the Younger son of Guillaume III; abdicated, died 1107:
Eustache son of Guillaume III
Guigues I son of Guigues-Raymond of Albon 75 by Ide-Raymonde, daughter of Artaud IV
Guigues II son of Guigues I; abdicated, died 1206
Guigues III son of Guigues II
Guigues IV son of Guigues III
Guigues V son of Guigues IV
Renaud son of Guigues IV
Guigues VI son of Renaud
Jean I son of Guigues VI
Guigues VII son of Jean I
Son of count Guigues I of Albon.
13581362 Louis I son of Guigues VII

13621372 Jean II son of Guigues VII
House of Auvergne
13721417 Anne daughter of dauphin Braud II of Auvergne by Jeanne, daughter of Guigues VII
& 13721410 Louis II of Bourbon husband of Anne; son of duke Pierre I of Bourbon
14171434 Jean III son of Louis II and Anne; in English captivity since 1415
14341456 Charles I son of Jean III
14561488 Jean IV, the Good son of Charles I
14881503 Pierre son of Charles I
count Louis I, son of Jean III; deposed, died 1527
House of Savoy
15271531 Louise daughter of duke Filippo II of Savoy by Marguerite, daughter of Charles I
15661574 Henri-douard-Alexandre (duc dOrlans) son of king Henri II of France; Poland 15731575;
France 15741589
(to France 1574)
FRANCE (FRANCIA) or NEUSTRIA (NEUSTRIE)
The term France (Francia) could apply to the kingdom(s) of the Franks, to northern Gaul, or also to the
region between the Seine and the Loire (corresponding, approximately, to old Neustria). The last sense applies
to the somewhat obscure usage of the title duke of the Franks or of Francia by the Robertian ancestors of the
later Capetian kings. A march or duchy between the Seine and the Loire had been conferred, with
interruptions, on count Roland of the Breton March, count Eudes of Orlans, and count Lambert of Nantes,
before Robert the Strong, marquis of Neustria and duke of the Franks. The origins of the Robertians remain
unclear, and Robert the Strong has been identified as the son of count Rodbert of Wormsgau or of count
Guillaume of Blois (brother of Eudes of Orlans), to name just two hypotheses. Two of Robert the Strongs
sons ruled as kings of France, briefly interrupting or challenging the Carolingian Dynasty. At the height of his
power, Hugues the Great dominated the northern part of feudal France from the Atlantic to the imperial border
without claiming the title of king, and married first the daughter of the king of England, then the sister of the
king of Germany. His son Hugues Capet would become king in 987, founding what came to be known as the
Capetian Dynasty; in securing the royal throne, however, he had allowed his vassals, from Anjou to Burgundy, to
wield greater autonomy, leaving relatively little power and a restricted royal domain to the new king.
Marquis of Neustria, dukes of the Franks or of France
Robertian House
861866
Welf House
866886
Robertian House
886888:
:893923
923956
Robert I, the Strong marquis of Neustria, duke of the Franks

Hugues I, the Abbot son of Robert Is wife Adlade by her first husband, count Conrad I
of Auxerre
Eudes son of Robert I; France 888898
Robert II son of Robert I; France 922923
Hugues II, the Great son of Robert II
956987
Hugues III, Capet son of Hugues II; France 987996

(to France 987)
FRANCHE-COMT (see under the KINGDOM OF BURGUNDY)
GASCONY (GASCOGNE)
Originally a Frankish march to govern the restive Gascons (Vascones, Basques) in southwestern France,
Gascony was entrusted to royally-appointed dukes since Merovingian times. From the mid-7th century Gascony
was grouped with Aquitaine, its northern neighbor across the Garonne. In the Carolingian period a separate
duchy of Gascony appeared again, intended to provide more effective localized defense against attacks from
independent Basques (who had attacked Charlemagnes count Roland at the battle of Roncevaux in 778) and
their Muslim allies from across the Pyrenees. The identity and interrelationships of the early dukes of Gascony
remain unclear, but within the context of anti-Carolingian agitation, Gascony gradually came to be ruled by a
dynastic line of counts or dukes starting with Sanche I, recognized by the emperor Charles the Bald in 853. The
comital lines of Armagnac, Astarac, Bigorre, Comminges, Fezensac, and Foix were all descended from the ducal
house of Gascony, at least according to later tradition. On the extinction of the direct male line of dukes in
1032, Gascony was inherited by duke Eudes of Aquitaine. His nephew and successor, Bernard II of Armagnac,
also a descendant of the earlier dukes of Gascony, was forced to abdicate and cede the duchy to Eudes brother,
the future duke of Aquitaine Guillaume VIII in 1052, who also defeated the next count of Armagnac in 1063.
Thus Gascony remained united with Aquitaine, passing with it to the Angevin kings of England in 1152. When
the English kings lost Normandy, Anjou, and parts of Aquitaine proper to the kings of France in the early 13th
century, Gascony was the portion of their feudal lands that they were able to retain most completely. The last
vestiges of the duchy were conquered by France in 1453.
Counts or dukes of Gascony
House of Gascony
:826836 Aznar son of Sanche, son of (?) Loup, son of Centule
836c.855 Sanche I brother of Aznar 76
c.855864 Arnaud son of count menon of Prigord by sister of Sanche I
864:893 Sanche II, Mitarra son of Sanche I; duke and king (?) of Gascony
:893920: Garcia, the Bent son of Sanche II
920955 Sanche III son of Garcia
955961 Sanche IV son of Sanche III
961996 Guillaume I son of Sanche III
9961009 Bernard I son of Guillaume I
10091032 Sanche V son of Guillaume I
10321039 Eudes son of duke Guillaume V of Aquitaine by Brisque, daughter of Guillaume I
House of Gascony (Armagnac)
10391052 Bernard II, Tumapaler son of Eudes sister Adalas by count Graud I of Armagnac, son of
count Bernard I, son of count Guillaume of Fezensac, son of Garcia; abdicated, died 1064:90
10521058 Guy, 77 the Venerable brother of Eudes; Aquitaine 10581086
(union with Aquitaine 1058)
76
77
In Muslim captivity 852853.

Called Guy-Geoffroy, he ruled the duchy of Aquitaine as Guillaume VIII.

GVAUDAN
The county of Gvaudan in northern Languedoc was entrusted by king Raoul to the future count of
Rouergue, Ermengaud, in 902, but subsequently seems to have passed to the members of a rival family, until
returning to the counts of Rouergue by 1016; their heirs were their kinsmen, the counts of Toulouse, despite the
rival claims of the counts of Auvergne. The counts of Toulouse abandoned most of their comital rights in
Gvaudan to the bishop of Mende, who was invested as count by the French king in 1161. Meanwhile much
authority in the county had passed into the hands of the viscounts of Gvaudan, who were members of the
House of Millau. The viscounty of Gvaudan was united with that of Millau shortly after 1029. With Millau, it
passed to the counts of Provence and then to the kings of Aragn until ceded by them in 1258. The French
kings came to a power-sharing agreement with the bishops of Mende from 1307.
Counts of Gvaudan
House of Rouergue
902935:
House of Gvaudan
:936c.975
c.9751011:
& c.9751011:
Ermengaud son of count Eudes of Rouergue

tienne son of Bertrand, son of viscount Hracle
Pons son of tienne
Bertrand son of tienne
(union with Rouergue :1016; union with Toulouse 1094; to bishops of Mende by 1161)
Viscounts of Gvaudan
House of Millau
:937:
:998:
& :9981029:
Bernard son of viscount Bernard II of Millau

Rigaud son of Bernard
tienne son of Bernard
(union with Millau 1029:)
GOTHIA (see Septimania)
GRANDPR
The county of Grandpr was originally part of the duchy of Upper Lorraine, and thus of the Holy Roman
Empire. In the early 13th century the count of Grandpr not only became one of the vassals of the counts of
Champagne, but also a subject of the French king. Exactly how and when the county became part of the French
kingdom remains obscure, but this development probably dates to the period 12081214 (although the Astenois
further to the south appears to have followed suit only in the period 12541272). Several successive sales of the
county in the second half of the 15th century brought it to the House of Joyeuse, which remained in possession
of Grandpr until the French Revolution. The chronology of the counts is at times very uncertain, as late as the
Early Modern period.
Counts of Grandpr
House of Grandpr
:10081020: Hesselin I count of Grandpr
:10501064: Herman son of Hesselin I
1064:1097: Hesselin II (Henri) son of Herman
Henri I son of Hesselin II
:11511188: Henri II son of Henri I
:11901211 Henri III son of Henri II
12111229
12291287
1287c.1314
c.13141347:
1347:1373:
:1375:1396
:13961415
14151446:
:14471462
House Le Bouteiller
14621467
House of Borsele
14671474
14741485:
House of Commines
1485:1487
House of Joyeuse
14871498
14981556:
1556:c.1587
c.15871589
15891614:
1614:1621
16211632
& 16231632
16321680
16801712
17121774
1774
17741789
& 17741789
Henri IV son of Henri III

Henri V son of Henri IV
Jean I son of Henri V
douard I son of Jean III
Jean IV son of douard I
Louis I son of Jean IV
douard II son of douard I; sold county, died 1470
Quentin Le Bouteiller sold county
Henri VI (Hendrik II) son of Wolfert V van Borsele
Jean V (Wolfert VI) son of Henri VI; sold county; died 1487
Jeanne daughter of Jean of Commines; abdicated, died 1512
Louis II husband of Isabeau, daughter of Jeanne by Jean II of Hallewin; son of viscount
Tanneguy of Joyeuse
Robert I son of Louis II
Foucauld son of Robert I
Robert II son of Foucauld
Claude son of Foucauld
Pierre son of Claude
Marguerite daughter of Claude; abdicated, died 1634:
Antoine-Franois son of Antoine of Saint-Lambert, son of Foucauld
Charles-Franois son of Antoine-Franois and Marguerite
Jules son of Charles-Franois
Jean-Gdon-Andr son of Jules-Charles, son of Robert of Saint-Lambert, brother of
Antoine-Franois
Jean-Armand son of Jean-Gdon-Andr
Honore daughter of Jean-Gdon-Andr; deposed, died 1809
Augustin-Louis Hennequin husband of Honore; deposed, died 1794
(to France 1789)
GUNES
The small but strategically located county of Gunes on the Channel was founded by a Viking chieftain, who
married the daughter of count Arnulf I of Flanders by the 960s. The county was inherited by the houses of
Bourbourg and Ghent before being sold to the French king in 1282. The comital family was restored in 1295
and the county passed to the House of Brienne. However, it was conquered by the English in 1352 and it was
not until 1558 that the castle of Gunes fell back into the hands of France. Meanwhile the French kings had
granted the title of count of Gunes to various French lords, including those of La Trmoile, Cro, and the
dukes of Burgundy.
Counts of Gunes
House of Gunes
?965:
:966996:
Siegfried, the Dane husband of Elstrude, daughter of count Arnulf I of Flanders

Ardolf, the Posthumous posthumous son of Siegfried
:9971036 Raoul I son of Ardolf

10361052: Eustache son of Raoul I
:10651091 Baudouin I son of Eustache I
:10971137 Manasss (Robert) son of Baudouin I
House of Bourbourg
11371146 Batrix daughter of Henri of Bourbourg by Sibylle, daughter of Manasss; deposed, died 1146:
& 11391146 Aubry, the Boar married Batrix; son of Aubry de Vere; divorced, died 1194
House of Ghent
11461169 Arnoul I son of burgrave Wenemar of Ghent by Gisle, daughter of Baudouin I
11691205 Baudouin II son of Arnoul I
12051220 Arnoul II son of Baudouin II
12201244: Baudouin III son of Arnoul II
:12451282 Arnoul III son of Baudouin III; sold county, died 1282:
12951338 Jeanne I daughter of Baudouin, son of Arnoul III
& 12951302 Jean of Brienne husband of Jeanne I; son of count Jean II of Eu
House of Brienne (Eu)
13381344 Raoul II son of Jean and Jeanne I
13441350 Raoul III son of Raoul II; deposed, died 1350 78
13511352 Jeanne II daughter of Raoul II; deposed, died 1389
& 13511352 Gautier of Brienne husband of Jeanne II; son of count Gautier V of Brienne; died 1356
(to England 1352; to France 1558)
GUISE
The lordship of Guise in northern France belonged in turn to the counts of Blois and the dukes of Anjou. It
was conquered by the Jean of Luxembourg-Ligny in 1425. After a legal contest, a compromise brought Guise to
the count of Maine, a member of the House of Valois-Anjou, who had married a member of the House of
Luxembourg-Ligny. The French king annexed Guise to the royal domain in 1481, but his successor granted the
county to Louis of Armagnac, whose sister brought it to the House of Rohan in 1503. An heir to the earlier
counts, Ren II, duke of Lorraine, had left his possessions in northern France to his son Claude, who obtained
the county of Guise from the French king in 1520; later he was promoted to duke of Guise and peer of France.
His marriage to Antoinette of Bourbon, daughter of count Franois of Vendme, and later the marriages of his
daughter Marie to James V of Scotland and of his granddaughter queen Mary of Scotland to the French king
Franois II, brought the dukes of Guise to the apex of the court and the nobility. Duke Franois of Guise
recaptured Calais for France in 1558. During the French Wars of Religion, the Guises, especially duke Henri I,
assumed the leadership of the Catholic faction. The familys power waned after the accession of the Bourbons to
the French throne. On the death of the childless duchess Marie, the title passed to the princes of Cond.
Lords and counts of Guise; peers 1528
House of Avesnes (Blois)
1196: 1243: Gautier son of Jacques of Avesnes by Adle of Guise
House of Chtillon (Blois)
:12461279 Jean I son of count Hugues I of Blois by Marie, daughter of Gautier
12791291 Jeanne daughter of Jean I
& 12801284 Pierre of Alenon husband of Jeanne; son of king Louis IX of France
12911307 Hugues son of count Guy III of Saint-Pol, brother of Jean I
78
13071342 Guy son of Hugues

13421360 Charles I son of Guy; abdicated, died 1364 79
13601384 Louis I husband of Marie, daughter of Charles I; son of king Jean II of France
13841404 Charles II son of Louis I
14171425 Ren, the Good son of Louis II; count 1417; deposed; sold rights 1432; died 1480
House of Luxembourg (Ligny)
14251441 Jean II son of count Jean II of Brienne
14411444 Louis III son of count Pierre I of Saint-Pol, brother of Jean II; deposed, died 1475
14441473 Charles III son of Louis II; husband of Isabelle, sister of Louis III
14731481 Charles IV son of Charles III
14831503 Louis III son of duke Jacques of Nemours by Louise, daughter of Charles III
1503 Marguerite sister of Louis III
& 1503 Pierre of Rohan husband of Marguerite; son of Louis I of Gumne; died 1513
15031504 Charlotte sister of Marguerite
House of Rohan-Gi
& 15031520 Charles V of Rohan husband of Charlotte; son of Pierre; abdicated, died 1528
Counts and dukes of Guise; peers 1528
15201550 Claude son of duke Ren II of Lorraine, son of count Ferry II of Vaudmont by Yolande,
daughter of Ren; count of Guise; duke 1528
15501563 Franois son of Claude
15631588 Henri I, Scarface son of Franois
15881640 Charles son of Henri I
16401664 Henri II son of Charles; archbishop of Reims 16291640
16641671 Louis-Joseph son of duke Louis of Joyeuse, son of Charles
16711675 Franois-Joseph son of Louis-Joseph
16751688 Marie daughter of Charles
(to Cond 1688)
GUYENNE (see Aquitaine and Gascony)
HARCOURT
The lordship of Harcourt to the southwest of Rouen was a fief of the duchy of Normandy. The lords of
Harcourt were among the most notable Norman barons serving the French king, and in 1338 Jean IV was
promoted to count. The family acquired the county of Aumale and the viscounty of Chtellerault. The
execution of Jean V by the king in 1356 briefly brought the family to the English side in the Hundred Years
War but suffered from English occupation. The extinction of the male line brought the county to the houses of
Rieux and Lorraine, and later to those of La Tour dAuvergne and Beauvau, until the French Revolution.
79
Lords and counts of Harcourt

House of Harcourt
c.10201066:
1066:1078:
1078:1103:
:11181154:
:1172c.1208
c.12081236:
:12391288
12881302
13021329
13291346
13461356
13551388
13881452
14521456
House of Rieux
14561458
14581518
15181532
15321557
15571570
& 15571566
Anquetil son of Turquetil; lord of Harcourt

Errand son of Anquetil
Robert I son of Anquetil
Guillaume son of Robert I
Robert II, the Valiant son of Guillaume
Richard son of Robert II
Jean I, the Valorous son of Richard
Jean II, the Bold son of Jean I
Jean III, the Lame son of Jean II
Jean IV son of Jean III; count 1338
Jean V son of Jean IV
Jean VI son of Jean V
Jean VII son of Jean VI 80
Jeanne daughter of Jean VII
Franois I son of Jeanne by Jean III of Rieux

Jean VIII son of Franois I
Claude son of Jean VIII
Henri I son of Claude
Louise daughter of Claude
Ren of Elbeuf husband of Louise; son of duke Claude of Guise, son of duke Ren II of Lorraine,
son of count Ferry II of Vaudmont, son of count Antoine by Marie, daughter of Jean VII
House of Lorraine-Vaudmont (Elbeuf)
15701605 Charles son of Ren and Louise
16051666 Henri II son of Charles
16661694 Franois II son of duke Charles II of Elbeuf, son of Charles
16941719 Alphonse-Henri son of Franois II
17191739 Joseph son of Alphonse-Henri
17391747 Louis son of Joseph
17471763 Marie-Charlotte daughter of duke Emmanuel-Thodose of Bouillon by Louise-HenrietteFranoise, daughter of Joseph
& 17471763 Charles-Juste of Beauvau husband of Marie-Charlotte; son of prince Marc of Craon; died 1793
House of Beauvau
17631789 Louise daughter of Charles-Juste and Marie-Charlotte; deposed, died 1834
& 17671789 Philippe-Louis of Noailles married Louise; son of duke Philippe of Mouchy; died 1819
(to France 1789)
HENRICHEMONT (see Boisbelle)
ISSOUDUN (see Chteauroux)
80
In English captivity 1415, in exile during English occupation 14181449.

JOIGNY
The small county of Joigny was originally a fief of the county of Sens to its north, but later became a vassal of
the counts of Champagne. The House of Joigny controlled the county until the line became extinct in 1336,
when an exchange brought Joigny to the House of Noyers. Its heirs held the county until selling it to Pierre of
Gondi, the bishop of Paris in 1603. His heirs from the Gondi and Neuville families remained in possession until
the French Revolution.
Counts of Joigny
House of Joigny
10121035: Geoffroy I husband of Alix, daughter of count Renaud I of Sens
:10421080: Geoffroy II son of Geoffroy I
& :1042: Renaud I son of Geoffroy I
:10961139 Renaud II, the Crusader son of Geoffroy II
11391150 Guy I son of Renaud II
& 11391150 Renaud III son of Renaud II
11501171: Renaud IV son of (?) Renaud III
:11791220 Guillaume I son of Renaud IV
12201222 Pierre I son of Guillaume I
1222:1248 Guillaume II son of Guillaume I
:12481261: Guillaume III son of Guillaume II
:12711283 Jean I son of Guillaume III
13241336 Jeanne daughter of Jean II
Capetian House of Valois-Alenon
& 13241337 Charles I husband of Jeanne; son of count Charles I of Valois; exchanged county, died 1346
House of Noyers
13371361 Jean III son of Miles VI of Noyers
13611376 Miles son of Jean III
13761392 Jean IV son of Miles
13921415 Louis I son of Miles
14151423 Marguerite daughter of Louis I
House of La Trmoille
& 1415:1438 Guy II of La Trmoille husband of Marguerite; son of Guillaume III of La Trmoille
:14381467 Louis II son of Guy II and Marguerite
House of Chalon-Arlay
14671485 Charles II son of Jean of Viteaux by Jeanne, sister of Louis II
1485:1525 Charlotte daughter of Charles II; abdicated, died 1525:
& 14851504 Adrien of Sainte-Maure husband of Charlotte; son of Charles of Sainte-Maure
& 1507:1525 Franois I of Allgre married Charlotte; son of Jacques of Tourze; died 1526
House of Sainte-Maure
:15251526 Jean V son of Adrien and Charlotte
15261572 Louis III son of Jean V; marquis of Nesle
15721576 Charles III son of Louis III
House of Laval-Lou (Montmorency)
15761578 Jean VI son of Gilles II of Lou by Louise, daughter of Jean V
15781590 Guy III son of Jean VI
15901603 Gabrielle sister of Jean VI; sold county; died 1616
& 1590:1593
House of Gondi
16031611
16111626
16261676
16761703
House of Neuville
17031734
17341766
17661789
Franois II Aux-paules husband of Gabrielle; son of Jacques Aux-paules

Pierre II son of Antoine Gondi; abdicated; bishop of Paris 15681597, died 1616
Philippe-Emmanuel son of duke Albert of Retz, brother of Pierre II; abdicated, died 1662
Pierre III son of Philippe-Emmanuel
Paule-Marguerite-Franoise daughter of Pierre III; ceded county, died 1716
Louis-Nicolas duke Franois of Villeroy by Marguerite-Marie, daughter of Louis of CossBrissac by Marguerite-Franoise, daughter of marquis Henri of Belle-Isle, son of marquis
Charles, brother of Philippe-Emmanuel
Louis-Franois-Anne son of Louis-Nicolas
Gabriel-Louis-Franois son of Franois-Camille, son of Louis-Nicolas; deposed, died 1794
(to France 1789)
JOINVILLE
The lords of Joinville were vassals of the counts of Champagne (often serving as seneschals of the county)
and controlled substantial lands on both sides of the border between the kingdom of France and the Holy
Roman Empire. They participated in the Crusades and Jean I wrote the Life of Saint Louis. Henri I became
count of Vaudmont in 1348. His daughters third marriage brought the lordship to the House of Lorraine, and
several later lords were also counts of Vaudmont, dukes of Lorraine, and dukes of Guise. In 1551 Joinville was
made a principality, and in 1693 it passed to the duke of Orlans.
Lords of Joinville
House of Vaux
:10181027: tienne lord of Joinville
:10501080 Geoffroy I son of tienne
10801096: Geoffroy II son of Geoffroy I
:11011103: Renaud son of Geoffroy II
1103:1128 Roger son of Geoffroy II
11281188 Geoffroy III son of Roger
11881190 Geoffroy IV son of Geoffroy III
11901203: Geoffroy V son of Geoffroy IV
:12041233 Simon son of Geoffroy IV
12331317 Jean I son of Simon
13171343 Anseau son of Jean I
13431365 Henri I son of Anseau
13651417 Marguerite daughter of Henri I
& 13671373 Jean II of Chalon married Marguerite; son of Henri of Montaigu
& 13741392 Pierre of Geneva husband of Marguerite; son of count Amde III of Geneva
& 13921415 Ferry I of Vaudmont husband of Marguerite; son of duke Jean I of Lorraine
14171447 Antoine son of Ferry I and Marguerite
14471470 Ferry II son of Antoine
14701476 Nicolas son of Ferry II
14761508 Ren son of Ferry II
15081550 Claude son of Ren
15501563 Franois son of Claude; prince 1551
15631588
15881640
16401641
House of Joyeuse
16411654
Henri II, Scarface son of Franois

Charles son of Henri II
Henri III son of Charles and Henriette-Catherine (below); deposed, died 1664
Henriette-Catherine widow of Charles; daughter of duke Henri of Joyeuse; abdicated,

died 1656
1654 Louis son of Charles and Henriette-Catherine
16541671 Louis-Joseph son of Louis
16751688 Marie sister of Louis
Capetian House of Bourbon-Orlans
16891693 Anne-Marie-Louise daughter of duke Gaston of Orlans
(to Orlans 1693; to France 1789)
JOYEUSE
The lordship of Joyeuse in the Vivarais (which was originally part of the kingdom of Burgundy) was
promoted to a viscounty for Louis II of Joyeuse in 1432. His descendants Anne and Franois were prominent at
the court of the French kings Henri III and Henri IV; Anne was invested as first duke of Joyeuse in 1581, even
while his father, the viscount Guillaume II was still alive. The duchy was inherited in succession by two French
branches of the House of Lorraine, and then by the House of Melun. On the childless death of duke Louis II in
1724, the king did not invest his heirs with the duchy.
Viscounts of Joyeuse
House of Joyeuse
14321441
14411486:
1486:1493:
1493:1532:
1532:1540
15401555:
:1557:
1557:1592
Louis II son of Randon II of Joyeuse; viscount of Joyeuse

Tanneguy son of Louis II
Guillaume I son of Louis II
Charles son of Guillaume I
Jacques son of Charles
Jean son of Guillaume I
Jean-Paul son of Jean
Guillaume II son of Jean
Dukes of Joyeuse
15811587 Anne son of viscount Guillaume II; duke of Joyeuse
15871590 Franois brother of Anne; abdicated; archbishop of Narbonne 1581; of Toulouse 1588;
of Rouen 1604; cardinal 1583; died 1615
15901592 Antoine-Scipion brother of Franois
15921608 Henri brother of Antoine-Scipion
16081647 Henriette-Catherine daughter of Henri; abdicated, died 1656
& 16151640 Charles of Lorraine husband of Henriette-Catherine; son of duke Henri I of Guise
16471654 Louis I son of Charles and Henriette-Catherine
16541671 Louis-Joseph son of Louis I
16751688 Marie sister of Louis I
House of Lorraine-Vaudmont (Elbeuf)

16891690 Charles-Franois son of Franois-Marie (below); deposed, died 1702
1693 Jean-Franois-Paul son of Franois-Marie (below)
16931694 Franois-Marie son of duke Charles II of Elbeuf
16941714 Anne widow of Franois-Marie; daughter of duke Charles IV of Lorraine
House of Melun
17141724 Louis II son of prince Louis I of pinoy by Marie-lisabeth, daughter of Franois-Marie
and Anne
(to France 1724)
LA MARCHE
La Marche, located between Poitou and Auvergne, took its name from a march designed to protect the area
from the depredations of the Vikings, emerged as a feudal principality in the mid-10th century. The House of
Charroux (which had also ruled Prigord) was succeeded by that of Montgommery in the 1090s, until the
county was sold to its overlord, the duke of Aquitaine in 1177. In 1199 La Marche was granted to Hugues IX of
Lusignan and remained in his family until 1309, when it was sold to the French king (by arrangement planned
perhaps as early as 1301). It then joined the royal domain, but did not remain there for long, being given in
apanage to the future king Charles IV in 13141322, then to the duke of Bourbon in exchange for his county of
Clermont-en-Beauvaisis. The La Marche branch of the Bourbons was inherited by the count of Armagnac in
1438/1462, then restored to the dukes of Bourbon in 1477. Annexed by the king in 1523, the county was given
in apanage to a younger son of the French king Franois I in 15401545, and afterwards remained part of the
royal domain. The title of count of La Marche was subsequently granted to the princes of Conti.
Counts of La Marche; peers 1316
House of Charroux
:958c.968 Boson I, the Elder son of Sulpice of Charroux
c.968997 Audebert I son of Boson I
9971003: Boson II, the Younger son of Audebert I
:10121038: Bernard I son of Audebert I
:10471088 Audebert II son of Bernard I
10881091 Boson III son of Audebert II
1091:1098 Eudes son of Bernard I
:10981124: Almodis daughter of Audebert II
:10981123 Roger of Montgommery husband of Almodis; son of Roger of Alenon
House of Montgommery (Alenon)
:11291145 Audebert III son of Roger; associated :1106; abdicated, died :1168
+ Eudes son of Roger; associated :11061135
+ Boson son of Roger; associated :11151118
11451178 Audebert IV son of Audebert III; sold county, died 1187
+ Boson son of Audebert III; associated :11681172:
11781199 (to Aquitaine)
House of Lusignan
11991219 Hugues I, the Brown son of Hugues, son of Hugues VIII of Lusignan, son of Hugues VII,
son of Hugues VI, son of Hugues V by Almodis, daughter of Bernard I
12191249 Hugues II, the Brown son of Hugues I
12491250 Hugues III, the Brown son of Hugues II
12501270 Hugues IV son of Hugues III

12701303 Hugues V son of Hugues IV
13031308 Guy son of Hugues IV
13081309 Yolande daughter of Hugues IV; sold county, died 1314
13141322 Charles I, the Fair son of king Philippe IV of France; France 13221328
13221342 Louis I, the Lame son of count Robert of Clermont, son of king Louis IX of France
13421346 Jacques I son of Louis I; abdicated
13461356 Pierre I son of Louis I
13561357 Louis II, the Good son of Pierre I; abdicated, died 1410
13571361 Jacques I restored
1361 Pierre II son of Jacques I
13611393 Jean son of Jacques I
13931435 Jacques II son of Jean; Naples 14151416; abdicated, died 1438
14351463: lonore daughter of Jacques II
& 14351462 Bernard II of Armagnac husband of lonore; son of count Bernard VII of Armagnac
:14641477 Jacques III son of Bernard II and lonore; deposed, died 1477
14771503 Pierre III, of Beaujeu son of duke Charles I of Bourbon, son of duke Jean I, son of Louis II
15031521 Suzanne daughter of Pierre III
& 15051523 Charles II, the Constable married Suzanne; son of count Gilbert of Montpensier, son of
count Louis I, son of duke Jean I of Bourbon, son of Louis II; deposed, died 1527
15401545 Charles III (duc dOrlans) son of king Franois I of France
(to France 1545)
LAVAL
The lordship of Laval was originally a fief of the county of Maine, although its lords would build up a
powerful position in the duchy of Brittany. Laval passed by marriage to the houses of Montmorency and
Montfort, and in 1429 it was created a separate county by the French king. From the 16th century until the
French Revolution, Laval was held in succession by the houses of Rieux, Coligny, and La Trmoille. In honor of
the naming practice in the original House of Laval, virtually all later rulers adopted the name Guy if they had
been given a different name at birth, starting in the mid-14th century.
Lords and counts of Laval
House of Laval
:1039:1062
:10621076:
:10851105:
:11101130:
:11421180:
:11851210
12101211
Guy I lord of Laval

Haimon son of Guy I
Guy II son of Haimon
Guy III son of Guy II
Guy IV son of Guy III
Guy V son of Guy IV
Guy VI (Guyonnet) son of Guy V
12111264 Emma daughter of Guy V

& :12151217 Robert of Alenon married Emma; son of count Jean I of Alenon
& 12181230 Mathieu of Montmorency married Emma; son of Bouchard IV of Montmorency
& 12311250 Jean of Toucy married Emma; son of Itier IV of Toucy
House of Montmorency
1264c.1267 Guy VII son of Mathieu and Emma
c.12671295 Guy VIII son of Guy VII
12951333 Guy IX son of Guy VIII
13331347 Guy X son of Guy IX
13471348 Guy XI son of Guy X
13481412 Guy XII (Jean) son of Guy XI
14121429 Anne daughter of Guy XII; abdicated, died 1466 81
& 14121414 Guy XIII (Jean) of Montfort husband of Anne; son of Raoul IX of Montfort
House of Montfort
14291486 Guy XIV (Franois) son of Guy XIII and Anne; count 1429
14861501 Guy XV (Franois) son of Guy XIV
15011531 Guy XVI (Nicolas) son of Jean, son of Guy XIV
15311547 Guy XVII (Claude) son of Guy XVI
House of Rieux
15471567 Guyonne (Rene) daughter of count Claude of Harcourt by Catherine, daughter of Guy XVI
& 15471567 Guy XVIII (Louis) of Sainte-Maure husband of Guyonne; son of count Jean V of Joigny;
died 1572
House of Coligny
15671586 Guy XIX (Paul) son of Franois of Andelot by Claudine, sister of Guyonne
15861605 Guy XX (Franois) son of Guy XIX
16051674 Guy XXI (Henri) son of duke Claude of Thouars, son of duke Louis IV, son of viscount
Franois of Thouars by Anne, daughter of Guy XVI
16741681 Guy XXII (Louis-Maurice) son of Guy XXI
16811709 Guy XXIII (Charles-Belgique-Hollande) son of duke Henri-Charles of Thouars, son of
Guy XXI
17091719 Guy XXIV (Charles-Bretagne) son of Guy XXIII
17191741 Guy XXV (Charles-Armand-Ren) son of Guy XXIV
17411789 Guy XXVI (Jean-Bretagne) son of Guy XXV; deposed, died 1792
(to France 1789)
LIGNY and PINEY
Count Heinrich V the Blond of Luxembourg obtained the lordship of Ligny-en-Barrois by marriage. Guy,
already count of Saint-Pol, was created count of Ligny in 1367. After the execution of Louis I in 1476, the
French king Louis XI gave Ligny first to Georges de La Trmoille, then to his own son-in-law, the Admiral of
Bourbon. In 1510 the county was restored to the House of Luxembourg-Ligny, which ruled until the 17th
century, when it was succeeded by the houses of Albert, Clermont-Tallart, and Montmorency. In 1719 the
county of Ligny was sold to the duke of Lorraine, but the ruling family retained the duchy of Piney (held since
1576), east of Troyes, until the French Revolution. With its end in the direct male line in the 17th century, the
Luxembourg family of Ligny had long outlived its more famous cousins, the dukes of Limburg and counts and
dukes of Luxembourg, kings of Bohemia and Hungary and emperors of the Holy Roman Empire.
81
Lords and counts of Ligny-en-Barrois, later dukes of Piney; peers 1581

House of Luxembourg (Limburg)
12401281 Henri I, the Blond husband of Marguerite, daughter of count Henri II of Bar; son of duke
Walram III of Limburg; lord of Ligny
12811288 Walran I son of Henri I
12881303 Henri II son of Walran I
13031354 Walran II son of Walran I; abdicated, died 1366:
13541364 Jean I son of Walran II
13641371 Guy son of Jean I; count 1367
13711415 Walran III son of Guy
14151430 Philippe son of count Antoine of Rethel by Jeanne, daughter of Walran III
House of Luxembourg (Limburg)
1430 Jeanne daughter of Guy
House of Luxembourg (Brienne)
14301441 Jean II son of count Jean II of Brienne, brother of Jeanne
14411475 Louis I son of count Pierre I of Saint-Pol, brother of Jean II; deposed, died 1475
14761481 Georges son of Georges I of La Trmoille
14811487 Louis II, the Admiral legitimated son of duke Charles I of Bourbon; husband of Jeanne,
legitimated daughter of Louis XI
14871510 Charles I son of Louis II
15101519 Antoine I son of Louis I
15191530 Charles II son of Antoine I
15301557 Antoine II son of Charles II
15571576 Jean III son of Antoine II
15761608 Charles III son of Jean III
16081613 Franois son of Antoine II; duke of Piney 1576
16131616 Henri III son of Franois
16161630 Marguerite-Charlotte daughter of Henri III; abdicated, died 1680
& 16201630 Lon dAlbert de Luynes married Marguerite-Charlotte; son of Honor of Luynes
House of Albert de Luynes
16301660 Henri-Lon son of Lon and Marguerite-Charlotte; abdicated, died 1697
House of Clermont-Tallart (Tonnerre)
16601701 Madeleine-Charlotte daughter of Marguerite-Charlotte by Charles-Henri of Clermont,
son of count Charles-Henri of Tonnerre
& 16611695 Franois-Henri of Montmorency married Madeleine-Charlotte; son of count Franois of Luxe,
son of Louis, son of Franois, son of Claude, son of Roland, son of Louis, son of Jean II of
Montmorency
17011726 Charles I Frdric son of Franois-Henri and Madeleine-Charlotte; duke of Beaufort 1688,
of Montmorency 1689; sold county of Ligny 1719 to duke of Lorraine
17261764 Charles II Frdric son of Charles I Frdric
17641789 Anne-Charles-Sigismond son of duke Charles-Anne-Sigismond of Chtillon, son of duke CharlesPaul-Sigismond, son of duke Paul-Sigismond, brother of Charles I Frdric; deposed, died 1803
(to France 1789)

LIMOGES / LIMOUSIN
Limoges was ruled by viscounts for the duke of Aquitaine. The chronology of the first viscounts is very
uncertain. The House of Limousin was succeeded by the neighboring viscounts of Comborn in 1138, then by
the dukes of Brittany, and a branch of the House of Chtillon. With the succeeding houses of Albret and
Bourbon-Vendme, the viscounts of Limoges ascended the thrones of Navarre and France. After 1607 Limoges
formed part of the royal domain, except for a short-lived apanage for the future Charles X.
Viscounts of Limoges
House of Limousin
:914943:
:947988
9881025
1025c.1030
c.10301036:48
& c.10301096:
& c.10301054:67
:10971139
Hildegaire son of viscount Hildebert

Graud son of Hildegaire
Guy I son of Graud
Admar I son of Guy I
Guy II son of Admar I
Admar II son of Admar I
Geoffroy, Boucort son of Admar I
Admar III, the Bearded son of Admar I; abdicated, died 1139:
+ Guy III son of Admar III; associated ?1124
House of Comborn
11391148 Admar IV son of viscount Archambaud IV of Comborn by Humberge (Brunissende),
daughter of Admar III
& 11391148 Guy IV brother of Admar IV
11481199 Admar V 82 son of Admar IV
11991230 Guy V son of Admar V
12301263 Guy VI, the Bold son of Guy V
12631291 Marie daughter of Guy VI
& 12771291 Arthur of Brittany married Marie; son of duke Jean II of Brittany; regent until 1301; died 1312
12911314 Jean I son of Arthur and Marie; abdicated
13141317 Guy VII brother of Jean I; replaced, died 1331
13171341 Jean I restored 83
13411369 Jeanne I, the Lame daughter of Guy VII; abdicated
& 13411364 Charles of Chtillon husband of Jeanne I; son of count Guy I of Blois 84
13691404 Jean II son of Charles and Jeanne I
14041433 Olivier son of Jean II
14521455 Guillaume son of Jean II
14551488: Franoise daughter of Guillaume; abdicated, died 1488
& 14621488: Alain of Albret married Franoise; son of viscount Jean of Tartas; died 1522
House of Albret
1488:1516 Jean IV son of Alain and Franoise; Navarre 14841512 and 1516
15161555 Henri I son of Jean IV; Navarre 15211555
Originally named Boson.
Technically Jean I invested his wife Isabel of Castile, daughter of king Sancho IV of Castile, with the viscounty
of Limoges 13121314 and 13171328.
84 In English captivity 13471356, beatified 1904.
82
83
15551572 Jeanne II daughter of Henri I; also Navarre

18241830; died 1836
(to France 1776)
LOMAGNE
The viscounts of Lomagne were vassals of the duke of Gascony (for Lectoure) and of the count of Toulouse
(for Auvillars). A branch of the family became viscounts of Fzensaguet and counts of Armagnac in the early
13th century. The viscounty was inherited by Hlie IX, count of Prigord, in 1280, but in 1301 he ceded it to
the French king. The king invested Arnaud-Garcie of Got, brother of Pope Clemens V (Bertrand of Got), with
the viscounty in 1305, but the marriage of his granddaughter brought Lomagne to count of Armagnac.
Viscounts of Lomagne and Auvillars
House of Lomagne
:993: Odon I son of Daton; viscount of Lomagne
:1011: Arnaud I son of (?) Odon I
:1021c.1059 Arnaud II son of Arnaud I
& 1011:1045: Raymond son of (?) Arnaud I
c.10591084: Odon II son of Arnaud II
:1085: Odon III son of Odon II
:10911103: Vzian I son of Odon III
:11371178 Odon IV son of Vzian I
11781221 Vzian II son of Odon IV
12211240 Odon V son of Vzian II
12401264: Arnaud III son of Odon V
:12671280 Vzian III son of Arnaud III
12801286 Philippa daughter of Arnaud III; abdicated, died 1286:94
House of Charroux (Prigord)
& 12801301 Hlie husband of Philippa; son of count Archambaud III of Prigord; ceded viscounties,
died 1315
House of Got
13051312 Arnaud-Garcie son of Braud of Got
13121324 Bertrand son of Arnaud
13241325 Rgine daughter of Bertrand
& 13241373 Jean I husband of Rgine; son of count Bernard VI of Armagnac
(union with Armagnac 1325; to France 1607)
LONGUEVILLE
The lordship of Longueville in Normandy had been owned by the de Clare and Marshal families. In 1234
the lordship was added to the royal domain by king Louis IX. Longueville, promoted to the rank of county, was
subsequently given to a succession of noblemen as a reward for their services, starting with Philippe IVs grant of

the county to his minister Enguerrand of Marigny in 1305. Another prominent non-royal count of Longueville
was the famous Bertrand Du Guesclin, constable of France and marshal of Normandy. While Normandy and,
with it, Longueville, was occupied by the English, the French king invested Archibald, 5th earl Douglas (died
1439), followed by his son William, 6th earl Douglas (died 1440), with the county of Longueville, but neither
could assert himself against the English nominee, Gaston of Grailly. In 1443 the French king Charles VII
invested his general and bastard cousin, count Jean of Dunois, as count of Longueville, although the latter did
not enter into possession until the expulsion of the English in 1449. The county of Longueville remained united
with the county of Dunois thereafter. The count of Dunois was promoted to duke of Longueville in 1515.
Counts of Longueville
House of Marigny
13051314 Enguerrand son of Philippe of Marigny; deposed, died 1315
Capetian House of Evreux
13161319 Louis son of king Philippe III of France
13251343 Philippe I, the Wise son of Louis; Navarre 13281343
13431356 Philippe II son of Philippe I; deposed
13561360 Charles I, of Artois son of count Robert of Beaumont; replaced, died 1385 85
Capetian House of Evreux
13601363 Philippe II restored
13631364 Charles II, the Bad son of Philippe I; deposed; Navarre 13491387
House Du Guesclin
13641380 Bertrand son of Robert II Du Guesclin 86
13801391 Olivier brother of Bertrand; ceded county, died 1403
13911419 (to France 1380; to England 1418)
14191449 Gaston son of count Archambaud of Foix; deposed, died 1455:
(union with Dunois 1449)
LORRAINE (see under GERMANY)
LUSIGNAN
The lordship of Lusignan was located southwest of Poitiers. According to legend, the fairy Mlusine advised
her husband Raymondin, alleged ancestor of the Lusignan family, to obtain permission to take over as much land
as could be claimed with the skin of a single deer; cutting it into long thin strips, Mlusine traced out the initial
borders of the lordship and proceeded to build the castle of Lusignan within them. Hugues IV strove to secure
just treatment from his overlord, the duke of Aquitaine, who consistently undermined the lord of Lusignans
numerous schemes for advancement; nevertheless Hugues IV recovered the lordship of Parthenay, which had
belonged to an uncle, and it passed to his younger son Gilles and the latters descendants. Later lords of
Lusignan did better, gradually securing possession of the counties of Angoulme and La Marche (a junior branch
taking over the county of Eu), and participating in the Reconquista in Spain and the Crusades in Outremer;
several of them died overseas (Hugues VIII, IX, X, XI). Across the Mediterranean, the descendants of two
younger sons of Hugues VIII (Guy and Aimery), ruled Jerusalem, Cyprus, and briefly Cilician Armenia into the
15th century. After the death of her brother, the heiress Yolande sold the lordship to the French king in 1309.
85
86

In English captivity 13641365, 13671368.
Lords of Lusignan
House of Lusignan
?967
967c.1012
c.10121025:
:10321060
10601110
1110:1151
:11511172
11721219
12191249
12491250
12501270
12701303
13031308
13081309
Hugues I, the Hunter lord of Lusignan

Hugues II, the Dear son of Hugues I
Hugues III, the White son of Hugues II
Hugues IV, the Brown son of Hugues III
Hugues V, the Pious son of Hugues IV
Hugues VI, the Devil son of Hugues V
Hugues VII, the Brown son of Hugues VI
Hugues VIII, the Brown son of Hugues VII 87
Hugues IX, the Brown son of Hugues, son of Hugues VIII
Hugues X, the Brown son of Hugues IX
Hugues XI, the Brown son of Hugues X
Hugues XII son of Hugues XI
Hugues XIII son of Hugues XII
Guy son of Hugues XII
Yolande daughter of Hugues XII; sold lordship, died 1314
(to France 1309)
MCON
The county of Mcon (the Mconnais) located in-between Charolais and the Sane and just south of the
duchy of Burgundy, became a hereditary possession of a branch of the House of Narbonne in the early 10th
century. In the 980s, however, it passed to the Otte-Guillaume of Ivrea and remained under the control of his
descendants, even after his failure to hold the duchy of Burgundy. In addition to Mcon in France, this family
also ruled the counties of Burgundy (Franche-Comt) and Auxonne in the kingdom of Burgundy (Arelate)
across the imperial frontier, but now part of France. Similarly, another family holding, the county of Chalonsur-Sane consisted in large part by possessions beyond the frontier. Between the early 11th and mid-12th
centuries, Mcon and Burgundy were ruled collectively by two or more family members, until Mcon became the
possession of a particular family line. In 1239 the widowed countess Alix sold the county of Mcon to the
French king. It remained part of the royal domain, except for the period 14351477, when, pursuant to the
terms of the Treaty of Arras, it was ceded to the dukes of Burgundy.
Counts of Mcon
House of Narbonne
c.930945
945961
961981:
House of Ivrea
:9821002
10021004
10041033:
:1041:1065
:10651078
10781087
10871097
87
Aubry I son of viscount Mayeul I of Narbonne

Litald son of Aubry I
Aubry II son of Litald
Otte-Guillaume married Ermentrude of Roucy, widow of Aubry II; son of king Adalberto
of Italy; abdicated, did 1026
Guy I son of Otte-Guillaume
Otton son of Guy I
Geoffroy son of Otton
Guy II son of Geoffroy; abdicated, died 1109
Guillaume I son of count Renaud I of Burgundy, son of Otte-Guillaume
Renaud I son of Guillaume I; associated 1078
In Muslim captivity from 1164.
& 10871102
10971125
11021148
& 11021155
11251127
11551184
11841224
12241224:
:12251239
& :12371239
tienne, Bravehead son of Guillaume I

Guillaume II, the German son of Renaud I
Renaud II son of tienne
Guillaume III son of tienne
Guillaume IV, the Child son of Guillaume II
Graud I son of Guillaume III; associated 1147
Guillaume V son of Graud I
Graud II son of Guillaume V
Alix daughter of Graud II; sold county, died 1258:61
Jean of Dreux married Alix; son of count Robert II of Dreux
(to France 1239; to ducal Burgundy 1435; to France 1477)
MAINE
At first the county of Maine, strategically located between Brittany, Normandy, and Anjou, was ruled by two
families related by marriage to the Carolingian kings of France. The extinction of the direct male line in 1362
led to a prolonged conflict among several different heirs, including the houses of Normandy and Anjou. In the
end it was the counts of Anjou who inherited Maine by marriage, and after the 1110s, Maine was usually ruled
by the same rulers as Anjou. Notable exceptions to this rule were the English occupation of Maine in 1424
1448, and the short-lived junior branch of the Valois House of Anjou that governed Maine in 14481481.
After rejoining the royal domain in 1481, Maine was granted out as an apanage for a son of Franois I and for
the future Louis XVIII.
Counts of Maine; peers 1331
House of Maine
:832839: Rorgon I son of Gauzlin; partner of Rotrude, sister of king Louis I of France
:840851 Gauzbert brother of (?) Rorgon I
851866 Rorgon II son of Rorgon I
866877 Gauzfrid son of Rorgon I
House of Herbauges?
877885 Ragenold son of (?) count Renaud of Herbauges
Hugonid House of Maine
885893 Roger husband of Rothilde, daughter of king Charles II of France; deposed
House of Maine
893895 Gauzlin son of Gauzfrid; deposed, died 914
Hugonid House of Maine
895900 Roger restored
900931: Hugues I son of Roger
David son of (?) Hugues I
:955992 Hugues II son of David 88
9921014: Hugues III son of Hugues II
:10161032: Herbert I, the Dog-Waker son of Hugues III
:10351051 Hugues IV son of Herbert I
10511062 Herbert II son of Hugues IV
10621063 Biota daughter of Herbert I 89
Hugues II is named as son of a count David in Medieval forged charters that might be based on some accurate
information. Although Hugues II is usually considered the son of Hugues I, he may well have been his grandson
instead.
88
& 10621063 Gautier of Vexin husband of Biota; son of count Dreux of Vexin 90
House of Normandy
10631069 Robert, Curthose fianc of Marguerite, daughter of Hugues IV; son of duke Guillaume II
of Normandy; deposed, died 1135
House of Este
10691093 Hugues V son of marquis Azzo II of Este by Gersende, daughter of Herbert I; sold
county, died 1131
House of Baugency (la Flche)
10931110 Hlie son of Jean of La Flche 91 by Paule, daughter of Herbert I
11101126 Eremburge daughter of Hlie
& 11101126 Foulques I husband of Eremburge; son of count Foulques IV of Anjou; died 1144
House of Gtinais (Anjou)
11261151 Geoffroy I, the Fair son of Foulques I and Eremburge
Hlie brother of Geoffroy I; rival 1145; deposed, died 1151
11511156 Henri I, Curtmantle son of Geoffroy I; abdicated; England 11541189
11561158 Geoffroy II son of Geoffroy I
11581169 Henri I, Curtmantle restored
11691183 Henri II, the Younger son of Henri I
11831199 Richard I, Lionheart son of Henri I; England 11891199 92
11991204 Jean I, Lackland son of Henri I; deposed; England 11991216
Capetian House of Anjou
12461285 Charles I, of Anjou son of king Louis VIII of France; Naples 12661285 93
12851290 Charles II, the Lame son of Charles I; abdicated; Naples 12851309 94
12901314 Charles III, of Valois married Marguerite, daughter of Charles II; son of king Philippe III of
France, son of king Louis IX, brother of Charles I; Latin emperor 13011307; died 1325
13141328 Philippe son of Charles III; France 13281350
13321350 Jean II, the Good son of Philippe; France 13501364
13511370 Louis I son of Jean II; ceded county, died 1384
14171424 Louis III son of Louis II; deposed, died 1434
14241448 (to England 95)
14481473 Charles IV son of Louis II
14731481 Charles V son of Charles IV
91 Son of Lancelin I of Baugency.
92 In German captivity 11921194.
93 Charles Is older brother Jean had been intended to become apanage count of Maine upon reaching his
majority, but died before doing so in 1232.
94 In Aragonese captivity until 1288.
95 Until his death in 1435, John, duke of Bedford, son of king Henry IV of England, was titled count of Maine.
89
90

France 18141815, 18151824
(to France 1789)
MARCHE (see La Marche)
MAYENNE
Mayenne in the northwestern part of Maine was held by the houses of Mayenne and Avaugour, then by
Charles of Blois, duke of Brittany, and his son-in-law duke Louis I of Anjou. It thus passed to the House of
Valois-Anjou (with a period of English occupation in 14241447). In 1481 the French king Louis XI included
Maine and Mayenne in the royal domain as part of the Valois-Anjou inheritance, but his successor turned over
the lordship of Mayenne to the biological heirs in 1484. Duke Ren II of Lorraine won Mayenne after a legal
dispute with his cousins in 1486. On his death in 1508, his French holdings passed to his younger son Claude I,
who became the first duke of Guise. Claude was also promoted to marquis of Mayenne in 1544; his grandson
Charles IV became the first duke of Mayenne in 1573. On the death of Henri of Loraine in 1621, the duchy
passed to his nephew Charles Gonzaga, whose son sold it to cardinal Jules Mazarin in 1654. On Mazarins death
in 1661, Mayenne was inherited by his niece, the duchess of Rethel, and passed to her descendants.
Lords, marquis, and dukes of Mayenne; peers 1573
House of Mayenne
:1014: Haimon lord of Mayenne
Geoffroy I son of Haimon
:10461055: Gautier I son of Geoffroy I
:10661098 Geoffroy II son of (?) Geoffroy I
10981116: Gautier II son of Geoffroy II
1116:c.1119 Hamelin son of Gautier II
c.11191161 Juhel I son of Gautier II
11611169 Geoffroy III son of Juhel I
11691220 Juhel II son of Geoffroy III
12201257 Isabelle daughter of Juhel II 96
House of Avaugour
12571266: Alain son of count Henri of Penthivre by Marguerite, daughter of Juhel II
:12771301 Henri I (Henriot) son of Alain
13341360 Charles I married Jeanne, daughter of count Guy of Penthivre by Jeanne, daughter of
Henri II; son of count Guy I of Blois; abdicated, died 1364 97
13601384 Louis I husband of Marie, daughter of Charles I; son of king Jean II of France
14171434 Louis III son of Louis II 98
Isabelles successive husbands, Dreux of Mello (in 12201249) and count Louis I of Sancerre (in 12511257)
were technically lords of Mayenne by right of their wife.
97 In English captivity 13471356, beatified 1904.
96
14341441 Ren I, the Good son of Louis III; abdicated, died 1480
14411473 Charles II son of Louis III
14841486 Jean son of duke Jacques of Nemours by Louise, daughter of Charles II; deposed, died 1500
14861508 Ren II son of count Ferry II of Vaudmont by Yolande, daughter of Ren I
15081550 Claude I son of Ren II; marquis 1544
15501563 Franois son of Claude I
15731611 Charles IV son of Franois; duke 1573
16111621 Henri III son of Charles IV
House of Gonzaga
16211631 Charles V son of duke Charles III of Nevers by Catherine, daughter of Charles IV
16311632 Ferdinand brother of Charles V
16321654 Charles VI son of Charles V; sold duchy 1654, died 1665
House of Mazarin
16541661 Jules 99 son of Pietro Mazarini; cardinal
(union with Rethel 1661; to France 1781)
MELGUEIL
The county of Melgueil was part of the marquisate of Septimania (or Gothia). It was originally centered on
Maguelone (and was named accordingly), but the destruction of this town in 737 led the counts and bishops to
move their seat first to Substantion, then to Melgueil. The count of Toulouse obtained the county from his wife
in 1172, but lost it during the Crusade against the Albigensians. Pope Innocent III awarded Melgueil to its
bishop in 1215. The chronology of this feudal principality is particularly obscure; comital succession after the
abdication of Batrix in 1172 was actually disputed among her heirs, including the count of Provence and
Ermessindes brother Bertrand.
Counts of Melgueil
House of Maguelone?
:899/922: Bernard I son of Guillemette (by Robert of Maguelone?)
:947: Brenger I son of Bernard I
Brenger II son of Brenger I
:980985: Bernard II son of Brenger I
:9891036: Bernard III son of (Brenger?), son of Bernard II
:10481055: Raymond I son of Bernard III
:10791085: Pierre son of Raymond I
:1090c.1120 Raymond II son of Pierre
c.11201132 Bernard IV son of Raymond II
11321172 Batrix daughter of Bernard IV; abdicated, died 1190
& 11351144 Brenger-Raymond of Provence married Batrix; son of count Ramon-Berenguer III of
Barcelona
& :11461170: Bernard V of Narbonne-Pelet married Batrix; son of Raymond of Narbonne-Pelet
98
99
Louis III, Ren I, and Charles II were in exile during the English occupation in 14241447.
Originally named Giulio Raimondo Mazarini.

House of Narbonne-Pelet
1172 Ermessinde daughter of Bernard V and Batrix; abdicated, died 1176
House of Toulouse
& 11721211 Raymond III husband of Ermessinde; son of count Raymond VII of Toulouse; deposed,
died 1222
(to France 1211; to bishop of Melgueil 1215)
MERCUR
The lordship of Mercur in Auvergne was governed by its native lords from the late 9th century until
inherited by the dauphin of Auvergne in 1321; his heirs were followed by the dukes of Bourbon and counts of
Montpensier. In 1539 Mercur was inherited by Franois of Lorraine-Vaudmont, whose heirs retained
possession until the 17th century; in 1569 the lordship was promoted to a duchy and a peerage. The duchy
passed by marriage to duke Csar of Vendme and on the death of his grandson in 1712 it entered the royal
domain. In 1723 Mercur was granted to the prince of Conti, but his heirs sold it back to the king in 1770.
Apart from a short-lived apanage for the future Charles X, Mercur remained part of the royal domain.
Lords and dukes of Mercur; peers 1569
15391545 Franois son of duke Antoine of Lorraine by Rene, daughter of count Gilbert of
Montpensier
15451563 Charles son of Franois
15631577 Nicolas brother of Franois; duke 1569
15771602 Philippe-Emmanuel son of Nicolas
16021669 Franoise daughter of Philippe-Emmanuel
& 16091665 Csar of Bourbon married Franoise; legitimated son of king Henri IV of France
16691712 Louis-Joseph son of duke Louis II of Vendme, son of Csar and Franoise
17231727 Louis-Armand son of prince Franois-Louis of Conti
17271770 Louis-Franois son of Louis-Armand; sold duchy, died 1776
17731778 Charles-Philippe (comte dArtois) son of Louise, son of king Louis XV of France; France
18241830; died 1836
(to France 1778)
MEULAN
The counts of Meulan on the Seine downstream from Paris became vassals to their powerful western
neighbors, the dukes of Normandy. Faithful vassal of the dukes of Normandy, the count of Meulan incurred the
displeasure of the French king Philippe II, who annexed the county to the royal domain in 1204.
Counts of Meulan
House of Chartres
947::985
:9981005:
Galran I viscount of Meulan

Galran II son of Galran I
Hugues I son of Galran II
:10151053: Galran III son of Hugues I; abdicated, died 1069:

:10561077 Hugues II son of Galran III; abdicated, died 1081
10771081 Adeline daughter of Galran III
& 10771081 Roger, the Bearded husband of Adeline; son of Honfroy of Vieilles; died 1094
House of Beaumont-le-Roger
10811118 Robert I, the Valorous son of Roger and Adeline
11181166 Galran IV son of Robert I
11631204 Robert II son of Galran IV; abdicated, died 1208
+ Galran V son of Robert II; associated 11831191
(to France 1204)
MILLAU
The viscounts of Millau came to rule significant portions of Rouergue and Gvaudan, and viscount Brenger
II acquired the viscounty of Carlat in Auvergne by marriage in 1050. His sons divided their fathers possessions,
the younger son Gilbert keeping Millau, Lodve, and of Carlat. He also claiming the title of count of
Gvaudan and became, by marriage, count of Provence. His daughters marriage brought his holdings to the
counts of Provence of the House of Barcelona. In 1167 Douce II was usurped by her cousin, the king of Aragn,
and for the next century the kings of Aragn held the area in almost constant conflict with the rival claimants,
the counts of Toulouse. By the Treaty of Corbeil (1258), the king of Aragn abandoned most of his claims
north of the Pyrenees and Millau passed first to the count of Toulouse, then to the king of France.
Viscounts of Millau
House of Millau
:914920:
:929936:
:937:
:10021013:
:10231050:
:10511080:
:10971110:
:11121113
House of Barcelona
& 11121131
11311144
11441166
11661167
11671173
11731181
11811185
11851196
11961204
12041215
12151258
100
101
Bernard I brother of abbot Frdolon of Vabres

Bernard II son of (?) Bernard I
Brenger I son of Bernard II; viscount of Millau
Richard I son of (?) Brenger I
Richard II son of Richard I
Brenger II son of Richard II
Gilbert son of Brenger II
Douce I daughter of Gilbert; abdicated, died 1127:30
Raymond-Brenger I married Douce I; son of count Ramon-Berenguer II of Barcelona
Brenger-Raymond son of Raymond-Brenger I
Raymond-Brenger II son of Brenger-Raymond
Douce II daughter of Raymond-Brenger II; deposed, died 1172
Alphonse, 100 the Chaste son of count Ramon-Berenguer IV of Barcelona, brother of
Brenger-Raymond; Aragn 11621196
Raymond-Brenger III 101 brother of Alphonse
Sanche brother of Raymond-Brenger III; deposed, died 1223
Alphonse, the Chaste restored
Pierre, the Catholic son of Alphonse; ceded viscounty; Aragn 11961213
(to Toulouse)
Jacques, the Conqueror son of Pierre; ceded viscounty; Aragn 12131276
(to Toulouse 1258; France 1271; to England 1362; to France 1370)
Originally named Raymond.


MONTFORT
The lordship of Montfort-lAmaury southwest of Paris was a vassal of the French kings. Simon V
participated both in the Fourth Crusade and in the Crusade against the Albigensians, briefly becoming count of
Toulouse in 1215. After the loss of Toulouse, his son Amaury V secured the title of count of Montfort by
ceding to the French king his remaining possessions in southern France in 1224. While branches of the
Montfort family established themselves in England and in Outremer, the county passed by marriage to the
House of Dreux. When Jean III of Montfort asserted himself as duke of Brittany in 1364, the county became
effectively united with that duchy until passing into the royal domain in 1514.
Lords and counts of Montfort-lAmaury
House of Montfort (Hainault)
:10281052: Amaury I son of Guillaume; lord of Montfort
:1061c.1087 Simon I son of Amaury I
c.1087c.1089 Amaury II son of Simon I
c.1089c.1092 Richard son of Simon I
c.10921104: Simon II, the Younger son of Simon I
1104:1137: Amaury III son of Simon I
:1138c.1140 Amaury IV son of Amaury III
c.11401181 Simon III, the Bald son of Amaury III
11811187 Simon IV son of Simon III
11871218 Simon V son of Simon IV
12181241 Amaury V son of Simon V; count 1224
12411249 Jean I son of Amaury V
12491311 Batrix daughter of Jean I
& c.12601282 Robert of Dreux married Batrix; son of count Jean I of Dreux
House of Dreux
13111322 Yolande daughter of Robert and Batrix
& 13111312 Arthur of Brittany husband of Yolande; son of duke Jean II of Brittany
13221345 Jean II son of Arthur and Yolande
(union with Brittany 1364; to France 1514)
MONTMORENCY
The lordship of Montmorency was located near the royal abbey of Saint-Denis, north of Paris. The lords of
Montmorency were often among the leading vassals of the French king, and several of them bore the title of
constable of France. In 1551 Anne of Montmorency, an associate of Franois I and Henri II, was promoted to
duke. On the execution of his grandson in 1632, the duchy passed by marriage to the House of BourbonCond, which changed the title to duke of Enghien (a title usually conferred on the heir-apparent to the
principality of Cond) in 1689, but retained possession until the French Revolution. Junior branches of the
House of Montmorency became counts of Laval and Joigny and dukes of (Luxembourg-)Piney.
Lords and dukes of Montmorency; peers 1551
:9781008: Bouchard I, the Bearded son of (?) Aubry; lord of Montmorency
:10121031: Bouchard II son of Bouchard I
:10601086: Thibaud son of Bouchard II
:10901094: Herv son of Bouchard II
:10961124:
:11371160
11601189
11891230
12301243
12431270
12701305
13051306
13061326
13261381
13811414
14141477
14771531
15311567
15671579
15791614
16141632
16321650
& 16321646
Bouchard III son of Herv

Mathieu I son of Bouchard III
Bouchard IV son of Mathieu I
Mathieu II, the Great son of Bouchard IV
Bouchard V son of Mathieu II
Mathieu III son of Bouchard V
Mathieu IV son of Mathieu III
Mathieu V son of Mathieu IV
Jean I son of Mathieu IV
Charles son of Jean I
Jacques son of Charles
Jean II son of Jacques
Guillaume son of Jean II
Anne son of Guillaume; duke 1551
Franois son of Anne
Henri I son of Anne
Henri II son of Henri I
Charlotte-Marguerite daughter of Henri I
Henri III of Cond husband of Charlotte-Marguerite; son of prince Henri I of Cond
(to Cond 1650; to France 1789)
MONTPELLIER
The small but prosperous lordship of Montpellier in Languedoc originated in the 980s, when a baron named
Guillaume (Guilhem) was invested with the town of Montpellier by count Bernard II of Melgueil and bishop
Ricuin of Maguelone. A younger son of Guillaume V, Guillaume of Aumelas, became lord of Orange in the
early 12th century. By Maries marriage to king Pedro II of Aragn, Montpellier passed to the House of
Barcelona. In 12761344 it served as the de facto capital of the kingdom of Majorca, ruled by a junior branch of
the royal house of Aragn. Trying to raise funds to help recover his Balearic possessions (seized by the king of
Aragn in 1344), Jacques III sold the lordship of Montpellier to the king of France in 1349.
Lords of Montpellier
House of Montpellier
:9851025: Guillaume I son of Guy
Guillaume II son of Brenger, brother of Guillaume I
:10591068: Guillaume III son of Guillaume II
1068:c.1085 Guillaume IV 102 son of Guillaume II
c.1085:1122 Guillaume V son of Guillaume IV
:11221147 Guillaume VI son of Guillaume V; abdicated, died 1161:
11471172: Guillaume VII son of Guillaume VI
:11731203 Guillaume VIII son of Guillaume VII
12031204 Guillaume IX son of Guillaume VIII; deposed, died 1212:
12041213 Marie daughter of Guillaume VIII
& 12041213 Pierre of Aragn married Marie; son of king Alfonso II of Aragn; died 1213
House of Barcelona (Aragn)
12131276 Jacques I, the Conqueror son of Pierre and Marie; also Aragn; Majorca 12311276
12761311 Jacques II, the Good son of Jacques I; Majorca 12761285 and 12951311
102
Originally named Bernard.
13111324
13241349
Sanche, the Pacific son of Jacques II; also Majorca

Jacques III, the Rash son of Ferdinand, son of Jacques II; Majorca 13241344; sold lordship,
died 1349
(to France 1349)
MONTPENSIER
The lordship of Montpensier in the northernmost part of Auvergne was purchased by duke Jean I of Berry
from the House of Ventadour in 1382 and, promoted to a county, was granted to two of his sons before being
inherited by his daughter Marie. Her marriage to the duke of Bourbon made the county of Montpensier the
possession of a junior branch of the ducal family, which obtained the duchies of Bourbon and Auvergne in the
person of Charles the Constable, who married the heiress of the elder Bourbon line. On the death of his wife,
Charles clashed with Louise of Savoy, mother of the French king Franois I over his wifes succession and
deserted to the Holy Roman Empire. By 1525 his remaining lands were confiscated by the king. Montpensier
was restored to Charles sister Louise and promoted to a duchy only in 1539. Louises descendants, from the
House of Bourbon-Vendme, retained the duchy of Montpensier until the death of Anne-Marie-Louise in 1693,
who bequeathed the duchy to her cousin, the duke of Orlans. The House of Bourbon-Orlans retained
possession until the French Revolution.
Counts and dukes of Montpensier; peers 1608
Capetian House of Valois (Berry)
1382 Charles I son of Jean I (below)
13821386 Jean I, the Magnificent son of king Jean II of France; abdicated
14011416 Jean I, the Magnificent restored
14161434 Marie I daughter of Jean I
& 14161434 Jean III of Bourbon husband of Marie I; son of duke Louis II of Bourbon 103
14341486 Louis I, the Good son of Jean III and Marie I
14861496 Gilbert son of Louis I
14961501 Louis II son of Gilbert
15011523 Charles II, the Constable son of Gilbert; deposed, died 1527
15391561 Louise daughter of Gilbert; duchess of Montpensier 1539
15611582 Louis III son of Louise by prince Louis of La Roche-sur-Yon, son of count Jean II of Vendme
15821592 Franois son of Louis III
16081627 Marie II daughter of Henri
& 16261627 Gaston (duc dAnjou) married Marie II; son of king Henri IV of France; died 1660
16271693 Anne-Marie-Louise daughter of Gaston and Marie II
(to Orlans 1693; to France 1789)
MONTREUIL (see Ponthieu)
103
In English captivity since 1415.

MORTAIN
The county of Avranches, later limited to Mortain, was part of the duchy of Normandy. The county was
bestowed upon various relatives of the duke of Normandy. When the French king Philippe II assumed control
of the area in 1204, he granted the county of Mortain to his friend Renaud of Dammartin, and later to his own
son Philippe Hurepel. After the latters death in 1234, his widow was forced to cede 2/3 of the county to the
king in 1235. The county of Mortain was subsequently entrusted to junior members or lines of the Capetian
dynasty; the last of these, the House of Bourbon-Orlans, was in possession until the French Revolution.
Counts of Avranches, later Mortain; peers 1407
House of Normandy
c.9961015: Robert I bastard son of duke Richard I of Normandy; count of Avranches
1015:1026 Richard son of Robert I; deposed
10261063 Guillaume, Guerlenc son of count Mauger of Corbeil, brother of Robert I; count of Mortain;
deposed, died 1067
House of Conteville
10631095 Robert II son of Herluin of Conteville by Arlette, mother of duke Guillaume II of Normandy
10951106 Guillaume II son of Robert II; deposed, died 1140:
House of Vitr
11061112: Robert III son of Andr I of Vitr by Agns, daughter of Robert II; replaced, died 1125:
House of Blois
:11191154 tienne son of count tienne-Henri of Blois by Adle, daughter of duke Guillaume II of
Normandy; England 11351141 and 11411154 104
11541159 Guillaume III son of tienne
11591189 (to Normandy)
11891199 Jean, Lackland son of king Henry II of England; England 11991216
11991204 (to Normandy)
House of Dammartin
12041214 Renaud son of count Aubry III of Dammartin; deposed, died 1217
12141235 Mathilde daughter of Renaud; abdicated, died c.1260
& 12161234 Philippe I, Hurepel married Mathilde; son of king Philippe II of France
1235 Aubry son of Philippe I and Mathilde; abdicated, died 1284:
12351252 Jeanne I sister of Aubry
& :12411251 Gaucher of Chtillon married Jeanne I; son of count Guy II of Saint-Pol
13281344 Jeanne II daughter of king Louis X of France; abdicated; Navarre 13281349
& 13281343 Philippe II, the Wise husband of Jeanne II; son of count Louis of Evreux; also Navarre
13441378 Charles I, the Bad son of Philippe II and Jeanne II; deposed; Navarre 13491387 105
14081412 Pierre son of Charles I
14121415 Louis son of king Charles VI of France
14151449 (to France 1415; to England 1418; to France 1449)
104
105
The county of Mortain was occupied by the dukes of Normandy in the period 11421153.

14491473 Charles II son of duke Louis II of Anjou
(to France 1481; to Montpensier 1529; to Orlans 1693; to France 1789)
NARBONNE
Gothia or Septimania, the area along the coast between the Pyrenees and the Rhne, was reconquered by the
Frankish kings from the Muslims of Spain by the late 750s. The county centered on the important city of
Narbonne became one of the major fiefs of the counts of Toulouse in their capacity as marquis of Septimania.
By the early 900s hereditary viscounts ruled Narbonne in the name of the counts of Toulouse. The House of
Ausona was succeeded by those of Lara, Tinires, and Foix (Grailly), until 1507, when Gaston II exchanged the
viscounty of Narbonne with his uncle, the French king Louis XII, for the duchy of Nemours.
Viscounts of Narbonne
House of Ausona
:924: Odon son of viscount Francon of Ausona
:926: Vulverad brother of (?) Odon
:952966: Matfred son of Odon
:9691017: Raymond I son of Matfred
:10191067: Brenger son of Raymond I
:10681080: Raymond II son of Brenger
& :1068:1077 Bernard son of Brenger
:1080: Pierre I son of Brenger; archbishop of Narbonne 10791089
:10841105: Aimery I son of Bernard
:11061134 Aimery II son of Aimery I
11341139 Ermengarde daughter of Aimery II; deposed
11391143 (to Toulouse)
11431192 Ermengarde restored; deposed, died 1197
House of Lara
11921202 Pierre II son of Manrique of Lara by Ermessinde, daughter of Aimery II
12021236 Aimery III 106 son of Pierre II
12361270 Amaury I son of Aimery III
12701298 Aimery IV son of Amaury I
12981328 Amaury II son of Aimery IV
13281336 Aimery V son of Amaury II
13361341 Amaury III son of Aimery V
13411388 Aimery VI son of Aimery V
13881397 Guillaume I son of Aimery VI
13971423 Guillaume II son of Guillaume I
House of Tinires
14231447 Guillaume III 107 son of Guillaume of Mardoigne by Gurine of Beaufort, mother of Guillaume II
1447 Marguerite sister of Guillaume III; sold county, died 1447:
14471468 Gaston I son of count Jean I of Foix; abdicated, died 1472
106
107
Originally named Manrique.

14681500
15001507
Jean son of Gaston I

Gaston II son of Jean; exchanged viscounty for duchy of Nemours, died 1512
(to France 1507)
NEMOURS
The lordship of Nemours, located between the county of Champagne and the duchy of Orlans, was
promoted to duchy and given to king Carlos III of Navarre in exchange for the county of Evreux in 1404. He
was succeeded by his heirs from the houses of Bourbon-La Marche, Armagnac, and Foix until 1512. Afterwards,
the French king Franois I conferred the duchy to the relatives of his mother Louise of Savoy: first Giuliano de
Medici, who was a brother of pope Leo X and had married Louises sister Philiberte, and then Louise and
Philibertes brother Philippe. The latters descendants held Nemours until 1659, when the male line became
extinct. In 1672 Louis XIV gave Nemours to his brother, the duke of Orlans, and the duchy remained united
with that of Orlans until the French Revolution.
Dukes of Nemours, peers 1404
Capetian House of Evreux (Navarre)
14041425 Charles, the Noble son of king Carlos II of Navarre; Navarre 13871425
Capetian House of Bourbon (La Marche)
14251463: lonore daughter of count Jacques II of La Marche by Batrice, daughter of Charles
& 14291462 Bernard married lonore; son of count Bernard VII of Armagnac
:14641477 Jacques I son of Bernard and lonore; deposed, died 1477
14841500 Jean son of Jacques I
15001503 Louis I son of Jacques I
15071512 Gaston son of count Jean of tampes, son of count Gaston IV of Foix by queen Leonor of
Navarre, daughter of king Juan II of Aragn by queen Blanca of Navarre, daughter of Charles
House of Savoy
15151524 Philiberte daughter of duke Philippe II of Savoy
& 15151516 Julien of Medici husband of Philiberte; son of Lorenzo I of Florence
15241528 Louise sister of Philiberte; replaced, died 1531
15281533 Philippe brother of Louise
15331585 Jacques II son of Philippe
15851595 Charles-Emmanuel son of Jacques II
15951632 Henri I son of Jacques II
16321641 Louis II son of Henri I
16411652 Charles-Amde son of Henri I
16521659 Henri II son of Henri I; archbishop of Reims 16511657
(to France 1659; to Orlans 1672; to France 1789)
NEUSTRIA (NEUSTRIE) (see France (Francia))

NEVERS
The county of Nevers formed part of the duchy of Autun/Burgundy for much of the 10th century, until it
was granted to Landry of Monceaux, the son-in-law of Otte-Guillaume of Burgundy. The House of Monceaux
ruled Nevers (and also Auxerre and Tonnerre) until 1193, when the counties passed to the Capetian House of
Courtenay. Through a series of heiresses the counties were inherited by the houses of Bourbonnais, Burgundy,
and (after the separation of Auxerre and Tonnerre in 1273) Dampierre (Flanders). The marriage of Marguerite
to duke Philippe the Bold of Burgundy brought Nevers into the Burgundian agglomeration of principalities
stretching all the way to the North Sea. Nevertheless, from 1404 the county of Nevers became the seat of a
junior branch of the Valois house of Burgundy, which survived the fall of its ducal cousins and was inherited by
a junior branch of the House of Mark (Cleves) in 1491, under which the county was promoted to duchy in
1538. From 1565 Nevers was ruled by a branch of the Gonzaga dukes of Mantua, until the last Gonzaga duke
sold the duchy (together with his other duchies of Mayenne and Rethel) to Louis XIVs leading minister,
cardinal Jules Mazarin, in 1659. The latter was inherited by his nephew of the House of Mancini, which
retained Nevers until the French Revolution.
Counts of Nevers
House of Monceaux
10261028 Landry son of Bodon of Monceaux; husband of Mathilde, daughter of count Otte-Guillaume
of Burgundy
10281040 Renaud I son of Landry
10401098 Guillaume I son of Renaud I
+ Renaud II son of Guillaume I; associated 10791089
10981148 Guillaume II son of Renaud II
11481161 Guillaume III son of Guillaume II
11681175 Guy son of Guillaume III
11751181 Guillaume V son of Guy
11811193 Agns daughter of Guy
& 11841193 Pierre of Courtenay married Agns; son of Pierre I of Courtenay; emperor of Constantinople
12161217
11931257 Mahaut I daughter of Pierre and Agns I
& 11991222 Herv of Donzy married Mahaut I; son of Herv III of Donzy; divorced, died 1222
& 12261241 Guigues of Forez married Mahaut I; son of count Guigues III of Forez
12571262 Mahaut II daughter of Archambaud IX of Bourbon by Yolande, daughter of count Guy I
of St-Pol by Agns, daughter of Herv and Mahaut I
12621280 Yolande daughter of Eudes and Mahaut II
& 12651270 Jean I (Tristan) of France married Yolande; son of king Louis IX of France
& 12721280 Robert of Dampierre married Yolande; son of count Gwijde of Flanders; died 1322
12801322 Louis I son of Robert and Yolande
13221346 Louis II, of Crcy son of Louis I
13461384 Louis III, of Male son of Louis II
13841385 Marguerite daughter of Louis III; abdicated, died 1405
& 13841385 Philippe I of Burgundy husband of Marguerite; son of king Jean II of France; died 1404

13851404 Jean II, the Fearless son of Philippe I and Marguerite; abdicated, died 1419
14041415 Philippe II brother of Jean II
14151464 Charles I son of Philippe II
14641491 Jean III son of Philippe II
14911506 Engilbert son of duke Johann I of Cleves by lisabeth, daughter of Jean III
15061521 Charles II son of Engilbert
15211561 Franois I son of Charles II; duke 1539
& 15651595 Louis IV Gonzaga married Henriette; son of duke Federico II of Mantua
House of Gonzaga
16011637 Charles III son of Louis IV and Henriette
16371659 Charles IV son of duke Charles V of Mayenne, son of Charles III; sold duchy, died 1665
House of Mazarin
House of Mancini
16611707 Philippe-Julien son of Michele Lorenzo Mancini by Girolama, sister of Jules
17071768 Franois III son of Philippe-Julien
17681789 Louis-Jules son of Franois III; deposed, died 1798
(to France 1789)
NORMANDY (NORMANDIE)
The duchy of Normandy began with a concession by the French king Charles III the Simple to the Viking
leader Rollon the Ganger. Originally confined to county of Rouen, the principality expanded westwards to
include the coast as far as Brittany and inland to Alenon and vreux. The polity came to be known as
Normandy, Land of the Northmen. By 950 the higher titles of marquis and, by 1000, duke, appeared. The
dukes of Normandy established a more centralized and effective feudal state than most of their neighbors. They
first supported, then defied the French king, and in 1066 Guillaume II the Bastard crossed the Narrow Sea to
become William I the Conqueror, king of England, after the battle of Hastings. While importing French
feudalism into England, the dukes established more effective royal control (preventing their vassals from
establishing states within the state), and continued to amass further principalities on the continent, culminating,
under Henri II, with the addition of Anjou and Maine (1151), Aquitaine (1152), and Brittany (1166). Friction
with the French king culminated after 1202, when Philippe II of France declared the duke of Normandys feudal
principalities forfeit for several breaches of law. In the ensuing war, the English king lost Normandy, Anjou,
Maine, Touraine, and Poitou. After 1204 continental Normandy formed part of the royal domain, except on
three occasions when it was given in apanage to royal sons under the Valois kings of France, and in 14181450,
when the English occupied Normandy during the Hundred Years War. The Channel Islands of Jersey and
Guernsey, however, remained English, constituting the duchy of Normandy in the titles of British monarchs.
Counts, marquis and dukes of Normandy, peers
House of Normandy
911927 Rollon, 109 the Ganger son of jarl Ragnvald ysteinsson of Mre; count of Rouen; abdicated,
died :933
108
109

Baptized as Robert 911.
927942
942996
9961026
10261028
10281035
10351087
10871106
11061135
Guillaume I, Longsword son of Rollon

Richard I, the Fearless son of Guillaume I; marquis
Richard II, the Good son of Richard I; duke
Richard III son of Richard II
Robert I, the Devil son of Richard II
Guillaume II (William I), the Bastard bastard son of Robert I; England 10661087
Robert II, Curthose son of Guillaume II; deposed, died 1134
Henri I (Henry I), Beauclerc son of Guillaume II; England 10871100
+ Guillaume III son of Henri I; associated 1120
House of Blois
11351144
tienne (Stephen) son of count tienne-Henri of Blois by Adle, daughter of Guillaume II;
deposed; England 11351141 and 11411154
11441150 Geoffroy, the Fair husband of Mathilde, daughter of Henri I; son of count Foulques V of
Anjou; abdicated, died 1151
11501189 Henri II (Henry II), Curtmantle son of Geoffroy; England 11541189
+ Henri III, the Younger son of Henri II; associated 11721183
11891199 Richard (Richard I), Lionheart son of Henri II; also England 110
11991204 Jean I (John), Lackland son of Henri II; deposed; England 11991216
House of Valois (France)
13321350 Jean II, the Good son of king Philippe VI of France; France 13501364
13551364 Charles I, the Wise son of Jean II; France 13641380
13641465 (to France 1364; to England 1418; to France 1450)
14651466 Charles II son of king Charles VII of France; exchanged duchy for Guyenne, died 1472
(to France 1466)
ORLANS
Orlans, located on the north bank of the Loire, commands communications between northern and
southern France, and was already important in the Late Roman period. In late Carolingian times, it was the seat
of a county controlled by the future Capetians, and it remained in the royal domain for centuries. In 1344 the
first Valois king of France created an apanage duchy of Orlans for his second son, and in 1392 the duchy was
recreated for Louis of Orlans, the brother of Charles VI. Combined with the duchy of Valois to the north and
with the counties of Blois and Dunois (acquired in 1397) to the west, the duchy of Orlans became one of the
greatest feudal principalities in France. During the Hundred Years War Orlans endured a siege by the English
which was lifted by Jeanne dArc in 1429. In 1498 the duke of Orlans became king of France and the duchy
rejoined the royal domain. In 1626 the duchy of Orlans was reestablished for a younger brother of Louis XIII.
When he died without sons in 1660, his apanage was transferred to a younger brother of Louis XIV. The
Bourbon dukes of Orlans were the leading princes and feudal lords in early modern France. Duke Philippe I
served as regent during the minority of Louis XV (in 17151723), while his descendant Louis-Philippe II threw
in his lot with the French Revolution and perished when it turned on its own leaders in 1793. Nevertheless, the
latters son Louis-Philippe became the last effective king of France in 18301848.
Valois dukes of Orlans
13441375 Philippe son of king Philippe VI of France 111
110
13751392
13921407
14071465
14651498
14981540
15401545
15451626
(to France)
Louis I, of Orlans son of king Charles V of France, son of king Jean II, brother of Philippe
Charles I son of Louis I 112
Louis II son of Charles I; France 14981515
(to France)
Charles II (duc dOrlans) son of king Franois I of France
(to France)
Bourbon dukes of Orlans

16261660 Gaston (duc dAnjou) son of king Henri IV of France
16611701 Philippe I (duc dAnjou) son of king Louis XIII of France, brother of Gaston
17011723 Philippe II son of Philippe I
17231752 Louis son of Philippe II
17521785 Louis-Philippe I son of Louis
17851789 Louis-Philippe II (Philippe galit) son of Louis-Philippe I; deposed, died 1793
(to France 1789)
PARDIAC
The small county of Pardiac was located south of Armagnac and west of Astarac. Like its neighbors, it was a
vassal of the duchy of Gascony. The county was governed first by a junior line of the counts of Astarac, who
were inherited by the House of Montlezun. In 1402 Pardiac was seized by the ambitious Bernard VII, count of
Armagnac, whose descendants ruled the county for the next century. In 1504 it was definitively annexed to the
royal domain. The genealogy and chronology of counts down to c.1300 are frequently uncertain.
Counts of Pardiac
House of Gascony
:1023c.1034 Bernard I, Plagos son of count Arnaud II of Astarac
c.10341088: Oger I son of Bernard I
:11371142: Guillaume son of Oger I
1142:1182 Bohmond son of Guillaume
House of Montlezun
11821200: Oger II son of (?) Arnaud-Guillaume of Montlezun by Marie, daughter of Bohmond
:12041275 Arnaud-Guillaume I son of Oger II
12751300: Arnaud-Guillaume II son of Arnaud-Guillaume I
:13091333 Arnaud-Guillaume III son of Arnaud-Guillaume II
13331353 Arnaud-Guillaume IV son of Arnaud-Guillaume III
13531377 Arnaud-Guillaume V son of Arnaud-Guillaume IV; deposed, died 1377
13771401 Anne daughter of Arnaud-Guillaume IV; abdicated, died 1403
& 13791401 Graud of Lomagne married Anne; son of viscount Jean I of Fzensaguet
House of Lomagne (Fzensaguet)
14011402 Jean I son of Graud and Anne; deposed, died 1402
14021418 Bernard II son of count Jean II of Armagnac
14181462 Bernard III son of Bernard II
111
112

14621477
14771484
14841500
15001503
15031504
& 15031504
Jacques son of Bernard III; deposed, died 1477

(to France)
Jean II son of Jacques
Louis son of Jacques
Charlotte daughter of Jacques
Charles of Rohan husband of Charlotte; son of count Pierre of Guise; died 1528
(to France 1504)
PARIS
The county of Paris controlled an important crossing of the Seine at the ancient Roman town of Lutetia. At
first the comital office seems to have been monopolized by a single family, which distinguished itself in royal
service (e.g., Bgon, who was also count of Toulouse and marquis of Septimania). Afterwards the county was
given to members of the Welf and Robertian (later Capetian) houses, the latter producing several kings of
France. On the election of Hugues Capet as French king in 987, the county was turned over to the faithful
count of Vendme. His successor Othon might have been a Robertian, and on his childless death in 1032 Paris
reverted to the royal domain.
Counts of Paris
House of Paris
:759779:
:802812:
:815816
816?
:837842
842858
Welf House
858c.863
c.863882
House of Flavigny
882885
Robertian House
885888
888922
922956
956987
House of Vendme
9871007
Robertian House?
10071032
Grard I
tienne son of (?) Grard I
Bgon son of (?) Grard I; husband of Alpas, daughter of king Louis I of France
Leuthard I brother of tienne
Grard II son of Leuthard I; deposed, died 874
Leuthard II son of Bgon
Conrad I, the Elder son of Welf of Altdorf
Conrad II son of count Rodolphe of Sens, brother of Conrad I
Adalhard son of Vulfard of Flavigny by Suzanne, daughter of Bgon
Eudes son of Robert; abdicated; France 888898
Robert brother of Eudes; abdicated; France 922923
Hugues I, the Great son of Robert
Hugues II, Capet son of Hugues I; abdicated; France 987996
Bouchard, the Venerable son of count Bouchard
Othon son of (?) duke Eudes-Henri of Autun, son of Hugues I
(to France 1032)
PARTHENAY
The lordship of Parthenay to the west of Poitiers was a fief of the count of Poitou (duke of Aquitaine). The
family was descended from the lords of Lusignan and took the surname lArchevque, which commemorated the
illustrious status of Josselin II, who was archbishop of Bordeaux for almost three decades. Like Lusignan,
Parthenay occasionally waged war against its suzerain, the duke of Aquitaine. It also resisted the extension or
royal control into the area. When Jean II sided with the Burgundians, he was declared dispossessed of his fiefs in

1414, although it was only in 1419 that he was forced to sell his rights, and the sale became effective on his death
in 1427. Parthenay was given to the future duke Arthur III of Brittany, and then to the count of Dunois, whose
heirs remained in possession until 1641.
Lords of Parthenay
House of Parthenay-lArchevque (Lusignan)
:1012: Josselin I son of Hugues II of Lusignan; lord of Parthenay
:1025: Hugues I, the Brown son of Hugues III of Lusignan, brother of Josselin I
:1032: Gilles son of Hugues I
:10401047: Guillaume I son of Gilles
:10581059 Josselin II son of Guillaume I; abdicated; archbishop of Bordeaux 10591086
1059c.1075 Simon I son of Guillaume I
c.10751093 Gelduin son of Guillaume I
& c.10751110 Ebles son of Guillaume I
1110c.1120 Guillaume II son of Simon I
& 11101121 Simon II son of Simon I
11211140 Guillaume III son of Simon II
11821218 Hugues II son of Guillaume IV
12181243 Guillaume V son of Hugues II
12431271 Hugues III son of Guillaume V
12711315: Guillaume VI son of Hugues III
:13221358 Jean I son of Guillaume VI
13581401 Guillaume VII son of Jean I
14011427 Jean II son of Guillaume VII; sold rights 1419
House of Dreux (Brittany)
14271458 Arthur, the Justiciar son of duke Jean IV of Brittany
(to Dunois 1458; to France 1641)
PENTHIVRE
The county of Penthivre, comprising a significant section of northern Brittany and centered on Lamballe,
was created as an apanage by duke Alain III of Brittany for his younger brother Eudon (on). The original
comital line was dispossessed by Pierre of Dreux, duke of Brittany, in 1214, although it continued to hold the
barony of Avaugour. Twice granted in apanage to younger members of the House of Dreux, Penthivre was
inherited by the House of Blois-Chtillon, which was dispossessed by the dukes of Brittany on two occasions, in
14201448 and 14651535. In 1530 (effectively 1535) the French king restored Penthivre to Jean IV of
Brosse, whose nephew and successor, Sbastien of Luxembourg-Martigues, was promoted to duke in 1569. His
heirs held the duchy until it was inherited by a member of the Capetian House of Bourbon, and then
transmitted, through a series of sales, to several other lines of the Bourbon family.
Counts and dukes of Penthivre; peers 1569
House of Rennes
10351079
10791093
10931135:
:11361148
Eudon (on) son of duke Geoffroy I of Brittany

Geoffroy I, Boterel son of Eudon
tienne I son of Eudon
Geoffroy II, Boterel son of tienne I; rival since 1118
11481164 tienne II, the Leper son of Geoffroy II 113

& 11481152: Rivallon son of Geoffroy II
11641177 Geoffroy III, Boterel son of Rivallon
11771212: Alain son of count Henri of Trgor, son of tienne I
:12131214 Henri son of Alain; deposed (retained Avaugour and Gollo), died 1281
House of Dreux
12141236 Pierre, Mauclerc son of count Robert II of Dreux; abdicated, died 1250
12361272 Yolande daughter of Pierre
& 12361250 Hugues of Lusignan son of count Hugues II of La Marche
12721286 Jean I, the Red son of Pierre
13051312 Arthur son of Jean II
13121317 Jean III, the Good son of Arthur; abdicated, died 1341
13171331 Guy son of Arthur
13311384 Jeanne, the Lame daughter of Guy
& 13371364 Charles of Chtillon married Jeanne; son of count Guy I of Blois 114
13841404 Jean IV son of Charles and Jeanne
14041420 Olivier son of Jean IV; deposed, died 1433
14201448 (to Brittany)
14521465 Nicole daughter of Charles of Avaugour, son of Jean IV; deposed, died 1479
& 14521465 Jean VI of Brosse husband of Nicole; son of Jean I of Brosse; deposed, died 1482
14651535 (to Brittany)
House of Brosse
Jean VII son of Jean VI and Nicole; legitimist claimant 14821502
Ren son of Jean VII; legitimist claimant 15021525
15351566 Jean VIII son of Ren; legitimist claimant since 1525
House of Luxembourg (Martigues)
15661569 Sbastien son of viscount Franois of Martigues by Charlotte of Brosse, sister of Jean VIII;
duke 1569
15691623 Marie daughter of Sbastien
& 15751602 Philippe-Emmanuel of Lorraine married Marie; son of duke Nicolas of Mercur
House of Lorraine-Vaudmont (Mercur)
16231669 Franoise daughter of Philippe-Emmanuel and Marie
& 16231665 Csar of Bourbon husband of Franoise; legitimated son of king Henri IV of France
16691696 Louis-Joseph son of duke Louis II of Vendme, son of Csar and Franoise; sold duchy, died 1712
16961697 Marie-Anne legitimated daughter of king Louis XIV of France; sold duchy, died 1739
16961737 Louis-Alexandre (comte de Toulouse) legitimated son of king Louis XIV of France
17371789 Louis-Jean-Marie son of Louis-Alexandre; deposed, died 1793
(to France 1789)
113
114
In older works, tienne II is often given as son of Rivallon and older brother of Geoffroy III.

PERCHE
The lordship of Perche was governed by the lords of Nogent by the late 10th century, several of whom would
participate in the Crusades. In 1058 the ruler of Perche became count of Mortagne. The title count of Perche
appears by 1126, but the original comital house became extinct in 1226, when the county entered the royal
domain. Perche was subsequently granted as an apanage to Pierre, a son of Louis IX, and then again to Charles
of Valois, a son of Philippe III, whose descendants ruled until the 1580s. As an apanage, possession of Perche
was almost consistently coupled with that of neighboring Alenon, which was promoted to duchy in 1414.
During the Hundred Years War, Perche was occupied by the English in 14241449.
Lords and counts of Perche; peers 1566
House of Nogent
:996:
Rotrou I lord of Nogent

Foulques son of Rotrou I
:10201039: Geoffroy I son of Foulques; viscount of Chteaudun
:10401044 Hugues I son of Geoffroy I
1044c.1080 Rotrou II son of Geoffroy I; count of Mortagne 1058
c.10801100 Geoffroy II son of Rotrou II
11001144 Rotrou III, the Great son of Geoffroy II; count of Perche 1126
11441191 Rotrou IV son of Rotrou III
11911202 Geoffroy III son of Rotrou IV
12021217 Thomas son of Geoffroy III
12171226 Guillaume IV son of Rotrou IV; bishop of Chlons 12151226
12681284 Pierre I son of king Louis IX of France
12911325 Charles I, of Valois son of king Philippe III of France, brother of Pierre I; Latin emperor 13011307
13251346 Charles II, the Magnanimous son of Charles I
13461361 Charles III son of Charles II; abdicated; archbishop of Lyon 13651375
13611367 Philippe son of Charles II; abdicated; archbishop of Rouen 13621375; cardinal, died 1397
13671377 Robert son of Charles II
13771404 Pierre II, the Noble son of Charles II
14041415 Jean I, the Wise son of Pierre II
14151473 Jean II son of Jean I; deposed 115
14611473 Jean II restored; deposed, died 1476
14781492 Ren son of Jean II 116
14921525 Charles IV son of Ren
15251549 Marguerite widow of Charles IV; daughter of count Charles III of Angoulme
& 15261549 Henri of Albret married Marguerite; son of king Juan III of Navarre; Navarre 15211555
115
116

Imprisoned 14821483.

House of Medici
15591566
Catherine wife of king Henri II of France, son of king Franois I, brother of Marguerite;
daughter of Lorenzo II de Medici; replaced, died 1589
France 18141815, 18151824
(to France 1789)
PRIGORD
The county of Prigord (the region centered on the city of Prigueux) was originally a fief of the duchy of
Aquitaine. In the late 9th and early 10th century the House of Flavigny ruled the three adjacent counties of
Angoulme, Prigord, and Agen at the same time, although sometimes divided among different members of the
family. In 975 Prigord passed by inheritance to the comital family of La Marche, which remained in possession
until the county was annexed to the royal domain in 1398. After almost four decades under members of the
House of Valois, Prigord was sold to Jean of Chtillon, count of Penthivre and viscount of Limoges. His niece
brought the county to the House of Albret. This acquired the throne of Navarre by marriage, and was followed,
in the same fashion, by that of Bourbon-Vendme. After Henri IV inherited the French throne in 1589, he
merged his non-sovereign feudal possessions, including Prigord, into the royal domain in 1607.
Counts of Prigord
House of Flavigny
866886 Vulgrin son of count Vulfard of Flavigny; count of Prigord, Angoulme, and Agen
886c.918 Guillaume I son of Vulgrin; count of Prigord and Agen
c.918c.950 Bernard, Grandin son of Guillaume I
c.950c.952 Arnaud, Borration son of Bernard
c.952962 Guillaume II son of Bernard
962975 Ramnulf, Bompar son of Bernard
975 Richard, the Foolish son of Bernard; deposed, died 992?
House of Charroux (La Marche)
962c.968 Boson I, the Elder husband of Emma, daughter of Guillaume I; son of Sulpice of Charroux
c.968c.975 Hlie I son of Boson I
c.975997 Audebert I son of Boson I
9971003: Boson II, the Younger son of Audebert I
:10121032: Hlie II son of Boson II
& :10121031: Boson III son of Boson II
:10441044 Hlie III son of Boson III
:10441072: Audebert II son of Boson III
:10731101: Hlie IV son of Audebert II
& :10731116: Audebert III son of Audebert II
:11041115 Guillaume III, Talleyrand son of Hlie IV
& :1104c.1147 Hlie V Rudel son of Hlie IV
:11441166 Boson IV son of Audebert III
1166c.1203 Hlie VI son of Boson IV
c.1203:1211 Hlie VII son of Hlie VI
c.12031212 Archambaud I son of Hlie VI
:12111239 Archambaud II son of Hlie VII

12391247: Hlie VIII son of Archambaud II
:1251c.1300 Archambaud III son of Hlie VIII
c.13001315 Hlie IX son of Archambaud III
13151335 Archambaud IV son of Hlie X
13351363 Roger-Bernard son of Hlie X
13631398 Archambaud V son of Roger-Bernard; outlawed 1398, died 1399
1398 Archambaud VI son of Archambaud V; outlawed 1398; deposed, died 1425
House of Valois-Orlans
14071438 Jean I son of Louis; abdicated, died 1467
House of Blois-Chtillon (Penthivre)
14381454 Jean II son of count Jean III of Penthivre
1454 Guillaume IV brother of Jean II
14541481 Franoise daughter of Guillaume IV
& 14701481 Alain of Albret married Franoise; son of Jean of Albret; died 1522
House of Albret
14811516 Jean III son of Alain and Franoise; Navarre 14841512 and 1516
15161555 Henri I son of Jean III; Navarre 15211522
15551572 Jeanne son of Henri I; also Navarre
House of Bourbon-Vendme
(to France 1607)
POITIERS / POITOU
The large county of Poitou, centered on Poitiers, located east of the Atlantic coast and south of the Loire,
was disputed by several rival noble families in the 9th century. This contest was eventually won by the House of
Poitiers, which also came to rule the duchies of Aquitaine and Gascony. In the mid-12th century these
jurisdictions passed by the marriage of the duchess Alinor to Henry II of England and the succeeding Angevin
kings of England. After the French king Philippe II declared the feudal possessions of king John of England
forfeit in 1202, the English king lost much of their French holdings, and by 1224 Poitou had passed into the
French royal domain. Only in the period 13601372, during the Hundred Years War, did the English kings
recover control of the county. Although it was granted out as an apanage to several sons of Capetian and Valois
kings of France, Poitou returned to the royal domain without becoming a lasting feudal principality. In the
decade preceding the French Revolution, it was an apanage held by the future Charles X of France. The
medieval counts of Poitou were overlords of a number of viscounties like Aulnay, Chtellerault, and Thouars,
and lordships like Lusignan and Parthenay.
Counts of Poitiers, peers of France 1314
House of Autun
828839 menon son of (?) count Thierry II of Autun 117; deposed, died 866
House of Herbauges
839843 Renaud count of Herbauges and Nantes
Or son of Alleaume, brother of count Thierry II of Autun: M. Dillange, Les Comtes de Poitou Ducs
dAquitaine (7781204), La Crche, 1995.
117

House of Autun
843844 Bernard I brother of menon
House of Poitiers
844866 Ramnulf I married Bichilde of Maine, widow of Bernard I; son of count Grard of Auvergne
House of Autun
866877 Bernard II, of Gothia son of Bernard I; deposed, died 880
House of Poitiers
878890 Ramnulf II son of Ramnulf I
890892 Ebles, Manzer bastard son of Ramnulf II; deposed
House of Autun
892902 Admar son of menon; deposed, died 926
House of Poitiers
902934 Ebles, Manzer restored
934963 Guillaume I, Towhead son of Ebles
963993 Guillaume II, Proudarm son of Guillaume I; abdicated, died 996
9931030 Guillaume III, the Great son of Guillaume II
10301038 Guillaume IV, the Fat son of Guillaume III
10381039 Eudes son of Guillaume III
10391058 Guillaume V, the Eagle 118 son of Guillaume III
10581086 Guillaume VI 119 son of Guillaume III
10861126 Guillaume VII, the Troubadour son of Guillaume VI
11261137 Guillaume VIII, the Saint son of Guillaume VII
11371169 Alinor daughter of Guillaume VIII; abdicated, died 1204
& 11371152 Louis of France husband of Alinor; son of king Louis VI of France; divorced; France 11371180
& 11521169 Henri I (Henry II) husband of Alinor; son of count Geoffroy V of Anjou; England 11541189
11691196 Richard (Richard I), Lionheart son of Henri I and Alinor; abdicated; England 11891199 120
Welf House of Brunswick
11961198 Othon son of duke Heinrich III of Saxony by Matilda, daughter of Henri I and Alinor;
abdicated; Empire 11981218
11981199 Richard (Richard I), Lionheart restored
11991216 Jean I (John), Lackland son of Henri I and Alinor; also England
12161224 Henri II (Henry III) son of Jean I; deposed; England 12161272
12411271 Alphonse, of Poitiers son of king Louis VIII of France
13111316 Philippe, the Tall son of king Philippe IV of France; France 13161322
13441350 Jean II, the Good son of king Philippe VI of France; France 13501364
13501354 Louis, of Anjou son of Jean II; replaced, died 1384
13541360 Charles I, the Wise son of Jean II; deposed; France 13641380
13601372 (to England)
Originally named Guy, later Geoffroy.
120 In German captivity 11921194.
118
119
13721416 Jean III, of Berry son of Jean II

14161417 Jean IV son of king Charles VI of France, son of Charles I
14171422 Charles II, the Victorious brother of Jean IV; France 14221461
18241830; died 1836
(to France 1789)
POLIGNAC
The viscounty of Polignac was located in the Velay, a county under the authority of the bishops of Le Puy.
By 1421 the original House of Polignac was inherited by the House of Chalenon, which would retain Polignac
until the French Revolution. The viscount was promoted to marquis by 1701, and the son of the last effective
marquis was promoted to duke in 1780, even while his father was still alive. A junior branch of the House of
Chalenon-Polignac ascended the throne of Monaco with Rainier III in 1949, but is known by the name of
Grimaldi. 121
Viscounts and marquis of Polignac
House of Polignac
:10561075:
:1076:
?1105:
& ?1098
:11301171:
1171:1191:
1191:1201:
1201:1213:
1213:1251:
:12531261:
:12741289
12891343:
1343:1351:
1351::1386
:1386:1421
House of Chalenon
:1421:1447
:14471452:
1452:1473
14731509
15091518
15181562
15621564
15641584
Armand III son of (?) Agnon; viscount of Polignac

Guillaume son of Armand III
Pons I son of Guillaume
Hracle I son of Guillaume
Armand IV son of Pons I
Pons II son of Armand IV
Hracle II son of Pons II
Pons III son of Hracle II
Pons IV son of Pons III
Armand V son of Pons V
Armand VI son of Armand V
Armand VII 122 son of Armand VI
Armand VIII (Guillaume) son of Armand VI
Armand IX, 123 the Great son of Jean, son of Armand VIII
Armand X (Randon) brother of Armand IX
Pierre-Armand son of Guillaume of Chalenon by Valpurge, sister of Armand X
Louis-Armand I son of Pierre-Armand
Guillaume-Armand I son of Louis-Armand I
Claude-Armand I, the Blind son of Guillaume-Armand I
Guillaume-Armand II, the Wise son of Guillaume-Armand I
Franois-Armand, the Great Justiciar son of Guillaume-Armand II
Claude-Armand II, Torticolis son of Franois-Armand
Louis-Armand II son of Franois-Armand
Rainier IIIs father, Pierre of Polignac, duke of Valentinois, was the son of Maxence, son of Charles, son of
Melchior, son of duke Jules-Franois-Armand of Polignac.
122 Originally named Guillaume.
123 Originally named Randon (Randonnet).
121
15841659
16591692
16921739
17391789
17801789
Franois-Gaspard-Armand son of Louis-Armand II; marquis of Chalenon

Louis-Armand III son of Franois-Gaspard-Armand
Scipion-Sidoine-Apollinaire-Gaspard son of Louis-Armand III; marquis of Polignac
Hracle-Louis-Melchior-Armand son of Scipion-Sidoine-Apollinaire-Gaspard; deposed,
died 1792
(to France 1789)
Duke of Polignac
Jules-Franois-Armand son of Hracle-Louis-Melchior-Armand; duke of Polignac;
deposed, died 1817
(to France 1789)
POMPADOUR
The lordship of Pompadour in the Limousin was ruled by the same family from the 12th century until 1726.
The lords of Pompadour purchased the viscounty of Comborn and inherited by marriage the viscounty of
Rochechouart. However, Comborn was lost through adjudication to a rival family in 1530 (except for the
barony of Treignac, which was retained by the House of Pompadour), and Rochechouart passed to a separate set
of heirs in 1675. Meanwhile the lords of Pompadour had been promoted to viscount and then marquis. From
1726 the marquisate passed to succession to several owners, the most famous being Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson,
Madame de Pompadour, mistress of the French king Louis XV, who held it in 17451760. 124
Lords, viscounts, and marquis of Pompadour
House of Pompadour
?1305 Geoffroy III son of (?) Sguin
1305c.1316 Ranulphe I son of Geoffroy III
c.13161331 Geoffroy IV son of Ranulphe I
1331c.1400 Ranulphe II son of Geoffroy IV
c.14001404 Jean I son of Ranulphe II
14041441 Martial (Golfier) son of Jean I
1441c.1502 Jean II son of Martial
c.15021524: Antoine son of Jean II
1524:1534 Franois son of Antoine
15341569 Geoffroy V son of Franois
15691591 Louis son of Geoffroy V
15911634 Lonard-Philibert son of Louis; viscount
16341684 Jean III son of Lonard-Philibert; marquis
16841726 Marie-Franoise daughter of Jean III
& 16871726 Franois-Marie of Sgur husband of Franoise; son of marquis Gilles of Hautefort; died 1727
House of Choiseul
17261728 Augustine-Franoise adopted daughter of Franois-Marie and Marie-Franoise; daughter
of duke Csar III Auguste of Choiseul
17281745 Louis-Franois son of prince Louis-Armand I of Conty; sold marquisate, died 1776
The barony of Treignac, held since 1508, was given to younger sons of Lonard-Philibert (Pierre) and Jean III
(Franois); Marie-Franoise left it to Pierre Bouchard dEsparbs de Lussan, son of marquis Franois of
Aubeterre by Marie, daughter of Lonard-Philibert, in 1726. The male line of Pompadour became extinct
(1732) with marquis Lonard-Hlie of Lauriere, son of Philibert, son of Jean, son of viscount Louis.
124

House of Poisson
17451760
House of Laborde
17601761
House of Choiseul
1761
Jeanne-Antoinette daughter of Franois Poisson; sold marquisate, died 1764

Jean-Joseph son of Jean-Pierre de Laborde; sold marquisate, died 1794
tienne-Franois son of marquis Franois-Joseph of Stainville; exchanged marquisate for
duchy of Amboise, died 1785
(to France 1761)
PONTHIEU
Abbeville had been held by the counts of Montreuil and the counts of Flanders, but was transmitted to the
French king Hugues by his wife Rozala, daughter of king Berengario II of Italy and widow of count Arnulf II of
Flanders. In 996 Hugues gave the area to his son-in-law, whose descendants took the titles of counts of
Montreuil and Ponthieu and ruled until the early 12th century. They were inherited by the counts of Alenon,
who divided their possessions in 1171, the senior line keeping Ponthieu. Several counts of Ponthieu participated
in the Crusades and died overseas. Subsequently the county passed by marriage to the kings of Castile and
England, until 1336, when the French king confiscated Ponthieu and added it to the royal domain. During the
following century the county switched hands between France and England, which had obtained sovereign
possession of it by the Treaty of Brtigny in 1360, only to lose it in 1369 and occupy it again in 14171430.
Recovered by France, the county was given to the duke of Burgundy in accordance with the terms of the Treaty
of Arras in 1435. Recovered by the royal domain in 1477, it remained united with it for over a century, until
given to the legitimated daughter of king Henri II in 1583. She was succeeded by her nephew, a legitimated son
of king Charles IX, in 1619, and his heirs held Ponthieu until returning it to the royal domain in 1690.
Subsequently the county was given in apanage to two Bourbon princes, including the future king Charles X.
Lords of Abbeville, counts of Montreuil, then of Ponthieu
House of Montreuil
877926 Helgaud count of Montreuil
926945 Herluin son of Helgaud
945948 Robert I son of Herluin; deposed, died 957:
948996 (to Flanders)
House of Abbeville
996c.1000 Hugues I married Gisle, daughter of king Hugues of France; lord of Abbeville
c.10001045 Enguerrand I son of Hugues I
10451052 Hugues II son of Enguerrand I
1052c.1053 Enguerrand II son of Hugues II; count of Montreuil
c.10531100 Guy I son of Hugues II; count of Ponthieu
11001106: Agns daughter of Guy I
& 11001106: Robert II of Montgommery husband of Agns; son of Roger of Alenon; died 1118?
House of Montgommery (Alenon)
:11101171 Guillaume I, Talvas son of Robert II and Agns
+ Guy II son of Guillaume I; associated 11261147
11711191 Jean I son of Guy II
11911221 Guillaume II, Talvas son of Jean I
12211250 Marie daughter of Guillaume II
& 12211239 Simon of Dammartin husband of Marie; son of count Aubry III of Dammartin
House of Dammartin
12501279 Jeanne daughter of Simon and Marie
& 12501252 Ferdinand husband of Jeanne; son of king Alfonso IX of Len; Castile 1217, Len 1230
& 12601279 Jean II of Nesle married Jeanne; son of Raoul of Falvy; died 1292
House of Ivrea (Castile)
12791290 lonore daughter of Ferdinand and Jeanne
& 12791290 douard I (Edward I) husband of lonore; son of king Henry III of England; England
12721307
12901325 douard II (Edward II) son of douard I; abdicated; England 13071327
13251336 douard III (Edward III) son of douard II; deposed; England 13271377
Capetian House of Bourbon (La Marche)
13501360 Jacques son of duke Louis I of Bourbon; deposed, died 1362
13601435 (to England 1360; to France 1369; to England 1417; to France 1430)
14351463 Philippe, the Good son of duke Jean II of Burgundy; deposed, died 1467
14651477 Charles I, the Rash son of Philippe
15831619 Diane legitimated daughter of king Henri II of France
16191650 Charles II legitimated son of king Charles IX of France, brother of Diane
16501653 Louis-Emmanuel son of Charles II
16531690 Marie-Franoise daughter of Louis-Emmanuel; abdicated, died 1696
& 16531654 Louis of Lorraine husband of Marie-Franoise; son of duke Charles of Guise
17101714 Charles III (duc de Berry) son of Louis, son of king Louis XIV of France
18241830; died 1836
(to France 1789)
PORCIEN (PORCAN)
The lordship of Porcien (or Porcan), centered on Chteau-Porcien north of Reims, was a fief of the
archbishop of Reims. The lordship passed to the count of Grandpr after 1104, then to a junior line of this
family, until inherited by the counts of Champagne by 1268. After the French king Philippe IV came to rule
Champagne by right of his wife, Porcien was created a county and conferred upon Gaucher of Chtillon in
1303. The House of Chtillon ruled until selling the county to the duke of Orlans in 1395. In 1438 Charles
of Orlans sold Porcien to Antoine I of Cro, whose heirs, promoted to princes of Porcien in 1561, would rule
until 1608. At this point Porcien was sold yet again, this time to the Gonzaga duke of Rethel. Porcien followed
the fortunes of Rethel until the French Revolution.
Lords and counts of Porcien
House of Porcien
:1053:
:1056:
1056:1087:
:10971104:
Roger I lord of Porcien

Manasss son of Roger I
Roger II son of Renaud, son of (?) Roger I
Sibylle daughter of Roger II
& :10971104 Godefroy of Namur husband of Sibylle; son of count Albert III of Namur
House of Grandpr
1104::1151 Henri I son of count Hesselin II of Grandpr by sister of Roger II
:1151:1184 Geoffroy I son of Henri
:1184c.1201 Geoffroy II son of Geoffroy I
c.1201c.1218 Raoul son of Geoffroy II
c.12181265: Isabeau daughter of Raoul
& c.1235c.1247 Jacques of Montchlons married Isabeau; son of Barthlmy of Montchlons
& c.12471265: Gilles of Roisin married Isabeau
:12681303 (to Champagne)
House of Chtillon
13031329 Gaucher I son of Gaucher, son of count Hugues I of Blois; count 1303
13291342 Gaucher II son of Gaucher, son of Gaucher I
13421390: Jean I son of Gaucher II
1390:1395 Jean II son of Jean I; sold county, died 1435:
14071427 Charles I son of Louis; abdicated 125
14271430 Jean III bastard son of Charles I; replaced, died 1468
14301438 Charles I restored; sold county, died 1465
House of Cro
14381475 Antoine I son of Guillaume of Cro
14751511 Philippe I son of Antoine I
15111514 Henri II son of Philippe I
15141556 Charles II son of Henri II
15561567 Antoine II son of Charles II; prince 1561
15671595 Philippe II son of duke Philippe II of Aerschot, brother of Charles II
15951608 Charles III son of Philippe II; sold county, died 1612
(to Rethel 1608; to France 1789)
PORHOT
Porhot in central Brittany was a fief of the duchy of Brittany. Viscount Eudon II was briefly duke of
Brittany in 11481156 by right of his wife. On the sonless death of Eudon III in 1231, Porhot was divided
among the heirs of his three daughters, with Raoul of Fougres inheriting 2/3 of the viscounty and taking the
title of count of Porhot in 1239. The county passed to the Lusignan counts of La Marche in 1256 and entered
the royal domain in 1314. Porhot was quickly given in apanage to members of the royal family, including the
future kings Charles IV and Philippe VI, passing to the Valois line of Alenon. In 1370 the count of Alenon
exchanged Porhot for other holdings with Olivier V of Clisson. Oliviers daughter Batrix brought the county
by marriage to the family of Rohan, which was in fact descended from the original line of viscounts of Porhot.
Viscounts and counts of Porhot
House of Porhot
:10321074:
:10861092:
:1108:
:11141142
125
Josselin I son of Guthnoc; viscount of Porhot

Eudon I son of Josselin I
Josselin II son of Eudon I
Geoffroy son of Eudon I
11421180: Eudon II son of Geoffroy

:11841231 Eudon III son of Eudon II
House of Fougres
12311256 Raoul son of count Geoffroy of Fougres by Mahaut, daughter of Eudon III; count 1239
12561270 Jeanne daughter of Raoul; abdicated, died 1273
& 12561270 Hugues I of Lusignan husband of Jeanne; son of count Hugues III of La Marche
House of Lusignan
12701303 Hugues II son of Hugues I and Jeanne
13031308 Guy brother of Hugues II
13081314 Yolande sister of Guy
13161322 Charles I, the Fair son of king Philippe IV of France; France 13221328
13221325 Charles II, of Valois son of king Philippe III of France
13251328 Philippe I son of Charles II; France 13281350
13281346 Charles III, the Magnanimous son of Charles II
13461361 Charles IV son of Charles III; abdicated; archbishop of Lyon 13651375
13611367 Philippe II son of Charles III; abdicated; archbishop of Rouen 13621375; cardinal; died 1397
13671370 Pierre, the Noble son of Charles III; exchanged county, died 1404
House of Clisson
13701407 Olivier son of Olivier IV of Clisson
14071448 Batrix daughter of Olivier
& 14071429 Alain of Rohan husband of Batrix; son of viscount Jean I of Rohan
(to Rohan 1448)
PROVENCE (see under the KINGDOM OF BURGUNDY)
RAZS
The county of Razs was located between the Pyrenees, Toulouse, Carcassonne, Narbonne, and Roussillon.
It changed hands between several noble families and was briefly ruled by the counts of Toulouse, until passing to
the counts of Carcassonne in 865. Under the succeeding House of Comminges the counties of Carcassonne and
Razs were divided between different heirs and Razs once again had its own counts for just over a century, until
1066, when the male line became extinct. After this the county of Razs once again shared the fate of
Carcassonne, almost immediately passing to the counts of Barcelona. As at Carcassonne, from 1082 Razs was
governed by the Trencavel family of viscounts, although they had to acknowledge the overlordship of the counts
of Barcelona, now kings of Aragn. The Trencavels were dispossessed by the Crusade against the Albigensians
in the early 13th century. In 1224 Amaury of Montfort ceded his possessions in the south to the French king
and Razs entered the royal domain.
Counts of Razs
House of Razs
790820
820827
House of Autun
827832
126
Bra I son of Guillaume 126; count of Barcelona 801820; deposed, died 844?
Guillemond son of Bra I; deposed, died 827:
Gaucelme son of count Guillaume I of Toulouse; deposed, died 834
This Guillaume is actually distinct from count Guillaume I of Toulouse.
832844 (to Septimania)

House of Razs
844845: Argila son of Bra I
:846c.849 Bra II son of Argila
c.849850 Miron son of Bra II; deposed
850865 (to Toulouse)
House of Carcassonne
865877: Oliba son of count Oliba I of Carcassonne
:883:906 Acfred I brother of Oliba
906908 Bencion son of Oliba
908934: Acfred II son of Oliba
House of Comminges
934:957 Arnaud I husband of Arsinde, daughter of (?) Acfred II
:957:1011 Eudes son of Arnaud I
:10111037 Arnaud II son of Eudes
10371059 Raymond I son of Arnaud II
10591066 Raymond II son of Raymond I
(to Carcassonne 1066; to France 1224)
RETHEL
The county of Rethel in the northeastern corner of the kingdom of France appeared by the late 10th century.
A son of count Hugues I became king Baudouin II of Jerusalem in 1118. The county passed by inheritance to
the houses of Vitry, Flanders (Dampierre), Burgundy (Valois), Albret, and Foix (Grailly), Mark, and Gonzaga.
For much of the Late Medieval and Early Modern Period, in 13281385, 14061491, 15041521, and 1554
1661, Rethel was ruled by the same rulers as Nevers; in 1581 the count of Rethel was promoted to duke. Duke
Charles V sold the duchy to cardinal Jules Mazarin in 1659, together with his other duchy of Nevers (Mazarin
had already purchased the duchy of Mayenne from Charles V in 1654). On Mazarins death his inheritance was
split up between two of his heirs. The duchies of Rethel and Mayenne, now known as the duchy of Mazarin,
remained under the descendants of Mazarins niece Hortense until the French Revolution.
Counts and dukes of Rethel; peers 1405
House of Rethel
:989:
:10201026:
:1081:
:1117:
House of Vitry
:11241158
11581171
11711198
11981227:
:12281242:
:12431251
12511262:
:12631271:
:12741275:
Manasss I son of (?) count Bernard

Manasss II son of Manasss I
Manasss III son of (?) Manasss II
Hugues I son of Manasss III
Gervais son of Hugues I; archbishop of Reims 1107
Eudes husband of Mathilde, daughter of Hugues I
Itier son of Eudes
Manasss IV son of Itier
Hugues II son of Manasss IV
Hugues III son of Hugues II
Jean son of Hugues II
Gaucher son of Hugues II
Manasss IV son of Hugues II
Hugues IV son of Manasss IV
:12771328 Jeanne daughter of Hugues IV

& 12901322 Louis I of Dampierre married Jeanne; son of count Robrecht III of Flanders
13281346 Louis II, of Crcy son of Louis I and Jeanne
13461384 Louis III, of Male son of Louis II
13841393 Marguerite daughter of Louis III; abdicated, died 1405
& 13841393 Philippe I of Burgundy husband of Marguerite; son of king Jean II of France; died 1404
13931406 Antoine son of Philippe I and Marguerite; abdicated, died 1415
14061415 Philippe II brother of Antoine
14151464 Charles I son of Philippe II
14641491 Jean I son of Philippe II
14911500 Charlotte daughter of Jean I
& 14911500 Jean II of Albret husband of Charlotte; son of Arnaud-Amanieu of Orval, son of Charles II
of Albret; died 1524
House of Albret (Orval)
15001525 Marie daughter of Jean II and Charlotte; ceded county, died 1549
& 15041521 Charles II of Nevers married Marie; son of count Engilbert of Nevers
House of Grailly (Foix-Lautrec)
15251528 Odet husband of Charlotte, sister of Marie; son of viscount Jean of Lautrec, son of
viscount Pierre, son of count Jean I of Foix
15281540 Henri son of Odet
15401554 Claudine daughter of Odet
& 15401547 Claude of Montfort husband of Claudine; son of count Guy XVI of Laval
& 15481553 Charles III of Luxembourg married Claudine; son of viscount Franois II of Martigues
Berg House of Mark-Altena (Nevers)
15541561 Franois I son of Charles II and Marie
& 15651595 Louis IV Gonzaga married Henriette; son of duke Federico II of Mantua; duke 1581
House of Gonzaga
16011637 Charles IV son of Louis IV and Henriette
16371659 Charles V son of duke Charles V of Mayenne, son of Charles IV; sold duchy, died 1665
House of Mazarin
House of Mancini
16611699 Hortense daughter of Michele Lorenzo Mancini by Girolama, sister of Jules
& 16611699 Armand-Charles de La Porte husband of Hortense; son of Charles de La Porte, marquis
of La Meilleraye; duke of Mazarin; separated 1668, died 1713
House of La Porte
16991731 Paul-Jules son of Armand-Charles and Hortense
17311738 Guy-Paul-Jules son of Paul-Jules
House of Durfort
17381781 Louise-Jeanne daughter of Emmanuel-Flicit of Durfort by Charlotte-Antoinette,
daughter of Guy-Paul-Jules
& 17471781 Louis-Marie-Guy of Aumont married Louise-Jeanne; son of Louis-Marie-Augustin of Aumont
127

House of Aumont
17811789
Louise daughter of Louis-Marie-Guy and Louise-Jeanne; deposed, died 1826

(to France 1789)
ROCHECHOUART
The castle of Rochechouart was originally held by the count of Angoulme from the duke of Aquitaine, but
it somehow became a possession of Aimery Ostofrancus, son of the viscount of Limoges, who founded the longlasting line of viscounts of Rochechouart. The viscounts became faithful vassals of the king of France and
opposed the English during the Hundred Years War, seeing their viscounty occupied by the enemy in 1362.
The viscounty of Rochechouart passed by marriage to the House of Pontville, which was still in possession at the
time of the French Revolution. Nevertheless, several lines of direct descendants of the original Rochechouart
family survived, constituting one of the oldest noble lineages still extant in France.
Viscounts of Rochechouart
House of Limoges
9881019
10191049:
:10501075:
:10911120:
:1141:
:1191:
House of Neillac
:11991202:
House of Limoges
:12041242:
:12441245
12451283:
:12911306
13061316:
:13181356
1356:1383
:13831411:
:14131439:
:14401472:
:14731486
House of Pontville
& :14731499
1499c.1523
c.15231525
15251565:
:15661604
16041640
16401675
& 16401675
128
Aimery I, Ostofrancus son of viscount Graud of Limoges; viscount of Rochechouart

Aimery II son of Aimery I
Aimery III son of Aimery II
Aimery IV son of Aimery III
Aimery V son of (?) Aimery IV
Aimery VI son of (?) Aimery V
Guy granted custody of Aimery VIs daughter by Richard I and John of England
Aimery VII son of (?) Aimery, son of Audebert, son of Aimery III
Aimery VIII son of Aimery VII
Aimery IX son of Aimery VIII
Aimery X son of Aimery, son of Aimery IX
Simon son of Aimery IX
Jean I son of Simon
Louis I son of Simon 128
Jean II son of Louis I
Geoffroy son of Jean II
Foucauld son of Geoffroy
Anne daughter of Foucauld
Jean III of Pontville husband of Anne; son of Guillaume of Pontville
Franois I son of Jean III and Anne
Bonaventure son of Franois I
Claude son of Franois I
Louis II son of Claude
Jean IV son of Louis II
Marie I daughter of Jean IV
Jean V of Pompadour husband of Marie I; son of viscount Lonor-Philibert of Pompadour;
died 1684

House of Pompadour
16751683: Jean VI son of Jean V and Marie I
:16841723 Marie II sister of Jean VI
& :16841694 Franois II dEspinay husband of Marie II; son of marquis Franois II of Saint-Luc
House of Espinay de Saint-Luc
17231731 Marie-Anne (Henriette) daughter of Franois II and Marie II
House of Pontville
& 17231744 Franois III husband of Marie-Anne; son of Louis-Joseph-Victor, son of Jean, son of Jean,
son of Louis II
17441776 Franois-Louis son of Franois III
17761789 Armand-Constant son of Franois-Louis; deposed, died 1832
(to France 1789)
ROCHEFOUCAULD
La Rochefoucauld northeast of Angoulme takes its name from its first lord, Foucauld of La Roche, who was
perhaps a son-in-law of viscount Guy of Limoges. After 1140 the lords of La Rochefoucauld were actually a
branch of the House of Lusignan, but the Rochefoucauld name persevered. The lords obtained a high standing
at the French royal court and were promoted to counts in 1515 and dukes in 1631. Branches of the family also
ruled, at times, the viscounty of Chtellerault and the county of Roucy. The family has not only survived to the
present, but still owns the castle of La Rochefoucauld.
Lords, counts, and dukes of La Rochefoucauld
:10191037: Foucauld I son of Admar; lord of La Roche
:1060: Guy I son of Foucauld I
:1081: Guy II son of Guy I
:11091120 Guy III son of Guy II
11201140 Aymar son of Guy III
11401170: Guy IV son of Robert of Marthon 129 by Emma, daughter of Aymar
:1200: Foucauld II son of Guy IV
Guy V son of Foucauld II
:12441249: Aimery I son of Foucauld II
1249:1295 Guy VI son of Aimery I
12951297: Aimery II son of Guy VI
:12991344: Guy VII son of Aimery II
1344:1362 Aimery III son of Guy VII
13621427: Guy VIII son of Aimery III
:14281467 Foucauld III son of Guy VIII
14671471: Jean son of Foucauld III
:14721517 Franois I son of Jean; count of La Rochefoucauld 1515
15171533 Franois II son of Franois I; also prince of Marcillac 1500
15331572 Franois III son of Franois II
15721591 Franois IV son of Franois III
15911650 Franois V son of Franois IV; duke of La Rochefoucauld 1631
16501680 Franois VI son of Franois V
16801714 Franois VII son of Franois VI
129
Son of Hugues of Marthon, son of Robert of Montbron, son of Robert, son of Hugues III of Lusignan.
17141728
17281762
17621789
Franois VIII son of Franois VII

Alexandre-Louis son of Franois VIII
Louis-Alexandre son of duke Jean-Baptiste of Enville 130 by Marie-Louise, daughter of
Alexandre-Louis; deposed, died 1792
(to France 1789)
RODEZ
The county of Rouergue in what was then southeastern France having passed to the powerful counts of
Toulouse in the 11th century, local authority came to be wielded primarily by the viscounts of Millau as
viscounts of the part of Rouergue known as Rodez. On the death of viscount Brenger II of Millau, who had
also acquired Carlat, his sons divided their fathers possessions, the elder son Richard III keeping Rodez and of
Carlat. Raymond VI of Saint-Gilles, count of Toulouse, pawned the city of Rodez to Richard III to help pay for
his participation in the First Crusade, and in 1112 Raymonds son Alphonse I of Toulouse ceded the comital
rights to Richard III, who now took the title count of Rodez. His descendants ruled the county (as well as
Carlat, reunited under their control in 1167), until the extinction of the direct male line in 1304. At this point,
Rodez passed by marriage to the House of Armagnac. From 1319 to 1607 Rodez was ruled by the counts of
Armagnac, after which it passed to the French royal domain.
Viscounts and counts of Rodez
House of Millau
:10511080: Brenger II son of viscount Richard II of Millau
:10971119: Richard III son of Brenger II; Carlat; count of Rodez 1112
:11351154 Hugues I son of Richard III
11541195: Richard IV son of Hugues I
& 11541195 Hugues II son of Hugues I; abdicated, died c.1208
11951196 Hugues III son of Hugues II; associated c.1176
11961208 Guillaume son of Hugues II
12081221 Henri I legitimated son of Hugues II
12211274 Hugues IV son of Henri I
12741304 Henri II son of Hugues IV
13041313 Ccile daughter of Henri II
& 13041313 Bernard of Armagnac husband of Ccile; son of count Graud VI of Armagnac; died 1319
13131319 Jean I son of Bernard and Ccile; count of Armagnac 13191373:
(to Armagnac 1319; to France 1607)
ROHAN
The viscounts of Rohan in central Brittany were descended from the viscounts of Porhot. The House of
Rohan inherited a portion of Porhot in 1239, and much later Alain IX inherited the actual county of Porhot
from his mother in 1448. In 1529 Rohan was inherited by a junior line of the same family, the House of RohanGi. Henri II became the first duke of Rohan, and also served as leader of the Huguenots in the 1620s. His
daughters marriage brought Rohan to the House of Chabot, which took the name Rohan-Chabot, and which
retained possession until the French Revolution. The list includes only the main branch of the family, ignoring
numerous other lines.
Son of Louis, son of count Frdric-Charles of Roucy, son of count Franois II, son of count Charles II, son
of Franois III.
130
Viscounts and dukes of Rohan; peers 1603

House of Rohan
:1108c.1127
c.11271168:
:1170c.1195
c.11951205
& c.11951251
12051221
12211225:
:12281242
12421304
13041306
13061326
13261352
13521396
13961429
14291462
14621516
15161527
15271529
House of Rohan-Gi
15291552
Alain I, the Black son of viscount Eudon I of Porhot

Alain II son of Alain I
Alain III son of Alain II
Alain IV, the Younger son of Alain III
Josselin son of Alain III
Geoffroy I son of Alain IV
Olivier I son of Alain IV
Alain V son of Alain IV
Alain VI son of Alain V
Josselin son of Alain VI
Olivier II son of Alain VI
Alain VII son of Olivier II
Jean I son of Alain VII
Alain VIII son of Jean I
Alain IX, the Great son of Alain VIII
Jean II son of Alain IX
Jacques son of Jean II
Anne daughter of Jean II
Ren I son of Anne by Pierre II of Gi, son of Pierre I, son of Louis I of Gumne, son
of Charles, son of Jean I
15521575 Henri I son of Ren I
15751586 Ren II son of Ren I
15861639 Henri II son of Ren II; duke 1603
16391684 Marguerite daughter of Henri II
& 16451655 Henri II Chabot married Marguerite; son of Charles Chabot
House of Rohan-Chabot
16841727 Louis son of Henri II and Marguerite
17271738 Louis-Bretagne-Alain son of Louis
17381789 Louis-Marie-Bretagne son of Louis-Bretagne-Alain; deposed, died 1791
(to France 1789)
ROUCY
The small county of Roucy in the northern reaches of Champagne was a fief of the archbishop of Reims and
came to be a vassal of the counts of Champagne. During its long history, the county passed into the hands of a
succession of families, the houses of Montdidier, Pierrepont, Saarbrcken, Roye, La Rochefoucauld, and
Bthune, before being completely disassembled by the French Revolution.
Counts of Roucy
House of Reims
:940967
967991:
:10001033
Renaud count of Reims and Roucy; husband of Albrade, daughter of duke Giselbert of
Lorraine
Gilbert son of Renaud
Ebles I son of Gilbert; archbishop of Reims 10211033

House of Montdidier
1033c.1063 Hildouin husband of Alix, daughter of Ebles; son of count Hildouin III of Montdidier
c.10631103 Ebles II son of Hildouin
11031153:4 Guiscard I son of Ebles II
& 1103c.1160 Hugues I, Cholet son of Ebles II
c.11601178: Guiscard II 131 son of Hugues I
:11811196 Raoul son of Guiscard II
11961200 Jean I son of Guiscard II
1200c.1211 Eustachie daughter of Guiscard II
& 12001204 Enguerrand of Coucy husband of Eustachie; son of Raoul II of Coucy; divorced, died 1243
House of Pierrepont
c.12111251 Jean II son of Eustachie by Robert of Pierrepont
12821302 Jean IV son of Jean III
13461364 Robert I son of Jean V
13641370 Isabelle daughter of Robert I; sold county, died 1396:
& 13651370 Louis I of Namur married Isabelle; son of marquis Jean I of Namur; died 1378:86
13701384 Louis II son of king Jean II of France
13841385 Louis III son of Louis I; deposed, died 1417
House of Pierrepont
13851393 Simon son of Jean V
13931395 Hugues II son of Simon
13951415 Jean VI son of Hugues II
14151459 Jeanne daughter of Jean VI
& 14171459 Robert II of Saarbrcken married Jeanne; son of Am I of Commercy; died 1464:5
House of Saarbrcken-Commercy (Broyes)
14591497 Jean VII son of Robert II and Jeanne
14971504 Robert III son of Am II, brother of Jean VII
15041525 Am son of Robert III
15251542 Catherine daughter of Robert III
House of Roye
15421551 Charles I son of Catherine by Antoine of Roye
15511572 Charlotte daughter of Charles I
& 15571572 Franois I married Charlotte; son of count Franois II of La Rochefoucauld
15721605 Charles II son of Franois I and Charlotte
16051680 Franois II son of Charles II
16801690 Frdric-Charles son of Franois II
16901721 Franois III son of Frdric-Charles
17251784 Marthe-lisabeth daughter of Franois IV
& 17371739 Franois-Joseph of Bthune married Marthe-lisabeth; son of duke Paul-Franois of Charost
House of Bthune
17841789 Armand-Joseph son of Franois-Joseph; deposed, died 1800
131
Or more fully, Robert Guiscard.
(to France 1789)

ROUERGUE
Taken from the duchy of Aquitaine and entrusted to its own line of counts by Charles II the Bald of France,
Rouergue consisted of the inland territory between Septimania, Toulouse, Auvergne, and Gvaudan. The counts
of Rouergue took possession of Toulouse on several occasions in competition with other noble lineages, and
permanently from 886. In 918, Toulouse and Rouergue were inherited by different sons of count Eudes. When
the Rouergue branch of the family (which had acquired Septimania in c.975) became extinct in 1065, the county
passed to the count of Toulouse. In 1271 Rouergue, like Toulouse, entered the French royal domain, except for
the new county of Rodez, which had been carved out of part of Rouergue in the early 12th century.
Counts of Rouergue
House of Rouergue
:837:
:844852
852863
863872:
:874918
918935:
:936961
9611008:
:10101053
10531065
& 10531065
10651080
10801094
Foulques count of Rouergue

Frdolon son of Foulques
Raymond I son of Foulques
Bernard, the Calf son of Raymond I
Eudes son of Raymond I
Ermengaud son of Eudes
Raymond II son of Ermengaud
Raymond III son of Raymond II; marquis of Septimania from c.975
Hugues son of Raymond III
Berthe daughter of Hugues
Robert of Auvergne husband of Berthe; son of count Guillaume V of Auvergne; died 1095:
Guillaume son of count Pons of Toulouse; abdicated; Toulouse 10601094
Raymond IV, of Saint-Gilles brother of Guillaume; Toulouse 10941105
(union with Toulouse 1094; to France 1271)
ROUSSILLON
The county of Roussillon (Rosell in Catalan), north of the Pyrenees and west of the Mediterranean coast,
was part of Septimania, and was entrusted to royally-appointed counts since the early 9th century. By the mid-9th
century these counts tended to come from the same family as those of Carcassonne north of the mountains, and
Urgell, Barcelona, and Empries to the south. The last count of this line bequeathed his possessions to the king
of Aragn in 1172. The kings of Aragn held on to Roussillon for the next three centuries, sometimes turning
over the county (together with neighboring Cerdagne) to junior members or lines of the royal house, most
notably the kings of Majorca in 12761343. In the Treaty of Corbeil in 1258 the French king Louis IX
renounced his suzerainty over Roussillon and Cerdagne in exchange for the Aragonese kings cession of his other
claims north of the Pyrenees. Thus, starting in 1258 Roussillon was no longer considered part of France. In
1461, however, the French king Louis XI occupied Roussillon and Cerdagne under the pretext that king Juan II
of Aragn had not paid him back for financial support in suppressing the Catalan revolt. Louis XIs son Charles
VIII returned Roussillon and Cerdagne to Juan IIs son and successor in 1493. In 1641 another Catalan revolt
allowed the king of France to annex Roussillon (together with the northeastern section of Cerdagne known as
the Fenouillades). This annexation was confirmed by the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659.
Counts of Roussillon
House of Autun
813832
832844
Gaucelm son of count Guillaume I of Toulouse; deposed, died 834

(to Septimania)

House of Urgell
844850 Sunyer I son of Borrel
850:873 (to Septimania)
:873892: Miron son of count Sunifred of Urgell, brother of Sunyer I
:895915 Sunyer II son of Sunyer I
915931: Gausbert son of Sunyer II
:940:991 Gausfred I son of Gausbert
:9911010: Guislabert I son of Gausfred I
:10301069: Gausfred II son of Guislabert I
:10741102: Guislabert II son of Gausfred II
1102:1113 Grard I son of Guislabert II
11131164 Gausfred III son of Grard I
11641172 Grard II son of Gausfred III
House of Barcelona (Aragn)
11721181 Alphonse I, the Chaste son of count Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona; abdicated;
Aragn 11621196
11811212 Sanche I brother of Alphonse I; abdicated, died 1226
12121242 Nuno son of Sanche I
12421276 Jacques I, the Conqueror son of king Pedro II of Aragn, son of Alphonse I; Aragn
12131276
12761311 Jacques II, the Good son of Jacques I; Majorca 12761285 and 12951311
13111324 Sanche II, the Pacific son of Jacques II; also Majorca
13241343 Jacques III, the Rash son of Ferdinand, son of Jacques II; Majorca 13241344; deposed,
died 1349
13431387 Pierre, the Ceremonious son of king Alfonso IV of Aragn, son of king Jaime II, son of
king Pedro III, son of Jacques I; Aragn 13361387
13871396 Jean I, the Hunter son of Pierre; also Aragn
13961410 Martin, the Humane son of Pierre; also Aragn; Sicily 14091410
14101412 (interregnum)
House of Trastmara (Castile)
14121416 Ferdinand I, of Antequera son of king Juan I of Castile by Leonor, daughter of Pierre; also
Aragn and Sicily
14161458 Alphonse II, the Magnanimous son of Ferdinand I; also Aragn, Sicily, Naples 14421458
14581461 Jean II, the Great son of Ferdinand I; deposed; Navarre 14251479; Aragn 14581479;
Sicily 14581468
(to France 1461; to Aragn 1493; to France 1641)
SAINT-POL
Like nearby Boulogne, Gunes, and Ponthieu, the county of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise in northwestern France
was originally under the authority of the count of Flanders. In the 12th century the Candavne counts of SaintPol became vassals of Boulogne instead of Flanders, and in 1205 the county was inherited by the House of
Chtillon-sur-Marne (a branch of which inherited Blois, and another inherited Porcien). This was succeeded in
1360 by the House of Luxembourg, which was followed by those of Bourbon-Vendme in 1487 and Longueville
in 1563. In 1705 the county was sold to lisabeth-Thrse of Lorraine-Joyeuse, on the death of whose grandson
in 1787 Saint-Pol was annexed to the royal domain.
Counts of Saint-Pol
House of Candavne (Ponthieu?)
:10751078: Guy I son of (?) count Hugues I of Ponthieu; abdicated, died 1100
:10831118: Hugues II brother of Guy I
:11191141: Hugues III son of Hugues II; abdicated, died 1145:
:11431170: Enguerrand son of Hugues III
1170:1175: Anselme son of Hugues III
1175:1205 Hugues IV son of Anselme
House of Chtillon
12051219 Gaucher I husband of lisabeth, daughter of Hugues IV; son of Gui II of Chtillon
12191226 Guy II son of Gaucher I
12261248 Hugues V son of Gaucher I
12481289 Guy III son of Hugues V
12891292 Hugues VI son of Guy III; abdicated, died 1307
12921317 Guy IV son of Guy III
1317:1344 Jean I son of Guy IV
:13441360 Guy V son of Jean I
13601371 Mahaut daughter of Jean I; abdicated, died 1373:8
& 13601371 Guy VI of Luxembourg husband of Mahaut; son of count Jean of Ligny
13711415 Walran son of Guy VI and Mahaut 132
House of Valois (Brabant)
14151430 Philippe son of duke Anton of Brabant by Jeanne, daughter of Walran
1430 Jeanne sister of Walran
14301433 Pierre I son of count Jean II of Brienne, brother of Jeanne
14331475 Louis I son of Pierre I; deposed, died 1475
14771482 Pierre II son of Louis I
14821518 Marie I daughter of Pierre II; abdicated, died 1546
& 14821486 Jacques of Savoy husband of Marie I; son of duke Louis of Savoy
& 14871495 Franois I of Bourbon married Marie I; son of count Jean II of Vendme
15181545 Franois II son of Franois I and Marie I
15461601 Marie II daughter of Franois II
& 1557 Jean II of Bourbon married Marie II; son of duke Charles of Vendme, brother of Franois II
& 15601561 Franois IV of Nevers married Marie II; son of count Charles II of Nevers
& 15631573 Lonor of Longueville married Marie II; son of marquis Franois of Rothelin, son of
count Louis I of Dunois
Capetian House of Valois-Orlans (Longueville)
16011631 Franois V son of Lonor and Marie II
16311663 Henri son of count Henri I of Dunois, brother of Franois V
16631669 Jean-Louis son of Henri; abdicated
132
16691672
Charles-Paris adopted son of Henri; son of Henris wife Anne-Genevive of Cond by

duke Franois VI of La Rochefoucauld
16721694 Jean-Louis restored
16941705 Marie III daughter of Henri; sold county, died 1707
House of Lorraine-Lillebonne
17051714 lisabeth-Thrse daughter of duke Franois-Marie of Joyeuse, son of duke Charles II of
Elbeuf; abdicated, died 1748
House of Melun
17141724 Louis II son of lisabeth-Thrse by prince Louis II of Melun, prince of pinoy
House of Rohan-Soubise
17241787 Charles son of prince Jules of Rohan-Soubise by Anne-Julie-Adlade, sister of Louis II
(to France 1787)
SANCERRE
Originally a lordship located in the Berry between Bourges and Nevers, Sancerre was held by the counts of
Blois and Champagne until 1151, when tienne I received the county of Sancerre as his share of his fathers
legacy. Crusaders like their ancestors, the Blois counts of Sancerre passed under direct royal overlordship in
1230 and ruled until 1419, when they were inherited by dauphins of Auvergne. In 14361451 ownership of the
county was contested between the count of Montpensier and the Bueil family, which eventually won the process.
During the French Wars of Religion Sancerre served as a Protestant haven. In 1637 Sancerre was sold to the
prince of Cond, whose heirs controlled it until selling Sancerre, in their turn, to the baron of Espagnac in 1777.
A decade later, in 1786, the county was sold to the French king.
Counts of Sancerre
House of Blois
11511191 tienne I son of count Thibaud IV of Blois
11911217: Guillaume son of tienne I 133
:12181268 Louis I son of Guillaume
12681280: Jean I son of Louis I
:12841303: tienne II son of Jean I
:13061327 Jean II son of Jean I
13271346 Louis II son of Jean II
13461402: Jean III son of Louis II
:14031419 Marguerite daughter of Jean III
House of Clermont (Auvergne)
14191426 Braud son of Marguerite by dauphin Braud II of Auvergne
14261436 Jeanne daughter of Braud
& 14281451 Louis III married Jeanne; son of duke Jean I of Bourbon; deposed, died 1486
House of Bueil
14511477 Jean IV son of Jean IV of Bueil by Marguerite, sister of Braud
14771506: Antoine son of Jean IV
1506:1513 Jacques son of Antoine
15131515 Charles son of Jacques
15151537 Jean V son of Charles
15371563 Louis IV son of Jacques
133
Died in Epirote captivity.
15631626 Jean VI son of Louis IV; abdicated, died 1638

16261637 Ren son of Jean VI; sold county, died 1640
Capetian House of Bourbon (Cond)
16371646 Henri posthumous son of prince Henri I of Cond
16461686 Louis V, the Great Cond son of Henri II
16861709 Henri-Jules son of Louis V
17091710 Louis VI son of Henri-Jules
17101740 Louis VII Henri son of Louis VI
17401777 Louis VIII Joseph son of Louis VII; sold county, died 1818
House of Espagnac
17771786 Charles-Antoine-Lonard son of Jean-Baptiste-Joseph of Espagnac; sold county, died 1837
(to France 1786)
SAVOY (SAVOIE) (see under the KINGDOM OF BURGUNDY)
SEDAN
Eberhard II of Mark-Arenberg, widower of Marie of Braquemont, lady of Sedan, bought Sedan in 1424 and
united it with his own lordship of Arenberg. In 1470, Sedan was passed to a junior line of the House of MarkArenberg, in the person of Robert I, who claimed the title of duke of Bouillon, a family possession from 1484 to
1521. Among his descendants, Robert IV became actual duke of Bouillon in 1552 (it was lost in 1559), and his
son Henri-Robert was declared sovereign prince of Sedan in 1560 and became a protestant in 1562. The line
became extinct with the death of Charlotte in 1594, whose husband Henri of La Tour-dAuvergne retained
possession of the principality. On several occasions between 1602 and 1642, Henri and his son Frdric-Maurice
were declared deprived of their lands by the French Crown, until Frdric-Maurice was obliged to buy his
freedom by surrendering the principality. It was briefly restored to him in 1651, only to be ceded to the French
king in exchange for the duchy of Albret and the county of vreux.
Lords and princes of Sedan
House of Mark-Arenberg
14241440 vrard son of Eberhard I of Arenberg; widower of Marie of Braquemont, lady of Sedan
14401470 Jean, the Boar son of vrard
14701496 Robert I son of Jean
14961536 Robert II son of Robert I
1536 Robert III, Fleuranges son of Robert II
15361556 Robert IV son of Robert III
15561574 Henri-Robert son of Robert IV; prince 1560
15801588 Guillaume-Robert son of Henri Robert
15881594 Charlotte daughter of Henri-Robert
& 15911623 Henri married Charlotte; son of viscount Franois III of Turenne
16231642 Frdric-Maurice son of Henri; abdicated
1651 Frdric-Maurice restored; abdicated, died 1652
(to France 1651)

SENS
The county of Sens southeast of Paris was originally bestowed on royally-appointed counts, including
Arnoul, a bastard son of Louis the Pious. Already in the 9th century, comital authority here tended to become
hereditary. By the early 10th century Sens was governed by the counts of Troyes, who also served as counts of
Sens. This family was well-connected, loyal to the Carolingians and related to the post-Carolingian rulers of
Italy and Provence. In 1012 the southern portion of the county became the separate county of Joigny under a
son-in-law of the count of Sens. In unclear circumstances the remainder of the county of Sens was annexed to
the royal domain in the mid-11th century after some conflict between count and the French king Robert II.
Counts of Sens
Welf House
859866 Rodolphe son of Welf of Altdorf
866881 Guelph son of Rodolphe
881882 Conrad son of Rodolphe
882884: Gilbert
:887888 Eudes son of marquis Robert of Neustria; France 888898
House of Troyes
888924 Garnier husband of Theutberge, sister of king Ugo of Italy
924c.941 Richard son of Garnier
c.941948 Fromond I son of (?) Garnier
948996 Renaud I, the Old son of Fromond I
9961012 Fromond II son of Renaud I
10121055 Renaud II son of Fromond II
10551058: Fromond III son of Renaud II
(to France 1058:)
SEPTIMANIA / GOTHIA
Septimania, stretching between the Pyrenees and the Rhne, was held by the Visigoths even after the
Merovingian kings of the Franks had conquered the remainder of southern Gaul in the early 6th century. For
this reason the area was also known as Gothia. In the 8th century the region was raided by the Muslim
conquerors of Spain, until direct Frankish rule was established with Ppin the Shorts conquest of Narbonne in
759. By the early 9th century Septimania was entrusted to a series of royally-appointed marquis, who were often
simultaneously counts of the leading counties north and south of the Pyrenees, most notably Toulouse and
Barcelona. After 918, the title marquis of Septimania or Gothia was held by the counts of Toulouse, and after
c.975, those of Rouergue. By 1100 most of Septimania was ruled by the Trencavel viscounts of Carcassonne
(and other locales) under the loose overlordship of the counts of Toulouse. As the viscounts lost their lands to
the French king in 12241246, the last vestiges of the March of Septimania ceased to exist.
Marquis of Septimania or Gothia
House of Paris
806816
House of Autun
816820
820825
826831
House of Friuli
831836
Bgon son of count Grard I of Paris; husband of Alpas, daughter of king Louis I
Bra son of count Guillaume I of Toulouse; deposed, died 844?
Rampon
Bernard I son of count Guillaume I of Toulouse; deposed
Brenger, the Wise son of count Unroch II by Engeltrude, daughter of (?) Bgon

House of Autun
836844
House of Urgell
844849
House of Autun
849850
House of Blois?
850852
House of Mcon?
852
House of Argengau?
852858
House of Raetia?
858864
House of Poitiers
864878
House of Autun
878886
886918
Bernard I restored; deposed, died 844

Sunifred son of Borrel
Guillaume I son of Bernard I; deposed, died 850
Aleran son of (?) count Guillaume of Blois
Isembard son of (?) count Gurin of Mcon; associated 850
Odalric son of (?) count Udalrich of Argengau and Linzgau
Unifred son of (?) duke Hunfrid II of Raetia; deposed, died 876:
Bernard II, of Gothia son of count Bernard I of Poitiers, deposed, died 880
Bernard III, Hairyfoot son of Bernard I
Guillaume II, the Pious son of Bernard III
(to Toulouse 918; to Rouergue c.975; to Toulouse 1094)
SOISSONS
The city of Soissons north of Paris had served as an important late Roman and early Merovingian center in
Gaul. By the 970s Soissons was the center of a county ruled by a branch of the House of Vermandois, which was
inherited by the houses of Eu and Nesle, then those of Hainault and Blois. In 1367 the county was ceded to
Enguerrand VII of Coucy, a son-in-law of the English king Edward III. His heiress Marie I was forced to cede
the county to the duke of Orlans, but in 1412 her heirs recovered possession of half of the county of Soissons.
This half of the county was inherited, in turn, by the houses of Bar, Luxembourg, Bourbon-Vendme, and
Savoy-Carignan until 1695, when it was confiscated and added to the royal domain (the Valois-Orlans half of
the county had already joined the royal domain in 1524). The last effective count of Soissons of the House of
Savoy was a brother of the Imperial general Eugne of Savoy. His heirs continued to claim the title of count of
Soissons until the extinction of the direct male line in 1734.
Counts of Soissons; peers 1404
House of Vermandois
:974986: Guy I son of (?) count Herbert II of Vermandois
:9921057 Renaud I son of (?) Guy I
1057 Guy II son of Renaud I
House of Normandy (Eu)
1057c.1076 Guillaume I, Busac husband of Adlade, daughter of Renaud I; son of count Guillaume I of Eu
c.10761099 Renaud II son of Guillaume I
10991115: Jean I son of Guillaume I
:11191141: Renaud III son of Jean I
House of Nesle
:11461178 Yves, the Old son of Raoul I of Nesle, son of Yves by Ramentrude, daughter of Guillaume I
11781180 Conon son of Raoul II of Nesle, brother of Yves
11801235 Raoul brother of Conon
12351270: Jean II, the Stammerer son of Raoul
:12721284: Jean III son of Jean II

:12861289 Jean IV son of Jean III
12891297: Jean V son of Jean IV
:13021306 Hugues son of Jean IV
13061344 Marguerite daughter of Hugues; abdicated, died 1350
& 13161344 Jean VI of Avesnes married Marguerite; son of count Jean II of Hainault; died 1356
House of Avesnes (Hainault)
13441350 Jeanne I daughter of Jean VI and Marguerite
& 13441346 Louis I of Chtillon husband of Jeanne I; son of count Guy I of Blois
& :13481350 Guillaume II of Dampierre married Jeanne I; son of marquis Jean I of Namur; died 1391
13501367 Guy III son of Louis I and Jeanne I; sold county, died 1397
House of Ghent-Gunes (Coucy)
13671397 Enguerrand son of Enguerrand VI of Coucy 134
13971404 Marie I daughter of Enguerrand; ceded county, died 1405
& 1397 Henri of Bar husband of Marie I; son of duke Robert I of Bar 135
14041407 Louis II, of Orlans son of king Charles V of France
14071412 Charles I son of Louis II; ceded half of the county, died 1465
Mousson House of Bar
14121415 Robert son of Henri and Marie I
14151462 Jeanne II daughter of Robert
& 14351462 Louis III of Luxembourg married Jeanne II; son of count Pierre I of Saint-Pol; died 1475
House of Luxembourg (Saint-Pol)
14621476 Jean VII son of Louis III and Jeanne II
14761482 Pierre brother of Jean VII
14821546 Marie II daughter of Pierre
& 14821486 Jacques of Savoy husband of Marie II; son of duke Louis of Savoy
& 14871495 Franois of Bourbon married Marie II; son of count Jean II of Vendme
15461557 Jean VIII son of duke Charles of Vendme, son of Franois and Marie II
15571569 Louis IV brother of Jean VIII
15691612 Charles II son of Louis IV
16121641 Louis V son of Charles II
16411656 Marie III daughter of Charles II; abdicated, died 1692
& 16411656 Thomas of Savoy husband of Marie III; son of duke Charles-Emmanuel I of Savoy
House of Savoy (Carignan)
16561673 Eugne-Maurice son of Thomas and Marie III
16731695 Louis-Thomas son of Eugne-Maurice 136; deposed, died 1702
(to France 1695)
In Ottoman captivity from 1396.

In Ottoman captivity until 1397.
136 Louis-Thomas was alleged to be the son of Eugne-Maurices wife Olimpia Mancini by king Louis XIV of
France.
134
135

THOUARS
The sizable viscounty of Thouars was located between Angers and Poitiers. Not surprisingly it found itself
at times vassal to one or the other of these centers, and at times to both at the same time. For some five
centuries the viscounty was held by the same family (a branch of which came to rule Dreux from 1346), until
being inherited by the House of Amboise in 1397. This family was twice dispossessed by the French king, but in
1488 its holdings were restored to the House of La Trmoille, which remained in possession of Thouars until
the French Revolution. In 1563 the viscount of Thouars was promoted to duke, and in 1605 the duke of
Thouars inherited the wealthy county of Laval.
Viscounts and dukes of Thouars; peers 1599
House of Thouars
:876903
903929
929936
936943
943:959
:959969:
:988997:
:9981004
10041014:
:10151055:
:10661093
10931094:
1094:1102
11021123:
1123:1127
11271139
1127:1151
:11511173:
1173:1226
12261229:
:1230:
:12331242
12421246
12461256
12561264:
:12691274
12741308
13081332
13321333
13331370
13701397
& 13701373
& 13761396
House of Amboise
13971425
14251431
Geoffroy I viscount of Thouars

Savary I son of (?) Geoffroy I
Aimery I brother of Savary I
Savary II son of Aimery I
Aimery II son of Aimery I
Herbert I son of Aimery I
Aimery III son of Herbert I
Savary III son of Herbert I
Raoul I son of Herbert I
Geoffroy II son of Savary III
Aimery IV son of Geoffroy II
Raoul II son of Aimery IV
Herbert II son of Aimery IV
Geoffroy III son of Aimery IV
Aimery V son of Geoffroy III
Aimery VI son of Herbert II
Guillaume son of Aimery V
Geoffroy IV son of Aimery V
Aimery VII son of Geoffroy IV
Hugues I son of Geoffroy IV
Raymond son of Geoffroy IV
Guy I son of Aimery VII
Aimery VIII son of Aimery VII
Aimery IX son of Guy I
Renaud son of Guy I
Savary IV son of Guy I
Guy II son of Aimery IX
Jean son of Guy II
Hugues II son of Guy II
Louis I son of Jean
Pronnelle daughter of Louis I
Amaury of Craon husband of Pronnelle; son of Maurice VII of Craon
Clment (Tristan) Rouault of Boismnard married Pronnelle
Pierre son of Ingelger of Amboise by Isabeau, daughter of Louis I
Louis II son of Ingelger of Rochecorbon, brother of Pierre; deposed

14341469 Louis II restored
14881525 Louis III son of Louis I of La Trmoille 137 by Marguerite, daughter of Louis II
15251541 Franois son of Charles, son of Louis III
15411577 Louis IV son of Franois; duke 1563
15771604 Claude son of Louis IV
16041656 Henri son of Claude; abdicated, died 1674
16561672 Henri-Charles son of Henri
16721709 Charles-Belgique-Hollande son of Henri-Charles
17091719 Charles-Bretagne son of Charles-Belgique-Hollande
17191741 Charles-Armand-Ren son of Charles-Bretagne
17411789 Jean-Bretagne son of Charles-Armand-Ren; deposed, died 1792
(to France 1789)
TONNERRE
The county of Tonnerre was owned by the bishops of Langres for more than a century until granted by
bishop Achard to his nephew Milon I in the 950s. The chronology and genealogy of the first hereditary counts
is obscure. In 1065 the county passed to the counts of Nevers and Auxerre. A smaller and less valuable territory
than Nevers and Auxerre, it was often granted to younger sons and daughters of the comital lineage. Through a
series of heiresses the counties passed to the houses of Courtenay and Bourbonnais. After a succession dispute in
12621273, Tonnerre passed to Marguerite of Burgundy, who abdicated in 1293 in favor of her nephew,
Guillaume of Chalon. The House of Chalon kept Tonnerre (after selling Auxerre in 1370) until it was
inherited by the House of Husson in 1443. This was followed by the House of Clermont-Tallart in 1540. In
1684 the county was sold to the marquis of Louvois, and the House Le Tellier kept it until the French
Revolution.
Counts of Tonnerre
House of Tonnerre
c.954980: Milon I son of Milon
:987992 Guy I son of Milon I
992c.998 Milon II son of Guy I
c.9981039: Renaud I son of Milon II
:10401046: Milon III son of Milon II
:10471065 Hugues-Renaud son of Milon III; abdicated; bishop of Langres 10651084
10651083: Ermengarde daughter of Renaud I
& 10651083: Guillaume I husband of Ermengarde; son of count Renaud I of Auxerre and Nevers; died 1098
:10901099: Guillaume II son of Guillaume I
:11001111: Guillaume III son of count Renaud II of Nevers, son of Guillaume I; abdicated, died 1148
:1133c.1148 Renaud II son of Guillaume III
11611168 Guillaume V son of Guillaume IV
11681175 Guy II son of Guillaume IV
137
Son of Georges of La Trmoille, count of Boulogne.

11751192 Mahaut I widow of Guy II; daughter of count Raymond of Grignon, son of duke Hugues II
of Burgundy; sold county, died c.1219
11921193 Agns daughter of Guy II and Mahaut I
& 11921193 Pierre of Courtenay husband of Agns; son of Pierre I of Courtenay; emperor of Constantinople
12161217
11931257 Mahaut II daughter of Pierre and Agns
& 11991222 Herv of Donzy married Mahaut II; son of Herv III of Donzy; divorced, died 1222
& 12261241 Guigues of Forez married Mahaut II; son of count Guigues III of Forez
12571262 Mahaut III daughter of Archambaud IX of Bourbon by Yolande, daughter of count Guy I
of St-Pol by Agns, daughter of Herv and Mahaut II
& 12571262 Eudes of Burgundy husband of Mahaut III; son of duke Hugues IV of Burgundy; died 1266
12621273 Yolande daughter of Eudes and Mahaut III; deposed, died 1280
12731293 Marguerite I sister of Yolande; rival claimant since 1262; abdicated, died 1308
& 12731285 Charles I, of Anjou husband of Marguerite I; son of king Louis VIII of France; Naples 12661285
House of Ivrea (Chalon-Salins)
12931304 Guillaume VI son of count Jean I of Auxerre and Alix, sister of Marguerite I
13041360 Jeanne I daughter of Guillaume VI
& 13211334 Robert of Burgundy married Jeanne I; son of duke Robert II of Burgundy
13601362 Jean II son of Guillaume VI 138
13621379 Jean III, the White Knight son of Jean II
13791398 Louis I, the Green Knight son of Louis I
1398:1422 Louis II son of Louis I
:14221424 Hugues son of Louis I
1424c.1440 Jeanne II daughter of Louis I
c.14401443 Marguerite II daughter of Louis I
House of Husson
14431485 Jean IV son of Marguerite II by Olivier of Husson
14851492 Charles son of Jean IV
14921503 Louis III son of Charles
15031526 Claude son of Louis III
15261537 Louis IV son of Louis III; bishop of Poitiers
15371540 Anne daughter of Charles
House of Clermont-Tallart
15401596 Louise daughter of Anne by viscount Bernardin of Tallart
& 15401553 Franois I du Bellay husband of Louise; son of Ren du Bellay
& 15561573 Antoine de Crussol married Louise; son of Charles de Crussol; duke of Uzs
15961640 Charles-Henri son of count Henri of Clermont, son of count Antoine, brother of Louise
16401679 Franois II son of Charles-Henri
16791682 Jacques son of Franois II
16821684 Franois-Joseph son of Jacques; sold county, died 1705
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House Le Tellier (Louvois)
16841721 Michel-Franois son of marquis Franois-Michel of Louvois
17211781 Franois-Michel-Csar son of Franois-Mac, son of Michel-Franois
17811785 Louis-Sophie son of marquis Franois-Louis of Souvr, son of marquis Louis-Nicolas,
brother of Michel-Franois
17851789 Louis-Auguste son of Louis-Sophie; deposed, died 1844
(to France 1789)
TOULOUSE
The county of Toulouse on the upper Garonne was a leading power in southern France. At first entrusted
to royally-appointed counts, the county was eventually turned into the hereditary holding of a branch of the
House of Rouergue by the late 9th century. From 918 the counts of Toulouse also held the march of Septimania
(or Gothia), exercising overlordship over the counts and viscounts in that area. In the 11th century the counts of
Toulouse took over Rouergue and Septimania, and in the 12th century they also acquired the marquisate of
Provence across the Rhne to the east; a branch of the family ensconced itself in the county of Tripoli in
Outremer after count Raymond VI participated in the First Crusade. By the early 13th century, the count of
Toulouse dominated the entire southeastern portion of the kingdom of France. The relatively tolerant attitude
of the counts of Toulouse and their vassals (like the Trencavel viscounts of Carcassonne) towards the
Albigensian or Cathar heretics, however, would undermine this position of power. Within the framework of the
Crusade against the Albigensians Toulouse was conquered by northern French Crusaders and assigned to Simon
of Montfort in 1215, but in 1218 the counts of Toulouse recovered their main possessions. In 1241 Jeanne, the
heiress of Toulouse, married a brother of king Louis IX of France, and on their deaths in 1271 the possessions of
the counts of Toulouse joined the French royal domain. Until the late 20th century lists of the counts of
Toulouse overlooked the existence of two or three counts who ruled in the second half of the 10th century. The
correction to this omission has altered the numbering of counts named Raymond. The obsolete but still fairly
common numbering is added in brackets and quotation marks in the list below.
Counts of Toulouse; peers
Chorson count of Toulouse and duke of Aquitaine; deposed
778790
House of Autun
790806 Guillaume I 139, of Gellone son of count Thierry of Autun; abdicated, died 812:4
House of Paris
806816 Bgon son of count Grard I of Paris; husband of Alpas, daughter of king Louis I
House of Friuli
816836 Brenger, the Wise son of count Unroch II by Engeltrude, daughter of (?) Bgon
House of Autun
836842 Bernard I, of Septimania son of Guillaume I; rival since 835; deposed
House of Carcassonne?
842843 Acfred son of (?) count Oliba I of Carcassonne; deposed, died :906
House of Autun
843844 Bernard I, of Septimania restored; deposed, died 844
844849 Guillaume II son of Bernard I; deposed, died 850
House of Rouergue
849852 Frdolon son of count Foulques of Rouergue; rival since 844
852862 Raymond I brother of Frdolon; deposed, died 863
House of Raetia
862864 Unifred son of (?) duke Hunfrid II of Raetia; deposed, died 876:
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House of Rouergue
864872:
House of Autun
:874886
House of Rouergue
886918
918923
923942
942961
961972
972978
9781037
10371060
10601094
10941098
10981100
& 10981100
11001105
11051108
11081113
11131117
& 11131120
11201148
11481194
11941215
House of Montfort
12151218
House of Rouergue
12181222
12221249
12491271
& 12491271
Bernard II, the Calf son of Raymond I

Bernard III, Hairyfoot son of Bernard I
Eudes son of Raymond I
Raymond II son of Eudes
Raymond III Pons son of Raymond II
Raymond IV son of Raymond III 140
Hugues son of Raymond IV
Raymond V son of Raymond IV
Guillaume III, Taillefer son of Raymond V
Pons son of Guillaume III
Guillaume IV son of Pons
Raymond VI (IV), of St-Gilles son of Pons; regent since 1088; deposed
Philippa daughter of Guillaume IV; deposed
Guillaume V of Poitiers husband of Philippa, daughter of Guillaume IV; son of duke
Guillaume VIII of Aquitaine; expelled
Raymond VI (IV), of St-Gilles restored; count of Tripoli 11991105
Bertrand son of Raymond VI; regent since 1096; abdicated, count of Tripoli 11091112
Alphonse I Jourdain son of Raymond VI; count of Tripoli 11051108; deposed
Philippa restored
Guillaume V of Poitiers restored; expelled, died 1127
Alphonse I Jourdain restored
Raymond VII (V) son of Alphonse I
Raymond VIII (VI) son of Raymond VII; deposed
Simon son of Simon IV of Montfort-lAmaury
Raymond VIII (VI) restored
Raymond IX (VII) son of Raymond VIII
Jeanne daughter of Raymond IX
Alphonse II of France husband of Jeanne; son of king Louis VIII of France
(to the French crown 1271)
TOURAINE
Touraine, the prosperous region of Tours on the Loire, was held by the counts of Blois in 9751041, and
then by the counts of Anjou (at least nominally as vassals of the counts of Blois) in 10411204, when the region
passed into the French royal domain. Between 1360 and 1422, the duchy of Touraine was granted as an apanage
to royal sons, most of whom surrendered the duchy on becoming king or being given another duchy (e.g.,
Burgundy in 1363, Orlans in 1392). Nevertheless, Touraine was a favorite residence of French kings in the
Late Middle Ages. After a long period as part of the royal domain, Touraine was again granted out to members
The chronology and genealogy for counts ruling in 942978 follows C. Settipani, La Noblesse du Midi
carolingien, Oxford 2004, 30-54. An alternative reconstruction makes Raymond IV the son of count Raymond I
of Rouergue, son of count Ermengaud, son of Eudes: M. de Framond, La succession des comtes de Toulouse
autour de lan mil (9401030), Annales du Midi 204 (1993) 461-488. Another numbering system proposed by
Settipani would have Raymond-Pons followed by Raymond III, IV, etc., but that would be more confusing.
140

of the royal family in the 16th century. After the death of Franois-Hercule in 1584, Touraine remained part of
the royal domain.
Dukes of Touraine; peers 1360
13601363 Philippe, the Bold son of king Jean II of France; Burgundy 13631404
13631364 Charles I, the Wise brother of Philippe; France 13641380
13701384 Louis I, of Anjou brother of Charles I
13861392 Louis II, of Orlans son of Charles I; Orlans 13921407
14011416 Jean son of king Charles VI of France, son of Charles I
14161422 Charles II brother of Jean; France 14221461
House of Douglas
14231424 Archambaud son of Archibald, 3rd earl of Douglas
14241434 Louis III son of duke Louis II of Anjou, son of Louis I
House of Savoy
15281531 Louise mother of king Franois I of France; daughter of duke Philippe II of Savoy
House of Habsburg (Austria/Spain)
1547 lonore widow of king Franois I of France; daughter of king Felipe I of Castile; abdicated,
died 1558
House of Stuart (Scotland)
15581560 Marie wife of king Franois II of France; daughter of king James V of Scotland; Scotland
15421567, died 1587
(to France 1584)
TURENNE
The viscounty of Turenne lies in the Limousin. In the 14th century the long-lasting House of Comborn was
inherited by the House of Comminges, and that by the Roger family of Beaufort. Guillaume II was closely
related to two Avignon popes: his uncle Clemens VI (Pierre Roger), his brother Gregorius XI (another Pierre
Roger). Guillaume IIs granddaughter Antoinette married the great marshal of France, Boucicaut. The La TourdAuvergne family acquired the principality of Sedan, the county of Evreux and the duchies of Albret and
Bouillon, but in 1738 the last viscount, Charles-Godefroy, sold Turenne to the French king. Apart from a brief
inclusion in the apanage of the future king Charles X, Turenne remained in the royal domain.
Viscounts of Turenne
House of Turenne
932:945
945963:
Aymar son of Bernard I; viscount of Echelles

Bernard I son of Aymar; viscount of Turenne

House of Comborn
963:999: Archambaud, Rottenleg husband of Sulpicie, daughter of Bernard I; son of (?) Archambaud
:10011030: Ebles, the Old son of Archambaud
Guillaume I son of Ebles
:10741091 Boson I son of Guillaume I
10911122: Raymond I son of Boson I
1122:1143 Boson II son of Raymond I
11431191 Raymond II posthumous son of Boson II
11911212: Raymond III son of Raymond II
:12191243 Raymond IV son of Raymond III
12431251 Alix daughter of Raymond IV
& :12501251 Hlie Rudel of Bergerac married Alix; son of Hlie Rudel II of Bergerac
Raymond V son of Raymond III; lord of Servires; rival claimant 12431245
12511284: Raymond VI son of Raymond V
:12851304 Raymond VII son of Raymond VI
13041311: Marguerite daughter of Raymond VII
House of Comminges
& :13071336 Bernard of Comminges married Marguerite; son of count Bernard VII of Comminges
13361339 Jean I posthumous son of Bernard
13391350 Ccile daughter of Bernard; ceded county, died 1384
& 13391347 Jacques husband of Ccile; son of king Alfonso IV of Aragn
13501375 Alinor I daughter of Bernard; abdicated, died 1402
& 13501375 Guillaume II Roger husband of Alinor I; son of Guillaume II Roger of Beaufort; abdicated,
died 1395
House Roger
13751413 Raymond VIII son of Guillaume II and Alinor I
14131416 Antoinette daughter of Raymond VIII
& 14131416 Jean II Le Meingre, Boucicaut husband of Antoinette; son of Jean Le Meingre; died 1421 141
14161420 Alinor II sister of Raymond VIII
1420 Amanieu son of Nicolas, brother of Guillaume II
14201444 Pierre brother of Amanieu
14441479: Anne daughter of Pierre
& 14451490 Agne of La Tour married Anne; son of Bertrand II of Oliergues
14901494 Franois I son of Agne and Anne
14941527 Antoine son of Agne and Anne
15271532 Franois II son of Antoine
15571623 Henri I son of Franois III
16231652 Frdric-Maurice son of Henri I
16751721 Godefroy-Maurice son of Henri II
17301738 Charles-Godefroy son of Emmanuel-Thodose; sold viscounty, died 1771
141
In English captivity from 1415.

18241830; died 1836
(to France 1776)
UZS
Earlier part of the kingdom of Lower Burgundy (Provence), the area of Uzs (Uzge) just west of the lower
Rhne passed under the suzerainty of the French king in 942. The lords of Uzs were vassals of the counts of
Toulouse. In the wake of the Crusade against the Albigensians, the county of Uzs was added to the royal
domain (1229), but the royal seneschal of Beaucaire had to share power with the local bishop and with the local
lords. In 1328 the lord of Uzs was promoted to viscount. The House of Crussol obtained the viscounty by
marriage in 1486, and the viscount was promoted to duke in 1565; the family retained possession of the duchy
until the Revolution.
Lords, viscounts, and dukes of Uzs; peers 1572
House of Uzs
:10881125:
1125:1138
11381181
11811209:
:12111254:
12541283:
:12851318
13181349
13491371
1371?
?1390
13901426
14261470
14701515
& 14861515
House of Crussol
15151521
15251546
15461573
15731584
15841657
16571680
16801692
16921693
16931739
17391762
17621789
lazar lord of Uzs

Decan I son of lazar
Bermond I son of Decan I
Raymond, the Bald son of Bermond I
Bermond II son of Raymond
Decan II son of Bermond II
Bermond III son of Decan II
Robert I son of Bermond III; viscount 1328
Decan III son of Robert I
Decan IV son of Decan III
Rainon son of Decan III
Alzias son of Decan III
Robert II son of Alzias
Jean son of Robert II
Simone daughter of Jean
Jacques I married Simone; son of Louis of Crussol; died 1525
Andr son of Jacques I
Charles son of Jacques I
Antoine son of Charles; duke 1565
Jacques II son of Charles
Emmanuel I son of Jacques II
Franois son of Emmanuel I
Emmanuel II son of Franois
Louis son of Emmanuel II
Jean-Charles son of Emmanuel II
Charles-Emmanuel son of Jean-Charles
Franois-Emmanuel son of Charles-Emmanuel; deposed, died 1802
(to France 1789)

VALOIS
The county of Valois to the northeast of Paris was originally grouped together with those of Amiens and
Vexin and inevitably came under the control of the Carolingian and Capetian counts of Vermandois in the 11th
century. In 1213 the countess lonore ceded the county to the French king Philippe II. Thereafter the county
was granted as an apanage to members of the royal family on numerous occasions, most famously to Charles, son
of king Philippe III, whose son Philippe VI would become the first Valois king of France in 1350. Valois was
often conferred on widows of kings and other members of the royal family and 1406 it was promoted to duchy.
Valois formed part of the apanage of the dukes of Orlans 13921498, and permanently from 1630.
Counts and dukes of Valois; peers 1344
House of Laon?
943992: Gautier I son of (?) count Raoul I of Vexin
:9981017: Gautier II, the White son of Gautier I
:10241038 Raoul I, of Mantes son of Gautier II
10381074 Raoul II, of Crpy son of Raoul I
10741077 Simon son of Raoul II; abdicated, died 1081
Carolingian House of Vermandois
10771080 Herbert husband of Adlade, daughter of Raoul II; son of count Otton of Vermandois
10801102 Hugues, the Great husband of Adlade, daughter of Herbert; son of king Henri I of France
11021152 Raoul III, the Valiant son of Hugues
11521167 Raoul IV, the Leper son of Raoul III; abdicated, died 1176
11671183 lisabeth 142 daughter of Raoul III
& 11671186 Philippe I husband of lisabeth; son of count Diederik of Flanders; deposed, died 1191
11861213 lonore daughter of Raoul III
& 11861192 Mathieu of Beaumont husband of lonore; son of count Mathieu II of Beaumont;
divorced, died 1208
12691270 Jean (Tristan) son of king Louis IX of France
12861325 Charles I, of Valois son of king Philippe III of France, brother of Jean
13251328 Philippe II son of Charles I; France 13281350
13441375 Philippe III son of Philippe II 143
13751392 Blanche widow of Philippe III; posthumous daughter of king Charles IV of France
Capetian House of Valois-Orlans
13921407 Louis I, of Orlans son of king Charles V of France; duke 1406
14071465 Charles II son of Louis I 144
14651498 Louis II son of Charles II; France 14981515
Also named Mabile.
144 In English captivity 14151440.
142
143

Capetian House of Valois-Angoulme
14981515 Franois son of count Charles III of Angoulme, son of count Jean, son of Louis I; France
15151547
15161517 Jeanne daughter of count Jean of Angoulme, son of Louis I; died 1520
House of Luxembourg (Saint-Pol)
15301547 Marie widow of count Franois of Vendme; daughter of count Pierre II of Saint-Pol
House of Medici
15621582 Catherine widow of king Henri II of France; daughter of Lorenzo II of Florence
15821615 Marguerite daughter of Catherine by king Henri II of France, son of Franois; divorced
by king Henri IV of France
16301660 Gaston (duc dAnjou) son of king Henri IV of France, son of king Antonio of Navarre,
son of duke Charles of Vendme, son of count Franois of Vendme by Marie
(to Orlans 1661)
VAUDMONT (see under GERMANY)
VENDME
Nestled between Maine, Touraine, and Blois, the county of Vendme came under the influence of the
powerful neighboring counts of Anjou and Blois. After an Angevin occupation in the first half of the 11th
century, the Vendme remained a vassal of Anjou. The original comital family was inherited by the houses of
Nevers, Preuilly, and Montoire. In 1372 the succession of Catherine of Montoire and her husband to the
county brought Vendme to a junior branch of the Capetian House of Bourbon. Count Charles was promoted
to duke in 1514, his son Antoine became king-consort of Navarre, and Antoines son Henri inherited the throne
of France in 1589. He did not join his holdings to the royal domain, and in 1598 he granted Vendme to his
legitimated son Csar. The latters heirs held the duchy until it was annexed to the royal domain in 1712.
Counts of Vendme
House of Vendme
:9671007 Bouchard I, the Venerable son of count Bouchard
10071016 Renaud son of Bouchard I; bishop of Paris 9911016
10161023 Bodon husband of Adle, daughter of count Foulques III of Anjou by lisabeth, daughter
of Bouchard I; son of count Landry of Nevers
10231028 Bouchard II, the Bald son of Bodon
10281032 Foulques, the Fool son of Bodon; deposed
House of Anjou
10321056 Geoffroy I, Martel son of count Foulques III of Anjou; deposed, died 1060
10561066 Foulques, the Fool restored
10661085 Bouchard III, the Younger son of Foulques
House of Preuilly
10851102 Geoffroy II, Jourdain husband of Euphrosine, daughter of Foulques; son of Geoffroy II of Preuilly
11021145 Geoffroy III, Greycloak son of Geoffroy II
11451182 Jean I son of Geoffroy III
11821202
12021211
12111217
House of Montoire
12171230
12301249
12491271
12711315
13151353
13531364
13641371
13711372
13721403
Bouchard IV son of Jean I

Jean II son of Geoffroy, son of Bouchard IV
Jean III, the Cleric son of Bouchard IV
Jean IV son of Pierre II of Montoire by Agns, daughter of Bouchard IV
Pierre son of Jean IV
Bouchard V son of Pierre
Jean V son of Bouchard V
Bouchard VI son of Jean V
Jean VI son of Bouchard VI
Bouchard VII son of Jean VI
Jeanne daughter of Bouchard VII
Catherine daughter of Jean VI; abdicated, died 1412
Capetian counts and dukes of Vendme; peers 1515

& 13721393 Jean I of Bourbon husband of Catherine; son of count Jacques I of La Marche
13931446 Louis I son of Jean I
14461477 Jean II son of Louis I
14771495 Franois son of Jean II
14951537 Charles son of Franois; duke 1514
15371562 Antoine son of Charles; Navarre 15551562
15621598 Henri, the Great son of Antoine; abdicated; Navarre 15721610; France 15891610
15981665 Csar legitimated son of Henri
16651669 Louis II son of Csar
16691712 Louis-Joseph, the Great son of Louis II
(to France 1712)
VENTADOUR
Around 1060, the House of Comborn, which had already provided viscounts for Turenne and Limoges,
divided its possessions between Comborn in the west and Ventadour in the east. The line of Ventadour
survived until 1500, and proved more successful than the line of Comborn, with Ventadour promoted to a
county in 1363. It was inherited by the House of Lvis, under which the county of Ventadour was promoted to
a duchy in 1589. The succeeding House of Rohan became extinct in the male line in 1787, and the duchy of
Ventadour passed to the royal domain.
Viscounts, counts, and dukes of Ventadour; peers 1589
House of Comborn
c.10601095:
:10961113:22
& :10961149:
:10551170
11701214:
:1221:
1221:1226:
:12491256:
:12601294:
Ebles I son of viscount Archambaud II of Comborn

Archambaud son of Ebles I
Ebles II, the Singer son of Ebles I
Ebles III son of Ebles II
Ebles IV (Archambaud) son of Ebles III
Ebles V, the Prudent son of Ebles IV; abdicated, died 1236:
Raymond son of Ebles V
Ebles VI son of Ebles V
Ebles VII (Hlie) son of Ebles VI
:12971315: Ebles VIII (Hlie) son of Ebles VII

:13211325: Ebles IX son of Ebles VIII
:13291390: Bernard son of Ebles VIII; count 1363
13891393: Robert son of Bernard
:14071424 Jacques son of Robert 145
14241486 Charles I son of Robert
14861500 Louis son of Charles I
House of Lvis (Villars)
15001529 Gilbert I son of count Louis of Villars by Blanche, daughter of Louis
15291547 Gilbert II son of Gilbert I
15471591 Gilbert III son of Gilbert II; duke 1578
15911622 Anne son of Gilbert III
16221625 Henri son of Anne; abdicated, died 1651
16251649 Charles II son of Anne
16491717 Louis-Charles son of Charles II
House of Rohan-Soubise
17171787 Charles III son of prince Jules of Soubise, son of duke Hercule-Mriadec of Rohan-Rohan
by Anne-Genevive, daughter of Louis-Charles
(to France 1787)
VERMANDOIS
The large county of Vermandois in northern France was granted to a family descended from the Carolingian
kings of Italy in the 9th century. The ambitious and at times ruthless counts acquired neighboring lands like the
counties of Valois and Meaux, and came to dominate much of northern France, but eventually the far-flung
possessions were divided among different members of the comital family. Count Herbert II infamously served as
captor of his cousin, the Carolingian king Charles III the Simple in 923929. In 1080 the county passed by
marriage to Hugues, son of the French king Henri I, who perished on Crusade, while his son Raoul I later served
as regent of France during the absence of Louis VII on the Second Crusade. In the next generation, Philippe of
Alsace attempted to keep Vermandois after the date of his wife, but was forced to cede it to her sister, who had
agreed to be inherited by the French king in 1192.
Counts of Vermandois
Carolingian House of Italy
:893902: Herbert I son of count Ppin I of Senlis, son of king Bernardo of Italy
:907943 Herbert II son of Herbert I
943988 Albert I, the Pious son of Herbert II
9881015 Herbert III son of Albert I
10151031 Albert II son of Herbert III; abdicated, died 1035:7
10311045 Otton son of Herbert III
10451080 Herbert IV son of Otton
10801102 Hugues, the Great husband of Adlade, daughter of Herbert IV; son of king Henri I of France
11021152 Raoul I, the Valiant son of Hugues
11521167 Raoul II, the Leper son of Raoul I; abdicated, died 1176
11671183 lisabeth 146 daughter of Raoul I
145
146
In English captivity 1415; in Burgundian captivity 1423.

Also named Mabile.

& 11671186 Philippe husband of lisabeth; son of count Diederik of Flanders; deposed, died 1191
11861213 lonore daughter of Raoul I
& 11861192 Mathieu of Beaumont husband of lonore; son of count Mathieu II of Beaumont;
divorced, died 1208
(to France 1213)
VERTUS
The lordship of Vertus in Champagne was first a fief of the archbishop of Reims and then of the count of
Champagne. Together with Champagne, it became part of the royal domain in 1284, but in 1360 the French
king Jean II granted Vertus as a county to his son-in-law, the future duke Giangaleazzo I Visconti of Milan. In
the 15th century the county passed by marriage to the Valois House of Orlans, and by another marriage to the
last effective duke of Brittany, Franois II. After his death in 1488, the county of Vertus was inherited by his
bastard son Franois of Avaugour, whose descendants ruled Vertus until the extinction of the line in 1746.
Counts of Vertus
House of Visconti
13601402 Jean-Galas husband of Isabelle, daughter of king Jean II of France; son of Galeazzo II of Milan
14021408 Valentine daughter of Jean-Galas
& 14021407 Louis I, of Orlans husband of Valentine; son of king Charles V of France
14081420 Philippe son of Louis I and Valentine
14201466 Marguerite sister of Philippe
& 14231438 Richard of Brittany married Marguerite; son of duke Jean IV of Brittany
14661488 Franois I son of Richard and Marguerite
Capetian House of Avaugour
14881510 Franois II bastard son of Franois I
15491598 Odet son of Franois III; bishop of Saintes 15441548
15981608 Charles son of Odet
16081637 Claude I son of Charles
16371669 Louis II son of Claude I
16991734 Armand-Franois son of Claude II
17341746 Henri-Franois son of Claude II
(to France 1746)
VEXIN
The first counts of Vexin on the lower Seine (between Rouen and Paris) also governed Amiens and Valois,
covering a not insignificant portion of northern France. After the family possessions were split up and reunited
in the 11th century, the male line became extinct in 1077. While Valois passed to the counts of Vermandois,
Vexin was divided among the king of France and the duke of Normandy (also king of England). Possession of
Vexin became a bone of contention between the two kingdoms. King Philippe II of France asserted his control
over the remainder of the Vexin by his conquest of Normandy in 1204.
Counts of Vexin
House of Laon?
910926
926943
943992:
:9981017:
:10241035
10351063
10631074
10741077
Raoul I son of (?) count Gautier of Laon

Raoul II son of Raoul I
Gautier I son of (?) Raoul I
Gautier II, the White son of Gautier I
Dreux son of Gautier II
Gautier III son of Dreux 147
Raoul III, of Crpy son of count Raoul III of Valois, son of Gautier II
Simon son of Raoul III; abdicated, died 1081
(divided between France and Normandy 1077)
YVETOT
The small lordship of Yvetot was situated northwest of Rouen in Normandy. By 1203 the lords of Yvetot
had acquired complete independence from their previous overlords, the dukes of Normandy, and thus the
lordship became a technically sovereign entity. Jean IV was calling himself lord by Gods Grace by 1381 and
probably in 1383 he assumed the title of king. Ruined by the financial burden of visit by the king of France, his
son had to sell the kingdom of Yvetot in 1401. By inheritance or sale, Yvetot passed to the houses of Villaines,
Chenu, du Bellay, Crvant, and finally Albon. The royal title was employed on and off, and appears even in
official documents issued by the kings of France and the French government in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.
In reality, the tiny state was completely dependent on France, and its rulers are sometimes found serving as guard
captains and pages at the French court. Their royal title was subject to some relatively good-natured ridicule,
even after it was prudently abandoned in 1551 in favor of the more modest title of prince. From 1555 the
prince of Yvetot formally recognized French suzerainty, although the principality retained much of its special
status. Like other vestiges of medieval lordship in France, the principality ended with the French Revolution.
Lords, later princes or kings of Yvetot
House of Yvetot
?1148
11481165
11651197
11971234
12341276
12761297
12971352
13521392
13921401
House of Villaines
14011406
14061415
14151417
14171449
House of Grainville
14491459
147
148
Robert son of Auffroy, son of Hellin; lord of Yvetot

Jean I son of Robert
Gautier son of Jean I
Richard I son of Gautier
Richard II son of Richard I
Jean II son of Richard II
Jean IV son of Jean III; king from 1383?
Martin I son of Jean IV; sold kingdom, died 1412
Pierre I de Villaines bought Yvetot from Martin I
Pierre II, the Stammerer son of Pierre I
Pierre III, the Stammerer son of Pierre II; deposed, died 1419:
(to England 148)
Pierre IV 149 son of Pierre of Grainville by Ariaque, daughter of Jean Boudart by daughter
of Pierre II; abdicated

Yvetot was given as fief to John Holland in 1419.

House of Chenu
14591465
14651471
House of Baucher
14711494
House of Chenu
14941498
14981500
15001518
15181589
& 15321559
House of Bellay
15891606
Guillaume bought Yvetot from Pierre IV; son of Mac Chenu of Pontereau
Jacques son of Guillaume; deposed
Jean V married Clmence of Dresnay, mother of Jacques; deposed, died 1500
Jacques restored
Pierre V (Prot) son of Guillaume
Jean VI son of Pierre V
Isabeau daughter of Jean VI
Martin II married Isabeau; son of Louis, son of Jean III du Bellay; subject to France 1555
Ren married Marie, daughter of Martin II; son of Jacques, son of Ren, son of Eustache,
son of Jean III du Bellay
16061637 Martin III son of Ren by Marie
16371661 Charles son of Martin III
House of Anglure de Savigny
16611663 Marc-Antoine-Saladin son of Gabriel-Saladin dAnglure by Marie, daughter of Georges
Babou de La Bourdaisire by Madeleine, daughter of Ren; died 1675 150
House of Crvant
16631676 Claude-Bonaventure married Marie, daughter of Ren, son of Marc-Antoine dApelvoisin
by Anne, daughter of Ren; son of Ren de Crvant
16761685 Louise-Marie daughter of Claude-Bonaventure
& 16761698 Franoise-Julie daughter of Claude-Bonaventure
House of Albon
& 16881729 Camille I married Franoise-Julie; son of Gaspard, son of Pierre, son of Bertrand dAlbon
17291746 Julie-Claude-Hilaire daughter of Camille I and Franoise-Julie
& 17291746 Claude husband of Julie-Claude-Hilaire; son of Thomas, son of Jean-Pierre, son of
Claude, son of Bertrand dAlbon; died 1769
17461772 Camille II son of Claude and Julie-Claude-Hilaire
17721789 Camille III son of Camille II; deposed, died 1789
(to France 1789)
Pierre IV was merely the senior heir, as son of the eldest daughter of Jean Boudart; he shared the inheritance
with Mathieu dOlonnes (husband of Jean Boudarts daughter Maline) and Guillaume de Montrolier (husband
of Jean Boudarts daughter Catherine).
150 Marc-Antoine-Saladin was merely the representative of the senior line of heirs during a succession dispute in
16611663; his son Marc-Antoine (died 1688) and grandson Charles-Nicolas (died 1717) continued to claim
Yvetot until 1688.
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Kings of the West Franks, then of France

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1316 Jean I, the Posthumous posthumous son of Louis X; also Navarre

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In German captivity 18701871.

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In exile during English occupation 14241449.

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14921525 Charles IV son of Ren

Sulpice I son of Lisois of Bazoges, son of Hugues

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In French captivity 13561357.

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Ingelger son of Tertulle; viscount of Angers and Orlans

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15311566 (to France)

Boggis duke of Aquitaine

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Ramnulf I son of count Gerard of Auvergne by Rotrude, daughter of king Louis I

Canonized as saint 1165.

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11371167 Alinor daughter of Guillaume X; abdicated, died 1204

Bernard I, the Suspicious son of count Guillaume of Fezensac

In German captivity 11921194.

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12191241 Pierre son of Graud V

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In exile during French occupation 14771479.

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Arnaud I, Nonnat son of duke Garcia of Gascony

Centule I son of (?) Bonnefemme, daughter of Bohmond

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Cadelon I son of (?) Maingaud; viscount of Aulnay

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The marriage was actually concluded in 1216.

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Bernard I son of count Gurin of Mcon; count of Auvergne

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Jean V son of Bertrand II

Son of king James II of Scotland.

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In English captivity since 1415.

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921936 Raoul son of Richard; France 923936

In English captivity 13571361.

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Milon I son of count Milon II of Tonnerre

Lancelin I lord of Baugency

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Centule I viscount of Barn

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13911398 Mathieu son of Roger-Bernard, son of Roger-Bernard, son of Gaston VIII

Yves I, the Clerk count of Beaumont

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Geoffroy I, Papabas viscount of Bourges

Dukes of Berry; peers

Canonized as saint 1950.