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List of counts of Mortain

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The County of Mortain was a medieval county in France centered on the town of Mortain. A choice landholding, usually either kept within the family of the duke of Normandy (or the king of France) or granted to a noble in return for service and favor. This was the main reason Mortain had so many counts, as shown below, during its long history.

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French counts of Mortain

  • County established by Charlemagne 786
  • Unknown
  • Rodulf of Tosny (812–861)
  • Hugh of Nogent (861–911)
  • Vacant after Rollo's invasion

    • Norman counts of Mortain

  • Adémar of Boulogne (918–977)
  • Mauger of Corbeil (977–1032)
  • William Werlenc(1032–1048)
  • Robert, Count of Mortain (See also: Robert of Conteville) 1049–1104)
  • William, Count of Mortain (1104–1106)
  • Robert II of Vitry (1106–1112)
  • Stephen of England (1112–1135)
  • Eustace IV of Boulogne (1135–1141)
  • Geoffrey of Anjou (1141–1144)
  • William of Blois (1154–1159)
  • Vacant
  • Marie of Boulogne and Matthew of Alsace (1167–1173)
  • Vacant
  • John I of England (1189–1199) (lost to France)
  • Ida, Countess of Boulogne and Renaud de Dammartin (1204–1216)
  • Matilda II of Boulogne (1216–1245) and...
  • Philip Hurepel (1216–1233)
  • Afonso III of Portugal (1238–1245)
  • Jeanne de Dammartin (1245–1251) and ..
  • Walter of Châtillon (1245–1250)
  • Vacant
  • Joan II of Navarre (1328–1349)
  • Vacant
  • Peter d'Évreux (1401–1412)
  • Catherine of Alençon (1412–1416) (his widow) and..
  • Louis, Duke of Guyenne (1412–1413)
  • Louis VII of Bavaria, Duke of Bavaria-Ingolstadt (1413–1416)
  • Jean Dunois (1416–1417) and..
  • Charles of Le Maine (1416–1417)
  • Charles of Valois, Duke of Berry (1416–1417)

    • English counts of Mortain

  • Edward (1417–1419)
  • Thomas Langholme (1419–?)
  • John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford (?–1435)
  • Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset (1435–1449)

    • French counts of Mortain

  • Charles of Le Maine (1449–1472)
  • Charles IV, Duke of Anjou (1472–1481)
  • Royal Domain
  • Louis II, Duke of Montpensier (1529–1582)
  • Francis, Duke of Montpensier (1582–1592)
  • Henri de Bourbon, duc de Montpensier (1592–1608)
  • Marie de Bourbon, duchesse de Montpensier (1608–1627) and..
  • Gaston de France, duc d'Orléans (1626–1660) (her widower)
  • Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de Montpensier (1660–1693)
  • Philippe de France, duc d'Orléans (1693–1701)
  • Philippe II d'Orléans, duc d'Orléans (1701–1723)
  • Louis d'Orléáns, duc d'Orléans (1723–1752)
  • Louis Philippe I d'Orléans, duc d'Orléans (1752–1785)
  • Louis Philippe II d'Orléans, duc d'Orléans (1785–1786)
  • Royal Domain
  • Henri d'Orléans, comte de Paris, duc de France (1984–present)

    • References

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