Name Louis Count | ||
Mother Yolande, Countess of Nevers Children Louis I, Count of Flanders, Joanna of Flanders Parents Robert III, Count of Flanders, Yolande II, Countess of Nevers Grandchildren Louis II, Count of Flanders, John IV, Duke of Brittany, Joan of Brittany, Baroness of Drayton Similar People Guy - Count of Flanders, Louis IX of France, Margaret of Provence, Charles I of Naples, Philip V of France | ||
France. Louis I, Count of Nevers. 14th century, metal sculpture. Collection 54mm miniature figurine.
Louis I (1272 – 22 July 1322) was suo jure Count of Nevers and jure uxoris Count of Rethel.
Louis was the son of Robert III, Count of Flanders, and Yolande, Countess of Nevers. He succeeded his parents as Count of Nevers. In December 1290, he married Joan, Countess of Rethel, and thus became her co-ruler in the County of Rethel. They had two children:
He died in Paris shortly before his father and thus never succeeded his father as Count of Flanders.
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