Count of Ponthieu
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The County of Ponthieu
, centered on the mouth of the Somme
, became a member of the Norman group of vassal states when Count Guy submitted to William of Normandy after the battle of Mortemer
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It eventually formed part of the dowry of Eleanor of Castile
and passed to the English crown. Much fought-over in the Hundred Years' War
, it eventually passed to the French royal domain
, and the title Count of Ponthieu became a courtesy title for the royal family.
Ponthieu
Ponthieu was one of six feudal counties that eventually merged together to become part of the Province of Picardy, in northern France. Its chief town is Abbeville.- History :...
, centered on the mouth of the Somme
Somme
Somme is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It is part of the Picardy region of France....
, became a member of the Norman group of vassal states when Count Guy submitted to William of Normandy after the battle of Mortemer
Battle of Mortemer
For 16 years the Norman realms of the young William I of England, then known as Duke William II, were gravely threatened by other Norman barons and also by the French King. This was because William came to power at age seven....
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It eventually formed part of the dowry of Eleanor of Castile
Eleanor of Castile
Eleanor of Castile was the first queen consort of Edward I of England. She was also Countess of Ponthieu in her own right from 1279 until her death in 1290, succeeding her mother and ruling together with her husband.-Birth:...
and passed to the English crown. Much fought-over in the Hundred Years' War
Hundred Years' War
The Hundred Years' War was a series of separate wars waged from 1337 to 1453 by the House of Valois and the House of Plantagenet, also known as the House of Anjou, for the French throne, which had become vacant upon the extinction of the senior Capetian line of French kings...
, it eventually passed to the French royal domain
Crown lands of France
The crown lands, crown estate, royal domain or domaine royal of France refers to the lands, fiefs and rights directly possessed by the kings of France...
, and the title Count of Ponthieu became a courtesy title for the royal family.
Counts and Countesses of Ponthieu
- Helgaud II, also Count of Montreuil. d. 926 in combat against the Normans.
- Herluin II or Herlouin, also Count of Montreuil. (926–945)
- Roger or Rotgaire or Notgard, also Count of Montreuil. (dates unknown)
- William I, also Count of Montreuil. (dates unknown)
- Hildouin, also Count of Montreuil. (dates unknown)
- Hugh IHugh I of PonthieuHugh I of Ponthieu , son of Hildouin III de Ponthieu and Hersende la Pieuse de Ramerupt, countesse of Arcis. He was also known as Hugo Miles....
, also Count of Montreuil, d. c. 1000. - Enguerrand IEnguerrand I of PonthieuEnguerrand I was the son of Hugh I count of Ponthieu.He was apparently married twice. By his first wife Adelaide, daughter of Arnulf, Count of Holland he had his heir, count Hugh II, and possibly a son named Robert...
, also Count of Montreuil (c. 1000 – c. 1045) - Hugh IIHugh II of PonthieuHugh II of Ponthieu was count of Ponthieu and lord of Abbeville, the son of Enguerrand I of Ponthieu. Evidently Hugh II was the half brother of Guy, who became the bishop of Amiens; Fulk, who became the abbot of Forest l'Abbaye; and Robert...
, also Lord of Abbeville (c. 1045–1052) Father (by one account) of both Enguerrand II and Guy I. - Enguerrand II (1052–1053). Married Adelaide II daughter of Robert I Duke of Normandy. Succeeded by his brother (or by his son) Guy I:
- Guy IGuy I of PonthieuGuy I of Ponthieu was born sometime in the mid to late 1020s. He was the son of Count Enguerrand II and the grandson of Hugh II.-Caught between William of Normandy and Henry I of France:...
, (1053–1100) Son (or brother) of Enguerrand II. Succeeded in Ponthieu by his daughter (and only surviving child): - AgnesAgnes of PonthieuAgnes of Ponthieu was the daughter of Count Guy I of Ponthieu. Enguerrand, the son of Count Guy, died at a youthful age. Guy then made his brother Hugh heir presumptive, but he also died before Guy . Agnes became count Guy's heiress, and was married to Robert of Bellême...
(1100 – bef. 1105) b. c. 1080 in Ponthieu, France; d by 1105, possibly at the court of Adela, Countess of Blois to whom she had fled for refuge after imprisonment by her husband. Daughter of Count Guy I. Married c. 1087 (in the lifetime of the Conqueror) Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of ShrewsburyRobert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of ShrewsburyRobert de Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury , also spelled Belleme or Belesme, was an Anglo-Norman nobleman, and one of the most prominent figures in the competition for the succession to England and Normandy between the sons of William the Conqueror...
and Count of Alençon. Succeeded in Ponthieu by her only child: - William III TalvasWilliam III of PonthieuWilliam III of Ponthieu was son of Robert II of Bellême and Agnes of Ponthieu. He is also called William Talvas....
(bef. 1105–20 June 1172), also Count of Alençon. During his lifetime, he ceded Ponthieu to his elder son Guy II; Alençon went to his younger son John I (d February 24, 1191) who was married to Beatrice of Anjou, first cousin of Henry II of EnglandHenry II of EnglandHenry II ruled as King of England , Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Nantes, Lord of Ireland and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland and western France. Henry, the great-grandson of William the Conqueror, was the...
, Count of Anjou. - Guy IIGuy II of PonthieuGuy II of Ponthieu , the son of William III of Ponthieu and Helie of Burgundy, succeeded his father as Count of Ponthieu during William's lifetime. He died on the Second Crusade and was succeeded by his son John I of Ponthieu....
(?–1147). Succeeded by his elder son: - John IJohn I of PonthieuJohn I of Ponthieu was the son of Guy II of Ponthieu and succeeded him as Count of Ponthieu in 1147. He married Beatrice of Saint-Pol, and was succeeded by his son William IV Talvas.-Notes:...
(1147–1191) Succeeded by his son: - William IV TalvasWilliam IV of PonthieuWilliam III Talvas was William III, Count of Ponthieu and William IV . He was Count of Ponthieu, ruler of a small province in northern France that fell under the suzerainty of the dukes of Normandy since at least the mid 11th century...
(1191–1221), also Count of Montreuil. Succeeded by his daughter: - Mary (1221–1251), also Countess of Montreuil.
- married Simon of DammartinSimon of DammartinSimon of Dammartin was a son of Alberic II of Dammartin and his wife Mathildis of Clermont.-Biography:...
(1213 1239) Succeeded by their daughter:
- married Simon of Dammartin
- JoanJeanne, Countess of PonthieuJoan of Dammartin was Queen consort of Castile and León , suo jure Countess of Ponthieu and Aumale . Her daughter, the English queen Eleanor of Castile, was her successor in Ponthieu...
(1251–1279), also Countess of Montreuil.- married Ferdinand III of CastileFerdinand III of CastileSaint Ferdinand III, T.O.S.F., was the King of Castile from 1217 and León from 1230. He was the son of Alfonso IX of León and Berenguela of Castile. Through his second marriage he was also Count of Aumale. He finished the work done by his maternal grandfather Alfonso VIII and consolidated the...
(1198/1199–1252)
- married Ferdinand III of Castile
- EleanorEleanor of CastileEleanor of Castile was the first queen consort of Edward I of England. She was also Countess of Ponthieu in her own right from 1279 until her death in 1290, succeeding her mother and ruling together with her husband.-Birth:...
(1279–1290), also Countess of Montreuil. - Edward II of EnglandEdward II of EnglandEdward II , called Edward of Caernarfon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed by his wife Isabella in January 1327. He was the sixth Plantagenet king, in a line that began with the reign of Henry II...
(1290–1325), also Count of Montreuil. - Edward III of EnglandEdward III of EnglandEdward III was King of England from 1327 until his death and is noted for his military success. Restoring royal authority after the disastrous reign of his father, Edward II, Edward III went on to transform the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe...
(1325–1336), also Count of Montreuil. - confiscated by Philip VI of FrancePhilip VI of FrancePhilip VI , known as the Fortunate and of Valois, was the King of France from 1328 to his death. He was also Count of Anjou, Maine, and Valois from 1325 to 1328...
- James I, Count of La MarcheJames I, Count of La MarcheJames of Bourbon-La Marche was the son of Louis I, Duke of Bourbon and Mary of Avesnes. He was Count of Ponthieu from 1351 to 1360, and Count of La Marche from 1356 to his death.-Hundred Years War:...
(1351–1360) - returned by the Peace of Brétigny
- Edward III of EnglandEdward III of EnglandEdward III was King of England from 1327 until his death and is noted for his military success. Restoring royal authority after the disastrous reign of his father, Edward II, Edward III went on to transform the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe...
(1360–1369) - confiscated again
- John, Dauphin (c. 1410–1417)
- Charles VII of FranceCharles VII of FranceCharles VII , called the Victorious or the Well-Served , was King of France from 1422 to his death, though he was initially opposed by Henry VI of England, whose Regent, the Duke of Bedford, ruled much of France including the capital, Paris...
(1417–1422) - royal domain
- Charles de Valois, Duke of AngoulêmeCharles de Valois, Duke of AngoulêmeCharles de Valois was the Duke of Angoulême and the illegitimate son of Charles IX of France and Marie Touchet; born at the Château de Fayet in Dauphiné. His father, dying in the following year, commended him to the care and favour of his younger brother and successor, Henry III, who faithfully...
(?–1650) - Louis Emmanuel de Valois, Duke of Angoulême (1650–1653)
- royal domain
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(1710–1714) - royal domain
- Charles X of FranceCharles X of FranceCharles X was known for most of his life as the Comte d'Artois before he reigned as King of France and of Navarre from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. A younger brother to Kings Louis XVI and Louis XVIII, he supported the latter in exile and eventually succeeded him...
(1830–1836)