Counts and dukes of Angoulême
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Angoulême
(Angoumois) in western France was part of the Carolingian Empire
as the kingdom of Aquitaine
. Under Charlemagne
's successors, the local Count of Angoulême was independent and was not united with the French crown until 1307. By the terms of the Treaty of Brétigny
(1360) the Angoumois, then ruled by the Counts of Angoulême, was ceded as English territory to Edward III
. In 1371 it became a fief of the dukes of Berry
, a cadet
line of the French royal family. When Francis I
, formerly the Count of Angoulême, became king in 1515, Angoumois was definitively incorporated into the French crown lands, as a duchy
.
Angoulême
-Main sights:In place of its ancient fortifications, Angoulême is encircled by boulevards above the old city walls, known as the Remparts, from which fine views may be obtained in all directions. Within the town the streets are often narrow. Apart from the cathedral and the hôtel de ville, the...
(Angoumois) in western France was part of the Carolingian Empire
Carolingian Empire
Carolingian Empire is a historiographical term which has been used to refer to the realm of the Franks under the Carolingian dynasty in the Early Middle Ages. This dynasty is seen as the founders of France and Germany, and its beginning date is based on the crowning of Charlemagne, or Charles the...
as the kingdom of Aquitaine
Aquitaine
Aquitaine , archaic Guyenne/Guienne , is one of the 27 regions of France, in the south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain. It comprises the 5 departments of Dordogne, :Lot et Garonne, :Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes...
. Under Charlemagne
Charlemagne
Charlemagne was King of the Franks from 768 and Emperor of the Romans from 800 to his death in 814. He expanded the Frankish kingdom into an empire that incorporated much of Western and Central Europe. During his reign, he conquered Italy and was crowned by Pope Leo III on 25 December 800...
's successors, the local Count of Angoulême was independent and was not united with the French crown until 1307. By the terms of the Treaty of Brétigny
Treaty of Brétigny
The Treaty of Brétigny was a treaty signed on May 9, 1360, between King Edward III of England and King John II of France. In retrospect it is seen as having marked the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War —as well as the height of English hegemony on the Continent.It was signed...
(1360) the Angoumois, then ruled by the Counts of Angoulême, was ceded as English territory to Edward III
Edward III of England
Edward 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...
. In 1371 it became a fief of the dukes of Berry
Duke of Berry
The title of Duke of Berry in the French nobility was frequently created for junior members of the French royal family. The Berry region now consists of the départements of Cher, Indre and parts of Vienne. The capital of Berry is Bourges. The first creation was for John, third son of John II, King...
, a cadet
Cadet
A cadet is a trainee to become an officer in the military, often a person who is a junior trainee. The term comes from the term "cadet" for younger sons of a noble family.- Military context :...
line of the French royal family. When Francis I
Francis I of France
Francis I was King of France from 1515 until his death. During his reign, huge cultural changes took place in France and he has been called France's original Renaissance monarch...
, formerly the Count of Angoulême, became king in 1515, Angoumois was definitively incorporated into the French crown lands, as a duchy
Duchy
A duchy is a territory, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess.Some duchies were sovereign in areas that would become unified realms only during the Modern era . In contrast, others were subordinate districts of those kingdoms that unified either partially or completely during the Medieval era...
.
House of Taillefer
- Wulgrin IWulgrin I of AngoulêmeWulgrin I was the Count of Angoulême, Périgueux, and possible Saintonge from 866 to his death. His parents were Vulfard , Count of Flavigny, and Suzanne, who was a daughter of the Bego I, Count of Paris. His brother Hilduin the Young was the abbot of Saint-Denis...
(866–886) - Alduin IAlduin I of AngoulêmeAlduin I was the Count of Angoulême from 886.He was the son of Wulgrin I, Count of Angoulême, whom he succeeded on 3 May 886...
(886–916) - William II (Taillefer I)William Taillefer IWilliam Taillefer was also known as William II of Angoulême . He was the Count of Angoulême from 916 until his death in 962...
(916–945) - Bernard (945–950)
- William III (950-962)
- Ranulf "Bompar" (962-975)
- Richard (975-975)
- Arnold "Mancer" (975–988)
- William IV (Taillefer II) (988–1028)
- Alduin (II) (1028–1032)
- GeoffreyGeoffrey of AngoulêmeGeoffrey was the Count of Angoulême from 1032. His brother Alduin II succeeded their father, William II, as Count in 1028, but the brothers quarrelled over their inheritance in the Bordelais...
(1032–1048) - Fulk (1048–1087)
- William V (Taillefer III)William V of AngoulêmeWilliam V of Angoulême, also known as William Taillefer III was the twelfth count of Angoulême.William V was a fifth generation descendant of Count Arnold of Angoulême. He was born in 1084, the son of Count Fulk of Angoulême and the grandson of Geoffrey of Angoulême and Petronille de Archiac...
(1087–1120) - Wulgrin II (Taillefer I) (1120–1140)
- William VI (Taillefer IV) (1140–1178)
- Wulgrin III (Taillefer II)Wulgrin III of AngoulêmeWulgrim III of Angoulême, also known as Wulgrin Taillefer II, inherited the title of Count of Angoulême and it's territories from his father, William VI of Angoulême....
(1178–1181) - William VII (Taillefer V)William VII of AngoulêmeWilliam VII of Angoulême was also known as William Taillefer V, was the Count of Angoulême from 1881.The second of three sons of William VI of Angoulême, he inherited the title of Count of Angoulême, and it's territory, upon the death of his brother, Wulgrin III of Angoulême, who in turn had only...
(1181–1186) - AymerAymer of AngoulêmeAymer was the last Count of Angoulême of the House of Taillefer. He was the third of the six children of Count William IV and Marguerite of Turenne...
(1186–1202) - IsabellaIsabella of AngoulêmeIsabella of Angoulême was queen consort of England as the second wife of King John from 1200 until John's death in 1216. They had five children by the king including his heir, later Henry III...
(1202–1246)- John of EnglandJohn of EnglandJohn , also known as John Lackland , was King of England from 6 April 1199 until his death...
(1202-1216) - Hugh X of LusignanHugh X of LusignanHugh X de Lusignan, Hugh V of La Marche or Hugh I of Angoulême or Hugues X & V & I de Lusignan succeeded his father Hugh IX as Seigneur de Lusignan and Count of La Marche in November, 1219 and was Count of Angoulême by marriage.Hugh X de Lusignan was betrothed to marry 12 year-old Isabel of...
(1220–1249)
- John of England
House of Lusignan
- Hugh IHugh X of LusignanHugh X de Lusignan, Hugh V of La Marche or Hugh I of Angoulême or Hugues X & V & I de Lusignan succeeded his father Hugh IX as Seigneur de Lusignan and Count of La Marche in November, 1219 and was Count of Angoulême by marriage.Hugh X de Lusignan was betrothed to marry 12 year-old Isabel of...
(1220–1249) - Hugh IIHugh XI of LusignanHugh XI de Lusignan, Hugh VI of La Marche or Hugh II of Angoulême or Hugues XI & VI & II de Lusignan . He succeeded his mother Isabelle of Angoulême, former queen of England, as Count of Angoulême in 1246. He likewise succeeded his father Hugh X as Count of La Marche in 1249...
(1249–1260) - Hugh IIIHugh XII of LusignanHugh XII de Lusignan, Hugh VII of La Marche or Hugh III of Angoulême or Hugues XII & VII & III de Lusignan . He succeeded his father Hugh XI as seigneur of Lusignan, Couhe, and Peyrat, Count of La Marche and Count of Angoulême in 1250.He married at Fougères 29 January 1253/4 Jeanne de Fougères...
(1260–1282) - Hugh IVHugh XIII of LusignanHugh XIII of Lusignan, Hugh VIII of La Marche or Hugh IV of Angoulême or Hugues XIII & VIII & IV de Lusignan succeeded his father Hugh XII as Seigneur de Lusignan, Count of La Marche and Count of Angoulême in 1270.He married at Pau on July 1, 1276 Beatrix de Bourgogne, Dame de Grignon Hugh XIII of...
(1282–1303) - GuyGuy of Lusignan, Count of AngoulêmeGuy of Lusignan, Guy of La Marche or Guy of Angoulême or Guy I & I & I de Lusignan , Seigneur de Couhe et de Peyrat c...
(1303–1308) - Part of Aquitaine (1308–1317)
- Royal DomainCrown lands of FranceThe 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...
(1317–1328)
Royal Grantees
- JoanJoan II of NavarreJoan II was Queen of Navarre from 1328 until her death. She was the only daughter of Margaret of Burgundy, first wife of King Louis X of France...
(1328–1349) with her husband- PhilipPhilip III of NavarrePhilip III , called the Noble or the Wise, Count of Évreux and King of Navarre , was the second son of Louis of Évreux and Margaret of Artois and therefore a grandson of King Philip III of France...
(1328–1343)
- Philip
- Charles de La CerdaCharles de la CerdaCharles de La Cerda , Franco-Castilian nobleman and soldier, was the son of Alfonso de la Cerda and Isabelle d'Antoing....
(1350–1354) - John IJohn, Duke of BerryJohn of Valois or John the Magnificent was Duke of Berry and Auvergne and Count of Poitiers and Montpensier. He was the third son of King John II of France and Bonne of Luxemburg; his brothers were King Charles V of France, Duke Louis I of Anjou and Duke Philip the Bold of Burgundy...
(1356–1374) - Louis I (1404–1407), Duke of Orléans
- John IIJohn, Count of AngoulêmeJohn of Orléans, Count of Angoulême and of Périgord , 26 June 1399 – 30 April 1467, younger son of Louis I, Duke of Orléans, and Valentina Visconti, and a grandson of Charles V of France. He was the younger brother of the noted poet, Charles, Duke of Orléans, and grandfather of Francis I of...
(1407–1467) - CharlesCharles, Count of AngoulêmeCharles d'Orléans, Count of Angoulême was a member of the French Orléans family descended from Louis I de Valois, Duke of Orléans, who was the son of Charles V of France. He was the son of John, Count of Angoulême and Marguerite de Rohan, and was Count of Angoulême from 1467-1496...
(1467–1496) - FrancisFrancis I of FranceFrancis I was King of France from 1515 until his death. During his reign, huge cultural changes took place in France and he has been called France's original Renaissance monarch...
(1496–1515)
Dukes of Angoulême
- LouiseLouise of SavoyLouise of Savoy was a French noble, Duchess regnant of Auvergne and Bourbon, Duchess of Nemours, the mother of King Francis I of France...
(1515–1531) - Royal domainCrown lands of FranceThe 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...
- Charles (1540–1545)
- Royal domain
- HenryHenry III of FranceHenry III was King of France from 1574 to 1589. As Henry of Valois, he was the first elected monarch of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth with the dual titles of King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1573 to 1575.-Childhood:Henry was born at the Royal Château de Fontainebleau,...
(1551–1574) - Henry (1574–1582)
- DianeDiane de FranceDiane de France was the natural daughter of Henry II, King of France, and his Piedmontese mistress Filippa Duci. Some sources claim that she was the daughter of Diane de Poitiers....
(1582–1619) - CharlesCharles 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...
(1619–1650) - Louis Emmanuel (1650–1653)
- Frances Marie (1653–1696)
- Louis II (1653–1654)
- Royal domain
- Élisabeth Marguerite d'Orléans (1675–1696)
- Royal domain
- Charles de France (1710–1714)
- Royal domain
- Charles Philippe de 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...
(1773–1836) - Louis Antoine d'Artois (1836–1844)
- Royal domain
Further Reading and Printed Sources
- L'art de Verifier des Faits historiquws, des Chartes, des Chroniques, et Autres Anciens Monuments, Depuis la Naissance de Notre-Seigner by Moreau et Yalade, 1818
- The coinage of the European continent, by Swan Sonnenschein, 1893
- Annuaire Historique Pour L'annee 1854, by Société de l'histoire de France
- Nouvelle Encyclopedie Theologique, by acques-Paul Migne, 1854