County of Valois

The county of Valois ( Pagus Vadensis ) is best known for the fact that the Capetian branch line, the House of Valois , was named after it, which was responsible for the kings of France from 1328 to 1589 . The main town of the county was Crépy-en-Valois .

Counts of Valois had existed since the 9th century. By inheritance, the county passed in 1077 to the Counts of Vermandois , a branch line of the Carolingians , who in turn inherited them to a younger son from the house of the Capetians .

When the county was owned by the royal family, it was given several times as a paragium to family members; The House of Valois then developed from one of these awards .

King Philip VI , the first Valois king, raised the county to a peerage in 1344 , his descendant King Louis XII. to the duchy, and his successor Francis I finally added it to the Domaine royal .

Counts of Valois

• Ermenfroi , before 895/919 Count of Amiens , Vexin and Valois
• Raoul I. (Raoul de Gouy) , † 926, 915 Count, probably Count of Ostervant , 923 Count of Amiens, Valois and Vexin, brother-in-law or son-in-law of Ermenfrois ( first house of Valois )
• Raoul II ( Raoul de Cambrai ), X 944, Count of Valois, Amiens and Vexin, son of Raoul
• Gautier (Walterius) I. , † 992/998, 965 Count of Valois, Amiens and Vexin, probably son of Raouls I.
• Gautier II. Le Blanc , attested after 998/1017, Count of Valois, Amiens and Vexin, 1017 Count of Mantes , son of Gautier I.
• Raoul III. , † 1060, Count of Amiens and Valois, probably also Count of Crépy , son of Gautier II.
• Raoul IV , † 1074, Count of Valois, Crépy and Vitry , 1064 Count of Amiens and Vexin, Vogt (avoué) of Saint-Denis , Jumièges , Saint-Wandrille , Saint-Pierre in Chartres and Saint-Arnoul in Crépy , son Raouls II.
• Simon , attested in 1069, † 1080, Count of Amiens, Valois, Montdidier , Bar-sur-Aube , Vitry and Vexin, son of Raoul III.
• Adèle, Countess of Valois; ∞ before 1068 Heribert IV. , Count of Vermandois , 1077 Count of Valois ( Carolingian )

In 1077 Simon went to the monastery and his possessions were distributed. Valois went to his brother-in-law Heribert IV of Vermandois , Amiens the diocese of Amiens, and the Vexin to the king, who shared it with the Duke of Normandy. Bar-sur-Aube and Vitry were from Theobald III. occupied by Blois .

• from 1077: Heribert IV. , Count of Valois, since 1045 Count of Vermandois ( Carolingian )
• Odo called l'Insensé († after 1085), son of the previous one
• Adelheid († 1120/24) Countess of Vermandois and Valois, sister of the previous one, married to
• 1080–1101: Hugo von Vermandois (1057–1101) Count of Vermandois and Valois ( Capetians )

Counts of Valois of the House of France-Vermandois ( Capetians )

• Hugo I (Hugues I) (1087–1101), husband Adélaides, younger son of the French King Henry I , Count of Vermandois and Valois
• Rudolf I (Raoul I le Vaillant) (1102–1152), Count of Vermandois, Valois, Amiens and Crépy , Seneschal of France 1131–1152, 1147 Regent of France
• Hugues II. Le Moine (St. Felix of Valois ) (1152 – around 1160), Count of Vermandois etc., waived
• Rudolf II the Leper (around 1160–1167), Count of Vermandois etc.
• Mabile (1167–1183), Countess of Vermandois etc.
• Philip of Alsace , husband of Mabiles, (1167–1191)
• Eleonore (1191–1214), Countess of Vermandois, Valois and Saint-Quentin

Counts of Valois as paraged county

• 1269–1270: Johann von Damiette , son of King Ludwig IX.
• 1286–1325: Charles I of Valois († 1325), son of King Philip III. , Founder of the Valois family
• 1325-1328: Philip of Valois, his son, as Philip VI. 1328 King of France

In 1344 the county of Valois was raised to a peerage .

• 1344–1375: Philipp (1336–1375), his son, Duke of Orléans, Count of Valois
• 1392–1407: Ludwig I (1372–1407), son of Charles V , Duke of Orléans , Count of Anjou
• 1407–1465: Charles (1394–1465), his son, Duke of Orléans, Count of Anjou
• 1465–1498: Ludwig II. († 1515), his son, as Ludwig XII. King of France

Louis XII. raised Valois to a duchy and gave it to his relative Franz von Angoulême, who later became King Francis I , who finally took over the duchy in the Domaine royal .

Dukes of Valois

• Francis of Orléans , † 1547, 1514 Duke of Valois, 1515 as Francis I King of France
• Jeanne de Valois, † probably 1520, his aunt, Duchess of Valois, 1516,
• Margaret of Valois , † 1615, Duchess of Valois in 1599

literature

• Detlev Schwennicke, European Family Tables Volume III.4 (1989) Plate 657 (for the first house in Valois)

Coordinates: 49 ° 14 ′ 4 "  N , 2 ° 53 ′ 15"  E