List of the Counts of Auvergne

Counts of Auvergne were:

Merovingian counts and dukes

Some of the Counts of Auvergne held the personal title of duke, without the Auvergne having been elevated to a duchy.

• Victorius , Duke from 471 to 480
• Apollonarius , 506
• Hortensius , 527
• Becco , 532
• Sigivald , 532
• Hortensius , 2nd time, 533
• Evodius
• Georgius
• Britianus
• Firminus , his brother-in-law, Count around 555/558, deposed
• Sallust , Duke around 555/558 to 560, grandson of Hortensius
• Firminus , 2nd time, Herzog around 560 to 571
• Venerandus , Duke before 585
• Nicetius , Duke and Count around 585
• Eulalius , Duke from 585 to 590
• Bobon , Duke from 638 to 656, appointed by Sigibert II.
• Bodilon , Duke around 675
• Calminius , Duke in the 690s
• Genesius, Duke in the 690s
• Haribert , Duke in the 690s
• Blandin , Duke to 765
• Ithier, Duke around 778

Carolingian Counts of Auvergne

• Gerhard I., X 841, Count of Auvergne ( Ramnulfiden ), son-in-law of Emperor Ludwig the Pious ( Carolingian )
• Bernhard I, Comte d'Auvergne 846/868; ⚭ Lieugardis, attested in 849
• Warinus (Guarinus), † 868/869, his son, Comte d'Auvergne, lay abbot of Brioude ,
  • Ermengarde, † after June 881, his sister; ⚭
• Bernard Plantevelue , † 885/886, after 872 Count of Auvergne ( Gellones )
• Guillaume I. le Pieux , † 918, his son, Duke of Aquitaine
• Guillaume II. Le Jeune , † 926/927, 918 Duke of Aquitaine, Comte d'Auvergne, son of Count Acfred of Carcassonne († 906) ( House of Barcelona ), nephew of Guillaume II.
• Acfred , † 927, his brother, Duke of Aquitaine, 926 Comte d'Auvergne
• Bernard III, his brother, Comte d'Auvergne in 924/932
• Ebalus Mancer , † 934, great-grandson of Count Gerhards, 902 Count of Poitou , appointed as heir by Acfred, 927 Count of Auvergne, Duke of Aquitaine ( Ramnulfiden )
• William III. Werghaupt , † 963, 934 Count of Poitou, 955 Count of Limoges and Auvergne, 959/962 Duke of Aquitaine

House Auvergne

• Arimannus, 898 Vicecomes
• Robert I, 922/945 attested, probably his son, Vicomte d'Auvergne
• Robert II, 936/968, his son, Viscount d'Auvergne
• Guy I. , † probably 989, his son, 954–986 Princeps Avernorum, around 979 Comte d'Auvergne
• Bernard, his brother, 955–985 Viscount d'Auvergne
• Guillaume IV , son of Guys, 1010–1013 Comte d'Auvergne
• Robert I , † probably 1032, his son, 1010-1013 Comte d'Auvergne
• Guillaume, his brother, 1010-1013 Comte d'Auvergne
• Wilhelm V , † after 1059, son of Roberts I, Comte d'Auvergne et de Clermont
• Robert II , † probably 1096, his son, Comte d'Auvergne et de Gévaudan
• William VI. , † probably 1136, his son, Comte d'Auvergne et de Velay
• Robert III , † probably 1145, Count of Auvergne
• Wilhelm VII. , † probably 1169, called Wilhelm le Jeune , his son, married to a daughter of Guigues IV. Dauphin von Viennois , Count of Auvergne, is still called comes Arverniae even after the division of the country (around 1155–1169). The progenitor of the later Dauphins of Auvergne
• Wilhelm VIII. Called Wilhelm the Old , † probably 1182, son of Wilhelm VI .; 1136 Count von Velay or Le Puy, usurped the greater part of the county of Auvergne from his nephew Wilhelm VII around 1155.
• Robert IV , † after 1201, his son, Count of Auvergne
• Wilhelm, † probably 1195, often as Wilhelm IX. counted
• Guido II , † 1222, his brother, 1195/1213 Count of Auvergne and Rodez
• 1224–1247: William X , his son, Count of Auvergne, ⚭ 1224 Adelheid von Brabant (* 1190, † 1265), Countess of Boulogne, heiress of the County of Boulogne
• 1247–1276: Robert V (around 1225–1276), his son, Count of Auvergne and from 1258 Count of Boulogne
• 1276-1279: Wilhelm XI. , whose son, Count of Auvergne and Count of Boulogne
• 1279-1314: Robert VI. (1250–1314), his son, Count of Auvergne and Count of Boulogne
• 1314–1325: Robert VII (around 1282–1325), his son, Count of Auvergne and Count of Boulogne
• 1325-1332: Wilhelm XII. (around 1300–1332), his son, Count of Auvergne and Count of Boulogne
• 1332–1360: Johanna (1326–1360), his daughter, Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne in her own right, Queen of France (1350–1360) by her second marriage
  • 1338–1346: Philip of Burgundy (1323–1346) called Philippe Monsieur , first husband Johannas, son of Duke Odos IV of Burgundy
  • 1350–1360: Johann II. (1319–1364) called Johann the Good , Johanna's second husband
• 1360–1361: Philip I (1346–1361), son of Johanna and Philip of Burgundy, Count of Auvergne, Count of Boulogne, since 1347 Count of Burgundy, since 1349 Duke of Burgundy
• 1361–1386: John I († 1386), son of Roberts VII, Count of Auvergne, Count of Boulogne and Count of Montfort
• 1386–1404: John II († 1404), his son, Count of Auvergne and Count of Boulogne
• 1404–1424: Johanna II. (1378–1424), whose daughter, Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne in her own right, by her first marriage Duchess of Auvergne and Berry (1389–1416), by her second marriage Countess of Guines (1416– 1424)
  • 1404–1416: Jean (1340–1416), Count of Poitou (1356–1360), then Duke of Berry and Auvergne (1360–1416), by his marriage Count of Auvergne and Count of Boulogne
  • 1416–1424: Georges de La Trémoille (1382–1446), Count of Guines (1398–1446), through his marriage Count of Auvergne and Count of Boulogne
• 1424–1437: Marie de Montgascon (1376–1437), daughter of Gottfried von Auvergne, lord of Montgascon († around 1385), granddaughter of Robert VII, countess of Auvergne and Boulogne, ceded Boulogne to Burgundy in 1435, ⚭ Bertrand IV. De La Tour († after 1423), Lord of La Tour

House La Tour d'Auvergne

• 1437–1461: Bertrand V de La Tour (Bertrand I) († 1461), whose son, Lord of La Tour (after 1423–1461), Count of Auvergne and Count of Boulogne, calls himself Bertrand de La-Tour- d'Auvergne
• 1461-1497: Bertrand VI. de La Tour (Bertrand II.) (1417–1497) his son, Count of Auvergne and Lord of La Tour (1461–1497), received Boulogne back in 1477 , exchanged it in 1478 for Lauragais
• 1497-1501: Jean III. (1467–1501) his son, Count of Auvergne and Lord of La Tour (1497–1501)
• 1501–1524: Anne , his daughter, Countess of Auvergne
  • Magdalena of Auvergne, her sister, ⚭ Lorenzo di Piero de 'Medici , Duke of Urbino
• 1524–1589: Catherine de Medici , daughter of Magdalena and Lorenzo, Countess of Auvergne, Queen of France, ⚭ Henry II. King of France

The Auvergne was owned by the French crown from 1589 to 1651.

House Valois-Angoulême

• Charles Bâtard de Valois , † 1650, 1589 Count of Auvergne, 1620 Duke of Angoulême , son of King Charles IX. and Marie Touchet
• Louis-Emmanuel de Valois , † 1653, his son, 2nd Duke of Angoulême
• Louis de Valois, † 1637, his son, Count of Auvergne
• Armand de Valois, † 1639, his brother, Count of Auvergne
• François de Valois , † 1644, his brother, Count of Auvergne

House La Tour d'Auvergne (Turenne)

• 1651–1652: Frédéric-Maurice († 1652) Prince of Sedan (1623–1642), titular Duke of Bouillon , receives Auvergne and Albret , brother of Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne († 1675)
• 1652–1696: Godefroy Maurice (1636–1721), his son, Duke of Bouillon 1678–1696
• 1696–1730: Emmanuel Théodose , his son, Duke of Bouillon
• 1730–1771: Charles Godefroy, his son, Duke of Bouillon, sold Turenne in 1738
• 1771–1791: Godefroy Charles Henry, his son, Duke of Bouillon, deposed

See also

• Duchy of Auvergne
• Dauphin of Auvergne

Individual evidence

1. ↑ on Bernhard and his relatives see Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln Volume III.4 (1984) Plate 734b