Clermont county

This article describes the county near Clermont-Ferrand. For the county near Beauvais, see County Clermont-en-Beauvaisis .

The county of Clermont with the main town of Clermont (now Clermont-Ferrand ) actually came into being when the family of the Counts of Auvergne started disputes over the property. Around 1147, Wilhelm VII the boy was pushed out of the county of Auvergne by his uncle Wilhelm VIII the old enough that he could only save Le Puy-en-Velay and Clermont (-Ferrand) for himself.

William the boy and his successors then called themselves Counts of Auvergne and Clermont , later, after 1281, Counts of Clermont and Dauphins of Auvergne (in the will of Count Robert II it says: Robertus comes Claromontensis et Alvernie Delphinus ). Robert's successors then limited themselves to the title Dauphin von Auvergne . The title of Earl of Clermont consequently fell out of use.

literature

• Jean Favier : Dictionnaire de la France médiévale, keyword "Clermont"