County of Gien

The estate of Gien um Gien on the Loire belonged to the Donzy family in the 12th century .

history

When Hervé IV of Donzy got into an argument with Peter II of Courtenay at the end of the century , who defeated him and took him prisoner, King Philip II intervened as a mediator. The peace he arranged between the two also included the marriage between Hervé and Peter's heir, Matilde, through which Hervé became Count of Nevers and Tonnerre . Philip got the rule of Gien for his efforts.

King Philip III then passed the property on to his son Ludwig as Grafschaft Gien and Paragium .

Lords of Gien

• Gottfried III. Lord of Donzy, Sire de Gien (approx. 1120–1164)
• Hervé III. von Donzy, † 1187/91, son of Gottfried III.
• Philipp († 1197/98), Sire de Gien, son of Hervés III.
• Hervé IV of Donzy (around 1175–1222), brother of Philipps, Baron von Donzy, Lord von Gien, Cosne , Chatel-Censoir , Montmirail , Alluye , Authou , Vierzon and Brou , 1193–1213: Count of Nevers and Tonnerre , ∞ I Mathilde von Courtenay , daughter of Peter II von Courtenay

Gien was owned by the king from 1199 after the king kept it for himself after a mediation in the dispute between Hervé IV of Donzy and Peter II of Courtenay.

Count of Gien

• Ludwig (Louis) , * May 1276 , † May 19, 1319 in Paris , son of Philip III. , King of France and Maria of Brabant , 1298 apanaged Count of Évreux , Étampes , Beaumont-le-Roger , Meulan and Gien, 1316 Count of Longueville , January 1317 Peer of France ( House of France-Évreux )
• Karl von Évreux (Charles d'Évreux) (* probably 1305, † 1336 ) younger son of Ludwig, 1319 Count of Étampes , Lord of Dourdan , Gien and Aubigny
• Ludwig II. (Louis II.) (* Probably 1336, † 1400) son of Karl, 1336 Count of Étampes and Gien, Lord of Dourdan , Gallardon etc. - without descendants

• Johann (Jean) , the "Bastard of Orléans" (* 1402, † 1468), illegitimate son of Duke Louis of Orléans , 1424 - 1439 Count of Mortain and Gien, 1427 - 1430 Count of Porcéan , 1430 Count of Périgord , 1439 Count and Vice-Count of Châteaudun and Dunois in 1443 Count of Longueville ,

In 1439 the "Bastard of Orléans" exchanged the counties Mortain and Gien for Châteaudun and Dunois with his half-brother Karl, Duke of Orléans ; Karl's son was the future King Ludwig XII.

• Charles I , † 1480 , Count of Maine , Mortain , Gien and Guise
• Charles II , 1436 - 1481 , Count of Maine , Mortain , Gien and Guise since 1472 , as well as Duke of Anjou (as Charles V), Count of Provence and Forcalquier from 1480 - without heirs

• Pierre Séguier (* 1588 , † 1672 ) Duke of Villemor, Count of Gien, Chancellor of France