Laon county

The county of Laon with the capital Laon already existed at the time of the Merovingians . Count Heribert von Laon , who lived in the first half of the 8th century, was the father-in-law of Pippin the Younger and the grandfather of Charlemagne .

The county of Laon again came into the center of political events when Count Roger I died in 926. The French King Rudolf (ruled 923-936) entrusted the county of Roger's son of the same name, with which he passed over the claims of Count Heribert II of Vermandois , who then brought the deposed and imprisoned King Charles the Simple from prison and again proclaimed king.

When Heribert finally got Laon in his hand in 929, he withdrew his king.

From the early 13th century, the bishop of Laon had the title of Duke of Laon, the county had been raised to a Duché-Pairie before 1228, making the bishop one of the old pairs of France .

Count of Laon

• Heribert, first half of the 8th century

• Roger I (Rotger, Rotgarius), † 926, 921/925 lay abbot of St. Amand; ∞ after 890 Heilwig, † after 895, daughter of the margrave Eberhard von Friuli ( Unruochinger ) and Gisela, a daughter of Emperor Ludwig the Pious ( Carolingian ), widow of Count Hucbald, probably Hucbald von Dillingen , Count of Ostrevant
• Roger II, his son, Count 926-942

• Hugo the Great , 946 Count of Laon ( Robertiner )

Vice Count of Laon

• Barthélemy, attested 1168/90, † before 1210, Viscount de Laon
• Philippe, his son, Viscount de Laon 1190, † before 1213
• Alice, whose sister attests, 1190/1215, 1213 Viscountess de Laon

Vidame de Laon

The military and secular deputy of the bishop was the Vidame de Laon; the title has been borne by numerous families over the centuries, including the Roye , La Rochefoucauld , Béthune and Gontaut

• Marie de Clacy, † after 1352, heir to the Vidamé de Laonnois;
• ∞ I Hugues de Châtillon, † 1336, Vidame de Laonnois, son of Gaucher V. de Châtillon ( House of Châtillon )
• ∞ II Hugues de Pierrepont, † after 1349, 1347 Vidame de Laonnois ( House of Pierrepont )
• Gaucher de Châtillon, † around 1355, Vidame de Laonnois, son of Marie and Hugues de Châtillon
• Marie de Châtillon, † 1410, Vidamesse de Laonnois; ∞
• Jean I. de Craon, † 1409, 1364 Vidame de Laonnois ( Craon House )
• Jean II. De Craon, † after 1415, Vidame de Laonnois, their son