List of rulers of Neuchâtel

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List of the lords, counts and princes of Neuchâtel (today Canton Neuchâtel ). The title of count, later prince, of Neuchâtel was held by various dynasties .

Lords of Neuchâtel

The first lords and counts called themselves von Neuchâtel .

  • Rudolf I, 1125 lord of Neuchâtel (de Novocastro), † probably 1149
  • Mangold, whose brother, 1143 Lord of Neuchâtel (de Novocastro), testifies in 1125/43
  • Ulrich II, Lord of Neuchâtel, † 1191/92, son of Rudolf
  • Rudolf II. , Lord of Neuchâtel 1157–62 / 92, † before 1196, his son
  • Berchtold, Lord of Neuchâtel 1201/60, † 1261, his son
  • Rudolf III, Lord of Neuchâtel 1223/57, † before 1263, his son
  • Ulrich IV., 1264/77 attested, his son
  • Amadeus, lord of Neuchâtel in 1285, † 1288, his brother
  • Heinrich, lord of Neuchâtel in 1279, attested in 1273/85, his brother

Rudolf, son of Berchtold, was named the first "Baron de Thielle" by his father.

Counts of Neuchâtel

  • Rudolf IV., Lord of Neuchâtel in 1288 as a vassal of the House of Chalon-Arly, Count of Neuchâtel in 1296, † 1343, son of Amadeus
  • Ludwig, 1343 count and lord of Neuchâtel, † 1373, his son
  • Isabelle (Elisabeth), 1373 countess and mistress of Neuchâtel, † 1395; ∞ Rudolf IV. Count of Neuchâtel in Nidau ​​(see below), († 1375) - no descendants
    • Verena, daughter of Ludwig († 1376/84) ∞ Egen III. , Count of Freiburg, († 1385)

Counts of Neuchâtel zu Nidau

With the division of the House of Neuchâtel into several branches, the title of count came to the line from Neuchâtel-Nidau ​​to Nidau ​​Castle .

  • Ulrich III., † 1225, brother of Rudolf II., Count of Neuchâtel zu Nidau,
  • Rudolf I, † 1258, his son, Count of Neuchâtel zu Nidau ​​and Erlach, 1255 Landgrave in Burgundy
  • Rudolf II., † 1308/09, his son, 1265 Count von Erlach and Lord von Nidau, 1269 Count of Neuchâtel, 1276 Landgrave in Burgundy
  • Rudolf III., X 1339, his son, 1336 to Burg Balm and Büren ; ∞ Verena (Varenne) von Neuenburg (Neufchâtel-Blamont) († 1372), daughter of Thiébaud IV., Seigneur de Neuchâtel-Urtière and Blamont , Viscount de Baume-les-Dames , she married in 1352 (as a widow) Count Johann II. (Habsburg-Laufenburg) .
  • Rudolf IV., X 1375, his son, Count of Neuchâtel, Lord of Nidau; ∞ Isabelle (Elisabeth), 1373 countess and mistress of Neuchâtel, † 1395 (see above) - no descendants

Counts of Neuchâtel and Freiburg im Breisgau

By inheritance, the county of Neuchâtel came to the counts of Freiburg at the end of the 14th century .

  • Conrad III. , † 1424, 1395 Lord of Neuchâtel, 1385 Count of Freiburg, son of Count Egen III. von Freiburg and Verena von Neuenburg (see above)
  • Johann , † 1457, his son, Count of Freiburg and Neuchâtel - no surviving descendants

Count Johann bequeaths the county of Neuchâtel to Margrave Rudolf IV von Hachberg-Rötteln, the son of his cousin (and actual heir) Wilhelm von Hachberg-Rötteln .

Margraves of Hachberg-Sausenberg

The county of Neuchâtel was bequeathed to the Hachberg-Sausenberg family , a side branch of the Baden family (and thus the Zähringer ), in the middle of the 15th century .

  • Rudolf IV of Hachberg-Sausenberg , † 1487, Margrave of Rötteln, Lord of Badenweiler, 1444 Count of Neuchâtel
  • Philipp , † 1503, his son, Count of Neuchâtel
  • Johanna , † 1543, his daughter, sovereign Countess of Neuchâtel in 1503/12 and 1529/43; ∞

House Orléans-Longueville

With their marriage in 1504 the House of Orléans-Longueville acquired the title of sovereign Count of Neuchâtel.

  • Louis I. , † 1516, 1504–1513 sovereign Count of Neuchâtel etc., 1515 2nd Duke of Longueville, 5th Count of Dunois, Tancarville and Montgomery, 1st Prince of Chatel-Allion, Vice Count of Melun, Abbeville, Montreuil- sur-Mer etc., brother of François II. d'Orléans, Count of Dunois and Tancarville
  • Claude († 1524), his son, 1516–1524 3rd Duke of Longueville 1516, 2nd sovereign Count of Neuchâtel, 6th Count of Dunois etc.
  • Louis II († 1537), his brother, 4th Duke of Longueville in 1524, 3rd sovereign Count of Neuchâtel, 7th Count of Dunois etc.
  • François III. († 1551), his son, 5th Duke of Longueville 1537, 4th sovereign Count of Neuchâtel, 8th Count of Dunois etc.
  • Léonor († 1573), his cousin, 6th Duke of Longueville 1551, 5th sovereign Count of Neuchâtel, 9th Count of Dunois etc.
  • Henri I († 1595), his son, 7th Duke of Longueville 1573, 6th sovereign Count of Neuchâtel, 10th Count of Dunois

Prince of Neuchâtel

  • Henri II (1595–1663), his son, 8th Duke of Longueville 1595, Prince of Neuchâtel, 11th Count of Dunois
  • Jean Louis († 1694), his son, 9th Duke of Longueville 1663–1668, 2nd Prince of Neuchâtel, 12th Count of Dunois
  • Charles Paris († 1672), his half-brother, 10th Duke of Orléans-Longueville 1668–1672, 3rd Prince of Neuchâtel, 13th Count of Dunois
  • Jean Louis, 2nd time, 1672–1694
  • Marie, † 1707, 4th Princess of Neuchâtel etc., his sister

Hohenzollern

From 1707 the dignity of Prince of Neuchâtel was carried by the kings of Prussia from the Reformed branch of the Hohenzollern dynasty ; at the time of Napoleon they lost their rule from 1806 to 1814. The revolution of 1848 effectively ended them. In 1857, after the Neuchâtel trade, the principality was renounced and the title retained.

Prussian governors until 1806

Prince Louis-Alexandre Berthier

governor

Hohenzollern

Prussian governors from 1814 to 1848

See also

Canton of Neuchâtel # history

literature

  • Detlev Schwennicke: European family tables , in chronological order: Volume XV, panels 6–7, volume V, panel 11, volume I.2, panel 273, volume III.2, panel 310.

Individual evidence

  1. Jonas Boyve: Annales historiques du Comté de Neuchâtel et Valangin depuis Jules-César jusqu'en 1722 , Bern et Neuchâtel, 1854–1855, Tome 1, Livre 2, p. 190, (Google Books)