Tonnerre County

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The county of Tonnerre ( pagus Tornodorensis east of Auxerre and south of Troyes ) was established in the 8th century as a fiefdom of the Bishop of Langres . The Count House of Tonnerre has appeared since the middle of the 9th century. The county of Bar-sur-Seine came to the family through marriage, but the family died out two generations later. Bar-sur-Seine went to the Counts of Brienne , Tonnerre to the Counts of Nevers and Auxerre .

Tonnerre, Nevers and Auxerre remained together until the division of 1273, Tonnerre and Auxerre were soon again, stayed until John IV of Chalon sold Auxerre to France in 1370 and limited himself to Tonnerre. When his grandson Ludwig II von Chalon got into an argument with Duke Johann Ohnefurcht because of the kidnapping of Jeanne de Perellos, a Burgundian lady-in-waiting, and then turned against him politically, Tonnerre was confiscated in 1414. Philip the Good transferred the county to his brother-in-law Arthur de Richemont, the later Connétable of France (Connétable de Richemont) and Duke Arthur III. of Brittany (1457-1458). The Peace of Arras gave them back to the previous count family. In the meantime, however, the last male member of the family had died, and the county was passed on to the descendants of a sister of the last count from her marriage to Olivier de Husson.

List of the Counts of Tonnerre

First Counts of Tonnerre

House Monceaux

  • 1040-1083: Wilhelm I (* 1029; † 1098), Count of Auxerre and Nevers, son of Rainald I ⚭ 1045 Ermengarde von Tonnerre
  • until after 1099: Wilhelm († after 1099), Count von Tonnerre, son of Wilhelm I.
  • 1097–1146: Wilhelm II. (Around 1083; † 1147), Count of Auxerre, Tonnerre and Nevers, grandson of Wilhelm I, ⚭ Adelheid
  • 1146–1148: Rainald (X 1148), Count von Tonnerre, son of Wilhelm II.
  • 1148–1161: Wilhelm III. (* around 1110; † 1161), Count of Auxerre, Tonnerre and Nevers, son of Wilhelm II. ⚭ Ida von Sponheim
  • 1161–1168: Wilhelm IV. († 1168), Count of Auxerre, Tonnerre and Nevers, son of Wilhelm III., ⚭ Eleonore von Vermandois
  • 1168–1176: Guido († 1176), Count of Auxerre, Tonnerre and Nevers, brother of Wilhelm IV. ⚭ Mahaut of Burgundy
  • 1176–1181: Wilhelm V († 1181), Count of Auxerre, Tonnerre and Nevers, son of Guidos
  • 1181–1192: Agnes I († 1192), Countess of Auxerre, Tonnerre and Nevers, daughter of Guidos, ⚭ Peter II of Courtenay († 1219) (see next section)

House France-Courtenay u. a.

Tonnerre bequeathed Margerete to her great-nephew Johann II von Chalon

House Chalon

The county was confiscated from Burgundy in 1414–1435.

  • 1423–1424: Hugo von Chalon, his brother, Count von Tonnerre
  • 1424–1440: Johanna von Chalon, his sister, Countess von Tonnerre
  • 1440–1463: Marguerite de Chalon († 1463), her sister; ⚭ 1409 Olivier de Husson

House of Husson

  • 1463–1476: Jean IV de Husson (* 1405; † 1476), their son; ⚭ Jeanne Sanglier
  • 1476–1492: Charles de Husson († 1492), his son; ⚭ Antoinette de la Trémoille
  • 1492-1508: Louis III. de Husson († 1508), his son; ⚭ Françoise de Rohan
  • 1508–1524: Claude de Husson († 1524), his son
  • 1524–1537: Louis IV. De Husson († 1537), his brother
  • 1537–1540: Anne de Husson (* 1475; † 1540), daughter of Charles de Husson; ⚭ Bernardin de Clermont, vicomte de Tallart

House Clermont-Tonnerre

  • 1540–1592: Louise de Clermont (* 1496; † 1592), their daughter; ⚭ I François du Bellay († 1580), ⚭ II Antoine de Crussol, Duke of Uzès ( House of Crussol )
  • 1592–1640: Charles-Henri de Clermont-Tonnerre (* 1572; † 1640), their nephew, son of Henri Antoine de Clermont and Diane de La Marck . Henri Antoine de Clermont was the son of Antoine de Clermont (son of Bernardin de Clermont and Anne de Husson) and Françoise de Poitiers (sister of Diane de Poitiers ); ⚭ Catherine Marie d'Escoubleau
  • 1640–1679: François de Clermont-Tonnerre (* 1601; † 1679), his son; ⚭ Marie Viguier de Saint-Liébaut
  • 1679–1682: Jacques de Clermont-Tonnerre († 1682), his son; ⚭ Françoise Fohetal de Pressin
  • 1683–1684: François Joseph de Clermont-Tonnerre, his son; ⚭ Marie Hannivel

He had to sell Tonnerre in 1684 for financial reasons. The buyer is François Michel Le Tellier .

Le Tellier house

  • 1684–1691: François Michel Le Tellier (* 1641; † 1691), marquis de Louvois; ⚭ Anne de Souvré, marquise de Courtenvaux
  • 1691–1721: Michel-François Le Tellier (* 1663; † 1721), comte de Courtenvaux et de Tonnerre, his son; ⚭ Marie d'Estrée (* 1663; † 1741)
  • 1721–1781: François Le Tellier (* 1718; † 1781), comte de Courtenvaux et de Tonnerre, his grandson, son of François Le Tellier (* 1693; † 1719) and Anne Louise de Noailles (* 1695; † 1773); ⚭ Louise Antonine de Gontaut-Biron (* 1718; † 1737)

Since François Le Tellier had no children, Tonnerre went to a descendant of François-Michel Le Tellier and d'Anne de Souvré, parents of:

  • Louis Nicolas Le Tellier, marquis de Souvré (* 1667; † 1725), ⚭ Catherine de Feuquières, parents of
  • François Louis Le Tellier, marquis de Souvré et de Louvois (* 1704; † 1761), ⚭ Félicité de Dailly, parents of:
  • Louis Le Tellier, marquis de Souvré et de Louvois (* 1740; † 1785)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See footnote to Mathilde I in Graf von Nevers .