County of Vaudémont

Territory in the Holy Roman Empire
Comté de Vaudémont - County of Vaudémont
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Arose from	Pagus suetensis / Saintois
Form of rule	county
Ruler / government	Count
Today's region / s	FR-54
Parliament	College of Counts and Lords, with a curiate vote , then with a virile vote in the Princely Council as Duke of Lorraine and Count of Vaudémont at the same time
Reichskreis	Upper Rhine district
Capitals / residences	Vaudémont
Dynasties	House of Alsace, House of Joinville, House of Lorraine
Denomination / Religions	Roman Catholic
Language / n	French
surface	350 km²
Incorporated into	Duchy of Lorraine , 1508

The county of Vaudémont (now in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department ) was known as the county of Saintois as early as the 9th century . It belonged to the county of Toul , from which it broke away in the 10th century. The Soulossois belonged to the county of Vaudémont .

At the beginning of the 12th century, the emperor gave the land to Gerhard I , a younger son of Duke Gerhard of Lorraine , after he had approved the elevation of his brother Dietrich II to Duke of Lorraine. Gerhard I accepted the title of Count of Vaudémont.

Vaudémont remains in the possession of his descendants, first under the rule of Lorraine, then under that of the Grafschaft Bar . By marriage it came to Anseau de Joinville , son of Jean de Joinville , the biographer of King Louis IX. (Saint Louis).

Anseau's granddaughter Margarete married Ferry (Friedrich) von Lothringen, the younger brother of Duke Johann I. Her great-grandson René followed in 1473 as René II. In the Duchy.

The title of Count of Vaudémont was subsequently carried by various younger sons of the Lorraine ducal house. The imposing fortress of Vaudémont was demolished in 1639 on the orders of the French occupying forces.

Counts of Vaudémont

Coat of arms of the first count's house

Coat of arms of the House of Joinville

Coat of arms of the House of Lorraine-Vaudémont

House Alsace

• Gerhard I († 1108), son of Duke Gérard d'Alsace, Duke of Lorraine, Count of Vaudémont
• Hugo I († 1155) his son, Count of Vaudémont
• Gerhard II. († after 1181) his son, Count of Vaudémont
• Hugo II († after 1235) his son, Count of Vaudémont
• Hugo III († after 1242) his son, Count of Vaudémont
• Heinrich I († 1278) his son, Count of Vaudémont
• Rainald († 1279) his son, Count of Vaudémont
• Heinrich II. († 1299) his brother, Count of Vaudémont
• Henry III. († 1348) his son, Count of Vaudémont
  • Heinrich IV. († 1346) his son, Count of Vaudémont (co-regent)

Joinville house

• • Margarete, his sister ∞ Anseau de Joinville († 1343)
• Heinrich von Joinville († 1365), their son, Count of Vaudémont
  • Margarete († 1418), his daughter, ∞I 1367 Johann I von Montagu, ∞II 1374 Peter , Count of Geneva , ∞ III 1393 Friedrich von Vaudémont

Lorraine-Vaudémont house

• Friedrich von Lothringen , Count of Vaudémont († 1415), Lord of Rümmingen ∞ Marguerite de Joinville
• Antoine († 1458) their son, Count of Vaudémont
• Friedrich (Ferry) II. († 1470) ∞ Jolande von Anjou († 1483), heiress of Lorraine and Bar , daughter of René I , King of Naples , Duke of Lorraine, Count of Provence etc.
• René II († 1508), their son, Duke of Lorraine in 1473

Other people from the House of Lorraine-Vaudémont:

• Henri de Lorraine-Vaudémont († 1505), Bishop of Metz and Thérouanne
• Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont (1553–1601), Queen of France (1575–1589)
• Charles Thomas de Lorraine-Vaudémont (1670–1704), Prince of Vaudémont and Field Marshal in the Austrian Imperial Army