List of the Counts of Auxerre

The following gentlemen ruled in the county of Auxerre :

The first counts

• Hermenold , comrade in arms of Charlemagne , 1st Count of Auxerre since 771 .
• Conrad I († after 862) Count of Paris 849, Count of Auxerre after 860, brother-in-law of Ludwig the Pious ( Carolingian )
• Conrad II , Count of Auxerre, expropriated by the French King, in 866 Margrave of Transjurania
• Robert the Brave († 866), Count of Auxerre and Nevers ( 865 ).
• Hugo Abbas , brother of Konrad II. († 886) and successor, further specifies the county.
• Girbolvon, Count of Auxerre

Buvinids

• Richard the judge , 888 Count of Auxerre, son-in-law of Conrad II ( Buviniden ), his wife Adelheid brought the county with him into the marriage; Richard managed to make the title hereditary.
• Rudolf (Raoul) († 936), Richard's son, King of France from 925
• Hugo the Black (Hugues le Noir) († 952), brother of Rudolf
• Giselbert , Count of Auxerre and Duke of Burgundy

Capetians

• Odo of Paris († 965) Count of Auxerre and Duke of Burgundy
• Henry the Great († 1002) Count of Auxerre and Duke of Burgundy
• Otto Wilhelm († 1026) Heinrich's adopted son, son of Heinrich's first wife
• Robert I the Old (* 1011, † 1076) 1032 Duke of Burgundy, 1040-1060 Count of Auxerrois

House Monceaux (Counts of Nevers)

After a fight of 12 years, Count Landry von Nevers and Otto-Wilhelm's son-in-law received the county, but reduced to a third - the Bishop of Auxerre got the remaining two thirds . The county remained in the hands of the Monceaux family for nearly two centuries

• Rainald I (1006-1040), Count of Auxerre and Nevers, son of Landry
• Adelheid of France († after 1063), daughter of the French King Robert II , wife of Rainald I, Countess of Auxerre
• Wilhelm I (1066-1083), Count of Auxerre and Nevers, son of Rainald I and Adelheid; ⚭ Ermengarde, heiress of County Tonnerre
• Wilhelm II. (1097–1147), Count of Auxerre, Tonnerre and Nevers, son of Rainald II. And Agnès von Beaugency, ⚭ Adelheid
• William III. (1147–1161), Count of Auxerre, Tonnerre and Nevers, son of Wilhelm II. ⚭ Ida von Sponheim
• Wilhelm IV. (1161–1168), Count of Auxerre, Tonnerre and Nevers, son of Wilhelm III., ⚭ Eleanor of Vermandois
• Guido (1168–1175), Count of Auxerre, Tonnerre and Nevers, brother of Wilhelm IV. ⚭ Mahaut of Burgundy
• Wilhelm V (1176–1181), Count of Auxerre, Tonnerre and Nevers, son of Wilhelm IV.
• Agnes I (1181–1192), Countess of Auxerre, Tonnerre and Nevers, sister of Wilhelm V, ⚭ Peter II of Courtenay

House France-Courtenay u. a.

• 1192–1257: Mathilde von Courtenay , † 1257, ⚭ 1199 Hervé IV. De Donzy
  • Peter von Courtenay , † 1219, 1183 Lord of Courtenay , Montargis , 1184–1192 Count of Nevers, 1199 Count of Auxerre and Tonnerre, 1213 Margrave of Namur, 1216 Emperor of Constantinople, ⚭ 1184 Agnes I of Nevers , father of Mathilde
  • Hervé IV. De Donzy , † 1223, possibly divorced in 1213
  • Agnes II of Donzy , † 1225, their daughter; ⚭ 1221
  • Guido IV of Châtillon , Count of Saint-Pol , † 1226
  • Guigues IV. D'Albon , Count of Forez , † 1241; from 1226 Mathilde's second husband
  • Gaucher de Châtillon , † 1250, their son
  • Yolande de Châtillon , † 1254, his sister; ⚭ Archambault IX. de Bourbon , † 1249
• 1257–1262: Mathilde II. De Bourbon , † 1262, her daughter; ⚭ 1242
  • Odo of Burgundy , † 1266, heir to the Duchy of Burgundy , 1257–1262 Count of Nevers, Auxerre and Tonnerre (uxor nomine)
• 1262–1273: Jolanthe of Burgundy († 1280), their daughter, gives Auxerre and Tonnerre in 1273; ⚭ I John of France (1250–1270), ⚭ II Robert von Dampierre (1247–1322)
  • John of France (1250–1270) called John of Damiette (1250–1270), Count of Nevers in 1265 and Count of Valois in 1268
• 1273–1290: Alix (* 1254, † 1290), 1273 Countess of Auxerre, ⚭ 1268 Johann I of Chalon († 1309)

House Chalon

• Wilhelm von Chalon , son of Johann I and Alix († 1304 ).
• Johann II of Chalon , son of Wilhelm, killed in 1346 in the Battle of Crécy .
• Johann III. von Chalon , son of Johann II., † 1366 .
• John IV of Chalon , son of John III, joins the King of France against Philip the Bold ; In 1370 he sold the county of Auxerre for 31,000 livres.

House of Burgundy

• In 1435 King Charles VII hands over the county of Auxerre to the Duke of Burgundy, Philip the Good († 1467), after the peace agreement
• Charles the Bold , son of Philip.

From 1471 until Charles's death in 1477 , French troops plundered the county. Auxerre then submits to the king.

by Berg-Altonar-Mark

• Engelbert von Kleve (* 1462, † 1506), son of Johann I , Duke of Kleve and Elisabeth of Burgundy , naturalized in France in 1486, titular count of Auxerre in 1490, 4th Count of Eu, Rethel and Étampes, Peer of France, in 1504 1st Earl of Nevers; ⚭ 1490 Charlotte de Bourbon (* 1474, † 1520), daughter of Johann II. Count of Vendôme
• Ludwig (Louis) († 1545) 1515 titular count of Auxerre, son of Engelbert

Footnotes

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