County Bouteville

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The lordship and later county of Bouteville and Bouteville Castle were founded in connection with the Norman raids.

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After the end of the Norman threat, the fortress of the Counts of Angoulême came into the possession of Maynard le Riche, Seigneur d ' Archiac , and returned to the Counts of Angoulême through his daughter Pétronille. With the county, Bouteville came to the House of Lusignan and in 1308 to the French crown.

Other owners of Bouteville were Queen Joan II of Navarre (1311-1349) and Aimery III. de La Rochefoucauld († 1362), the Bouteville of Jean de Valois, received duc de Berry as a reward for his services in the fight against the English. After the castle was temporarily owned by the English, the rule became part of the apanage in 1400 , which Louis de Valois, duc d'Orléans received as the new Count of Angoulême. His son was Jean de Valois, comte d'Angoulême , who was in English captivity for 30 years, his grandson Charles de Valois, comte d'Angoulême , who became the father of King Francis I through his wife Luise of Savoy .

However, after the death of Luise of Savoy in 1531, Bouteville was sold to Claude de Montmorency, Seigneur de Fosseux († 1546), in order to relieve the state treasury in the wars against Emperor Charles V. His descendants continued to carry the title of Bouteville for a long time, although the lordship of the castle was no longer in their hands, but had been in the possession of Galeazzo Pico della Mirandolas since 1559, who received Bouteville for his service in the French army. Bernard de Béon du Massès († 1628), husband of Louise de Luxembourg, Comtesse de Brienne , acquired the lordship of the castle at the end of the 16th century and thereby also carried the title of Marquis de Bouteville.

The Marshal of France François Henri de Montmorency († 1695) called himself Comte de Luxe et de Bouteville before he was appointed Duc de Piney -Luxembourg in 1661 . One of his descendants was even made Duke of Bouteville in 1736. The count's part was apparently out of use in the 18th century, and the ducal title was probably not carried on by the honored's descendants - both in view of (further) ducal titles that had much higher prestige.

Lords of Bouteville

  • François I. de Montmorency († after 1559), Seigneur de Bouteville
  • Louis de Montmorency († 1615), his son, Seigneur de Bouteville
  • François de Montmorency (1600–1627), his son, Comte de Luxe, Seigneur de Bouteville

Earls of Bouteville

  • François Henri de Montmorency (1628–1695), his son, Comte de Luxe et de Bouteville, 1661 Duc de Piney-Luxembourg, Marshal of France (Maréchal de Luxembourg)
  • Charles François I. Frédéric de Montmorency-Luxembourg († 1726), his son, 2nd Duc de Piney-Luxembourg, Comte de Bouteville
  • Charles François II. De Montmorency-Luxembourg († 1764), his son, 3rd Duc de Piney-Luxembourg, Comte de Bouteville

Dukes of Bouteville

  • Charles Paul Sigismond de Montmorency-Luxembourg († 1785), nephew of Charles François I, 2nd Duc de Châtillon, 1736 Duc de Bouteville

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