Brionne county

The county of Brionne with the center Brionne in Normandy existed from the end of the 10th century first as a Norman fief, from the end of the 13th century as a French fief.

Richard I († 996), the first Duke of Normandy, gave Brionne to his eldest son Geoffroy de Brionne , who also received the county of Eu after the death of his father ; when Geoffroy died around 1015 , he was followed by his son Gilbert , probably also with the title of count. Gilbert was murdered in 1040 or 1041 shortly after being made Count of Eu. The title was not bequeathed to Gilbert's sons Richard FitzGilbert († 1090, 1075 Regent of England) or Baudouin de Meules .

William the Conqueror transferred Brionne to Guy, a relative disinherited after a conspiracy. Wilhelm's son, Duke Robert of Normandy , then gave the land to Count Robert von Beaumont-le-Roger († 1118); his grandson Robert II was deposed in 1203 when the French under Philipp August conquered Normandy.

Then in 1287 King Philip III handed over . the county to Count Johann II. (Jean II.) von Harcourt , to whose descendants it was passed on.

Counts of Brionne

• Geoffroy de Brionne , † around 1015, Count of Brionne, son of Richard I , Duke of Normandy
• Gilbert de Brionne , his son, murdered in 1040
• Guido (guy)
• Robert I. de Beaumont , † 1118, Earl of Meulan , 1107 Earl of Leicester , Earl of Brionne
  • Galéran IV , † 1166, Earl of Meulan, 1138 Earl of Worcester
• Robert II de Beaumont , † 1204, Count of Meulan, Count of Brionne, deposed in 1203
• Johann II. (Jean II.) Count of Harcourt , 1287 Count of Brionne