County of Crécy

The lordship of Crécy , later the county of Crécy with the main town of Crécy-en-Brie ( Crécy-la-Chapelle since merging with La Chapelle-sur-Crécy in 1972 ) was under the vassal of the Count of Champagne until 1285 , and was then directly subordinate to the king .

A first fortress from the 9th or 10th century was introduced by a Countess Isabella into her marriage to Count Gui le Rouge of Rochefort († 1108). Through another marriage, Crécy came to Gaucher II. De Châtillon ( House of Châtillon ). Gaucher V of Châtillon finally ceded the land to the king. From 1400, Crécy was used as a dowry or paragium by members of the royal family. In 1762 Louis XV exchanged Crécy with the Count of Eu against the Principality of Dombes, from which the Duke of Penthièvre , the last lord of Crécy, inherited it in 1775.

Lords of Crécy

• Adélaide de Crécy († after 1104), ⚭ 1) Bouchard II., Count of Corbeil ( Rollonids ); ⚭ 2) Gui le Rouge († 1108), Count of Rochefort ( House of Montlhéry )
  • Gui le Rouge († 1108), Count of Rochefort, Lord of Crécy
• Hugues de Crécy , their son († 1147), Seneschal of France , had to give up his property around 1118 and went to the monastery
• Gaucher II († 1148), Lord of Châtillon , Troissy , Montjay and Crécy,
• Guy II († 1170/72), lord of Châtillon, Troissy, Montjay and Crécy, his son
• Guy III. († 1191 before Acre ) Lord of Montjay, his son
• Gaucher III. († 1219) Count of Saint-Pol , Lord of Châtillon, Montjay, Crécy, Pierrefonds etc., his brother
• Guy IV. († 1226) 1219 as Guy I. Count of Saint-Pol , Lord of Montjay, Broigny etc., his son
• Hugues I († 1248), Count of Blois , 1240 Count of Saint-Pol , 1219 Lord of Châtillon, Troissy , Crécy, Ancre etc.
• Gaucher IV. , († 1261) Lord of Châtillon, Crécy, Crèvecœur , Troissy and Marigny
• Gaucher V. (* probably 1249, † 1329) Count of Porcéan , Lord of Châtillon, Crécy, Troissy, Marigny, Pontarcy etc. Connétable of France

Gaucher V. ceded Crécy to the king.

Crécy as a dowry or paragium

• Catherine of Medici (* 1519, † 1589), 1562–1589
• Gabrielle d'Estrées (* 1573, † 1599), 1595–1599
• César de Bourbon (* 1594, † 1665) Duke of Vendôme , son of King Henry IV and Gabrielle d'Estrées,

Counts of Crecy

• Marie / Madeleine Séguier (* 1618 , † 1710), Marquise de Laval, 1641–1710 daughter of Pierre Séguier (* 1588 , † 1672) Duke of Villemor, Count von Gien , Chancellor of France , and Madeleine Fabri (her sister Charlotte Séguier (* 1622, † 1704) was the wife of Sully and the Duke of Verneuil , also an illegitimate son of Henry IV - the two are the marquise de Laval mentioned in the memoirs of Marie de Bourbon, duchesse de Montpensier , known as Mlle de Montpensier et madame de Sully ); ⚭
  • I César du Cambout (* 1613, † 1641), Marquis de Coislin, Comte de Crécy, Colonel général des Suisses et des Grisons;
  • II Gilles de Laval (* 1621/22, † 1646), Marquis de Laval
• Armand du Cambout, duc de Coislin (* 1635, † 1702), 1663 Peer of France , Count of Crécy, 1652 member of the Académie française
  • Pierre du Cambout, duc de Coislin (* 1654, † 1710), 1702 member of the Académie française
• Henri-Charles du Cambout (* 1665, † 1732), Bishop of Metz , Duke of Coislin , Peer of France , Count of Crécy, 1710 member of the Académie française
• Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, duc de Penthièvre (* 1725, † 1793) Duke of Penthièvre
• Raoul de Crecy, Comte de Crecy
• Jean de Crécy (* 1855, † 1925), Comte de Crécy, his son
• Raoul de Crécy (* 1888, † 1962), Comte de Crécy, his son
• Gérard de Crécy, Comte de Crécy, his son

Furthermore, the title Comte de Crécy carried :

• Louis de Verjus (* 1629, † 1709), Comte de Crécy, 1679 member of the Académie française

as well as the one in Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time :

• Pierre Saylor de Verjus, Comte de Crécy, with his wife Odette

See also

• Not to be confused with County Crépy (11th-12th centuries)