Dunois county

The county of Dunois was named after the Dunois landscape north of Blois . Their main town was Châteaudun in the Beauce , after which this area was previously named as the county of Châteaudun and (for the representative of the count) vice-county of Châteaudun . It belonged to the domain of the Counts of Blois since the 10th century .

Count of Dunois

House of Châtillon

Marguerite , Countess of Blois, still referred to as Countess of Châteaudun. Her grandson Jean I, Earl of Blois, already held the title of Earl of Dunois.

• Jean I. de Châtillon († June 28, 1279?), Count of Blois, Chartres and Dunois from 1241
• Jeanne de Châtillon († January 19, 1292), from 1279/1280 Countess of Blois, Chartres, Dunois, Alençon and Le Perche , heir to Jeans I, sold Chartres to King Philip IV in 1286 .
• Hugues II. De Châtillon († 1307), from 1292 Count of Blois and Dunois, nephew of Jeans I.
• Guy I. de Châtillon († August 1342), from 1307 Count of Blois and Dunois, son of Hugues II.
• Louis I. de Châtillon († August 26, 1346), from 1307 Count of Blois and Dunois, son of Guys I.
• Louis II. De Châtillon († 1372), from 1346 Count of Blois and Dunois, son of Louis I.
• Jean II. De Châtillon († June 1381), from 1372 Count of Blois and Dunois, brother of Louis II.
• Guy II. De Châtillon († December 22, 1397), from 1381 Count of Blois and Dunois, brother of Jeans II.

Duke Louis de Valois bought the counties of Blois and Dunois from the heirs of Guys II for 200,000 French crowns. His son Charles de Valois, duc d'Orléans , gave Dunois to his half-brother, the "Bastard of Orléans", in exchange for Counties Mortain and Gien .

House Orléans-Longueville

• Jean , the "bastard of Orléans" (* 1402; † 1468), 1424–1439 Count of Mortain and Gien, 1427–1430 Count of Porcéan , 1430 Count of Périgord , 1439 Count and Vice Count of Châteaudun and Dunois, 1443 Count of Longueville , illegitimate son of Duke Louis de Valois, duc d'Orléans
• François I (* 1447, † 1491), 1468 2nd Count of Dunois, 1488 Count of Tancarville , Vice Count of Melun , Grand Chamberlain of France , Governor of Normandy and the Dauphiné , Connétable and Chamberlain of Normandy, son of Jeans
• François II († 1512), 1491 3rd Count of Dunois, Tancarville and Montgomery, Vice Count of Melun, Duke of Longueville in May 1505, son of François I
• Renée (* 1508, † 1515), 1513 4th Countess of Dunois, Tancarville and Montgomery, daughter of François II.
• Louis I. , † 1516, sovereign Count of Neuchâtel from 1504–1513 , 1515 2nd Duke of Longueville, 5th Count of Dunois, Tancarville and Montgomery, 1st Prince of Chatel-Allion, Vice-Count of Melun, Abbeville, Montreuil-sur- Mer etc., brother of François II.
• Claude († 1524), his son, 1516–1524 3rd Duke of Longueville, 1516 2nd sovereign Count of Neuchâtel, 6th Count of Dunois, son of Louis I.
• Louis II. († 1537), 1524 4th Duke of Longueville, 3rd sovereign Count of Neuchâtel, 7th Count of Dunois etc., brother of Claude
• François III. († 1551), 1537 5th Duke of Longueville, 4th sovereign Count of Neuchâtel, 8th Count of Dunois, son of Louis II.
• Léonor († 1573), 1551 6th Duke of Longueville, 5th sovereign Count of Neuchâtel, 9th Count of Dunois, cousin François III.
• Henri I († 1595), 1573 7th Duke of Longueville, 6th sovereign Count of Neuchâtel, 10th Count of Dunois, son of Léonor
• Henri II. († 1663), 1595 8th Duke of Longueville, Prince of Neuchâtel , 11th Count of Dunois, son of Henri I.
• Jean Louis († 1694), 1663–1668 9th Duke of Longueville, 2nd Prince of Neuchâtel, 12th Count of Dunois, son of Henri II.
• Charles Paris († 1672), 1668–1672 10th Duke of Longueville, 3rd Prince of Neuchâtel, 13th Count of Dunois, half-brother Jean Louis'
• Jean Louis, 2nd time, 1672–1694

After the heirless death of Duke Jean Louis, Longueville returned to the crown.