County Marle
The rule and later county of Marle was a northern French fiefdom with the town of Marle in the later Aisne department as its center. The area belonged to 10/11. Century a member of the House of Roucy and in the following centuries was often inherited in a female line to different families.
The most famous Count of Marle is Robert von Bar , who - after his inheritance, the Duchy of Bar , had been withheld from him - was compensated (among other things) with the county of Marle in 1413. With Robert's only daughter Johanna, the county came to the House of Luxemburg-Ligny , and later to the Bourbons.
Lords and Counts of Marle
House Roucy
- Liétaud de Roucy, Lord of Marle, son of Giselbert , Count of Roucy († 991/1000)
- Ade de Roucy, his daughter; ∞ Enguerrand I. de Coucy , 1085 Count of Amiens
House Boves
- Thomas de Coucy , † 1130/31, their son, Seigneur de Marle
- Enguerrand II. De Coucy , 1131/37 attested, his son, Seigneur de Coucy, de Marle et de La Fère
- Raoul I. de Coucy , X 1191, his son, Seigneur de Coucy, de Marle et de La Fère etc.
- Enguerrand III. de Coucy , † 1243, Seigneur de Coucy, de Marle et de La Fère etc., 1202 Count of Roucy , 1205 Count of Le Perche
- Raoul II. De Coucy , X 1250, his son, Seigneur de Coucy, de Marle et de La Fère
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Enguerrand IV. De Coucy , † 1310, his brother, Vice Count of Meaux , 1250 Seigneur de Coucy, de Marle et de La Fère
- Alix de Coucy, his sister; ∞ Arnould III., Count of Guînes , † after 1282
House Ghent
- Enguerrand V. de Guînes, † after 1321, their son, Seigneur de Coucy, de La Fère , de Marle, d' Oisy , de Montmirail et de Condé-en-Brie
- Guillaume de Coucy, † 1335, Seigneur de Coucy, de Marle, de La Fère, d'Oisy et de Montmirail
- Enguerrand VI., † 1344, 1335 Seigneur de Coucy, de Marle, de La Fère et d'Oisy
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Enguerrand VII. De Coucy , † 1398, 1347 Seigneur de Coucy, de Marle etc., 1365 Earl of Bedford , Count of Soissons
- Marie , † 1405, Comtesse de Soissons, heiress to Coucy and Oisy; ∞ Heinrich von Bar, X 1396
House Dampierre
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Robert of Flanders , † 1331, Comte de Marle, son of Robert III. , Count of Flanders
- Yolande von Flanders , † 1395, his daughter, heiress of Marle, ∞ Heinrich IV. , † 1344, 1337 Count von Bar
House Scarponnois
- Edward II , their son, Count von Bar
- Robert I , his son, Count and later Duke of Bar
- Heinrich von Bar , † 1397, his son
- Robert von Bar , † 1415, his son, 1413 Comte de Marle et de Soissons ( House of Scarponnois )
- Jeanne de Bar , Comtesse de Marle et de Soissons, † 1462, his daughter; ∞ Louis I de Luxembourg , Count of Saint-Pol etc., Connétable of France , † executed in 1475
House Luxembourg-Ligny
- Jean de Luxembourg , † 1476, 1462 Count of Marle and Soissons, their son
- Pierre II. De Luxembourg , † 1482, his brother, 1475 Count of Saint-Pol, Brienne and Roucy, 1476 Count of Marle and Soissons
- Marie de Luxembourg , † 1546, his daughter, Countess of Saint-Pol, Marle and Soissons, ∞ I Jacob of Savoy , Count of Romont, † 1486; ∞ II François de Bourbon, comte de Vendôme , † 1495
- Pierre I. de Rohan , † 1513, Seigneur de Gié , du Vergier , de Ham, Comte de Marle, 1476 Marshal of France , 1485 Prince,
Bourbons
- Charles IV. De Bourbon , count of Vendôme , Soissons , Marle and Enghien in 1495 , son of François de Bourbon and Marie de Luxembourg
- Louis de Bourbon, † 1516, his son, Count of Marle
- Antoine de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme , † 1562, his brother
- Louis Charles de Bourbon († 1557), his son, Count of Marle
More Counts of Marle
- Armand Charles de La Porte de La Meilleraye (1632–1713) Duc de Mazarin, Comte de Marle etc.