Duchy of Rethel

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Rethel is the name of a historical territory around the city of Rethel in northern Champagne .

King Henry III In 1581 raised the county of Rethel in favor of Charles of Gonzaga , Duke of Nevers , to a duchy, which later passed to Mazarin through purchase . He bequeathed it in 1661 to Armand Charles de La Porte , the husband of his niece and heiress Hortensia Mancini , who had carried the title "Duke of Mazarin" from the time they married.

Count of Rethel

Coat of arms of the city and the first counts of Rethel

The family of King Baldwin II of Jerusalem

  1. Hugo I, Count of Rethel from 1094 to after 1118 ⚭ Mélisende de Montlhéry , daughter of Guy ( House of Montlhéry )
    1. Balduin du Bourg († August 21, 1131), Count of Edessa , King of Jerusalem 1118 ⚭ Morphia, daughter of Gabriel von Melitene
      1. Melisende (* 1105, † September 1, 1161) regent in Jerusalem 1142–1153 ⚭ Fulk of Anjou , king of Jerusalem 1131–1143
      2. Elise (Alix, Alice) ⚭ 1126 Bohemond II. Prince of Antioch († 1131)
      3. Hodierna ⚭ Raymond II Count of Tripoli
      4. Joveta (Jutta) Abbess of Bethany
    2. Gervasius († 1124 ) Count of Rethel
    3. Mathilde ⚭ Eudo de Vitri - descendants see below
    4. Hodierna / Cäcilie ⚭ Roger of Salerno († June 28, 1119), regent of Antioch

The Counts of Rethel from the House of Vitri

  1. Eudo de Vitri ⚭ Mathilde von Rethel, daughter of Count Hugo I - see above
    1. Withier de Vitri, Count von Rethel from 1124 to after 1158, ⚭ Beatrix von Namur († 1160), daughter of Count Gottfried
      1. Manasse I. († before 1200) Count von Rethel ⚭ Countess Mathilde
        1. Hugo II († before 1228) Count von Rethel ⚭ Felicité de Broyes († 1257) of Beaufort etc., daughter of Simon
          1. Manasse II († 1273) Count of Rethel
            1. Johanna († after 1325) ⚭ Ludwig heir count of Flanders († 1322) - see descendants below
          2. ? Hugo III († 1243) ⚭ 1239 Johanna von Dampierre , daughter of Wilhelm II. Von Dampierre
      2. Beatrix (* 1130/35, † March 31, 1185) ⚭ 1151 Roger II , King of Sicily

The Counts of Rethel from the House of Dampierre

The Counts of (Nevers and) Rethel from the House of Valois-Burgundy

Coats of arms of Philip II and Charles I of Nevers and Rethel from the House of Valois-Burgundy
Coat of arms of Johann von Nevers, Rethel, Étampes and Eu
  • 1402–1407: Anton von Brabant (* August 1, 1384; † October 25, 1415), second eldest son of Duke Philip II of Burgundy and Margaret of Flanders, Count of Rethel - see above
  • 1407–1415: Philip of Burgundy (* October 1389, † October 25, 1415), third eldest son of Duke Philip II of Burgundy and Margaret of Flanders, Count of Nevers and Rethel - see above
  • 1415–1464: Charles I (* 1414, † May 1464), son of Philip, Count of Nevers and Rethel
  • 1464–1491: Johann II. (* 1415, † 1491), brother of Karl, Count of Nevers, Rethel and Étampes, 1472 Count of Eu,
  • 1491–1500: Charlotte († 1500), daughter of Johann II, Countess von Rethel, daughter of Johann; ⚭ 1486

The Albret House

  • 1494–1544: Jean d'Albret († 1544), Seigneur d ' Orval , as Charlotte's husband from 1494 to 1500 Count von Rethel
  • 1500–1525: Marie d'Albret (* 1491, † 1549), daughter of Jeans d'Albret, Countess von Rethel

Countess Marie sells Rethel to Odet de Foix in 1525.

The house of Foix-Lautrec ( Grailly )

  • 1525–1528: Odet de Foix (* 1485, † August 15, 1528), brother-in-law Countess Maries, Vice Count of Lautrec , Count of Beaufort and Rethel
  • 1528–1540: Henri de Foix († September 20, 1540), son of Odet, Count of Beaufort and Rethel
  • 1540–1553: Claude de Foix († 1553), sister Henris, Countess of Beaufort and Rethel

After Claude's heirless death, Rethel falls to her cousin François I de Clèves, the son of Maries d'Albret.

The Counts and Dukes of Nevers and Rethel from the House of Kleve-Mark (House of Kleve-Nevers)

Coat of arms of the Dukes of Kleve-Nevers
  • Engelbert von Kleve (* 1462, † 1506), son of Johann I , Duke of Kleve , and Elisabeth of Burgundy , naturalized in France in 1486, titular count of Auxerre in 1490 , 4th count of Eu, Rethel and Étampes, pair of in 1491 France, 1504 1st Count of Nevers; ⚭ 1490 Charlotte de Bourbon (* 1474, † 1520), daughter of Johann II. Count of Vendôme
  • Charles († 1521) 2nd Count of Nevers, 5th Count of Eu, Peer of France, son of Engelbert; ⚭ Marie d'Albret (see above)
  • François I (* 1516, † 1562) 1521 6th Count of Eu etc., 1538 1st Duke of Nevers, peer of France, son of Karl and Marie d'Albret
  • François II. (* 1540, † 1562) 1562 2nd Duke of Nevers, Peer of France, 7th Count of Eu etc., son of Franz I.
  • Jacques (* 1544, † 1564) 1563 3rd Duke of Nevers, Peer of France, 8th Count of Eu, Count of Rethel etc., son of Franz I.
  • Henriette (* 1542, † 1601) 1566 4. Duchess of Nevers, peer of France, daughter of Franz I .; ⚭ 1566 Luigi Gonzaga (1539–1595) 1563 Count of Rethel, Peer of France, 1566 4th Duke of Nevers, 1581 Duke of Rethel

The Dukes of Rethel from the House of Gonzaga

Coat of arms of Luigi Gonzaga

The duchies of Nevers and Rethel came into the Gonzaga family through Luigi Gonzaga's marriage to Henriette von Kleve, daughter of Duke Franz I of Kleve-Nevers. The regents of Nevers and Rethel from the Gonzaga family were:

  1. Luigi (1566-1595)
  2. Carlo I (1595–1637, Duke of Mantua 1630)
  3. Francesco (1606, † 1622 as Duke of Rethel)
  4. Carlo II. (* 1609, † 1631 as Duke of Rethel)
  5. Carlo III. (1637-1659)

The duchies of Nevers and Rethel were sold to Cardinal Mazarin in 1659 ; the Duchy of Rethel was renamed Duché de Mazarin in 1663 .

The Dukes of Rethel from the House of Mazarin-Mancini

The title Duc de Mazarin is held today by the Prince of Monaco.