Duchy of Sully

The rule Sully (from 1606 Duchy of Sully ) was an area in the French province of Orléanais around the municipality of Sully-sur-Loire . It consisted of the castellans Sully, Saint-Gondon and Sennely .

The Lords of Sully have been attested since the 10th century. The first dynasty died out at the beginning of the 12th century, inheritance came to a line of the House of Blois . This family also died out at the beginning of the 15th century, and the legacy now went to the La Trémoille house . Two centuries later, Sully was sold to Maximilien de Béthune, Marquis de Rosny , who was made Duke of Sully in 1606. The last duke died in 1807.

Lords and Dukes of Sully

House Sully

1. Archambaud or Hercenaud (I.), Seigneur de Sully
   1. Héribert, attested in 981, Seigneur de Sully et de La Chapelle-dans-Gilon
      1. Gilon (I.) (attested around 1020/28)
      2. Archambaud or Hercenaud (II.) († before 1064), Seigneur de Sully et de La Chapelle; ∞ Agnès, attested in 1064
         1. Humbaud († after 1064), renounced in favor of his brother and became abbot of Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire before 1070
         2. Gilon (I./II.) († after 1098), Seigneur de Sully, de La Chapelle et des Aix-dans-Gilon , Vicomte de Bourges ; ∞ around 1090 Eldeburge († after 1096), sister and heiress of Étienne, Vicomte de Bourges
            1. Mathilde de Sully, attested in 1097; ∞ before 1092 Eudes de Dun, called Arpin († 1109), 1093 Viscount de Bourges, sold 1101 Bourges to King Philip I.
            2. Agnès de Sully, whose daughter, attested in 1098/1101, Dame de Sully; ∞ 1095 Guillaume de Blois (* 1090/93; † 1150), 1102 Count of Chartres and Blois, deposed in 1107, Seigneur de Sully (uxor nomine)
         3. Eudes and Geofrroy de Sully
         4. Hodierne and Hiranie de Sully, attested in 1064
      3. Humbaud de Sully
      4. Ermengarde de Sully; ∞ Archambaud II, Sire de Bourbon
   2. Archambaud de Sully, † 1001, abbot of Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire , 986 Archbishop of Tours

House Blois

• Eudes-Archambaud († after 1162), their son, Sire de Sully, Aix-dans-Gilon
• Gilon III (1163 – attested to around 1190/95), his son, Sire de Sully
• Archambaud IV (testified in 1177, † 23 August after 1234), his son, Seigneur de Sully, de La Chapelle et des Aix-dans-Gilon
• Henri I (August 11 after 1248), his son, Sire de Sully, de La Chapelle et des Aix-dans-Gilon, Comte de Dreux (uxor nomine)
• Henri II († 1269 in Italy), his son, Sire de Sully, de La Chapelle, des Aix-dans-Gilon, Argent, Clémont , Villezon, Boisbelle , Orval , Espineuil
• Henri III († 1285 in Aragón ), his son, Sire de Sully, La Chapelle, Aix-dans-Gilon, Argent, Clemont, Villezon, Boisbelle, Orval, Montrond, Bruyères-sur-Cher, Espineuil, Bouteiller de France
• Henri IV († after 1334), his son, Sire de Sully, Baron de Châlus , Seigneur de Chalucet , 1318 Grand bouteiller de France , 1329–1334 Governor of Navarre
• Jean († 1343), his son, Seigneur de Sully, de La Chapelle, des Aix-dans-Gilon
• Louis († 1382), his son, Seigneur de Sully, de La Chapelle, des Aix-dans-Gilon, d'Orval, de Boisbelle, d'Argent, de Clemont, de Craon
• Marie, his daughter, Dame de Sully, Craon, Orval, La Chapelle, Aix-dans-Gilon, Saint Gondon, Châteaumeillant , Bruyères, Espineuil, Corberin, Chalucet, Sainte-Hermine , Prahecq , Lussac, Bois-de-Chisay, Montrond , Souveraine de Boisbelle, Comtesse de Guînes ; ∞ (1) 1382 Guy VI. de La Trémoille († 1398 in Rhodes ), Comte de Guînes ( House La Trémoille ); ∞ (3) 1400 Charles I († 1415 at the Battle of Azincourt ), Sire d ' Albret , Comte de Dreux , Connétable of France ( House of Albret )

House La Trémoille

• Georges de La Trémoille (* probably 1384; † 1446), their son, Comte de Guînes, de Boulogne et d'Auvergne, Baron de Sully et de Craon, Grand Chamberlain of King Charles VII.
• Georges de La Trémoille († 1481), Comte de Ligny , Baron de Craon, his son
• Louis I. de La Trémoille (* around 1431, † 1483), his brother, Comte de Guînes et de Grafschaft Benon , Vicomte de Thouars et Prince de Talmont, Baron de Craon etc.
• Louis II. De La Trémoille (* 1460; † 1525 in the Battle of Pavia ), his son, Viscount de Thouars, Prince de Talmond, Comte de Guînes et de Benon, Baron de Sully, de Craon, de Montaigu etc.
  • Charles de La Trémoille († 1515 at the Battle of Marignano ), his son, Vicomte de Thouars, Prince de Talmond et de Mortagne, Comte de Taillebourg , Baron de Roye
• François de La Trémoille (* 1505; † 1541), his son, Viscount de Thouars, Prince de Talmond, Conte de Guînes, de Benon et de Taillebourg, Baron de Craon, de Royan , de Sully, de Montaigu etc.
• Louis III de La Trémoille (* 1521; † 1577), his son, Viscount, then Duc de Thouars, Prince de Talmond et de Tarente, Comte de Taillebourg, de Guînes et de Benon, Baron de Sully, de Craon etc.
• Claude da La Trémoille (* 1566; † 1604), his son, Duc de Thouars et de La Trémouille, Prince de Talmond et de Tarente, Comte de Guînes etc.

Claude de La Trémoille sold the Barony Sully in 1602 to Maximilien de Béthune

House Béthune

• Maximilien de Béthune (* 1559; † 1641), 1593 Marquis de Rosny, de Nogent et de Béthune, Comte de Muret et de Villebon, Vicomte de Meaux et de Champrond, 1606 Duc de Sully, Prince souverain d'Henrichemont et de Boisbelle, Peer of France , Marshal of France
  • Maximilien II (* 1588; † 1634), his son, Marquis de Rosny
• Maximilien III. (* around 1615; † 1662), his son, 1642 2nd Duc de Sully, Prince d'Henrichemont et de Boisbelle, Marquis de Rosny, Peer of France
• Maximilien IV. Pierre François (* 1640; † 1694), his son, 1662 3rd Duc de Sully, Prince d'Henrichemont et de Boisbelle, Marquis de Rosny et de Conty, Peer of France
• Maximilien V. Pierre François Nicolas (* 1664; † 1712), his son, 1688 4th Duc de Sully, Prince d'Henrichemont et de Boisbelle, Marquis de Rosny et de Conty, Peer of France
• Maximilien Henri (* 1669; † 1729), his brother, 1713 5th Duc de Sully etc., peer of France
• Louis Pierre Maximilien (* 1685; † 1761), his cousin 2nd degree, 1729 6th Duc de Sully, Marquis de Courville et de Villebon
• Maximilien VI. Antoine Armand (* 1730), nephew of Maximilien III, 1761 7th Duc de Sully, Prince d'Henrichemint et de Boisbelle, Marquis de Conty, Peer of France
• Maximilien VII Gabriel Louis (* 1756), his son, 8th Duc de Sully, Marquis de Lens, Comte de Montgommery
• Maximilien VIII. Alexandre (* 1784; † 1807), his son, 9th and last Duc de Sully

literature

• Père Anselme , Histoire généalogique et chronologique…, Volume 2, 1726, pp. 878–881 (Anciens Seigneurs de Sully)
• Detlev Schwennicke , European Family Tables , Volume 2, 1984, Plate 46, Volume 3.1, 1984, Plate 110 (Blois)
• Detlev Schwennicke, European Family Tables , Volume 10, 1986, Table 1–2 (La Trémoille)
• Detlev Schwennicke, European Family Tables , Volume 7, 1979, Table 58–59 (Béthune)
• Claude des Presles, Les Sully , Paris, France-Empire, 1987

Web links

• Charles Cawley, Central France - Bourges Gâtinais, Orléans, Sancerre - Seigneurs de Sully ( accessed online July 4, 2020)
• Étienne Pattou, Maison de Sully ( accessed online July 4, 2020)
• Étienne Pattou, Maison de La Trémoille ( accessed online July 4, 2020)
• Étienne Pattou, Maison de Béthune ( online , accessed July 4, 2020)

Remarks

1. ↑ Gilles in Cawley, missing in Père Anselme and Pattou
2. ↑ Père Anselme; Schwennicke, Volume 2: Count of Chartres, attested in 1101, disinherited in 1102, Sire de Sully in 1102, † before 1150