Duchy of Thouars

The vice-county of Thouars, later the Duchy of Thouars , around the place Thouars in what is now the French Deux-Sèvres department already existed at the time of the Carolingians .

Although it was formally under the authority of the Counts of Poitou , it was practically independent from the 9th century .

The first known vice counts are Geoffroy I attested in 876, Savary (attested in 903/926) and his brother Aimery I (attested in 923 / around 935), from whom the vice counts descended up to Louis († 1370). Louis' daughter married the Lord of Amboise .

The vice-county was seized several times in the 15th century and finally went to the House of La Trémoille , who were elevated to dukes in 1563, and in 1595 were given the title of Duke of La Trémoille . The family died in 1933 with the 11th Duke of Thouars and 10th Duke of La Trémoille in the male line.

Vice Count of Thouars

House of Thouars

The coat of arms of the Vice Counts of Thouars.

• Geoffroy I., 876
• Savary I., 903/926, probably his son
• Aimery I., 924 / around 935, his brother
• Savary II., 932–936 / 955, his son
• Aimary II, † probably 956, his brother
• Herbert (Arbert) I., † before 987, his son
• Aimery III. , † before around 1000, his son
• Savary III, attested to around 980/1004, his brother
• Raoul I., † 1014/15, his brother
• Geoffroy II., Attested to in 1010 / around 1055, son of Savary III.
• Aimery IV , murdered 1093, his son, participant in the Battle of Hastings ,
• Savary IV, attested to around 1029/93, his brother
• Raoul II, attested to around 1090/94, son of Aimerys IV.
• Arbert (Herbert) II., X 1102 , his brother
• Geoffroy III., 1088/1123, his brother
• Geoffroy IV., 1099/1131, his brother
• Aimery V., † 1139, son of Arbert II.
• Aimery VI., X 1127, son of Geoffroy III.
• Guillaume, † before 1151, his son
• Geoffroy V., 1130/73 attested, his brother
• Aimery VII., † 1226, his son
• Hugues I, † 1229/30, his brother
  • Guy de Thouars , † 1213, Duke of Brittany , his brother
  • Alix de Thouars , † 1221, Duchess of Brittany, his daughter
• Guy I., † 1242, son of Aimerys VII.
• Aimery VIII., † 1246, his brother
• Aimery IX., † 1256, his son
• Renaud, † 1264, his brother
• Guy II., † 1308, son of Aimerys IX.
• Jean, † 1332, his son
• Hugues II, † † 1333
• Louis, † 1370, son of Jeans
  • Simon, † 1365, Count von Dreux , son of Louis
• Pernelle, † 1397, Countess von Dreux , his sister
• Clément Rouault called Tristan, † 1396, her husband
  • Isabeau, Countess von Dreux , married (II) Ingelger I le Grand, Sire d ' Amboise , † before 1373
  • Marguerite, † after 1404, Countess von Dreux , her sister

House Amboise

• Pierre II d'Amboise , 1397 Viscount de Thouars, Count of Benon , † 1418/22, son of Ingelger I d'Amboise and Isabeau de Thouars
  • Ingelger II. D'Amboise, † before 1410, his brother
• Louis d'Amboise , † 1469, Viscount de Thouars, Count of Benon, his son
  • Françoise , † 1485, his daughter, married Peter II, Duke of Brittany , † 1459
  • Perronelle, † 1453, whose sister married Guillaume d'Harcourt, Count of Tancarville
  • Marguerite, † 1475, whose sister, married Louis I de La Trémoille, Count of Guînes , Count of Benon, Viscount de Thouars, † 1483

House of Valois-Orléans

• In 1469 King Ludwig XI. the vice-county of Thouar to his daughter Anne, who was engaged to Nicolas d'Anjou.
• 1469–1472: Anne de France and Nicolas d'Anjou .
• Louis XI. takes back the vice-county.
• 1472–1483: Louis XI. , King of France
• 1483 Louis XI. transfers the vice-county to Louis de la Trémoille, but dies before the execution of this appointment.

House La Trémoille

• In March 1468 Françoise d'Amboise went to the monastery; she transfers her rights to Thouars her nephew Louis I. de la Trémoille, the son of her sister Marguerite. The appointment of Louis de la Trémoille is thus a restitution.

• Louis I. de La Trémoille, Count of Guînes , Count of Benon, Viscount de Thouars, † 1483
• Louis II. De la Trémoille, † 1525, Prince de Talmont, his son
  • Charles, † 1515, Prince de Talmond et de Mortagne , his son
• François, † 1541, Prince de Talmond, his son
• Louis III, † 1577, Prince de Tarente et de Talmond, raised to Duke of Thouars in 1563, his son

Dukes of Thouars

• Louis III, † 1577, Prince de Tarente et de Talmond, raised to Duke of Thouars in 1563
• Claude , † 1604, 2nd Duke of Thouars, 1595 Duke of La Trémoille, his son
• Henri , † 1674, 2nd Duke of La Trémoille, 3rd Duke of Thouars, his son
  • Henri Charles , † 1672, Prince de Tarente et de Talmond, his son
• Charles Belgique Hollande, † 1709. 3rd Duke of La Trémoille, 4th Duke of Thouars, his son
• Charles Louis Bretagne, † 1719, 4th Duke of La Trémoille, 5th Duke of Thouars, his son
• Charles-Armand-René , † 1741, 5th Duke of La Trémoille, 6th Duke of Thouars, his son
• Jean Bretagne Charles Godefroi, † 1792, 6th Duke of La Trémoille, 7th Duke of Thouars, his son
• Charles Bretagne Marie Joseph, † 1839, 7th Duke of La Trémoille, 8th Duke of Thouars, his son
• Louis Charles, † 1911; 8th Duke of La Trémoille, 9th Duke of Thouars, his son
• Louis Charles Marie, † 1921, 9th Duke of La Trémoille, 10th Duke of Thouars, his son
• Louis Jean Marie, † 1933, 10th Duke of La Trémoille, 11th Duke of Thouars, his son - ultimus familiae