Duchy of Auvergne

The Duchy of Auvergne was established in 1360 by the French King John II on the Terre royale d'Auvergne , the royal land in Auvergne , while the County of Auvergne continued to exist in parallel .

Since the Count and Dauphin of Auvergne were partisans of the Plantagenet , the French King Philip August occupied part of Auvergne in 1195 (including the capital Riom ) and added it to the Domaine royal in 1213 as Terre d'Auvergne . After a renewed intervention by the king, caused by a dispute between Count Guido II and the clergy of the country, the entire county was confiscated and incorporated into the Domaine royal.

In 1241 the Terre d'Auvergne was given to Alfonso of Poitiers as a Paragium . With Alfons' heirless death in 1271, the area returned to the Crown. Johann II made the Terre d'Auvergne a duchy for his son Johann in 1356 . Johann's daughter Maria held the title Duchesse d'Auvergne from 1370 . With John's death in 1416, the duchy reverted to the crown, but was reassigned to Maria's husband Johann I , Duke of Bourbon , in 1426 .

With the extinction of the Dukes of Bourbon in 1527, the title of Duke of Auvergne also expired.

Dukes of Auvergne

First award

• 1356–1416: John I (1340–1416), son of King John II, in his own right Count of Poitiers (1356–1360), then Duke of Berry (1360–1416), Duke of Auvergne (1356–1416) and Count of Montpensier (1384-1416) (the latter bought in 1384); through his second marriage to Joan II of the Auvergne (1378–1424), Count of the Auvergne (1404–1416) and Count of Boulogne (1404–1416)
• 1370–1434: Maria (around 1375–1434), called Maria von Berry and Duchesse d'Auvergne , Johann's youngest daughter.

Second award

• 1426–1434: John I , 1410 4th Duke of Bourbon, 1426 1st Duke of Auvergne, husband of Mary
• 1434–1456: Charles I (1401–1456), son of Mary and John I, 5th Duke of Bourbon, 2nd Duke of Auvergne
• 1456–1488: John II (1426–1488), his son, 6th Duke of Bourbon, 3rd Duke of Auvergne
• 1488–1488: Charles II (1433–1488), his brother, 7th Duke of Bourbon, 4th Duke of Auvergne
• 1488–1503: Peter II (1438–1503), his brother, 8th Duke of Bourbon, 5th Duke of Auvergne
• 1503–1521: Suzanne (1491–1521), his daughter, 9th Duke of Bourbon, 6th Duke of Auvergne
• 1505–1527: Charles III. (1490–1527), her husband and at the same time the last descendant of Duke John I in the male line, 10th Duke of Bourbon, 7th Duke of Auvergne, Connétable of France ,