Vice-county of Châtellerault
The vice-county of Châtellerault with the main town of Châtellerault existed since the middle of the 10th century . The first vice count ( vicecomes ) was Aldradus, who also gave the place its name: Castrum Adraldi . When the ruling family died out at the end of the 13th century , the vice-county passed to the Harcourt family in the person of Jean II. Le Preux , Marshal of France , † 1302 .
The best-known vice count of Châtellerault is Aimery I, † before 1144, his wife - Felipia of Toulouse, also known under the name (1109 first mention) Dangerose, (since 1119 also) Maubergeonne - the mistress of William IX. , Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitou . Dangeose / Maubergeonnes and Aimery's daughter Aénor (Eleonore) married the later Duke Wilhelm X. , the legitimate son of William IX, and became the mother of Eleonore of Aquitaine .
Vice-Count of Châtellerault
- Aldradus, vicecomes 937/76
- Acfred I., around 980/999, his son
- Boson I., 987 / around 1010, his brother
- Acfred II., Around 1010 / around 1045, his son
- Hugues I, around 1010 / around 1070, his brother
- Boson II., Around 1055 / around 1095, his son
- Aimery I., 1101– † 1144, his son
- Hugues II († before 1176), his son
- Guillaume († before 1188), his son
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Hugues III. († after 1203), his son
- Joscelin de Montoiron († 1190), stepfather of Hugo III. and his guardian
- Raoul de Mortimer († after 1196), probably brother of Wilhelm and guardian of Hugo III.
- Hugues de Surgères († 1212), since 1204 as vice count occupied as vassal of King Philip II August
- Clémence († 1238), daughter of Hugo III.
- Aimery II, brother of Wilhelm and guardian of Clémence
- Geoffroy de Lusignan († after 1242), husband of Clémence and serving as Vice Count from 1224
- Aimery II., 1239/1242, 2nd time
- Jean, 1242– † before 1290, his son
- Jeanne, † 1315, his sister
- Jean II. Le Preux , Lord of Harcourt , Marshal of France , † 1302, her husband
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- Louis d'Harcourt († 1388), Vice-Count of Châtellerault
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Dukes of Châtellerault
- Charles de Valois (1522–1545), 1522 Duke of Angoulême , 1540 Duke of Orléans and Châtellerault
- James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran , † 1575, 1549–1560 Duke of Châtellerault.
- Diane de Valois (1538–1619), 1563 Duchess of Châtellerault, exchanged for Angoulême in 1583
literature
- Detlev Schwennicke: European Family Tables III.4 (1984) Table 813
- Sidney Painter: The Houses of Lusignan and Châtellerault 1150-1250 , in: Speculum 30 (1955) 374-384