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
• 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
• ...
• Louis d'Harcourt († 1388), Vice-Count of Châtellerault
• ...

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