Count of Ponthieu
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The County of Ponthieu (French: Comté de Ponthieu, Latin: Comitatus Pontivi), centered on the mouth of the Somme, became a member of the Norman group of vassal states when Count Guy submitted to William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy after the battle of Mortemer.[1][2] It eventually formed part of the dowry of Eleanor of Castile and passed to the English crown. Much fought-over in the Hundred Years' War, it eventually passed to the French royal domain, and the title Count of Ponthieu (comte de Ponthieu) became a courtesy title for the royal family.
Counts and Countesses of Ponthieu[edit]
- Helgaud III, also Count of Montreuil. d. 926 in battle against the Normans.
- Herluin II or Herlouin, also Count of Montreuil. (926–945)
- Roger or Rotgaire or Notgard, also Count of Montreuil. (dates unknown)
- William I, also Count of Montreuil. (dates unknown)
- Hildouin, also Count of Montreuil. (dates unknown)
- Hugh I, also Count of Montreuil, d. c. 1000.
- Enguerrand I, also Count of Montreuil (c. 1000 – c. 1045)
- Hugh II, also Lord of Abbeville (c. 1045–1052). Father (by one account) of both Enguerrand II and Guy I.
- Enguerrand II (1052–1053). Married Adelaide II daughter of Robert I Duke of Normandy. Succeeded by his brother (or by his son) Guy I:
- Guy I, (1053–1100) brother (or son) of Enguerrand II. Succeeded in Ponthieu by his daughter (and only surviving child):[3]
- Agnes (1100 – bef. 1105) b. c. 1080 in Ponthieu, France; d by 1103[4] Married c. 1087 Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury and Count of Alençon.[5] Succeeded in Ponthieu by her only child:
- William III Talvas (bef. 1105–20 June 1172), also Count of Alençon. During his lifetime, he ceded Ponthieu to his elder son Guy II; Alençon went to his younger son John I (d February 24, 1191) who was married to Beatrice of Anjou, first cousin of Henry II of England, Count of Anjou.
- Guy II (?–1147). Succeeded by his elder son:
- John I (1147–1191) Succeeded by his son:
- William IV Talvas (1191–1221), also Count of Montreuil. Succeeded by his daughter:
- Mary (1221–1251), also Countess of Montreuil.
- married Simon of Dammartin (1213 1239) Succeeded by their daughter:
- Joan (1251–1279), also Countess of Montreuil.
- married Ferdinand III of Castile (1198/1199–1252)
- Eleanor (1279–1290), also Countess of Montreuil.
- Edward II of England (1290–1325), also Count of Montreuil.
- Edward III of England (1325–1336), also Count of Montreuil.
- confiscated by Philip VI of France
- James I, Count of La Marche (1351–1360)
- returned by the Peace of Brétigny
- Edward III of England (1360–1369)
- confiscated again
- Charles VII of France (1403–1422)
- royal domain
- Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême (1573–1650)
- Louis Emmanuel de Valois, Duke of Angoulême (1650–1653)
- royal domain
- Charles de Bourbon, Duc de Berry (1710–1714)
- royal domain
- Charles X of France (1830–1836)
References[edit]
- ^ Odericus Vitalis. The ecclesiastical history of England and Normandy, Volume 1. p.152.
- ^ Dunbabin.France in the Making. Ch.4. The Principalities 888–987
- ^ Thomas Stapleton, 'Observations on the History of Adeliza, Sister of William the Conqueror', Archaeologia, Vol. 26 (J.B. Nichols & Sons, 1836), pp. 349–360
- ^ Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band III Teilband 4 (Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Germany, 1989), Tafel 635
- ^ George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Peerage; or, A History of the House of Lords and all its Members from the Earliest Times, Vol. XI, ed. Geoffrey H. White (The St. Catherine Press, Ltd., London, 1949), p. 695
Sources[edit]
- Dunbabin, Jean (2000). France in the Making 843–1180. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-820846-4.
- Vitalis, Odericus (1853). Delisle, Leopold (ed.). London: Henry Bohn. ISBN 1-154-27527-2.
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