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Coat of arms of the Counts of Dreux.
Coat of arms of the Counts of Dreux.

The Counts of Dreux in France took their title from the chief stronghold of their domain, the château of Dreux, which lies near the boundary between Normandy and the Ile de France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Dreux is a town and commune in northwest France, in the Eure-et-Loir département. Normandy (Normandie Norman: Normaundie) is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. Île-de-France ( pronounced /il d̪ə fʁɑ̃s/ literally "Island of France" is one of the twenty-six administrative regions of France.

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History

In the tenth century the lands belonged to the forebears of the Capetians; they passed by marriage to Walter, Count of the Vexin, then to Richard I of Normandy. For the Direct Capetians, who ruled France 987&ndash1328 see the House of Capet. The county of the Vexin was a medieval French county which comprised the Vexin Français and the Vexin Normand until the loss of the Richard I of Normandy (born 28 August 933, in Fécamp Normandy, France died November 20, 996, in Fécamp In 1017 the lands were given as dowry to Richard's illegitimate daughter Matilda, who married Odo II, Count of Blois. A dowry (also known as trousseau or tocher) is the money goods or estate that a woman brings to her soon to be husband in marriage Odo II (Eudes le Champenois 983 &ndash 15 November 1037) Count of Blois, Chartres, Châteaudun, Provins, Rheims

King Robert II of France confiscated the lands of Dreux from Odo, and they formed part of the royal domain until Louis the Fat granted the county of Dreux as an appanage to his son Robert. Robert II ( 27 March 972 &ndash 20 July 1031) called the Pious or the Wise, was King of France from 996 Louis VI ( 1 December 1081 – 1 August 1137) called the Fat (le Gros was King of France from 1108 until his death (1137 An apanage or appanage is the grant of an estate titles offices or other things of value to the younger male children of a sovereign who under the system of Robert I of Dreux, (Robert I Capet nicknamed the Great (c 1123 &ndash October 11, 1188) was the fifth son of Louis VI of France and The descendants of Robert held the county of Dreux until 1355, when the heiress, Countess Joan II of Dreux, married Simon de Thouars. Simon and Joan had three daughters and no sons; their daughters sold their interests in the county of Dreux to King Charles VI. Charles VI (3 December 1368 &ndash 21 October 1422 called the Well-loved (le Bien-Aimé and the Mad (French le Fol or le Fou) was the

King Charles gave the county of Dreux as a dowry in the marriage of his kinswoman Marguerite de Bourbon, daughter of Peter, Duke of Bourbon and of Isabella de Valois, daughter of Charles of Valois, with Arnaud-Amanieu d'Albret in 1382. Peter I of Bourbon (1311 &ndash September 19 1356, Poitiers) was the second Duke of Bourbon, from 1342 to his death Duke of Bourbon (Duc de Bourbon is a title in the Peerage of France. Charles of Valois ( March 12, 1270 &ndash December 16, 1325) was the fourth son of Philip III of France and Isabella of Aragon Arnaud Amanieu (also Arnold and Amaneus) was the Lord of Albret from 1358 to 1401 The county returned to the crown in 1556, and thereafter formed part of the royal domain, then the lands of François, Duke of Anjou, and after his death was sold to the Duke of Nemours. Hercule François Duke of Anjou and Alençon, often simply referred to as "the Duke of Alençon" ( March 18, 1555 &ndash June 19 In the 12th and 13th centuries the Lordship of Nemours, in the Gatinais, France, was in possession of the house of Villebeon, a member of which Gautier It returned to the royal domain in the reign of Louis XV. Louis XV (15 February 1710 &ndash 10 May 1774 ruled as King of France and of Navarre from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774

List of counts of Dreux

Capetians

House of Thouars

In 1377 the three sisters sell their fief to the French crown. Robert I of Dreux, (Robert I Capet nicknamed the Great (c 1123 &ndash October 11, 1188) was the fifth son of Louis VI of France and Robert II of Dreux (1154 &ndash 28 December, 1218) Count of Dreux and Braine was the eldest surviving son of Robert I, Count of Dreux and Robert III of Dreux (1185 &ndash 1234 Count of Dreux and Braine was the son of Robert II, Count of Dreux and Yolanda de Coucy John I of Dreux (1215 &ndash 1249 Count of Dreux and Braine was the son of Robert III of Dreux and Aénor of Saint-Valéry Robert IV of Dreux (1241 &ndash 1282 Count of Dreux, Braine and Montfort-l'Amaury was the son of John I of Dreux and Marie of Bourbon John II of Dreux, called John the Good, (1265&ndash1309 Count of Dreux and Braine was the son of Robert IV of Dreux and Beatrice Countess of Montfort Pierre Mauclerc (c 1190&ndash1251 also known as Peter of Dreux or Pierre de Dreux, was Duke of Brittany (in right of his wife

House of Albret

House of Valois

lordship ( seigneurie) of Albret (Labrit Lebret situated in the Landes, gave its name to one of the most powerful feudal families of France in the Arnaud Amanieu (also Arnold and Amaneus) was the Lord of Albret from 1358 to 1401 Charles d'Albret (d October 25, 1415) was Constable of France two different times from 1402 until 1411 and again from 1413 until 1415 Charles d'Albret (died 1471 was a French magnate administrator and soldier Alain I of Albret ( 1440 - 1522) called "The Great" was a powerful French aristocrat Henry II ( April 18, 1503 - May 25, 1555) was the eldest son of John III of Navarre (died 1516 and Catherine I of Navarre Jeanne III or Joan III, known as Jeanne d'Albret (7 January 1528 – 9 June 1572 was Queen regnant of Navarre from 1555 to 1572 wife of See also France in the Middle Ages, Early Modern France Unexpected inheritance The Capetian dynasty seemed secure both during and Hercule François Duke of Anjou and Alençon, often simply referred to as "the Duke of Alençon" ( March 18, 1555 &ndash June 19
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