Counts Of Vienne
The count of Vienne was the ruler of the Viennois, with his seat at Vienne, Isère, Vienne, during the period of the Carolingian Empire and after until 1030, when the county of Vienne was granted to the Archdiocese of Vienne. Girart de Roussillon ruled Provence from Vienne in the mid-ninth century. His successor in Vienne was Boso of Provence, Boso I of Arles, who tried to carve out a kingdom of his own in Provence from Vienne in 878–879. Hugh of Arles was the first known count of Vienne from sometime before 905 until 926, when he was in Italy claiming the Iron Crown of Lombardy. In his absence, Louis the Blind, king of Provence, transferred Vienne to his own son, Charles-Constantine. In September 928, Hugh met with Herbert II of Vermandois and invested Herbert's son Odo of Vermandois, Odo with Vienne in opposition to Charles-Constantine. Charles, however, succeeded in reoccupying Vienne by 931 with the aid of Rudolph of France, to whom he gave his fealty. Briefly dispossess ...
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