The County of Ponthieu (, ), centered on the mouth of the

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, became a member of the Norman group of vassal states when Count Guy submitted to William of Normandy after the battle of Mortemer.Dunbabin.France in the Making. Ch.4. The Principalities 888-987 It eventually formed part of the dowry of

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and passed to the English crown. Much fought-over in the

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, 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

*Helgaud III, also Count of Montreuil. d. 926 in combat 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

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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): * Agnes (1100 – bef. 1105) b. c. 1080 in Ponthieu, France; d by 1103 Married c. 1087 Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury and

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.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 Succeeded in Ponthieu by her only child: * William III Talvas (bef. 1105–20 June 1172), also

. 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

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, Count of Anjou. * Guy II (?–1147). Succeeded by his elder son: *

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(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 Simon of Dammartin (1180 – 21 September 1239) was a son of Alberic III of Dammartin (Aubry de Dammartin) and his wife Mathildis of Clermont, heiress to the county of Clermont and daughter of Renaud II, Count of Clermont. Biography Simon was t ...

(1213 1239) Succeeded by their daughter: *

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(1251–1279), also Countess of Montreuil. **married

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(1198/1199–1252) *

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(1279–1290), also Countess of Montreuil. *

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(1290–1325), also Count of Montreuil. *

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(1325–1336), also Count of Montreuil. *''confiscated by

Philip VI of France Philip VI (french: Philippe; 1293 – 22 August 1350), called the Fortunate (french: le Fortuné, link=no) or the Catholic (french: le Catholique, link=no) and of Valois, was the first king of France from the House of Valois, reigning from 13 ...

'' *

James I, Count of La Marche James I of Bourbon (1319 – 6 April 1362), was a French '' prince du sang'', and the son of Louis I, Duke of Bourbon and Mary of Avesnes. He was Count of Ponthieu from 1351 to 1360, and Count of La Marche from 1341 to his death. Hundred Y ...

(1351–1360) *''returned by the Peace of Brétigny'' *

(1360–1369) *''confiscated again'' *

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(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 Charles X (born Charles Philippe, Count of Artois; 9 October 1757 – 6 November 1836) was King of France from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. An uncle of the uncrowned Louis XVII and younger brother to reigning kings Louis XVI and L ...

(1830–1836)

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