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The County of La Marche (; oc, la Marcha) was a medieval French county, approximately corresponding to the modern ''département in France, département'' of Creuse.
La Marche first appeared as a separate fief about the middle of the 10th century, when William III, Duke of Aquitaine, gave it to one of his vassals, Boson, who took the title of Count. In the 12th century, the countship passed to the House of Lusignan. They also were sometimes Counts and dukes of Angoulême, counts of Angoulême and counts of Limousin.
With the death of the childless Count Guy in 1308, his possessions in La Marche were seized by Philip IV of France. In 1314, the king made La Marche an ''appanage'' for his youngest son the Prince, afterwards Charles IV of France, Charles IV. Several years later in 1327, La Marche passed into the hands of the House of Bourbon. The family of House of Armagnac, Armagnac held it from 1435 to 1477, when it reverted to the Bourbons.
In 1527 La Marche was seized by Francis I of France, Francis I and became part of the domains of the French crown. It was divided into ''Haute Marche'' and ''Basse Marche'', the estates of the former continuing until the 17th century. From 1470 until the Revolution, the province was under the jurisdiction of the parlement of Paris.
The County of La Marche (; oc, la Marcha) was a medieval French county, approximately corresponding to the modern ''département in France, département'' of Creuse.
La Marche first appeared as a separate fief about the middle of the 10th century, when William III, Duke of Aquitaine, gave it to one of his vassals, Boson, who took the title of Count. In the 12th century, the countship passed to the House of Lusignan. They also were sometimes Counts and dukes of Angoulême, counts of Angoulême and counts of Limousin.
With the death of the childless Count Guy in 1308, his possessions in La Marche were seized by Philip IV of France. In 1314, the king made La Marche an ''appanage'' for his youngest son the Prince, afterwards Charles IV of France, Charles IV. Several years later in 1327, La Marche passed into the hands of the House of Bourbon. The family of House of Armagnac, Armagnac held it from 1435 to 1477, when it reverted to the Bourbons.
In 1527 La Marche was seized by Francis I of France, Francis I and became part of the domains of the French crown. It was divided into ''Haute Marche'' and ''Basse Marche'', the estates of the former continuing until the 17th century. From 1470 until the Revolution, the province was under the jurisdiction of the parlement of Paris.
Counts of La Marche
La Marche dynasty
*Boso I le Vieux (the Old), count of La Marche and count of Périgord (958–988) *Aldebert I, count of La Marche and Périgord (988–997) **Boso II, count of La Marche and Périgord (988–1010) *Bernard I (1010–1041) **His daughter, Almodis de la Marche, Almodis, married firstly with Hugh V of Lusignan, and their son Hugh VI inherited later the county of Marche by her right. *Aldebert II (1047–1088), son of Bernard I **His daughter, also named Almodis, married before 1086 with Roger the Poitevin, of the Montgomerie family, House of Montgomery. *Boso III (1088–1091), son of Aldebert II **Eudes I, son of Bernard I, probably ruled as regent for his nephew Boso III (1088)Lusignan dynasty
*Hugh VI of Lusignan, Hugh I the Devil, son of Hugh V of Lusignan and Almodis de la Marche (1091–1102) *Hugh VII of Lusignan, Hugh II (1102–1151) *Hugh VIII of Lusignan, Hugh III (1151–1165) *Hugh IX of Lusignan, Hugh IV the Brown (1203–1219) *Hugh X of Lusignan, Hugh V (1219–1249) *Hugh XI of Lusignan, Hugh VI (1249–1260) *Hugh XII of Lusignan, Hugh VII (1260–1275) *Hugh XIII of Lusignan, Hugh VIII (1270–1303) *Guy of Lusignan, Count of Angoulême, Guy (1303–1308) *Yolanda of Lusignan, Yolanda (1308–1314) *Annexed by Philip IV of France and given as an appanage to Philip's son Charles IV of France, Charles the FairCapetian dynasty
*Charles IV of France, Charles the Fair (1314–1322) *On Charles' succession to the throne in 1322, he exchanged the county with Louis of Bourbon for the Counts of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis, County of Clermont.Capetian-Bourbon dynasty
*Louis I, Duke of Bourbon, Louis I of Bourbon (1322–1341) *James I, Count of La Marche, James I of Bourbon (1341–1362) *Peter II, Count of La Marche, Peter II of Bourbon-La Marche (1362) *John I, Count of La Marche, John I of Bourbon-La Marche (1362–1393) *James II, Count of La Marche, James II (1393–1438), married Joan II of NaplesArmagnac dynasty
*Bernard d'Armagnac, Count of Pardiac, Bernard, count of Pardiac and of Marche, duke of Nemours (1438–1462) (''in right of his wife'', James II, Count of La Marche#Marriage, Eleanor, ''daughter of'' James II) *Jacques d'Armagnac, 4th Duc de Nemours, count of Pardiac and of Marche, duke of Nemours (1462–1477) *In 1477, Jacques was convicted of treason and his territories were confiscated by Louis XI of France.Capetian-Bourbon dynasty
*Peter II, Duke of Bourbon, Peter II of Bourbon (1477–1503) *Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Charles III of Bourbon, Montpensier, count of Montpensier, Beaujeu, Marche, and Forez; duke of Bourbon (1505–1525)Orleanist pretenders to Count of La Marche
The title was granted to Thibaut, a younger son of Henri, Count of Paris (1908–1999), Henri, the Orléanist claimant to the throne of France. *Prince Thibaut, Count of La Marche (1948–1983) *Prince Robert, Count of La Marche (b. 1976, r. 1983- )See also
* Marches * Provinces of FranceReferences
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