The County of Geneva, largely corresponding to the later Genevois province, originated in the tenth century, in the Burgundian

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(Arelat) which fell to the

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in 1032.

History

Several nobles had held the title of a Count of Geneva in Upper Burgundy (''Bourgogne transjurane'') from the 9th century. The progenitor of the Counts of Geneva was Conrad I, possible

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of Burgundy, in Vienne. Count Cono/Conrad died about 1003 in exile, during the Hermann II's rebellion (his brother

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, of Conradines lineage). Their son, Robert, count of Geneva, was born about 970 and died about 1020. Château d'Annecy

The county never played a major part as a feudal entity. The city of

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and its environs were retained, but the approaches to the western end of

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, which had made the position strategic, were soon lost. In 1124 the Bishops of Geneva had their rule over the city acknowledged and continued to make themselves an independent force, while the Counts of Savoy encircled the territory and controlled the trade routes. From 1219 on, the counts' stronghold and capital was

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. At a moment when the male line of the counts was near exhaustion,

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was raised to a shadow papacy by the French cardinals who seceded from the

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and wished to rescind their part in the election of the irascible Urban VI; elected 20 September 1378, Robert took the title of Clement VII. Unexpectedly, with the death of his brother, he succeeded as count in 1392. As count, Robert was virtually dependent on the cooperative graces of the count of Savoy. With his death in 1394, the House of Geneva was extinguished and the title passed to the husband of the heiress, Humbert VII of Thoire and Villars who died in 1400. The year after Humbert's death, his heir Odo sold the comté to Count Amadeus VIII of Savoy. Though other members of the Genevan House protested, and the House of Chalons (and after its extinction the House of Orange-Nassau) remained the strongest claimant, Amadeus successfully completed the integration of the county with his territories, which were raised to a duchy by Emperor

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. The title Count of Geneva passed securely into the

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, where it is maintained as a

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List of counts

Legendary counts

Medieval historians connected the literary figures of Reynier and Olivier from the late-12th-century '' Girart de Vienne'' to the Genevois, but this is pure fiction. * c. 770 : Reynier * c. 770–800 : Oliver, his son

Early counts

* c. 890 : Manasses, may be count of Geneva * ... * c. 1002 : Manasses * c. 1012 : Robert, his nephew, son of count Cono/Conrad I (possible Cono count palatine of Burgundy)

Unconfirmed counts

By Samuel Guichenon, in ''Histoire généalogique de la royale maison de Savoie'' (1660) * 880 (?) : Ratbert (870/880 – † 901) * 931 (?) : Albitius (900 – † 931/932), his son * (?) : Conrad (930 – † 963), his son * c. 963–974 (?) : Robert († 974), his sonJean-Yves Mariotte « Du bon usage des faux » (p. 346), paru dans l'ouvrage de Barbara Roth-Lochner, Marc Neuenschwander et François Walter, Des archives à la mémoire : mélanges d'histoire politique, religieuse et sociale offerts à Louis Binz, Librairie Droz, 1995, p. 503 (). * 974–1001 (?) : Albert * 1004 (?) : Renaud * 1016 (?) : Aymon * c. 1060 : Robert

House of Geneva

*c. 1045–c.1061 : Gerold of Geneva *c. 1061–1080: Conrad, his son *c. 1080–1128 : Aymon I, his brother *1128–1178 : Amadeus I, his son *1178–1195 :

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his son *1195–1220 :

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, his son *1220–1252 : William II, his brother *1252–1265 : Rudolf, his son *1265–1280 : Aymon II, his son *1280–1308 : Amadeus II, his brother *1308–1320 : William III, his son *1320–1367 : Amadeus III, his son *1367–1367 : Aymon III, his son *1367–1369 : Amadeus IV, his brother *1369–1370 :

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, his brother *1370–1392 : Peter, his brother *1392–1394 : Robert, his brother as Clement VII he was

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from 1378

House of Thoire

Blason ville fr Villars-les-Dombes (Ain)

* 1394–1400 : Humbert VII of Thoire and Villars (died 1400), son of Humbert VI, Lord of Thoire and Villars, and Maria of Geneva, daughter of Amadeus III * 1400–1401 : Odo of Thoire and Villars In 1401 Odo sold the County to

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of Savoy. His heirs however contested this and the legal processes were not completed until 1424.

House of Savoy

From 1424 the County of Geneva was joined to the House of Savoy, although at times it was granted as appanage to cadet branches of the family. * 1424–1434 :

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* 1434–1444 : Philip of Savoy (1417–1444), his son, ''apanagiste'' Count *: 1444–1460 : Louis (1413–1465), Duke of Savoy, his brother * 1460–1482 : Louis (1436 † 1482), his son, ''apanagiste'' Count, also King of Cyprus * 1482–1491 : John of Savoy (1440–1491), his brother, ''apanagiste'' Count * 1491–1496 : Charles II (1489–1496), Duke of Savoy *: 1496–1497 : Philipp II ''the Landless'' (1438–1497), Duke of Savoy, great-uncle of the previous, son of Louis I *: 1497–1504 : Philibert II ''the Handsome'' (1480–1504), Duke of Savoy, his son *: 1504–1514 :

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(1486–1553), Duke of Savoy, his brother * 1514–1533 :

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(1490 † 1533), ''apanagiste'' Count of Geneva,

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, his brother * 1533–1585 : Jacques, Duke of Nemours (1531–1585), Duke of Geneva 1564, his son * 1585–1595 : Charles Emmanuel, Duke of Nemours (1567–1595), his son * 1595–1632 :

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(1572–1632), his brother * 1632–1641 : Louis, Duke of Nemours (1615–1641), his son * 1641–1652 : Charles Amadeus of Savoy (1624–1652), his brother * 1652–1659 :

Henri II, Duke of Nemours Henri of Savoy (7 November 1625, Paris – 4 January 1659, Paris) was the seventh Duc de Nemours (1652–59), and was also Count of Geneva. Henri, as the third son of Henri de Savoie, 4th Duc de Nemours, was not expected to succeed to the duked ...

(1625–1659), his brother,

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* 1659–1724 : Marie Jeanne of Savoy (1644–1724), daughter of Charles Amadeus, married *: Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1634–1675) husband of the above Subsequently, the County of Geneva was joined to the Duchy of Savoy.