The counts of Nevers were the rulers of the

County of Nevers The County of Nevers () was a county in central France. Its principal town was Nevers. It roughly corresponds to the later province of Nivernais and the modern of department of Nièvre.duchy in 1539, with the rulers of the duchy calling themselves dukes.

History

The history of the County of Nevers is closely connected to the

Duchy of Burgundy The Duchy of Burgundy (; la, Ducatus Burgundiae; french: Duché de Bourgogne, ) emerged in the 9th century as one of the successors of the ancient Kingdom of the Burgundians, which after its conquest in 532 had formed a constituent part of the ...

. The counts also held the County of Auxerre in the 11th and 12th centuries, and the county was held by the count of Flanders and then the duke of Burgundy again in the 14th century. In 1539, it was directly annexed to

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and became a duchy in the

peerage of France The Peerage of France (french: Pairie de France) was a hereditary distinction within the French nobility which appeared in 1180 in the Middle Ages. The prestigious title and position of Peer of France (french: Pair de France, links=no) was ...

. For a time, it was held by a cadet branch of the House of Gonzaga. This branch inherited the Duchy of Mantua from the senior Gonzaga line (when it became extinct in 1627) and ruled Mantua until 1708, when the branch died out in the male line. Charles IV Gonzaga sold the duchies of Nevers and Rethel in 1659 to

Cardinal Mazarin Cardinal Jules Mazarin (, also , , ; 14 July 1602 – 9 March 1661), born Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino () or Mazarini, was an Italian cardinal, diplomat and politician who served as the chief minister to the Kings of France Louis XIII and Louis X ...

. His family held the duchy of Nevers until the

French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in coup of 18 Brumaire, November 1799. Many of its ...

Counts of Nevers

* Otto-Henry (c.973–987;

Duke of Burgundy Duke of Burgundy (french: duc de Bourgogne) was a title used by the rulers of the Duchy of Burgundy, from its establishment in 843 to its annexation by France in 1477, and later by Holy Roman Emperors and Kings of Spain from the House of Habsburg ...

, 965–1002) * Otto-William (987–992;

(contender), 1002–1004) * Landri (992–1028) * Renaud I (also

Count of Auxerre The County of Auxerre is a former state of current central France, with capital in Auxerre. History The first count attested by the sources is one Ermenaud I of Auxerre, Ermenaud, a companion of Charlemagne who reigned around 770. In 859 Charles ...

, 1031–1040) * William I (also

, 1040–1083) * Renaud II (also

, 1083–1097) * William II (also

, 1097–1148) * William III (also

, 1148–1161) *

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(also

, 1161–1168) * Guy (also

, 1168–1175) *

William V William V may refer to: * William V, Duke of Aquitaine (969–1030) *William V of Montpellier (1075–1121) * William V, Marquess of Montferrat (1191) * William V, Count of Nevers (before 11751181) *William V, Duke of Jülich (1299–1361) * Willia ...

(also

, 1175–1181) * Agnes I (1181–1192) ** Peter II of Courtenay (1184–1192; Latin Emperor, 1216–1217) * Matilda I (1192–1257) **

Hervé IV of Donzy Hervé IV of Donzy (1173– 22 January 1222) was a French nobleman and participant in the Fifth Crusade. By marriage in 1200 to Mahaut de Courtenay (1188–1257), daughter of Peter II of Courtenay, he became Count of Nevers. In a dispute over th ...

(1199–1223) *** Agnes of Donzy, who married Philip, Dauphin of France, then

Guy II of Saint-Pol Guy IV (c. 1197 – 1226) of the House of Châtillon was the ''de facto'' count of Saint-Pol as Guy II''L'Art de vérifier les dates'', vol. 3 (Paris, 1818)pp. 309–310 from 1219/1223 until his death. Born around 1197, Guy w ...

**** Yolande I, Countess of Nevers, who married Archambaud IX of Bourbon, had Matilda II ** Guigues of Forez (1226–1241) * Matilda II (also Countess of Auxerre, 1257–1262) ** Odo (also

, 1257–1262) * Yolande II (1262–1280) ** John Tristan (1265–1270) ** Robert III of Bethune (1272–1280) *

Louis I Louis I may refer to: * Louis the Pious, Louis I of France, "the Pious" (778–840), king of France and Holy Roman Emperor * Louis I, Landgrave of Thuringia (ruled 1123–1140) * Ludwig I, Count of Württemberg (c. 1098–1158) * Louis I of Blois ...

(1280–1322) * Louis II (also Count of Flanders, 1322–1346) * Louis III (also Count of Flanders, 1346–1384) (on his death, the title passed directly to his grandson John, although John's mother Margaret, Countess of Flanders, and her husband Philip II, Duke of Burgundy received other titles) * John I (1384–1404;

, 1404–1419) *

Philip II Philip II may refer to: * Philip II of Macedon (382–336 BC) * Philip II (emperor) (238–249), Roman emperor * Philip II, Prince of Taranto (1329–1374) * Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (1342–1404) * Philip II, Duke of Savoy (1438-1497) * Philip ...

(1404–1415) * Charles I (1415–1464) * John II (1464–1491) *

Engelbert of Cleves Engelbert of Cleves, Count of Nevers (26 September 1462 – 21 November 1506) was the younger son of John I, Duke of Cleves and Elizabeth of Nevers, only surviving child of John II, Count of Nevers. In 1481, he was sent with a large army to the ...

(1491–1506) * Charles II, Count of Nevers (1506–1521)

Dukes of Nevers

Rulers of the Duchy of Nivernais. * François I (1521–1562) (His mother, Marie of Albret (d. 1549), widow of Charles II, also took the title in 1539, even though it was her son and his wife who became the actual duke and duchess.) *François II (1562–1563) *Jacques (1563–1564) *

Henriette of Cleves Henriette de La Marck (31 October 1542 – 24 June 1601), also known as Henriette of Cleves, was a French noblewoman and courtier. She was the 4th Duchess of Nevers, ''suo jure'' Countess of Rethel, and Princess of Mantua by her marriage with Lo ...

(1564–1601) ** Louis Gonzaga (1566–1595) * Charles III Gonzaga (1595–1637) * Charles IV Gonzaga (1637–1659), sold the Duchies of Nevers and Rethel in 1659 to Cardinal Mazarin * Jules Mazarin (1659–1661) *

Philippe Jules Mancini Philippe Jules Mancini, 8th Duke of Nevers (1641–1707) was the nephew of Cardinal Mazarin, chief minister of France immediately after the death of King Louis XIII. He was the brother of the five famous Mancini sisters, who, along with two of ...

(1661–1707) *

Philip Julius Francis Mancini Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularize ...

(1707–1768) * Louis-Jules Mancini (1768–1798)

External links

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