The County of Brienne was a medieval

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Brienne-le-Château Brienne-le-Château () is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France. It is located from the right bank of the river Aube and 26 miles northeast of Troyes. History It was the centre of the medieval County of Brienne, whose lo ...

Counts of Brienne

* Engelbert I (c. 950 – c. 968) * Engelbert II (c. 968 – c. 990) * Engelbert III (c. 990 – c. 1008) * Engelbert IV (c. 1008 – c. 1035) *

Walter I Walter may refer to: People and fictional characters * Walter (name), including a list of people and fictional and mythical characters with the given name or surname * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–19 ...

(c.1035 – c. 1090) * Erard I (c. 1090 – c. 1120?) * Walter II (c. 1120? – c. 1161) * Erard II (c. 1161 – 1191) * Walter III (1191–1205) * Walter IV (1205–1246) **

John of Brienne John of Brienne ( 1170 – 19–23 March 1237), also known as John I, was the king of Jerusalem from 1210 to 1225 and Latin emperor of Constantinople from 1229 to 1237. He was the youngest son of Erard II of Brienne, a wealthy nobleman in Cham ...

(1205/1206–1221), ruled on behalf of the above *

John I John I may refer to: People Religious figures * John I (bishop of Jerusalem) * John Chrysostom (349 – c. 407), Patriarch of Constantinople * John I of Antioch (died 441) * Pope John I of Alexandria, Coptic Pope from 496 to 505 * Pope John I, P ...

(1246– c. 1260) *

Hugh Hugh is the English-language variant of the masculine given name , itself the Old French variant of '' Hugo (name)">Hugo'', a short form of Continental Germanic Germanic name">given names beginning in the element "mind, spirit" (Old English ). ...

(c. 1260–1296) *

Walter V Walter V of Brienne (; – 15 March 1311) was Duke of Athens from 1308 until his death. Being the only son of Hugh of Brienne and Isabella de la Roche, Walter was the heir to large estates in France, the Kingdom of Naples, and the Peloponnese. H ...

(1296–1311) * Walter VI (1311–1356) *

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(1356–1360) ''with her son:'' * Sohier (1356–1364) * Walter VII (1364–1381) *

Louis I Louis I may refer to: Cardinals * Louis I, Cardinal of Guise (1527–1578) Counts * Ludwig I, Count of Württemberg (c. 1098–1158) * Louis I of Blois (1172–1205) * Louis I of Flanders (1304–1346) * Louis I of Châtillon (died 13 ...

(1381–1394) *

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(1394–1397) ''with her husband:'' *

John II John II may refer to: People * John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (1455–1499) * John II Casimir Vasa of Poland (1609–1672) * John II Comyn, Lord of Badenoch (died 1302) * John II Doukas of Thessaly (1303–1318) * John II Komnenos (1087–114 ...

(1394–1397) * Peter I, comte de St-Pol (1397–1433) * Louis II, comte de St-Pol (1433–1475) * Peter II, comte de St-Pol (1475–1481) *

Anthony I, Count of Ligny Anthony I, Count of Ligny (1450–1519) was the youngest son of Louis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol and his wife, Jeanne de Bar, Countess of Marle and Soissons. In 1482, he inherited the County of Brienne from his brother Peter II, Count of ...

(1481–1519) *

Charles I, Count of Ligny Charles I, Count of Ligny, (1488–1530) was the ruling Count of Ligny and Brienne. Early life Born as the son of Anthony I, Count of Ligny, and his second wife, Françoise of Croÿ-Chimay. He belonged to the collateral branch of the House o ...

(1519–1530) *

Anthony II, Count of Ligny Anthony II, Count of Ligny (d. 8 February 1557) was the son of Count Charles I and his wife Charlotte of Estouteville. In 1530, he succeeded his father as Count of Ligny and Brienne. In 1535, he married Margaret, a daughter of René of Savoy, ...

(1530–1557) *

John III, Count of Ligny John III, Count of Ligny (died 1 July 1576) was the eldest son of Count Anthony II and his wife Margaret of Savoy. He succeeded his father as Count of Brienne and Ligny in 1557. He arrived in Edinburgh on 2 November 1566 as the ambassador of Sa ...

(1557–1576) * Charles II, Duke of Brienne, (1576–1608) (created Duke of Brienne in 1587; extinct on his death) * Louise, Countess of Brienne (1608–1647) * Louise de Béon (1647–1665) ''with her husband:'' *

Henri-Auguste de Loménie, comte de Brienne Henri-Auguste de Loménie (1594 – 3 November 1666), Count of Brienne, Seigneur de La Ville-aux-Clercs was a French politician. He was secretary of state for the navy from 1615 to February 1643, and then secretary of state for foreign affair ...

(1647–1666) * Louis Henri de Loménie, comte de Brienne (1666–1698) * Andrew Louis Henri de Loménie, comte de Brienne (1698–1743) * Nicholas Louis de Loménie, comte de Brienne (1743–1758) *

Athanase Louis Marie de Loménie, comte de Brienne Athanase is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Athanase Apartis (1899–1972), Greek sculptor * Athanase Auger (1734–1792), French educator, Hellenist and translator * Athanase Bala (1927–2019), Cameroonian Catholic bishop * ...

(1758–1794)

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