The County of Auxerre was a medieval and early modern

county A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...

in the West Frankish Kingdom, and consequently in the

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. Its capital was the city of

Auxerre Auxerre ( , , Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Auchoirre'') is the capital (Prefectures in France, prefecture) of the Yonne Departments of France, department and the fourth-largest city in the Burgundy historical region southeast of Par ...

. It was commonly associated with the

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History

The first count attested by the sources is one Ermenaud, a companion of

Charlemagne Charlemagne ( ; 2 April 748 – 28 January 814) was List of Frankish kings, King of the Franks from 768, List of kings of the Lombards, King of the Lombards from 774, and Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian ...

who reigned around 770. Sometime around 853/858, king

Charles the Bald Charles the Bald (; 13 June 823 – 6 October 877), also known as CharlesII, was a 9th-century king of West Francia (843–877), King of Italy (875–877) and emperor of the Carolingian Empire (875–877). After a series of civil wars during t ...

handed over the county to his cousin Conrad the Younger, from the

Elder House of Welf The Elder House of Welf (known as Rudolphins in Burgundy) was a Frankish noble dynasty of European rulers documented since the 9th century. Closely related to the Carolingian dynasty, it consisted of a Burgundian and a Swabian group. It has n ...

, whose father Conrad the Elder was lay abbot of Saint-Germaine in

. When he left for Transjuran Burgundy, the county was assigned to

Robert the Strong Robert the Strong (; c. 830 – 866) was the father of two kings of West Francia: Odo (or Eudes) and Robert I of France. His family is named after him and called the Robertians. In 853, he was named '' missus dominicus'' by Charles the Bald, ...

. After the latter's death, he county was administered by

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the Abbot of Saint-Germain d'Auxerre. County of Auxerre was later included into the Burgundian dominion of duke Richard the Justiciar. Count John IV sold it to the King of France in 1370. After the Treaty of Arras (1435) between

Charles VII of France Charles VII (22 February 1403 – 22 July 1461), called the Victorious () or the Well-Served (), was King of France from 1422 to his death in 1461. His reign saw the end of the Hundred Years' War and a ''de facto'' end of the English claims to ...

and Philip III of

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, it returned once again to the latter. In 1477, with the annexion of Burgundy, it became definitively part of France.

List of counts

* Peonius, under

Chlothar I Chlothar I, sometime called "the Old" (French: le Vieux), (died December 561) also anglicised as Clotaire from the original French version, was a king of the Franks of the Merovingian dynasty and one of the four sons of Clovis I. With his eldes ...

* Ermenaud I of Auxerre, ca. 758 * Ermenaud II of Auxerre ca. 800 * Ermenaud III of Auxerre, ca. 840 * Jouvert of Auxerre, ca. 853 * Conrad the Younger, ca. 853/858–864 *

, 864–866 *

Hugh the Abbot Hugh the Abbot of Auxerre (died 12 May 886) was a prominent nobleman and prelate in the Carolingian Empire, who held several ecclesiastical and administrative posts in the West Frankish Kingdom during the reigns of king Charles the Bald and his ...

, brother of count Conrad the Younger, 866–886 * Richard the Justiciar, 886–921, married

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, daughter of count Conrad the Younger * Rudolph of France (also Raoul or Ralph), 921–923 until his election as King of France * Hugh the Black, 923–952 * Gilbert of Chalon, 952–956 * Otto of Paris, 956–965 * Otto-Henry 965–1002 * Landerich of Monceau, 1002–1028 * Renauld, son of Landerich, 1028–1040 *

Robert I, Duke of Burgundy Robert I (1011 – 21 March 1076), known as the Old or the Headstrong (), was Duke of Burgundy from 1032 to his death. Robert was the third son of King Robert II of France and Constance of Arles. His brother was Henry I of France. Life In ...

, briefly in 1040 *

William I, Count of Nevers William I, Count of Nevers (French: ''Guillaume Ier'', c. 1029 – 20 June 1100), was the son of Renauld I, Count of Nevers and Hedwig of France, Countess d'Auxerre. He married Ermengarde, daughter of Renauld, Count of Tonnerre about 1039. Willi ...

, son of Renauld, 1040–1083 * Renauld II of Nevers (son) 1083–1089 (count of Auxerre and

Nevers Nevers ( , ; , later ''Nevirnum'' and ''Nebirnum'') is a city and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Nièvre Departments of France, department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in central France. It was the pr ...

) * William II, Count of Nevers (son) 1097–1148 (count of Auxerre, Tonnerre and

) * William III, Count of Nevers (son) 1148–1161 (count of Auxerre, Tonnerre and

) * William IV, Count of Nevers (son) 1161–1168 (count of Auxerre, Tonnerre and

) * Guy I of Nevers (brother) 1168–1175 (count of Tonnerre, Auxerre and

) * William V, Count of Nevers (son) 1175–1181 (count of Auxerre, Tonnerre and

) * Agnes I of Nevers (sister) 1181–1192 *

Peter II of Courtenay Peter II of Courtenay (; died 1219), was emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople from 1216 to 1217. Biography Peter II was a son of Peter I of Courtenay (died 1183), a younger son of Louis VI of France and his second wife, Adelaide of Mau ...

1184–1218 (married to Agnes) * Mahault I of Coutenay (daughter) 1218–1257 * Hervé of Donzy 1218–1222 (married to Mahault) * Agnes II of Donzy (daughter) 1218–1225 (deceased before her mother) * Guy II of Châtillon, count of Saint Pol 1223–1225 (married to Agnes II) * Gaucher of Châtillon (son) ? (deceased) * Yolande of Châtillon (daughter) ?–1254 * Archambaud of Dampierre ?–1249 (Archambaud IX Lord of Bourbon) (married to Yolande) * Mahaut of Dampierre (daughter) 1257–1262 * Odo of Burgundy 1257–1262 (married to Mahaut) * Alix of Burgundy (daughter) 1251–1290 *

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1273–1290 (married to Alix, joint rulers) * William VI the Great (son) 1290–1304 * John II (son) 1304–1361 * John III (son) 1361–1370 * John IV (son) 1370, sold to

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(also duke of Burgundy) (1435–1467), granted as a

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in the Treaty of Arras *

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(also duke of Burgundy) (1467–1477) *Reverted to the French crown

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