The Counts of Dammartin were the rulers of the county of Dammartin, based in the current commune of

Dammartin-en-Goële Dammartin-en-Goële ( or , ) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is around northeast of the centre of Paris. Geography It is well situated on a hill forming part of the plate ...

as early as the 10th century. Located at the central plain of France, the county controlled the roads of

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and

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. It seems that this county was initially held by Constance, the wife of Manasses Calvus, the first Count. The name Dammartin-en-Goële comes from ''Domnus Martinus'', the Latin name of

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, who evangelized the region of Goële in the fourth century. A small town in the district of

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in the Department of

Seine-et-Marne Seine-et-Marne () is a department in the Île-de-France region in Northern France. Named after the rivers Seine and Marne, it is the region's largest department with an area of 5,915 square kilometres (2,284 square miles); it roughly covers its ...

, ancient village of

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, it appears to go back to the earliest times;

, also called Velly, was in 1031 one of the most significant places in France.

House of Montdidier

Manasses Manasses or Manasseh (;churchofjesuschris ...

(before 1031 – 1037), son of Hildouin II de Montdidier, seigneur de Ramerupt, married to Constance, daughter of

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Odo Odo is a name typically associated with historical figures from the Middle Ages and before. Odo is etymologically related to the names Otho and Otto, and to the French name Odon and modern version Eudes, and to the Italian names Ottone and Udo; a ...

(1037–1060), son of the preceding * Hugues I (1060–1100), brother of the preceding, married to Roharde de Bulles *

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(1100–1105), son of the preceding.

House of Mello

* Albéric I de Mello (1105–1112), married to Aelis (Adela) de Dammartin, daughter of Hugues I and of Roharde de Bulles. * Alberic II (1112–1183), son of the preceding, married to Clémence de Bar *

Alberic III Alberic III (died 1044) was the Count of Tusculum, along with Galeria, Preneste, and Arce, from 1024, when his brother the count Roman was elected Pope John XIX, until his own death. He was a son of Gregory I and Maria, brother of Popes Benedict ...

(1183–1200), son of the preceding, married in 1164 to Mathilde de Clermont-en-Beauvaisis, daughter of Renaud II, Count of Clermont, and

Adelaide, Countess of Vermandois Adelaide of Vermandois (died 23 September 1120) was ''suo jure'' List of counts of Vermandois, Countess of Vermandois and Count of Valois, Valois from 1080 to 1102. She was the last landed ruler of the Carolingian dynasty. Adelaide was the daught ...

. *

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, (1200–1227), also Count of Boulogne and Aumale, married to Marie de Châtillon * Ida (1160 - 1216), also Countess of Boulogne * Mathilde II (1214–1259), also Countess of Boulogne, Aumale and Mortain, daughter of preceding, married to: **

Philippe Hurepel Philip I of Boulogne (Philip Hurepel) (1200–1235) was a French prince, Counts of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis in his own right, and Count of Boulogne, Count of Mortain, Mortain, Count of Aumale, Aumale, and Dammartin-en ...

(1218), Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis, in 1218 **

Afonso III Alfonso III (Spanish) or Afonso III (Portuguese) may refer to: *Alfonso III of Asturias (866–910), surnamed "the Great" *Afonso III of Portugal (1210–1279) *Alfonso III of Aragon (1285–1291) *Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena Alfonso III ...

, King of Portugal and the Algarve (1235). After dispute between the heirs of Matilda, who died without issue, the county of Dammartin was given to Mathieu de Trie, maternal grandson of Aubry III of Dammartin.

House of Trie

* Mathieu de Trie (1262–1272), son of Jean I, seigneur de Trie and of Mouchy, and of Aélis de Dammartin (daughter of Aubry III) * Jean II de Trie (1272–1302), Count of Dammartin, killed at

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at the

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on 11 July 1302, son of preceding. Married to :# Ermengearde :# Yolande de Dreux (v. 1243 † 1313), daughter of John I, Count of Dreux, and of Marie de Bourbon-Dampierre * Renaud II de Trie (1302–1319), son of preceding and of Yolande de Dreux. Married to Philippe de Beaumont-en-Gâtinais. * Renaud III de Trie (1319–1327) son of preceding and of Philippe de Beaumont-en-Gâtinais. Died without issue. * Jean III de Trie (1327–1338), brother of preceding. Married to Jeanne de Sancerre. * Charles de Trie (1338–1394), son of preceding. Married to Jeanne d'Amboise. * Blanche de Trie (1394– ). Daughter of preceding. Married to Charles, seigneur de la Rivière, Grand Master of Waters and Forests of France, died without issue.

House of Châtillon

* Marguerite de Châtillon (died after 1389), daughter of Jacqueline de Trie, sister of Charles de Trie, and Jean de Châtillon, Count of Porcien. Married to Guillaume de Fayel, viscount of Breteuil.

House of Fayel

* Jean de Fayel (died after 1420), viscount of Breteuil, Count of Dammartin, son of Guillaume de Fayel, viscount of Breteuil, and of Marguerite de Châtillon. * Marie de Fayel (died before 1439), sister of Jean de Fayel. Married to Renaud de Nanteuil. The English, who occupied the northern half of France, confiscated the County of Dammartin and gave it to a Burgundian lord, Antoine de Vergy.

House of Vergy

* Antoine de Vergy († 1439), son of Jean III de Vergy and of Jeanne de Chalon. He is a descendant of the Counts of Dammartin: Jean III of Vergy is son of John II of Vergy, himself son of Henri de Vergy and Mahaut of Trie, daughter of Jean II de Trie, Count of Dammartin.

House of Nanteuil

Charles VII recovered the county of Dammartin and returned it to the rightful owner. * Renaud de Nanteuil, husband of Marie de Fayel. * Marguerite de Nanteuil (died 1475), daughter of Renaud de Nanteuil and Marie de Fayel. Married in 1439 to

Antoine de Chabannes Antoine de Chabannes (1408–1488), from 1439 Counts of Dammartin, Count of Dammartin (with a gap in 1463–1465), was a significant military and political figure of 15th-century France. An indefatigable fighter, during his long career he joined ...

House of Chabannes

(1439–1488) * Jean de Chabannes (1488–1503), son of the preceding. Married to Suzanne de Bourbon, daughter of Louis de Bourbon, Count of Roussillon, and of Jeanne de Valois * Antoinette de Chabannes (1503–1527), daughter of the preceding. Married to René of Anjou (1483 † 1521), baron of Mézières, son of Louis of Anjou (illegitimate son of

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) and of Louise de la Trémoille.

House of Anjou-Mézières

* Françoise d'Anjou (1527–1547), daughter of Antoinette de Chabannes. Married to Philippe de Boulainvilliers († 1536), Count of Fauquemberghe

House of Boulainvilliers

* Philippe de Boulainvilliers (1547–1554), son of Françoise d'Anjou. His mother gave him the county in 1547, which he sold to Anne de Montmorency in 1554.

House of Montmorency

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(1554–1567), baron then Duke of Montmorency. Married in 1529 to Madeleine de Savoie. *

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(1567–1579), son of the preceding, Duke of Montmorency. Married in 1557 to

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, without issue. *

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(1579–1614), brother of the preceding, Duke of Montmorency. Married : :# in 1558 to Antoinette de La Marck (1542 † 1591) :# in 1593 to Louise de Budos (1575 † 1598) *

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(1614–1632), son of the preceding, Duke of Montmorency. The king confiscated his property and gave Dammartin to the Prince of Condé. The county then lost its importance, and the castle was dismantled.

House of Bourbon-Condé

* Henri II de Bourbon (1632–1646), prince of Condé. Married to Charlotte de Montmorency (1594 † 1650), sister of Henri II de Montmorency The county is transmitted through his descendants until the Revolution.

Sources

Mathieu, J. N., ''Recherches sur les premiers Comtes de Dammartin'', Mémoires publiés par la Fédération des sociétés historiques et archéologiques de Paris et de l'Ile-de-France, 1996 Dammartin French noble families