This is a list of counts and dukes of Rethel. The first counts of Rethel ruled independently, before the county passed first to the Counts of Nevers, then to the Counts of Flanders, and finally to the Dukes of Burgundy. In 1405 the County became part of the Peerage of France, and in 1581 it was elevated to a duchy. In 1663 it became the Duchy of Mazarin. The county was active in the

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s. King Baldwin II of Jerusalem was the brother of Count Gervais and Countess Matilda of Rethel, while Beatrice of Rethel married Leo I, Prince of Armenia.

Rethel Dynasty

*Manasses I * Manasses II (?–1032) * Manasses III (1032–1056) *

Hugh I Hugh I may refer to: * Hugh I of Lusignan (c. 885–c. 930) * Hugh I, Count of Maine (died 933) * Hugh I, Viscount of Châteaudun (died 989 or after) * Hugh I of France (c. 939–996), a.k.a. Hugh Capet, first King of the Franks of the Capetian dy ...

(1065–1118) *

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(1118–1124) * Matilda (1124–1151)

Vitre Dynasty

Odo of Vitry Odo of Vitry (Eudes) (died 1158) was a French nobleman. Count of Rethel and Châtelain de Vitry. His parenthood is unclear. It is sometimes stated that he was a son of André, castellan A castellan is the title used in Medieval Europe for ...

(1124–1158), married Matilda of Rethel *Ithier (1158–1171) * Manasses IV (1171–1199) * Hugh II (1199–1227) *Hugh III (1227–1242) *John (1242–1251) *Walter (1251–1262) * Manasses V (1262–1272) * Hugh IV (1272–1285) *

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(1285–1328)

Dampierre dynasty

* Louis I (1285–1322; married Joan; also count of Nevers) * Louis II (1322–1346; also

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and Nevers; married Margaret, countess of Artois) * Louis III (1346–1384; also count of Flanders, Nevers, and Artois) *

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(1384–1402; also countess of Flanders, Nevers, Artois, and duchess of Burgundy)

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dynasty

* Philip the Bold (1384–1402; also duke of Burgundy; married Margaret of Dampierre) *

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(1402–1407; later duke of Brabant) * Philip II (1407–1415; also count of Nevers) * Charles I (1415–1464; also count of Nevers) * John II (1464–1491; also count of Nevers and Eu) * Charlotte (1491–1500)

Albret dynasty

*John of Albret (1491–1500; also lord of Orval; married Charlotte of Rethel) *

Marie of Albret Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel, Countess of Nevers (25 March 1491 – 27 October 1549) was the suo jure Countess of Rethel, a title which she inherited at the age of nine upon the death of her mother, Charlotte of Nevers, Sovereign Countess o ...

(1500–1549)

Cleves dynasty

*Charles II (1500–1521; also count of Nevers; married

) *

Francis I Francis I or Francis the First may refer to: * Francesco I Gonzaga (1366–1407) * Francis I, Duke of Brittany (1414–1450), reigned 1442–1450 * Francis I of France (1494–1547), King of France, reigned 1515–1547 * Francis I, Duke of Saxe ...

(1549–1561; also duke of Nevers) *Francis II (1561–1562; also duke of Nevers) *James (1561–1564; also duke of Nevers) * Henriette of Cleves (1564–1601; also duchess of Nevers)

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dynasty

* Louis IV (1566–1595; married Henriette of Cleves; first duke of Rethel) * Charles III (1595–1637; also duke of Nevers, Mantua, Montferrat, and Mayenne) * Charles IV (1637–1659; also duke of Nevers, Mantua and Montferrat)

House of Mazarin

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(1659–1661); minister of Louis XIV of France; purchased Rethel from Charles IV * Hortense Mancini (1661–1699); the niece of Cardinal Mazarin, Duchess of Mazarin, Duchess of Mayenne, Duchess of Meilleraye, mistress of

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* Paul-Jules de la Porte (1699–1731; also Duke of Meilleraye) * Paul de la Porte (1731–1738; also Duke of Meilleraye) *

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(1738–1781; also Duchess of Mayenne and Meilleraye) *

Louise d'Aumont Louise d'Aumont, ''duchesse d'Aumont, duchesse Mazarin et de La Meilleraye'', (Louise Félicité Victoire; 22 October 1759, in Paris – 13 December 1826, in Paris) was a French Duchess and a Princess of Monaco by marriage to Honoré IV, Prince o ...

(1781–1789; also Duchess of Mayenne and Meilleraye) Nowadays, the title is still claimed by her descendants, the

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Bibliography

* Alan V. Murray, ''The crusader Kingdom of Jérusalem, A Dynastic History 1099-1125'', Linacre College Oxford, 2000, {{ISBN, 1-900934-03-5 Monegasque titles Rethel