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Counts and dukes of Nevers

The counts of Nevers were the rulers of the County of Nevers, in France, The territory became a duchy in the peerage of France in 1539 under the dukes of Nevers.

For other people named Nevers, see Nevers (disambiguation).

History[edit]

The history of the County of Nevers is closely connected to the Duchy of Burgundy. 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 became a duchy in the peerage of France. 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. His family held the duchy of Nevers until the French Revolution.

(c.973–987; Duke of Burgundy, 965–1002)

Otto-Henry

(987–992; Duke of Burgundy (contender), 1002–1004)

Otto-William

(992–1028)

Landry

(also Count of Auxerre, 1031–1040)

Renaud I

(also Count of Auxerre, 1040–1083)

William I

(also Count of Auxerre, 1083–1097)

Renaud II

(also Count of Auxerre, 1097–1148)

William II

(also Count of Auxerre, 1148–1161)

William III

(also Count of Auxerre, 1161–1168)

William IV

(also Count of Auxerre, 1168–1175)

Guy

(also Count of Auxerre, 1175–1181)

William V

Agnes I

Peter II of Courtenay

Matilda I

Hervé

Matilda II

Odo

Yolande II

John Tristan

(1280–1322), son of Yolande II and Robert III

Louis I

(also Count of Flanders, 1322–1346)

Louis II

(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)

Louis III

(1384–1404; John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, 1404–1419)

John I

(1404–1415), younger brother of John the Fearless

Philip II

(1415–1464)

Charles I

(1464–1491)

John II

(1491–1506)

Engelbert

(1506–1521)

Charles II

(1521-1539)

François I

(1539–1561) (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 I

(1561–1563)

François II

(1563–1564), his brother

Jacques

Henriette

Louis

(1595–1637), also Duke of Mantua (1627–1637)

Charles III

(1637–1659), also Duke of Mantua (1637–1665), sold the Duchies of Nevers and Rethel in 1659 to Cardinal Mazarin

Charles IV

(1659–1661)

Cardinal Mazarin

(1661–1707), his nephew

Philippe Jules

(1707–1768)

Philippe Jules François

(1768–1798)

Louis-Jules

In 1539 the county of Nevers was raised to a duchy.[1]

Antonetti, Guy (2000). "Les Princes Etrangers". In Bardet, Jean-Pierre (ed.). Etat et société en France aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles (in French). Presses l'Universite de Paris-Sorbonne.

Nevers and the Counts of Nevers