| Count of Vermandois | |
|---|---|
| Creation date | 484 |
| First holder | Leodegar, Count of Vermandois |
| Last holder | Louis de Bourbon |
| Extinction date | 1214 |
The Count of Vermandois was the ruler of the county of Vermandois.
Beneficiary counts of Vermandois[]
- Leodegar, Count of Vermandois (c. 484).
- Emerannus (c. 511), son of previous.
- Wagon I (c. 550).
- Wagon II (c. 600), son of previous.
- Bertrude, daughter of previous and wife of Clotaire II, added Vermandois to the royal domain.
- Garifrede (c. 660).
- Ingomar, Count of Vermandois (c. 680).
Beneficiary counts of Vermandois and abbots of Saint Quentin de Monte[]
- Bernard, son of Charles Martel, abbot of St Quentin de Monte (now Mont-Saint-Quentin near Péronne).
- Jerome, brother of previous, count of Vermandois and abbot of St Quentin de Monte (714–771).
- Fulrad son of previous, abbot of St Quentin de Monte (after 771).
- Guntard, Count of Vermandois (771–833) and then abbot of St Quentin de Monte (till 833).
- Hugh, son of Charlemagne, abbot of St Quentin de Monte (833–844).
- Adalard, Count of Vermandois, son of Gisla, granddaughter of Charlemagne, count of Vermandois (833–864) and then abbot of St Quentin de Monte (844–864).
- Baldwin Iron Arm abbot of St Quentin de Monte (864–879).
- Teutricius (864–886) and then abbot of St Quentin de Monte (879–886) or Theodoric, Count of Vermandois (c. 876), a descendant of Childebrand, brother of Charles Martel.
Carolingian counts[]
See also Carolingian dynasty:
- Pepin de Vermandois (c815-aft848), son of Bernard of Italy (797-818), King of Italy, grandson of Charlemagne (747-814).
- unknown
- Pepin de Senlis (c846-893)
- Herbert I de Vermandois (c848-907), also count of Senlis
- Herbert II de Vermandois (884-943)
- Albert I de Vermandois (915-987), lord of Péronne and St Quentin
- Herbert III de Vermandois (953-1015)
- Adalbert II, Count of Vermandois
- Otto de Vermandois (c1000-1045)
- Herbert IV de Vermandois (1032-1080)
- Adelaide de Vermandois (1064-1120)
With her brother being disinherited, the title passed to her husband, Hugh the Great and their children.
Capetian counts[]
See also Capetian dynasty:
- Hugh the Great, Count of Vermandois and Valois[lower-alpha 1][1] by marriage
- Raoul I de Vermandois (1085-1152)
- Raoul II de Vermandois (1145-1167), son of Ralph I and Petronille de Poitiers (1125-1153), he died a leper without heir. Title falls to his sister.
- Élisabeth de Vermandois (1143-1183), countess of Vermandois and Valois., married to Philippe d'Alsace (-1191).
- Eleanor, Countess of Vermandois; died either childless or without any designated heirs, lands passed to French crown
Philip II of France added Vermandois to the royal domain.
Bourbon counts[]
- Louis de Bourbon, comte de Vermandois (1669–1683), illegitimate son of Louis XIV and Louise de la Vallière, title held by appanage.
See also[]
- Vermandois
- Charlemagne Family Ancestry
- Counts of Vermandois and their Families - Geni.com
- Count of Vermandois - Wikipedia
Vermandois Main Articles[]
- Vermandois Family - Core family research page
- Vermandois Notable People - People of distinction featured in Wikipedia, important migrants and others.
- Vermandois Disambiguation List - Vermandois Family people with identical names sorted.
- Vermandois Migrants - listings of notable Vermandois Migrants.
- Vermandois Family Landmarks - Notable castles, cemeteries, monuments and much more.
- Vermandois Family Ancestry - Royal ancestors of the Vermandois Family - Including English, Norman, Irish, Scottish, French and more.
- Count of Vermandois - Several lines of the Vermandois family featured in ThePeerage of Great Britain.
References[]
- ^ a b Gabriele 2018, p. 102.
Sources[]
- Anselme, Histoire Genealogique de la Maison royale de France, 1726.
- M. Fouquier-Cholet, Histoire des Comtes héréditaires du Vermandois, Saint-Quentin, 1832.
- Ioh. Mabillon, Annales ord. Sancti Benedicti. Ticinense. Lucae, 1739.
- Louis Moreri, Le Gran Dictionnaire Historique, Paris, 1743–1749.
- Gabriele, Matthew (2018). "The Provenance of the Descriptio Qauliter Karolus Magnus: Remembering the Carolingians in the entourage of King Philip I (1060–1108) before the First Crusade". Viator 39 (2).
External links[]
- Marek, Miroslav. "Capetian counts of Vermandois". Genealogy EU. http://genealogy.euweb.cz/capet/capet8.html.
- Marek, Miroslav. "Carolingian counts of Vermandois". Genealogy EU. http://genealogy.euweb.cz/carolin/carolin1.html#AH4.
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