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Counts of Eu, the Glossary

This is a list of the counts of Eu, a French county in the Middle Ages.^[1]

67 relations: Alfonso of Brienne, Alix, Countess of Eu, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, Antoine III de Croÿ, Berengaria of Castile, Bonne of Artois, Bourbon-Penthièvre, Catherine of Cleves, Charles II, Count of Nevers, Charles of Artois, Count of Eu, Charles, Duke of Guise, Constable of France, Counts and dukes of Nevers, Counts and dukes of Rethel, Duchy of Cleves, Engelbert, Count of Nevers, Eu, Seine-Maritime, Exoudun, François I, Duke of Nevers, François II, Duke of Nevers, Gaston, Count of Eu, Geoffrey, Count of Eu, Gilbert, Count of Brionne, Guînes, Hastings, Henri I, Duke of Guise, Henri II, Duke of Guise, Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex, Henry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Essex, Henry I, Count of Eu, Henry II, Count of Eu, Henry V of England, House of Bourbon-Maine, Jacques, Duke of Nevers, John I of Brienne, Count of Eu, John II of Brienne, Count of Eu, John II, Count of Nevers, John II, Duke of Cleves, John III, Duke of Cleves, John of Artois, Count of Eu, John of Brienne, John, Count of Eu, Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse, Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine, Louis Auguste, Prince of Dombes, Louis Charles, Count of Eu, Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre, Louis Joseph, Duke of Guise, Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Louis, Duke of Joyeuse, ... Expand index (17 more) »
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Alfonso of Brienne

Alfonso of Brienne, called Alphonse d'Acre (c. 1228 – 14 September 1270), was the son of John of Brienne and Berengaria of León, born in Acre.

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Alix, Countess of Eu

Alix d'Eu or Alice of Eu (– May 1246), was ruling Countess of Eu from 1191 to 1246.

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Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier

Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, (–) known as La Grande Mademoiselle, was the only daughter of Gaston d'Orléans with his first wife, Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier.

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Antoine III de Croÿ

Antoine III de Croÿ, Prince de Porcien (1540-1567) was a French noble and Protestant rebel.

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Berengaria (Castilian: Berenguela), nicknamed the Great (Castilian: la Grande) (1179 or 1180 – 8 November 1246), was Queen of Castile for a brief time in 1217, and Queen of León from 1197 to 1204 as the second wife of King Alfonso IX.

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Bonne of Artois

Bonne of Artois (1396 – 15 September 1425,Richard Vaughan, Philip the Good: The Apogee of Burgundy, (The Boydell Press, 2010), 8. Dijon) was Countess consort of Nevers by marriage to Philip II, Count of Nevers, which left her a widow at 18 or 19, and Duchess consort of Burgundy by marriage to Philip III, Duke of Burgundy, popularly known as Philip the Good.

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Bourbon-Penthièvre

The House of Bourbon-Penthièvre was an illegitimate branch of the House of Bourbon, thus descending from the Capetian dynasty.

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Catherine of Cleves

Catherine of Cleves (or of Nevers), Countess of Eu (1548 – 11 May 1633) was the wife of Henry I, Duke of Guise and the matriarch of the powerful and influential House of Guise.

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Charles II, Count of Nevers

Charles II (died in Louvre in 1521) was Count of Nevers (1506–1521).

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Charles of Artois, Count of Eu

Charles of Artois (1394 – 25 July 1472), son of Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, and Marie of Berry, was Count of Eu from 23 December 1397 until his death 75 years later.

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Charles, Duke of Guise

Charles de Lorraine, 4th Duke of Guise and 3rd Prince of Joinville (20 August 1571 – 30 September 1640), was the son of Henry I, Duke of Guise and Catherine of Cleves, and succeeded his father as Duke of Guise in 1588.

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Constable of France

The Constable of France (Connétable de France, from Latin comes stabuli for 'count of the stables') was lieutenant to the King of France, the first of the original five Great Officers of the Crown (along with seneschal, chamberlain, butler, and chancellor) and the commander-in-chief of the Royal Army.

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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. Counts of Eu and counts and dukes of Nevers are Lists of counts of France.

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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.

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Duchy of Cleves

The Duchy of Cleves (Herzogtum Kleve; Hertogdom Kleef) was a State of the Holy Roman Empire which emerged from the medieval.

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Engelbert, Count of Nevers

Engelbert of Cleves, Count of Nevers (26 September 1462 – 21 November 1506) was the younger son of John I, Duke of Cleves and Elizabeth of Nevers, only surviving child of John II, Count of Nevers.

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Eu, Seine-Maritime

Eu is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

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Exoudun

Exoudun is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.

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François I, Duke of Nevers

François I de Clèves, (2 September 1516 – 13 February 1561) was a French Prince étranger and military commander during the Italian Wars.

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François II, Duke of Nevers

François II de Clèves, duc de Nevers et comte de Rethel (– 10 January 1563) was a French Prince étranger, military commander and governor of Champagne.

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Gaston, Count of Eu

Prince Gaston of Orleans, Count of Eu (Louis Philippe Marie Ferdinand Gaston; 28 April 1842 – 28 August 1922) was a French prince and military commander who fought in the Spanish-Moroccan War and the Paraguayan War.

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Geoffrey, Count of Eu

Geoffrey of Brionne (mid-10th century – c. 1010), also called Godfrey was Count of Eu and BrionneWhile there is little doubt Geoffrey (Godfrey) was Count of Eu, there is an open question as to whether Geoffrey was ever "Count" of Brionne.

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Gilbert, Count of Brionne

Gilbert (or Giselbert) de Brionne, Count of Eu and of Brionne (&ndash), was an influential nobleman in the Duchy of Normandy in Northern France.

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Guînes

Guînes (lang; Guinne) is a commune in the northern French department of Pas-de-Calais.

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Hastings

Hastings is a seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east of Lewes and south east of London.

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Henri I, Duke of Guise

Henri I de Lorraine, Duke of Guise, Prince of Joinville, Count of Eu (31 December 1550 – 23 December 1588), sometimes called Le Balafré ('Scarface'), was the eldest son of François, Duke of Guise, and Anna d'Este.

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Henri II, Duke of Guise

Henri II de Lorraine, 5th Duke of Guise, (4 April 1614, in Paris – 2 June 1664) was a French aristocrat and archbishop, the second son of Charles, Duke of Guise and Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse.

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Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex

Henry Bourchier, 5th Baron Bourchier, 2nd Count of Eu, 1st Viscount Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex, KG (– 4 April 1483), was the eldest son of William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu, and Anne of Gloucester.

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Henry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Essex

Henry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Essex, 6th Baron Bourchier, 3rd Count of Eu and 2nd Viscount Bourchier, (died 13 March 1539) was an English soldier, peer and courtier at the courts of Henry VII and Henry VIII.

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Henry I, Count of Eu

Henry I, Count of Eu and Lord of Hastings (c. 1075 – 12 July 1140) was the son of William II, Count of Eu and his wife Beatrice of Bully.

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Henry II, Count of Eu

Henry II, Count of Eu (died 1191), son of John, Count of Eu and Lord of Hastings, and Alice d'Aubigny.

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Henry V of England

Henry V (16 September 1386 – 31 August 1422), also called Henry of Monmouth, was King of England from 1413 until his death in 1422.

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House of Bourbon-Maine

The House of Bourbon-Maine was a legitimate branch of the House of Bourbon, being thus part of the Capetian dynasty.

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Jacques, Duke of Nevers

Jacques de Clèves, duc de Nevers and comte d'Eu (– 6 September 1564) was a French duke, governor and military commander during the early French Wars of Religion.

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John I of Brienne, Count of Eu

John I of Brienne (died 12 June 1294) was the son of Alphonso of Brienne and Marie de Lusigan.

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John II of Brienne, Count of Eu

John II of Brienne (died 11 July 1302 in Kortrijk) was the son of John I of Brienne, Count of Eu and Beatrice of Saint-Pol.

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John II, Count of Nevers

John II, Count of Nevers (known as Jean de Clamecy, prior to acquiring title of "Count of Nevers"; 1415–1491) was a French noble.

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John II, Duke of Cleves

John II, "The Babymaker", Duke of Cleves, Count of Mark, (German: Johann II. "der Kindermacher", Herzog von Kleve, Graf von Mark) (13 April 1458 – 15 March 1521) was a son of John I, Duke of Cleves and Elizabeth of Nevers.

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John III, Duke of Cleves

John III, Duke of Cleves and Count of Mark (German: Johann III der Friedfertige; 10 November 1490 – 6 February 1539), known as John the Peaceful, was the Lord of Ravensberg, Count of Mark, and founder of the United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg.

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John of Artois, Count of Eu

John of Artois (29 August 1321 – 1387), called "sans Terre" (Landless), was the son of Robert III of Artois and Joan of Valois.

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John of Brienne

John of Brienne (1170 – 19–23 March 1237), also known as John I, was King of Jerusalem from 1210 to 1225 and Latin Emperor of Constantinople from 1229 to 1237.

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John, Count of Eu

John obtained from Stephen, King of England, the honors of Tickhill and Blyth, being a descendant of their original owner, Roger de Busli, by his paternal grandmother Beatrice.

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Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse

Louis Alexandre de Bourbon (6 June 1678 – 1 December 1737), a legitimated prince of the blood royal, was the son of Louis XIV and of his mistress Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan.

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Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine

Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine (31 March 1670 – 14 May 1736) was an illegitimate son of Louis XIV and his official mistress, Madame de Montespan.

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Louis Auguste, Prince of Dombes

Louis Auguste de Bourbon, Prince of Dombes (4 March 1700 in Palace of Versailles – 1 October 1755 in Palace of Fontainebleau) was a grandson of Louis XIV of France and of his maîtresse-en-titre Françoise-Athénaïs de Montespan.

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Louis Charles, Count of Eu

Louis Charles de Bourbon, Count of Eu (15 October 1701 – 13 July 1775) was a grandson of Louis XIV of France and his maîtresse-en-titre Madame de Montespan.

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Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre

Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon (16 November 1725 – 4 March 1793) was the son of Louis Alexandre de Bourbon and his wife Marie Victoire de Noailles.

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Louis Joseph, Duke of Guise

Louis Joseph de Lorraine Duke of Guise and Duke of Angoulême, (7 August 1650 – 30 July 1671) was the only son of Louis, Duke of Joyeuse and Marie Françoise de Valois, the only daughter of Louis-Emmanuel d'Angoulême, Count of Alès, Governor of Provence and son of Charles de Valois Duke of Angoulême, a bastard of Charles IX of France.

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Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans

Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (Louis Philippe Joseph; 13 April 17476 November 1793), was a French Prince of the Blood who supported the French Revolution.

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Louis, Duke of Joyeuse

Louis de Lorraine, Duke of Joyeuse (11 January 1622 – 27 September 1654, Paris) was a younger son of Charles, Duke of Guise and Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse.

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Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans

Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans (13 March 1753 – 23 June 1821), was the daughter of Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre and Princess Maria Teresa d'Este.

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Marie, Countess of Eu

Marie of Lusignan or Marie I de Lusignan (died in Poitou, 1 October 1260; buried at the Abbey of Foucarmont), was the only child of Raoul II of Lusignan and his second wife, Yolande de Dreux.

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Normandy

Normandy (Normandie; Normaundie, Nouormandie; from Old French Normanz, plural of Normant, originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counts_of_Eu

Also known as Comte d'Eu, Comtes d'Eu, Count of Eu, County of Eu, List of Counts of Eu.

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