List of counts and dukes of Chartres

Originally, the Duchy of Chartres (duché de Chartres) was the comté de

• 882-886
  Carloman II of France in 879, agreed to settle and received the County of Chartres. He sold it in 886 to finance an expedition during which he disappeared.^[1]

House of Blois

The northern portion of the

• 960-975
  Chartres
  , which he took in 960

Married to Luitgarde of Vermandois

Theobold I was also known as Theobald the Cheat, or Theobald the Old. He was given the nickname “the Cheat” fighting with his neighbours, among them the kings of France, the dukes of Normandy, and the church of Reims.^[2]

• 975-995
  Chartres, and Reims
  (982-995), son of the previous

Married to Bertha of Burgundy

• 995-1004
  Chartres and Reims
  , the son of the previous

• 1004-1037
  Chartres, Reims, Meaux and Troyes
  , brother of the previous

• 1037-1089
  Chartres, Meaux and Troyes
  son of Eudes II and Ermengearde d'Auvergne

Married first to Gersende of Maine

Married second to Adele of Valois

• 1089-1102
  Chartres and Meaux
  , son of Thibaut III and Gersende of Maine.

Married to Adela of Normandy

• 1102-1151
  Chartres and Meaux, and then Count of Champagne
  in 1125, son of the former.

Married in 1123 to Matilda of Carinthia († 1161)

• 1151-1191
  Chartres
  , son of the former.

Married first to Sibylle of Châteaurenard

Married second in 1164 to

Alix of France

• 1191-1205
  Chartres
  , son of the previous and Alix de France

Married in 1184 to Catherine of Clermont

• 1205-1218 Theobald VI, Count of Blois († 1218), son of the previous

Married first to Mahaut of Alençon

Married second to Clemence des Roches

• 1218-1248 Isabelle († 1248), Countess of Chartres and castellan of Romorantin

Married first to Sulpice III d'Amboise

Married second to Jean II de Montmirail († 1244).

House of Amboise

• 1248-1256 Matilda of Amboise († 1256), Countess of Chartres

Married to Richard II, Count of Beaumont, then to Jean II de Nesle

House of Blois-Châtillon

Alix of France

and father of:

Margaret, Countess of Blois, married to Walter II of Avesnes, mother of:

Count of Saint-Pol

, mother of:

• 1256-1280 John I, Count of Blois († 1280), son of the previous

Married 1254 to Alice of Brittany (1243-1288)

• 1280-1286 Joan, Countess of Blois († 1292), daughter of the previous

Married 1272 to Peter of France († 1284), Count of Alençon and Valois. In 1286, she sold the county of Chartres to Philip IV of France

Counts apanage

House of Valois

• 1290-1302 and 1310-1325
  Chartres, Anjou and Maine

Married first to Margaret, Countess of Anjou and Maine (1273 † 1299)

Married second to Catherine I, Latin Empress (1274 † 1308)

Married third to Mahaut of Châtillon (1293 † 1358), cousin of Jeanne de Blois-Châtillon

• 1302-1310 John of Valois (1302-1310), Count of Chartres, son of Charles of Valois and Catherine I

• 1325-1328 Louis of Valois, Count of Chartres [fr] (1318-1328), Count of Chartres, son of Charles of Valois and Mahaut of Châtillon

• 1328-1346
  Charles II of Alençon
  (1297 † 1346), Count of Alençon, Chartres, son of Charles of Valois and Margaret of Anjou

• 1510-1528
  Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara

Duke of Chartres

After its revival and elevation, the title duc de Chartres was used by the House of Orléans, founded by Philippe de France, duc d'Orléans, and cadet branch of the House of Bourbon.

Branch of Capetian de Valois

• Duke of Ferrara
• Duke of Ferrara
  , their son.

Fils de France

• 1626-1660 Gaston, Duke of Orléans, (1608–1660) son of King Henri IV
• 1660-1674
  Louis XIII the Just

Branch of Capetian d'Orleans

From 1674 until today, the title of Duke of Chartres is the eldest son of the Duke of Orleans

• 1674-1701 Philippe II, said "the Pious" (1674–1723) son of preceding;
• 1703-1723 Louis IV (1703–1752) son of the previous;
• 1725-1752 Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, "the Fat" (1725–1785) son of preceding;
• 1752-1785 Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1747–1793) son of the previous waives his title in 1792 and takes the name of "Philippe Égalité";
• 1785-1793
  Louis Philippe III, Duke of Orléans
  (1773–1850) son of preceding. Access to power in 1830 under the name of Louis-Philippe I^er;
• 1810-1830
  Ferdinand-Philippe
  (1810–1842) son of preceding;
• 1840-1910 Robert, son of Ferdinand-Philippe and thus grandson of King Louis-Philippe of France.

After 1848

• Evangeline Viviane Eugénie, duchesse de Montpensier, duchesse de Nevers et de Chartres (1974), fille aînée de Louis-Ferdinand, duc d'Angoulême (1942), et d'Henriette de Savoie-Carignan (1944).

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