County of Boulogne
County of Boulogne Comté de Boulogne (French) | |||||||
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896–1501 | |||||||
Boulogne | |||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||
• acquisition by the House of Flanders | 896 | ||||||
• annexed by Philip II of France | 1212 | ||||||
• incorporation into the crown lands of France | 1501 | ||||||
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The County of Boulogne was a
History
Boulogne was already a pagus within the
Count
Boulogne passed under nominal royal control in 1223 when it was given to Philip II's son Philip Hurepel.[2] Hurepel revolted against Blanche of Castile when Louis VIII of France died in 1226. When Philip Hurepel died in 1235, Matilda continued to reign and in 1238 was married to Alphonse, second son of King Alfonso II of Portugal, and younger brother of King Sancho II of Portugal. Having become Afonso III of Portugal in 1248 and renounced his title of Count of Boulogne, Alfonse divorced her in 1253 due to her barrenness in favour of Beatrice of Castile.
Nevertheless, Matilda and Philip did have a son Alberic, and a daughter Joan who both survived. Alberic reportedly renounced his rights and went to England, for unknown reasons. Apparently he survived his mother and died in 1284, but presumably did not leave issue. Joan was married in 1236 to Gaucher de Châtillon, Count of Mortain (d. 1251). She predeceased her mother in 1252, and presumably left no surviving issue.
Consequently, after Matilda, her county of Boulogne then passed to Matilda's niece, Adelaide of Brabant and her husband William X of Auvergne.
Bertrand V de la Tour succeeded to the counties of Auvergne and of Boulogne in 1437. Through his son Bertrand VI de la Tour the County of Boulogne passed to his grandson, the last medieval count of Boulogne:
- The eldest daughter, Anne of la Tour d'Auvergne, married John Stewart, Duke of Albany, however she died childless in 1524.
- The youngest, Lorenzo II de' Medici and gave birth to Catherine de' Medici, who inherited both Auvergne and Boulogne due to the death of the childless Anne.
The representatives of the County joined in the
On the death of
Boulogne was attacked numerous times during the
List of counts
- House of Flanders
- 896–918 : Baldwin I (also count of Flanders)
- 918–933 : Adelolf (son of Baldwin I)
- 933–964 : Arnulf I (son of Baldwin I, also count of Flanders)
- 964–971 : Arnulf II (son of Adalolf)
- 971–990 : Arnulf III (son of)
- 990–1025 : Baldwin II (son of)
- House of Boulogne
- 1032–1049 : Eustace I(son of)
- 1049–1087 : Eustace II[citation needed] (son of)
- 1087–1125 : Eustace III[citation needed] (son of)
- 1125–1151 : Stephen of Blois, also Count of Blois, Count of Mortain, Duke of Normandy and King of England)
- House of Blois
- 1151–1153 : Eustace IV(son of, also Count of Mortain)
- 1153–1159 : William I (brother of, also Count of Mortain and Earl of Surrey)
- 1159–1170 : Matthew of Alsace)
- House of Alsace
- 1170–1173 : Matthew
- 1173–1216 : Renaud of Dammartin, Count of Dammartin-en-Goële and Count of Aumale)
- 1173–1180 : Matthew II
- 1181–1182 : Gerard
- 1183–1186 : Berthold
- House of Dammartin
- 1216–1260 : Matilda II(also Countess of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis and Queen of Portugal by her two marriages, Countess of Mortain, Countess of Aumale and Countess of Dammartin-en-Goële, married)
- 1223–1235 : Philip I(also Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis)
- 1235–1253 : Afonso (also King of Portugal)
- 1223–1235 :
- House of Auvergne
- 1260–1261 : Adelaide (Cousin of, married William III, Count of Auvergne)
- 1261–1277 : Robert I (son of, also Count of Auvergne)
- 1277–1314 : Robert II (son of, also Count of Auvergne)
- 1314–1325 : Robert III (son of, also Count of Auvergne)
- 1325–1332 : William II (son of, also Count of Auvergne)
- 1332–1360 : Joanna I(daughter of, also Countess of Auvergne, married)
- 1338–1346 : Philip II (also Count of Auvergne)
- House of Burgundy
- 1360–1361 : Philip III (son of, also Duke of Burgundy, Count of Auvergne, Count of Artois and Count of Franche-Comté)
- House of Auvergne
- 1361–1386 : John II (son of Robert III, also Count of Auvergne)
- 1386–1404 : John III(son of, also Count of Auvergne)
- 1404–1424 : Joanna II(daughter of, also Countess of Auvergne, married)
- 1404–1416 : John IV(also Duke of Berry)
- 1416–1424 : George
- 1404–1416 :
- 1424–1437 : Mary II(cousin of, also Countess of Auvergne)
- House of La Tour d'Auvergne
- 1437–1461 : Bertrand I (son of, also Count of Auvergne)
- 1461–1497 : Bertrand II (son of, also Count of Auvergne)
- 1497–1501 : John V(son of, also Count of Auvergne)
After the death of John V, Count of Boulogne, the County of Boulogne was integrated into the royal domain.
See also
References
- ^ Heather J. Tanner, The Expansion of the Power and Influence of the Counts of Boulogne under Eustace II', Anglo-Norman Studies XIV: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1991, Ed. Marjorie Chibnall (The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, UK, 1992), p. 251
- ^ "Boulogne-sur-Mer (Municipality, Pas-de-Calais, France)". Flagspot.net. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
- ^ Bolonien under King Maximilian