List of counts of Mortain
The County of Mortain was a medieval county in France centered on the town of
king of France
) or granted to a noble in return for service and favor. This was the main reason Mortain had so many counts, as shown below, during its long history.
Norman counts of Mortain
- Mauger of Corbeil (988–1032)[citation needed]
- William "Werlenc"[1](1032–1048)
- Robert, Count of Mortain (1049–1104)
- William, Count of Mortain (1104–1106)
- Robert II of Vitré(1106–1112)
- Stephen of England(1112–1135)
- Eustace IV of Boulogne(1135–1141)
- Geoffrey of Anjou(1141–1144)
- William of Blois (1154–1159)
- Vacant
- Matthew of Alsace (1167–1173)[citation needed]
- Vacant
- John [later King of England] (1189–1199)
- Renaud de Dammartin(1204–1216)
- Matilda II of Boulogne(1216–1245) and...
- Philip Hurepel(1216–1233)
- Afonso III of Portugal (1238–1245)
- Jeanne de Dammartin(1245–1251) and ..
- Walter of Châtillon (1245–1250)
- Vacant
- Joan II of Navarre (1328–1349)
- Vacant
- Peter d'Évreux (1401–1412)
- Catherine of Alençon (1412–1416) (his widow) and..
- Louis, Duke of Guyenne (1412–1413)
- Duke of Bavaria-Ingolstadt (1413–1416)
- Jean Dunois(1416–1417) and..
- Charles of Le Maine(1416–1417)
- Charles of Valois, Duke of Berry(1416–1417)
English counts of Mortain
- Edward Holland (1418–1419)
- Thomas Langholme (1419–?)
- John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford(?–1435)
- Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset (1435–1449)
French counts of Mortain
- Charles of Le Maine(1449–1472)
- Charles IV, Duke of Anjou(1472–1481)
- Royal Domain
- Louis II, Duke of Montpensier(1529–1582)
- Francis, Duke of Montpensier(1582–1592)
- Henri de Bourbon, duc de Montpensier (1592–1608)
- Marie de Bourbon, duchesse de Montpensier (1608–1627) and..
- Gaston de France, duc d'Orléans (1626–1660) (her widower)
- Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de Montpensier(1660–1693)
- Philippe de France, duc d'Orléans(1693–1701)
- Philippe II d'Orléans, duc d'Orléans(1701–1723)
- Louis d'Orléáns, duc d'Orléans (1723–1752)
- Louis Philippe I d'Orléans, duc d'Orléans (1752–1785)
- Louis Philippe II d'Orléans, duc d'Orléans (1785–1786)
- Royal Domain
- Henri d'Orléans, comte de Paris, duc de France(1984–2019) (never recognised it as his main title)
Notes
- ^ There are apparently few certain facts about William Warlenc, who was deprived of the County to the benefit of Robert (sometimes said to have been c.1055).