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- Châteaudun is closely associated with the County of Perche and the early rulers generally held both titles of viscount of Châteaudun and count of Perche. There are also close ties between these counts and the counts of Anjou, and members of the House of Ingelger and House of Plantagenet descended from this line.
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As noted above, the viscounts of Châteaudun were closely related to the counts of Anjou. The direct descendants of the founder of the House of Châteaudun include: Hugh , son of Melisende, Viscountess of Châteaudun , and Fulcois, Count of Montagne
Anjou is returned to the royal domain 1481. The counts of Anjou were 1110-1441 also counts of Maine, which lay between Anjou and Normandy. Also the county of Touraine with its capital Tours was united with Anjou for a long period of time (1044-1344 and 1363-1384). The independent counts of Touraine are listed on a separate page.
He was rescued by Hugues with the help of Geoffroy III, Count of Vendôme . Hugues took his first trip to the Holy Land with his father in 1140. In 1159, Hugues’ second trip to the Holy Land was accompanied by encroachments of his land by his third cousin Rotrou IV, Count of Perche.
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- Prosperity in The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
- A New Town in The Eighteenth Century
Duke Louis d’Orléans acquired the earldoms of Blois and Dunois in the late fourteenth century, together with the vice-earldom of Châteaudun. On his death, his eldest son Charles, well-known for his poetic works, inherited his estates. He granted the earldom of Dunois and the vice-earldom of Châteaudun to his half-brother Jean d'Orléans. Jean was a ...
The town prospered up to the seventeenth century thanks to the textile industry and the production of woollen cloth, serge and covers. Tanneries prospered, and textile craftsmen made great use of the mills along the River Loir. Châteaudun also grew numerous crops and there were plenty of vineyards – another important aspect was the production of ce...
On 20 June 1723 a terrible fire destroyed most of the high part of the town (the castle, the abbey of La Madeleine, and some streets between the two monuments, including the Rue Saint Lubin, were preserved). The State sent the royal architect Jules Michel Hardouin to design a new plan for the town. The town was rebuilt in the classical style, a sob...
Aug 3, 2004 · Settipani suggests a marriage alliance between the viscounts of Chattellerault with other local noble families, and identifies, for example, Gerberge, the wife of Viscount Hugh II (d. 1047) as the product of a marriage alliance between the counts of Anjou and Angouleme (273).
This article is a list of viscountcies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland, including the England, the Scotland, the Ireland, the Great Britain and the Peerage of the United Kingdom, listed in order of creation, including extant, extinct and abeyant titles. A viscount is the fourth rank in the peerage of the United Kingdom, Great Britain ...
viscounts of chÂteaudun lords of montagne-du-perche counts of perche after the death of thomas, ... counts of anjou house of anjou jerusalem 1109 queen suo jure of ...
