List of counts of Tonnerre

The county Tonnerre ( pagus Tornodorensis east of Auxerre and south of Troyes ) was founded in the 8th century as a fief of the Bishop of Langres. The Count House of Tonnerre occurs since the mid-9th century. By marriage the county of Bar-sur -Seine came to the family, but became extinct two generations later. Bar-sur -Seine went to the Count of Brienne, Tonnerre to the counts of Nevers and Auxerre.

Tonnerre, Nevers and Auxerre thereafter remained together until the division of 1273, Tonnerre and Auxerre were soon again, it remained until 1370 sold John IV of Chalon Auxerre in France and was limited to Tonnerre. When his grandson Louis II of Chalon for the kidnapping of Jeanne de Perellos, a Burgundian court lady, got into a confrontation with Duke John the Fearless and then turned against him politically, confiscated this 1414 Tonnerre. Philip the Good transferred the county to his brother- Arthur de Richemont, who later became Constable of France ( constable de Richemont ) and Arthur Herzog III. of Brittany ( 1457-1458 ). The Peace of Arras but she gave back the previous Graf family. In the meantime, however, the last male member of the family had died, the county was inherited by the descendants of a sister of the last count from her marriage to Olivier de Husson.

List of counts of Tonnerre

First Count of Tonnerre

  • 853 called Milo I.
  • 880 called Milo II 's son
  • 930-970 I. Guido son
  • 970-985 Milo III. son
  • 985-1000 Milo IV son
  • 1000-1039 Rainald I. Son ( as Renaud II, Count of Bar-sur- Seine)
  • 1039-1040 Guido II brother

House Monceaux

House France and Courtenay et al

  • Odo of Burgundy ( † 1266 ), heir to the Duchy of Burgundy, Count of Nevers 1257-1262, Auxerre and Tonnerre ( uxor nomine )

Margerete Tonnerre inherited her great-nephew John II of Chalon

Chalon House

The county is seized of Burgundy 1414-1435.

House Husson

Clermont- Tonnerre House

He must sell Tonnerre Tonnerre in 1684 for financial reasons. The buyer is Louvois

House Le Tellier

As François Le Tellier had no children, Tonnerre went to a descendant of François- Michel Le Tellier and d' Anne de Souvre, parents of:

  • Louis Nicolas Le Tellier, marquis de Souvre (* 1667, † 1725), ∞ Catherine de Feuquières, parents of
  • François Louis Le Tellier, marquis de Louvois Souvre et de (* 1704, † 1761), ∞ Félicité de Dailly, parents of:
  • Louis Le Tellier, marquis de Louvois Souvre et de (* 1740, † 1785 )
Roman Catholic Diocese of Langres County of Brienne Arthur III, Duke of Brittany Congress of Arras William I, Count of Nevers William II, Count of Nevers William III, Count of Nevers William IV, Count of Nevers Peter II of Courtenay Courtenay (Loiret) Montargis Odo, Count of Nevers Yolande II, Countess of Nevers Robert III, Count of Flanders Counts and dukes of Anjou Forcalquier Robert II, Duke of Burgundy
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