Count of Soissons

A county Soissons Soissons capital is the end of the 9th century in the hands of Heribert II, Count of Vermandois. His descendants hold the county until the 14th century.

Through marriage, the county then goes on to Joan of Hainaut, then to Louis of Châtillon, Count of Blois. His son Guido sells Enguerrand VII de Coucy in 1367. Enguerrands daughter Marie sold a portion on to Duke Louis of Orléans, who then with the accession of Louis XII. is combined with the Domaine royal.

1413 Robert of Bar gets the Counties and Marle (residual) Soissons as compensation for the loss of the Duchy of Bar Among his descendants Soissons is inherited. Last Count of Soissons, Prince Eugene of Savoy, the imperial commander, with his death in 1736, the county Soissons falls back to the crown.

In the 12th century, a vice county Soissons is set up for the Castellan of Coucy.

Count of Soissons

Carolingian

  • Heribert I, † 900/907, Count of Vermandois, Count of Soissons ( Carolingian )
  • Heribert II, † 943, Count of Vermandois, Count of Soissons, his son
  • ...
  • Guy I, † 988, Count of Soissons;
  • Adelise, Countess of Soissons, his wife
  • Nocher II, Count of Bar-sur -Aube and Soissons, 1005, testifies to 1019, whose second husband
  • Renaud I, Count of Soissons, † 1057, probably their son
  • Guy II, † 1057, Count of Soissons, his son
  • Adelaide, † around 1105, his sister; ∞ Bussac Guillaume, Count of Eu

Rolloniden

  • Renaud II, Count of Soissons 1082/84, whose son
  • Jean, Count of Soissons, † after 1115, whose brother
  • Renaud III. , Count of Soissons to 1141, whose son

1141 occurs Renaud III. From Soissons to his brother Ives II of Nesle and spiritually

House Nesle

  • Ives II of Nesle, † 1178, 1141, Count of Soissons, whose brother in law
  • Conon, † 1180, 1178, Count of Soissons, his son
  • Raoul I de Nesle, † 1235, 1180, Count of Soissons, whose brother, ∞ Adele of Dreux, daughter of Robert I, Count of Dreux
  • Jean II, Count of Soissons in 1235, Count of Chartres, Lord of Amboise, † 1270/72, his son; ∞ Mahaut d' Amboise, heiress of Chartres and Amboise ( Amboise House )
  • Jean III. , Count of Soissons, † before 1286, whose son
  • Jean IV, Count of Soissons, † before 1302, whose son
  • Hugues, Count of Soissons, † after 1306, whose brother
  • Marguerite, † 1350, Countess of Soisson to 1344, his daughter; ∞ Jan of Avesnes, † 1356

House of Avesnes

  • Joanna of Hainaut, † 1350, Countess of Soissons, whose daughter; ∞ Ludwig I of Châtillon, Count of Blois, † 1346

House Châtillon

  • Guido II of Châtillon, † 1397, Count of Soissons, in 1381, Count of Blois, whose son

Guido II gives Soissons on July 15, 1367 Elizabeth of England, who is married to Enguerrand VII de Coucy.

House Ghent

  • Enguerrand VII de Coucy, † 1398, Count of Soissons
  • Marie de Coucy, † 1405, his daughter; ∞ Heinrich von Bar, † 1404 (House Scarponnois )

Marie de Coucy sold part of Soissons to Duke Louis of Orléans

House of Valois - Orléans

  • Ludwig (1372-1407) Duke of Orleans, in 1400, Count of Soissons
  • Charles (1391-1466), Duke of Orléans, Count of Soissons to 1412

House Scarponnois

  • Robert de Marle, † 1415, son of Henry of Bar and Marie de Coucy, 1413 Comte de Marle et de Soissons
  • Jeanne, Comtesse de Marle et de Soissons, † 1462, his daughter; ∞ Louis I de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, etc., Constable of France, executed in 1475 †

House of Valois - Orléans

  • Ludwig (1462-1515), son of Charles of Orléans, Duke of Orléans in 1466, Count of Soissons, in 1498 when Louis XII. King of France
  • Claude de France (1499-1524), Countess of Soissons in 1505, 1514 Duchess of Brittany, whose daughter, married Francis I, King of France 1515

The Orléans purchased by Ludwig part of the county of Soissons is integrated into the Domaine royal.

House Luxembourg - Ligny

  • John of Luxembourg, † 1476, 1462 Count of Marle and Soissons, whose son
  • Pierre II de Luxembourg, † 1482, 1475 Count of Saint-Pol, Brienne and Roucy, Count of Marle and Soissons in 1476, his brother
  • Marie de Luxembourg, † 1546, Countess of Saint-Pol, Marle and Soissons, whose daughter

Bourbons

  • François de Bourbon (1470-1495), Count of Vendome, Count of Soissons ( jure uxoris ), whose husband
  • Charles IV de Bourbon (1489-1537), Duke of Vendome, Count of Soissons, his son
  • Jean de Bourbon (1528-1557), Count of Soissons, Enghien, Estouteville, whose son
  • Louis I de Bourbon (1535-1569), Prince of Condé, in 1557, Count of Soissons, whose brother
  • Charles de Bourbon- Condé (1566-1612), in 1569, Count of Soissons and Dreux, whose son
  • Louis de Bourbon- Condé (1604-1641), Count of Soissons in 1612, Dreux and Clermont -en- Beauvaisis, whose son
  • Marie de Bourbon (1606-1692), 1641 Countess of Soissons, whose sister

House of Savoy

  • Thomas of Savoy (1595-1656), Prince of Carignan, 1641 Count of Soissons ( jure uxoris ), whose husband
  • Eugene Maurice of Savoy - Carignan (1635-1673), Count of Soissons and Dreux, whose son
  • Louis Thomas of Savoy - Carignan (1657-1702), Count of Soissons in 1692, whose son
  • Emmanuel Thomas of Savoy - Carignan (1687-1729), 1702, Count of Soissons, his son
  • Eugen Johann Franz of Savoy Carignan (1714-1734), Count of Soissons in 1729, whose son

The French fief fall 1734 the crown back.

Herbert II, Count of Vermandois Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy Louis XII of France Crown lands of France Carolingian dynasty Herbert I, Count of Vermandois House of Normandy Ralph, Count of Soissons John II, Count of Soissons Guy II, Count of Blois Marie I de Coucy, Countess of Soissons Robert of Bar, Count of Marle and Soissons Claude of France John of Luxembourg, Count of Soissons Peter II, Count of Saint-Pol Louis Thomas, Count of Soissons Jean Favier
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