Count of Tours

The county of Tours was a medieval Feudalterritorium France and corresponded in its scope the historical province Touraine (now the department of Indre -et- Loire). It was in the southwest of the Paris basin, partly in the Loire Valley, the capital was Tours. In the late Middle Ages the county to the Duchy of Touraine was upgraded.

In the early 9th century, Tours was owned by the Etichonen, but then fell to the sway of the Robertiner the controlled as Marquis of Neustria the northwest of present-day France. They sat in their major cities their followers as a viscount. In Tours, it was first Hardrad ( Ardradus ), which was related to the Lords of Preuilly and was followed by the Red 898 of Fulk. Fulk had after the takeover of the county Nantes to Tours 909 to Theobald the old man, who already acted as vice Count of Blois and progenitor of the House of Blois was to cede. The Old son and successor Theobald of scammers took the title of Count for his possessions.

Due to the collapse of the central government under the first kings of the dynasty of Capetians, broke out between the houses of Blois and Anjou for supremacy in western France, a long-running conflict. The rightful possession of Tours, which was also claimed by the Angevins, this was one of the causes. Count Fulk III. of Anjou strengthened at the beginning of the 11th century its position in Touraine by an extensive castle building (eg hole, Montresor ) and fought in the Battle of Pontlevoy (1016 ) an offensive of Count Odo II of Blois from. His son Theobald III. of Blois, however, had to Tours after the defeat at the Battle of Nouy ( 1044 ) finally cede Anjou.

The first Earl House of Anjou was succeeded the late 11th century through the Plantagenet dynasty. By whose power and politics of marriage in the 12th century, Tours was a part of their extensive property, which is called in modern research as " Angevinisches Reich". Although the Plantagenets for their French territories had to recognize as their feudal lords, King of France, they were actually far more powerful than this. In its struggle for power with the Plantagenets succeeded King Philip II to 1205 their possessions north and partly south of the Loire, including subjecting the Touraine, and to incorporate the royal domain. In the Treaty of Paris ( 1259 ) Henry III renounced. of England on his claims.

Since then, prince of the royal house with the county were apanagiert. When King John II in 1360, the Touraine awarded the Bold to his youngest son Philip, he evaluated on the fief of the duchy, was at the same time with this property the peerage connected. The coat of arms of Philip II as Duke of Burgundy displays next to the Burgundian symbol of the newly acquired Duchy; this remained so in subsequent Dukes of Burgundy.

As part of the Auld Alliance King Charles VII in 1424 awarded the Duchy of the Scottish army commander Archibald Douglas. This was the first time that a French ducal title was also the first time awarded to any member of the royal family and to no French. Archibald was a year later at the Battle of Verneuil, the Duchy of Touraine was not subsequently awarded.

Count of Tours

  • Hugo (* 780, † October 20 837 ) ( Etichonen ), Count of Tours, father of the Emperor Lothair I ( Carolingian ), sold 828
  • Liutfrid I. (c. 800/805, † 865/866 ), whose son, Count of Tours, lay abbot of Münster- Gran Felden
  • Liutfrid II ( † after 902), whose son, Count of Tours, lay abbot of Münster- Gran Felden
  • Rutpert IV (Robert the Strong I. ) (X 866), Count of Wormsgau, 853 Count of Tours, 861/866 nobilis Franciae ( Franzien, Ile de France) and Count of Paris; ∞ II 864 Adelheid of Tours, daughter of Hugo
  • Hugo Abbas († 886 ), step- son of Robert, Count of Auxerre, Count of Tours ( Guelph )

Viscount of Tours

  • Hardrad ( Ardradus ) ( † 898)
  • Fulk the Red († 941), Viscount in Angers, first Count of Anjou
  • Theobald of Old ( † before 942 ), Vice- Count of Blois, after 908 Viscount of Tours
  • Theobald I the Cheat ( † 975 ), whose son, 942 Count of Blois, Viscount of Tours

Count of Tours

  • Odo I ( † 996 ), whose son, Count of Blois and Tours, ect.
  • Theobald II († 1004), whose son, Count of Blois and Tours, ect.
  • Odo II († 1037 ), brother of Theobald II, Count of Blois and Tours, ect.
  • Theobald III. († 1089 ), whose son, Count of Blois and Tours, ect.

The County Tours 1044 went into the possession of the Counts of Anjou.

  • Historical territory (France)
  • Count (Tours )
  • Viscount (Tours )
  • Duke ( Touraine )
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