Counts and Dukes of Rethel

Rethel is the name of a historical territory around the town of Rethel in the northern Champagne.

King Henry III. raised in 1581, the county Rethel in favor of Charles of Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, a duchy, which later passed by purchase to Mazarin. This bequeathed it in 1661 Armand Charles de La Porte, the husband of his niece and heiress Hortensia Mancini, who bore the title of "Duke of Mazarin ," since the marriage.

Count of Rethel

The King Baldwin II of Jerusalem family

The Count of Rethel out of the house Vitri

The Count of Rethel out of the house Dampierre

  • Louis I († July 1322 ) Erbgraf of Flanders, Count of Nevers in 1280, Count of Rethel in 1290 - see above
  • Ludwig II (c. 1304 † August 25, 1346 ), Count of Flanders ( Ludwig I ), Nevers and Rethel 1322
  • Ludwig III. ( Born November 25, 1330 † January 9, 1384 ) followed in 1346, 1382, Count of Burgundy ( Franche-Comte )
  • Margaret ( baptized April 13, 1350, † March 16, 1405 ) Countess of Flanders ( Margarethe III. ), Nevers, Rethel and the Free County of Burgundy, Lady of Salins ∞ 1) March 21, 1356 Philip I Duke of Burgundy ( 1345 - 1361 ) ∞ 2) June 19, 1369 Philip II Duke of Burgundy ( 1342-1404 ) - see below Descendants

The counts of ( Nevers ) Rethel from the House of Valois - Burgundy

The House of Albret

Countess Marie sold Rethel 1525 Odet de Foix.

The house of Foix - Lautrec ( Grailly )

After the death of Claude heritage loose Rethel falls to her cousin François I de Clèves, the son of Marie d' Albret.

The Earls and Dukes of Nevers and Rethel from the Kleve - Mark ( Kleve - Nevers )

  • Engelbert of Cleves (* 1462, † 1506), son of John I, Duke of Cleves, and Elisabeth of Burgundy, in 1486 naturalized in France, 1490 Titulargraf of Auxerre, 1491 4th Earl of Eu, Rethel and Etampes, Peer of France 1504 1st Earl of Nevers; ∞ 1490 Charlotte de Bourbon ( * 1474, † 1520), daughter of John II, Count of Vendôme
  • Charles ( † 1521) 2nd Earl of Nevers, 5th Earl of Eu, peer of France, son of Engelbert; ∞ Marie d' Albret ( See above )
  • François I. (* 1516, † 1562) 1521 6th Earl of Eu, etc., 1538 1st Duke of Nevers, peer of France, son of Charles and Marie d' Albret
  • François II (* 1540, † 1563) 1562 2nd Duke of Nevers, peer of France, 7th Earl of Eu, etc., son of Francis I.
  • Henrietta (* 1542, † 1601) 1566 4th Duchess of Nevers, peer of France, daughter of Francis I.; ∞ 1566 Luigi Gonzaga ( 1539-1595 ), Count of Rethel 1563, Peer of France, 1566 4th Duke of Nevers, 1581 Duke of Rethel

The Dukes of Rethel out of the house of Gonzaga

The duchies of Nevers and Rethel came by marriage Luigi Gonzaga with Henriette of Cleves, daughter of Duke Francis I of Cleves - Nevers, in the Gonzaga family. The regents of Nevers and Rethel from the Gonzaga family were:

The duchies of Nevers and Rethel were sold in 1659 to Cardinal Mazarin

The Dukes of Rethel out of the house Mazarin Mancini

  • Duchy
  • Historical territory (France)
  • Duke ( Rethel )
  • Graf ( Rethel )
Champagne (historical province) Henry III of France Charles Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat Hortense Mancini County of Edessa 1118 Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem Alice of Antioch Bohemond II of Antioch Hodierna of Jerusalem Raymond II, Count of Tripoli County of Tripoli Ioveta of Bethany 1124 House of Dampierre William II of Dampierre Beatrice of Rethel Roger II of Sicily Louis I, Count of Flanders Louis II, Count of Flanders Philip I, Duke of Burgundy Anthony, Duke of Brabant Philip II, Count of Nevers Charles I, Count of Nevers John II, Count of Nevers Odet of Foix, Viscount of Lautrec Duke of Beaufort (France) Engelbert, Count of Nevers Elizabeth of Nevers Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers Charles Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers Charles II, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat Cardinal (Catholicism)
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