County of Rodez

The county of Rodez was a fief within the county of Rouergue in the Aveyron region today; their capital was Rodez.

It was formed when Raymond of Saint- Gilles, Count of Rouergue, set off for a crusade and before Richard, a son of the Viscount of Millau, to the masters of the lower town of Rodez, called le Bourg ( as opposed to the Cité, the Upper Town, the was owned by the Bishop ), and made some castles in the surrounding areas. From this decision fairly quickly, the county Rodez developed.

Counts of Rodez

House Millau

  • Richard Millau
  • Hugh I (1090-1159), whose son, ∞ Ermengarde de Creyssels
  • Hugh II (1135-1208), whose son, ∞ Bertrande d' Amalon
  • Henry I ( Algayette de Scorailles ), whose son, ∞ Ermengarde de Creyssels
  • Hugo IV (* 1212 ), whose son
  • Henry II (1236-1304), whose son, ∞ Mascarose de Comminges (House Comminges )
  • Cécile († 1313 ), whose daughter, ∞ Bernard VI. Count of Armagnac (House Lomagne )

House Lomagne

  • I. Jean le Bon ( the Good ), whose son, Count of Armagnac and Rodez, ( 1311-1373 ).
  • Jean II, known as le Gras ( fats ) or le Bossu ( the Hunchback ), Count of Armagnac and Rodez († 1384 ).
  • Jean III. , Count of Armagnac and Rodez († 1391 ).
  • Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac and Rodez, Count of Charolais and Constable of France, (around 1360-1418 ).
  • Jean IV, Count of Armagnac and Rodez, ( 1396-1450 ).
  • Jean V, Count of Armagnac and Rodez, Viscount of Lomagne, ( 1420-1473 ).
  • Charles, Count of Armagnac and Rodez, ( 1425-1497 ).

House of Valois - Alençon

  • Charles IV, Duke of Alençon, Count of Perche, whose great-nephew, † 1525
  • Margaret of Angoulême, his widow, † 1549

House of Albret

  • Henry II ( Henri III d'Albret. ) King of Navarre, a descendant of Anne d' Armagnac, daughter of Constable Bernard d' Armagnac, and his wife Margaret of Angoulême; they were crowned on July 16, 1535 at the Cathedral of Rodez by the Archbishop Georges d' Armagnac.
  • Jeanne d' Albret, whose daughter, wife of Anthony of Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme, Queen of Navarre and Countess of Rodez in 1555.

Bourbons

  • Henry of Bourbon, their son, and in 1572 their successors; King. Navarre as Henry III, King of France as Henry IV

Henry united the County of Rodez, like the other possessions of the Counts of Armagnac with the crown. This took the Bishop of Rodez, Rodez of the community with the counts split ( the bishop was lord of the Cité, the upper town, the Count Lord of Bourg, the lower town ), as an opportunity to appoint himself to the Count of Rodez.

  • Historical territory (France)
  • Graf ( Rodez)
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