Vadans (Jura)

Vadans is a commune with 252 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) in the Jura department in the Franche -Comté; it belongs to the district of Lons -le- Saunier and the canton of Arbois.

On a rock above the village, the Château de Vadans, which was in 1638 besieged and burned by the French. From him only Donjon remained.

History

Vadans, the Gallo-Roman " Valduacum " came in 1160 in the possession of the Counts of Pfirt who acquired it by Frederick Barbarossa, after they had lost Amance. As the owner of the castle like used these to supply its subsidiaries, Vadans never stayed long in one family: the Earl of Pfirt followed the Count of Mâcon and Vienne, the Lords of Salins, the Vadans turn to the Lords of Vergy inherited. Of the Vergy Vadans arrived in the 14th century to the House of Poitiers - Valentinois, for which the rule Vadans was eventually elevated to the barony.

Lords of Vadans

  • Louis I, Count of Pfirt, † 1180, 1160 Seigneur de Vadans (House Scarponnois )
  • Ludwig II of Pfirt, whose son, † 1189 on the Crusade, Count of Pfirt, Seigneur de Vadans 1187/88
  • Gérard de Mâcon, 1189/1200 testifies, Seigneur de Vadans (master list of the House of Burgundy - Ivrea ); ∞ Perrette (from Pfirt ), she married her second husband Thibaut I, Seigneur de Neufchatel, † 1268
  • Gérard II, whose nephew, 1202/20 testifies † before 1224, Count of Mâcon and Vienne, Seigneur deVadans
  • Jean l' Antique / Jean Le Sage, † 1267, Count of Chalon to 1237, then Lord of Salins, second cousin of Gerard II
  • Elisabeth de Salins, whose daughter, † 1277 in Château de Vadans, ∞ Henri I de Vienne, Seigneur Montmorot et de Vadans, † 1233; ∞ II Ulrich II, Count of Pfirt, † 1275, divorced; ∞ III Henri de Vergy, Seigneur de Mirebeau, † 1263, Seneschal of Burgundy (House Vergy )
  • Guillaume II de Vergy, whose son, Seneschal of Burgundy
  • Henri II de Vergy, whose son, † 1333, Seneschal of Burgundy
  • Marguerite de Vergy, whose daughter, Lady de Vadans, ∞ Louis I de Poitiers, Comte de Valentinois 1319 X 1345 (House Poitiers - Valentinois )
  • , Last witnessed Charles I. de Poitiers, brother of Louis I., Seigneur de Saint- Vallier 1410 in Vadans
  • Philippe I de Poitiers - Valentinois, his son, in 1420, Seigneur de Vadans

The Descendants of Philippe I, the barons of Vadans, † 1715; the family also includes Diane de Poitiers, the mistress of King Henry II

Demographics

From 1962, only residents with a primary residence

Personalities

  • Claude Dejoux (1732-1816), sculptor
Arrondissement Arrondissement of Lons-le-Saunier Cantons of France Postal codes in France France Keep Count of Vienne Henry II of France Abergement-le-Grand
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