Count of Évreux
The Count of Évreux was a French noble title and was named for the county of Évreux in the Duchy of Normandy, disputed between France and England during parts of the Hundred Years' War. It was successively used by the Norman dynasty, the Montfort-l'Amaury family, the Capetians as well as the House of La Tour d'Auvergne. The title is today used by Prince Michel, Count of Évreux, a member of the House of Orléans.[1]
House of Normandy
- 989–1037: Robert, Count of Évreux, illegitimate son of Richard I, Duke of Normandy
- 1037–1067: Richard, Count of Évreux, son of the above
- 1067–1118: William, Count of Évreux, son of the above who died childless
House of Montfort-l'Amaury
- 1118–1137: Amaury I, son of William's sister Agnes of Évreux
- 1137–1140: Amaury II, son of the above
- 1140–1181: Simon, brother of the above
- 1181–1182: Amaury III, son of the above
- 1182–1195: Amaury IV, son of the above, confiscated by John of England although Amaury IV was later created Earl of Gloucester
- Montfort l'Amaury family tree
- Disambiguation pages: Amaury de Montfort · Guillaume de Montfort · Guy de Montfort · Jean de Montfort · Philippe de Montfort · Simon de Montfort
- Guillaume de Montfort
Lord of Montfort-l'Amaury - Amaury I of Montfort
Lord of Montfort-l'Amaury - Simon I of Montfort
Lord of Montfort-l'Amaury — Mainier de Montfort
Lord of Épernon — Eva de Montfort
m. William de Crispin - m. (1) Isabel dau. of
Hugh Bardoul of Broyes — m. (2) Agnes dau. of
Richard, Count of Évreux - Amaury II of Montfort
Lord of Montfort-l'Amaury — Isabel of Conches
m. Raoul II of Tosny — Richard of Montfort
Lord of Montfort-l'Amaury — Amaury I of Évreux
(Amaury III de Montfort)
Count of Évreux, Lord of Montfort-l'Amaury — Adeliza de Montfort - Bertrade de Montfort
m. (1) Fulk IV of Anjou
m. (2) Philip I, King of France — Simon II of Montfort
Lord of Montfort-l'Amaury — Guillaume de Montfort
(Bishop of Paris) - Amaury II of Évreux
(Amaury IV de Montfort)
Count of Évreux — Simon III de Montfort
Count of Évreux, Lord of Montfort-l'Amaury — Agnes de Montfort
m. Waleran de Beaumont,
1st Earl of Worcester - Amaury III of Évreux
(Amaury V de Montfort)
Count of Évreux — Simon de Montfort †1188
Lord of Montfort-l'Amaury
m. Amicia dau. of Robert de Beaumont,
3rd Earl of Leicester — Bertrade de Montfort
m. Hugh of Cyfeiliog,
5th Earl of Chester - Amaury IV of Évreux
(Amaury VI de Montfort)
Count of Évreux, Earl of Gloucester — Simon de Montfort,
5th Earl of Leicester
(crusader)
m. Alix de Montmorency — Guy de Montfort,
Lord of Sidon — Petronilla de Montfort
m. Barthélemy de Roye - Philippe I, Lord of Tyre
- Philippe II, Lord of Castres
- Amaury de Montfort
Count of Montfort l'Amaury — Simon de Montfort,
6th Earl of Leicester
(leader in the Barons' War)
m. Eleanor dau. of King John — Guy de Montfort,
Count of Bigorre - Henry de Montfort — Amaury de Montfort
(priest) — Joanna de Montfort — Eleanor de Montfort
m. Llywelyn ap Gruffudd - Simon de Montfort the Younger — Guy de Montfort,
Count of Nola — Richard de Montfort
House of Capet
- 1298–1319: Louis, Count of Évreux, brother of Philip IV of France
- 1319–1343: Philip III of Navarre
- 1343–1378: Charles II of Navarre, confiscated by Charles V of France
- 1387–1404: Charles III of Navarre, exchanged for the newly created Duchy of Nemours
House of Stewart
- 1427–1429: John Stewart of Darnley
House of Brezé
- 1441–1465: Pierre de Brézé
House of Valois
- 1569–1584: Francis, Duke of Anjou
House of La Tour d'Auvergne
- 1605–1652: Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne (never used title)
- 1641–1721: Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne (never used title)
- 1668–1730: Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne (never used title)
- 1679–1753: Louis Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne
- 1753–1771: Charles Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne (never used title)
- 1771–1792: Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne
- 1792–1802: Jacques Léopold de La Tour d'Auvergne (titular)
House of Orléans
- 1941–Present: Michel d'Orléans, Prince of Orléans, son of Henri d'Orléans, Count of Paris
References
- Back to citation Montjouvent, Philippe de (1998). Le comte de Paris et sa descendance (in French). Internet Archive. Charenton (France): Chaney. pp. 307--324. ISBN 978-2-913211-00-1.