Count of Soissons
Encyclopedia
This is a list of those who bore the title Count of Soissons and ruled Soissons
and its civitas
or diocese as a county
in the Middle Ages
. The title continued in use into modern times, but without ties to the actual Soissonnais.
Bar-sur-Aube
Normans
Dukes of Bar
Princes of Condé
Prince of Carignano
Soissons
Soissons is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France, located on the Aisne River, about northeast of Paris. It is one of the most ancient towns of France, and is probably the ancient capital of the Suessiones...
and its civitas
Civitas
In the history of Rome, the Latin term civitas , according to Cicero in the time of the late Roman Republic, was the social body of the cives, or citizens, united by law . It is the law that binds them together, giving them responsibilities on the one hand and rights of citizenship on the other...
or diocese as a county
Count
A count or countess is an aristocratic nobleman in European countries. The word count came into English from the French comte, itself from Latin comes—in its accusative comitem—meaning "companion", and later "companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor". The adjective form of the word is...
in the Middle Ages
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
. The title continued in use into modern times, but without ties to the actual Soissonnais.
Carolingians
- 900–930 Humbert II of Vermandois (died 943)
- 969–988 Guy I
Angevins
- 988–1047 Adelise, widow of prec.
Bar-sur-AubeBar-sur-AubeBar-sur-Aube is a commune of France in the Aube department, of which it is a sub-prefecture.-Population:The inhabitants of the commune are called Baralbains.-Culture:*Market every Saturday morning in the halls...
- until 1019 Nocher, jure uxorisJure uxorisJure uxoris is a Latin term that means "by right of his wife" or "in right of a wife". It is commonly used to refer to a title held by a man whose wife holds it in her own right. In other words, he acquired the title simply by being her husband....
, second husband of prec. - 1047–1057 Renaud I, son of prec.
- 1057–1079 Adelaide
NormansNormansThe Normans were the people who gave their name to Normandy, a region in northern France. They were descended from Norse Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock...
- 1076 William Busac, jure uxoris
- 1079–1118 John I
- 1118–1146 Renaud II
House of Clermont
- 1146–1178 Yves le Vieux (the Old)
- 1178–1180 Conon
- 1180–1235 Raoul le Bon (the Good)
- 1235–1270 John II le BègueJohn II, Count of SoissonsJohn II , also known as Je'an de Nesle and by the sobriquet le Bon et le Bègue , was the tenth Count of Soissons, succeeding his father Ralph the Good, in 1235. He was the son of his father's second wife, Yolanda. By marriage he also became Count of Chartres and Lord of Amboise...
(the Stammerer; died 1272) - 1270–1284 John III
- 1284–1289 John IV
- 1289–1298 John V
- 1298–1306 Hugh
- 1306–1344 MargaretMargaret of SoissonsMargaret of Soissons was the only daughter of Hugo of Soissons and Johanna of Argies.In 1306 she succeeded her father as Countess of Soissons. Margaret was married to John of Beaumont , son of John II, Count of Holland...
(died 1350)
Coucy
- 1367–1397 Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy
- 1397–1405 Marie de Coucy
Dukes of Orléans
- 1404–1407 Louis
- 1407–1412 Charles (died 1465)
Dukes of BarCounts and dukes of BarBar was a historic duchy of both the Holy Roman Empire and the crown of France, though later totally incorporated with Lorraine into France in 1766. The duchy of Bar includes the "pays" of Barrois.- History :...
- 1412–1415 Robert de Marle, son of Henry of BarHenry of BarHenry of Bar was lord of Marle and the Marquis de Pont-à-Mousson. He was the eldest son of Robert I of Bar and Marie of Valois....
and Marie de Coucy - 1415–1462 Jeanne de Marle
Dukes of Luxembourg
- 1462–1476 John VI
- 1476–1482 Peter II of Saint-Pol
- 1482–1547 Mary IIMarie de LuxembourgMarie of Luxembourg was a French noblewoman, the elder daughter and principal heiress of Pierre II de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, by Margaret, a daughter of Louis, Duke of Savoy...
(died 1547)
Princes of CondéPrince of CondéThe Most Serene House of Condé is a historical French house, a noble lineage of descent from a single ancestor...
- 1487–1495 FrançoisFrançois, Count of VendômeFrançois de Bourbon was a French nobleman. He was the Count of Vendôme.He was the son of Jean VIII, Count of Vendôme, and Isabelle de Beauveau. At his father's death when he was 7, he became Count of Vendôme...
, jure uxoris - 1495–1537 Charles, Duke of Vendôme, jure matrisJure matrisJure matris is a Latin phrase meaning "by right of his mother" or "in right of his mother".It is commonly encountered in the law of Inheritance when a noble title or other right passes from mother to son. It is also used in the context of monarchy in cases where a woman holds a title in her own...
- 1547–1557 Jean VII
- 1557–1569 Louis de Bourbon, Prince of CondéLouis I de Bourbon, prince de CondéLouis de Bourbon was a prominent Huguenot leader and general, the founder of the House of Condé, a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon.-Life:...
, brother of prec. - 1569–1612 Charles de BourbonCharles de Bourbon, comte de SoissonsCharles de Bourbon was a French prince du sang and military commander during the struggles over religion and the throne in late 16th century France. A first cousin of King Henry IV of France, he was the son of the Huguenot leader Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé and his second wife, Françoise...
- 1612–1641 Louis de BourbonLouis de Bourbon, comte de SoissonsLouis de Bourbon, Count of Soissons , was a French nobleman, the son of Charles de Bourbon, Count of Soissons and Anne de Montafié...
- 1641–1656 Marie de Bourbon, Princess of CarignanoMarie de Bourbon, Countess of SoissonsMarie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons was the wife of Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano.-Biography:Marie Marguerite de Bourbon was born at the Hôtel de Soissons in Paris, was the second daughter and youngest child of Charles de Bourbon, comte de Soissons and his wife Anne de Montafié...
(died 1692), sister of prec.
Prince of CarignanoHouse of SavoyThe House of Savoy was formed in the early 11th century in the historical Savoy region. Through gradual expansion, it grew from ruling a small county in that region to eventually rule the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 until the end of World War II, king of Croatia and King of Armenia...
- 1641–1656 Thomas FrancisThomas Francis, Prince of CarignanoThomas Francis of Savoy was an Italian military commander, the founder of the Savoy-Carignano branch of the House of Savoy which reigned as kings of Sardinia from 1831 to 1861, and as kings of Italy from 1861 until the...
(1596-1656), jure uxoris - 1646/50–1656 Joseph Emmanuel, titular count, son of prec.
- 1656–1673 Eugène Maurice, brother of prec.
- 1673–1702 Louis Thomas, son of prec.
- 1702–1729 Emmanuel Thomas
- 1729–1734 Eugène Jean François