Countess of Eu

{{see also|Count of Eu}}

This is a list of the countesses of Eu, a French fief in the Middle Ages.

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Countess of Eu

= [[House of Normandy]], 996–1246=

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align="center" colspan="9"| Geoffrey of Brionne's wife is not mentioned by name.
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|align="center"| Lesceline of Harcourt

|align="center"| Turquetil of Harcourt, Lord of Tourville
(Harcourt)

|align="center"| -

|align="center"| -

|align="center"| 1040
husband's accession

|align="center"| 1057
husband's death

|align="center"| 26 January 1057/58

|align="center"| William I

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|align="center"| Adela, Countess of Soissons

|align="center"| Renaud, Count of Soissons

|align="center"| 1042

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|align="center"| 1077
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|align="center"| 1079 or 1105

|align="center"| William Busac

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|align="center"| Beatrice

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|align="center"| -

|align="center"| -

|align="center"| 1080
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|align="center" rowspan="2"| Robert I

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|align="center"| Matilda of Sicily

|align="center"| Roger I of Sicily
(Hauteville)

|align="center"| 1062

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|align="center"| before 1080
repudiated

|align="center"| before 1094

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|align="center"| Beatrice de Builly

|align="center"| -

|align="center"| 1064

|align="center"| -

|align="center"| 1091
husband's accession

|align="center" colspan="2"| -

|align="center" rowspan="2"| William II

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|align="center"| Helisende d'Avranches

|align="center"| Richard Goz, Viscount of Avranches

|align="center"| -

|align="center" colspan="2"| -

|align="center"| January 1096
husband's death

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|align="center"| Matilda

|align="center"| -

|align="center"| -

|align="center"| -

|align="center"| January 1096
husband's accession

|align="center" colspan="2"| 30 Mar 1107 or before

|align="center" rowspan="2"| Henry I

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|align="center"| Ermentrude

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|align="center"| -

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|align="center" colspan="2"| 17/24 April ?

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|align="center"| Margaret of Sully

|align="center"| William, Count of Sully
(Blois)

|align="center"| 1105

|align="center" colspan="2"| about 1122

|align="center"| 12 July 1140
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|align="center"| 15 December 1145

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|align="center"| Alice (or Alix) d'Aubigny

|align="center"| William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel

|align="center"| -

|align="center"| -

|align="center"| 12 July 1140
husband's accession

|align="center"| 26 Jun 1170
husband's death

|align="center"| 11 September 1188

|align="center"| John I

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|align="center"| Matilda de Warenne

|align="center"| Hamelin de Warenne, Earl of Surrey

|align="center"| -

|align="center"| -

|align="center"| 26 Jun 1170
husband's accession

|align="center"| 12 or 16/17 July 1190/91
husband's death

|align="center"| before 13 December 1228

|align="center"| Henry II

=[[House of Lusignan]], 1219–1260=

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|align="center"| Joan of Burgundy

|align="center"| Odo III, Duke of Burgundy
(Burgundy)

|align="center"| 1200

|align="center" colspan="2"| 1222

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|align="center" rowspan="3"| Raoul II of Lusignan

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|align="center"| Yolande de Dreux

|align="center"| Robert II of Dreux
(Dreux)

|align="center"| 1196

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|align="center" colspan="2"| 1 February 1239

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|align="center"| Philippa de Dammartin

|align="center"| Simon de Dammartin, Count of Amuale
(Dammartin)

|align="center"| 1225–1230

|align="center" colspan="2"| after 1239

|align="center"| 1/2 Sep 1246
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|align="center"| 14 April 1278/1281

=[[House of Brienne]], 1260–1350=

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|align="center"| Beatrice of Châtillon

|align="center"| Guy III, Count of Saint-Pol
(Châtillon)

|align="center"| -

|align="center"| -

|align="center"| 1 October 1260
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|align="center"| 12 June 1294
husband's death

|align="center"| 1304

|align="center"| John I of Brienne

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|align="center"| Joan, Countess of Guines

|align="center"| Baldwin, Count of Guines

|align="center"| -

|align="center"| -

|align="center"| 5 July 1472
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|align="center"| 11 July 1302
husband's death

|align="center"| September 1331/19 April 1342

|align="center"| John II of Brienne

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|align="center"| Joan de Mello, Lady of Lormes and Château-Chinon

|align="center"| Dreux IV de Mello, Lord of Château-Chinon

|align="center"| -

|align="center" colspan="2"| 1315

|align="center"| 19 January 1344
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|align="center"| 1351

|align="center"| Raoul I of Brienne

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|align="center"| Catherine of Savoy-Vaud

|align="center"| Louis II of Savoy, Baron de Vaud
(Savoy)

|align="center"| -

|align="center"| before 19 December 1340

|align="center"| 19 January 1344
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|align="center"| 19 November 1350
husband's death

|align="center"| 18 January 1388

|align="center"| Raoul II of Brienne

Raoul IV was accused of treason in 1350, and the county was confiscated. The county was then given to John of Artois.

=[[House of Artois]], 1352–1472=

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|align="center"| Isabeau of Melun, Lady of Houdain

|align="center"| Jean I, Viscount of Melun and Count of Tancarville
(Melun)

|align="center"| 1328

|align="center" colspan="2"| 11 July 1352

|align="center"| 6 April 1387,
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|align="center"| 20 December 1389

|align="center"| John of Artois

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|align="center"| Jeanne of Anjou, Duchess of Durazzo

|align="center"| Charles of Anjou, Duke of Durazzo
(Anjou-Durazzo)

|align="center"| 1344

|align="center"| 1376

|align="center"| 6 April 1387
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|align="center" colspan="2"| 20 July 1387
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|align="center"| Robert IV of Artois

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|align="center"| Marie of Berry, Duchess of Auvergne

|align="center"| John of Valois, Duke of Berry
(Valois)

|align="center"| 1370

|align="center" colspan="2"| 27 January 1393

|align="center"| 16 June 1397
husband's death

|align="center"| June 1434

|align="center"| Philip of Artois

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|align="center"| Jeanne of Saveuse

|align="center"| Philippe, Lord of Saveuse

|align="center"| -

|align="center" colspan="2"| 21 July 1448

|align="center" colspan="2"| 2 January 1449

|align="center"| Charles of Artois

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|align="center"| Helene of Melun

|align="center"| John IV, Visount of Melun
(Melun)

|align="center"| 1370

|align="center" colspan="2"| 23 September 1454

|align="center"| 5 July 1472
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|align="center"| 25 July 1472

=[[House of Valois-Burgundy|House of Burgundy-Nevers]], 1472–1491=

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|align="center"| Pauline de Brosse

|align="center"| Jean II de Brosse, Count of Penthièvre
(Brosse)

|align="center"| 1450

|align="center"| 30 August 1471

|align="center"| 5 July 1472
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|align="center" colspan="2"| 9 August 1479

|align="center" rowspan="2"| John of Clamecy

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|align="center"| Françoise d'Albret

|align="center"| Arnaud Amanieu d'Albret, Lord of Orval
(Albret)

|align="center"| 1454

|align="center" colspan="2"| 11 March 1480

|align="center"| 25 September 1491
husband's death

|align="center"| 20 March 1521

=[[House of La Marck]], 1491–1633=

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|align=center| Charlotte of Bourbon-Vendôme

|align="center"| Jean VIII de Bourbon, Count of Vendôme
(Bourbon-La Marche)

|align="center"| 1474

|align="center"| 23 February 1489

|align="center"| 25 September 1491
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|align="center"| 21 November 1506
husband's death

|align="center"| 14 December 1520

|align="center"| Engelbert de Cleves

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|align="center"| Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel

|align="center"| Jean d'Albret, seigneur d'Orval
(Albret)

|align="center"| 25 March 1491

|align="center"| 25 January 1504

|align="center"| 21 November 1506
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|align="center"| 17 August 1521
husband's death

|align="center"| 27 October 1549

|align="center"| Charles de Cleves

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|align=center| Marguerite de Bourbon-Vendôme

|align="center"| Charles de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme
(Bourbon-La Marche)

|align="center"| 26 October 1516

|align="center" colspan="2"| 19 January 1538

|align="center"| 13 February 1561
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|align="center"| 1589 or 20 October 1559

|align="center"| François I de Cleves

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|align=center| Anne de Bourbon-Montpensier

|align="center"| Louis III de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier
(Bourbon-Montpensier)

|align="center"| 1540

|align="center" colspan="2"| 1561

|align="center"| 1562
husband's death

|align="center"| 1572

|align="center"| François II de Cleves

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|align="center"| Diana de la Marck

|align="center"| Robert IV de La Marck, Duke of Bouillon
(De la Marck)

|align="center"| 16 June 1544

|align="center"| 1558

|align="center"| 1562
husband's accession

|align="center"| 6 September 1564
husband's death

|align="center"| 1612

|align="center"| Jacques de Cleves

=[[House of Guise]], 1633–1660=

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|align="center"| Henriette Catherine, Duchess of Joyeuse

|align="center"| Henri de Joyeuse
(Joyeuse)

|align="center"| 8 January 1585

|align="center"| 6 January 1611

|align="center"| 11 May 1633
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|align="center"| 30 September 1640
husband's death

|align="center"| 25 February 1656

|align="center"| Charles de Guise

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|align="center"| Anna Gonzaga

|align="center"| Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua
(Gonzaga-Nevers)

|align="center"| 1616

|align="center"| 1639

|align="center"| 30 September 1640
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|align="center"| 1641
divorce

|align="center"| 6 July 1684

|align="center" rowspan="2"| Henry II de Guise

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|align=center| Honorée de Berghes, Countess of Bossut

|align="center"| -

|align="center"| -

|align="center" colspan="2"| 11 November 1641

|align="center"| 1643
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|align="center"| August 1679

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|align=center| Marie-Françoise de Valois, Duchess of Angoulême

|align="center"| Louis Emmanuel de Valois, Duke of Angoulême
(Valois-Angoulême)

|align="center"| 27 March 1631

|align="center"| 3 November 1649

|align="center"| 1654
husband's accession

|align="center"| 27 September 1654
husband's death

|align="center"| 4 May 1696

|align="center"| Louis de Guise

=[[House of Montpensier]], 1660–1681=

=[[House of Bourbon]], 1681–1821=

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|align=center| Anne Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon

|align="center"| Henri Jules, Prince of Condé
(Bourbon-Condé)

|align="center"| 8 November 1676

|align="center" colspan="2"| 19 May 1692

|align="center"| 14 May 1736
husband's death

|align="center"| 23 January 1753

|align="center"| Louis-Auguste de Bourbon

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|align=center| Maria Teresa d'Este

|align="center"| Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena
(Este)

|align="center"| 6 October 1726

|align="center"| 29 December 1744

|align="center"| 13 July 1745
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|align="center" colspan="2"| 30 April 1754

|align="center"| Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon

=[[House of Orléans]], since 1793=

==First Creation==

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|align=center| Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil

|align="center"| Pedro II of Brazil
(Braganza)

|align="center"| 29 July 1846

|align="center" colspan="2"| 15 October 1864

|align="center" colspan="2"| 14 November 1921

|align="center"| Gaston d´Orléans

See also

Sources

  • Edmund Chester Waters, 'The Counts of Eu, Sometime Lords of the Honour of Tickhill', The Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Journal, No. 9 (1886).

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