Countess of Eu
{{see also|Count of Eu}}
This is a list of the countesses of Eu, a French fief in the Middle Ages.
Countess of Eu
= [[House of Normandy]], 996–1246=
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|align="center"| Lesceline of Harcourt |align="center"| Turquetil of Harcourt, Lord of Tourville |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="center"| 1040 |align="center"| 1057 |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 |align="center" colspan="2"| 1058 |align="center"| 1077 |align="center"| 1079 or 1105 |align="center"| William Busac |
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|align="center"| Beatrice |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="center"| 1080 |align="center" colspan="2"| on April 10, ? |align="center" rowspan="2"| Robert I |
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|align="center"| Matilda of Sicily |align="center"| Roger I of Sicily |align="center"| 1062 |align="center" colspan="2"| before 1080 |align="center"| before 1080 |align="center"| before 1094 |
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|align="center"| Beatrice de Builly |align="center"| - |align="center"| 1064 |align="center"| - |align="center"| 1091 |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 |align="center"| - |
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|align="center"| Matilda |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="center"| January 1096 |align="center" colspan="2"| 30 Mar 1107 or before |align="center" rowspan="2"| Henry I |
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|align="center"| Ermentrude |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="center" colspan="2"| - |align="center" colspan="2"| 17/24 April ? |
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|align="center"| Margaret of Sully |align="center"| William, Count of Sully |align="center"| 1105 |align="center" colspan="2"| about 1122 |align="center"| 12 July 1140 |align="center"| 15 December 1145 |align="center"| |
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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 |align="center"| 26 Jun 1170 |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 |align="center"| 12 or 16/17 July 1190/91 |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 |align="center"| 1200 |align="center" colspan="2"| 1222 |align="center" colspan="2"| 1222–1223 |align="center" rowspan="3"| Raoul II of Lusignan |
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|align="center"| Yolande de Dreux |align="center"| Robert II of Dreux |align="center"| 1196 |align="center" colspan="2"| after 1223 |align="center" colspan="2"| 1 February 1239 |
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|align="center"| Philippa de Dammartin |align="center"| Simon de Dammartin, Count of Amuale |align="center"| 1225–1230 |align="center" colspan="2"| after 1239 |align="center"| 1/2 Sep 1246 |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 |align="center"| - |align="center"| - |align="center"| 1 October 1260 |align="center"| 12 June 1294 |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 |align="center"| 11 July 1302 |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 |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 |align="center"| - |align="center"| before 19 December 1340 |align="center"| 19 January 1344 |align="center"| 19 November 1350 |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 |align="center"| 1328 |align="center" colspan="2"| 11 July 1352 |align="center"| 6 April 1387, |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 |align="center"| 1344 |align="center"| 1376 |align="center"| 6 April 1387 |align="center" colspan="2"| 20 July 1387 |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 |align="center"| 1370 |align="center" colspan="2"| 27 January 1393 |align="center"| 16 June 1397 |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 |align="center"| 1370 |align="center" colspan="2"| 23 September 1454 |align="center"| 5 July 1472 |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 |align="center"| 1450 |align="center"| 30 August 1471 |align="center"| 5 July 1472 |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 |align="center"| 1454 |align="center" colspan="2"| 11 March 1480 |align="center"| 25 September 1491 |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 |align="center"| 1474 |align="center"| 23 February 1489 |align="center"| 25 September 1491 |align="center"| 21 November 1506 |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 |align="center"| 25 March 1491 |align="center"| 25 January 1504 |align="center"| 21 November 1506 |align="center"| 17 August 1521 |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 |align="center"| 26 October 1516 |align="center" colspan="2"| 19 January 1538 |align="center"| 13 February 1561 |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 |align="center"| 1540 |align="center" colspan="2"| 1561 |align="center"| 1562 |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 |align="center"| 16 June 1544 |align="center"| 1558 |align="center"| 1562 |align="center"| 6 September 1564 |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 |align="center"| 8 January 1585 |align="center"| 6 January 1611 |align="center"| 11 May 1633 |align="center"| 30 September 1640 |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 |align="center"| 1616 |align="center"| 1639 |align="center"| 30 September 1640 |align="center"| 1641 |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 |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 |align="center"| 27 March 1631 |align="center"| 3 November 1649 |align="center"| 1654 |align="center"| 27 September 1654 |align="center"| 4 May 1696 |align="center"| Louis de Guise |
=[[House of Montpensier]], 1660–1681=
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=[[House of Bourbon]], 1681–1821=
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|align=center| Anne Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon |align="center"| Henri Jules, Prince of Condé |align="center"| 8 November 1676 |align="center" colspan="2"| 19 May 1692 |align="center"| 14 May 1736 |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 |align="center"| 6 October 1726 |align="center"| 29 December 1744 |align="center"| 13 July 1745 |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 |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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