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Line 1: {{short description\|None}} The ''County of Mortain'' was a medieval county in [[France]] centered on the town of [[Mortain]]. A choice landholding, usually either kept within the family of the [[Duke]] (or the [[monarch\|King]] in some cases), or more often it was granted to a Lord in return for royal service and favor. This was the main reason [[Mortain]] had so many Counts, as shown below, during its long history.▼ ▲The '''County of Mortain''' was a medieval county in [[France]] centered on the town of [[Mortain]]. A choice landholding, usually either kept within the family of the [[~~Duke~~duke of Normandy]] (or the [[~~monarch\|King~~king of France]] ~~in some cases~~), or ~~more often it was~~ granted to a ~~Lord~~noble in return for ~~royal~~ service and favor. This was the main reason [[Mortain]] had so many ~~Counts~~counts, as shown below, during its long history. ~~==French Counts of Mortain==~~ * ''County established by Charlemagne''<ref>[[Einhard]]: ''The Life of Charlemagne'' (pub. by Harper Brothers, 1880) </ref><ref>{{citeweb\|url=http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/einhard.html \|title=''Life of Charlemagne'', 19th century English translation by Samuel Epes Turner\|author=Einhardaccessdate=2009-05-21}}<ref> [[786]] * ''Unknown'' * [[Rodulf of Tosny]] ([[812]]–[[861]]) * [[Hugh of Nogent]] ([[861]]–[[911]]) * ''Vacant After Rollo's Invasion'' ==Norman ~~Counts~~counts of Mortain== * [[~~Adémar~~Mauger, Count of ~~Boulogne~~Corbeil\|Mauger of Corbeil]] (~~[[918]]~~988–~~[[977]]~~1032){{~~Fact~~Citation needed\|date=April 2009}} * {{ill\|William ~~Warlenc~~"Werlenc"\|fr\|Guillaume Guerlenc}}<ref>There are apparently few certain facts about William Warlenc, who was deprived of the County to the benefit of Robert (sometimes said to have been c.1055).</ref>([[1032]]–[[1048]])▼ * [[Mauger of Corbeil]] ([[977]]–[[1032]]){{Fact\|date=April 2009}} * [[Robert, Count of Mortain]] (1049–1104) ▲* William Warlenc<ref>There are apparently few certain facts about William Warlenc, who was deprived of the County to the benefit of Robert (sometimes said to have been c.1055).</ref>([[1032]]–[[1048]]) * [[~~Robert~~William, Count of Mortain]] (~~See also: [[Robert of Conteville]]) [[1049]]~~1104–~~[[1104]]~~1106) * [[~~William,~~List ~~Count~~of Barons of ~~Mortain~~Vitré\|Robert II of Vitré]] (~~[[1104]]~~1106–~~[[1106]]~~1112) * [[~~Robert II~~Stephen of ~~Vitry~~England]] (~~[[1106]]~~1112–~~[[1112]]~~1135)~~{{Fact\|date=April 2009}}~~ * [[~~Stephen~~Eustace IV of ~~England~~Boulogne]] (~~[[1112]]~~1135–~~[[1135]]~~1141) * [[~~Eustace IV~~Geoffrey of ~~Boulogne~~Anjou]] (~~[[1135]]~~1141–~~[[1141]]~~1144) * [[~~Geoffrey~~William I, Count of ~~Anjou~~Boulogne\|William of Blois]] (~~[[1141]]~~1154–~~[[1144]]~~1159) * [[William of Blois]] ([[1154]]–[[1159]]) * ''Vacant'' * [[Marie of Boulogne]] and [[Matthew of Alsace]] ([[1167]]–[[1173]]){{~~Fact~~Citation needed\|date=April 2009}} * ''Vacant'' * [[John, IKing of England\|John {{bracket\|later King of England}}]] ([[1189]]–[[1199~~]]) (lost to France~~) * [[Ida, Countess of Boulogne]] and [[Renaud de Dammartin]] ([[1204]]–[[1216]]) * [[Matilda II of Boulogne]] ([[1216]]–[[1245]]) and... [[Philip Hurepel]] ([[1216]]–[[1233]]) [[Afonso III of Portugal]] ([[1238]]–[[1245]]) * [[Jeanne de Dammartin]] ([[1245]]–[[1251]]) and .. ** [[Walter of ~~Chatillon~~Châtillon]] ([[1245]]–[[1250]]) * ''Vacant'' * [[Joan II of Navarre]] ([[1328]]–[[1349]]) * ''Vacant'' * [[Peter d'Évreux]] ([[1401]]–[[1412]]) * [[Catherine of Alençon]] ([[1412]]–[[1416]]) (his widow) and.. [[Louis, Duke of Guyenne]] ([[1412]]–[[1413]]) [[Louis VII of Bavaria]], [[Duke of Bavaria]]-Ingolstadt ([[1413]]–[[1416]]) * [[Jean Dunois]] ([[1416]]–[[1417]]) and.. [[Charles of Le Maine]] ([[1416]]–[[1417]]) [[Charles ofde Valois, ~~duc~~Duc de Berry\|Charles of Valois, Duke of Berry]] ([[1416]]–[[1417]]) ==English ~~Counts~~counts of Mortain== * Edward Holland (~~[[1417]]~~1418–[[1419]]) * [[Thomas Langholme]] ([[1419]]–?) * [[John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford]] (?–[[1435]]) * [[Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset]] ([[1435]]–[[1449]]) ==French ~~Counts~~counts of Mortain== * [[Charles of Le Maine]] ([[1449]]–[[1472]]) * [[Charles IV, Duke of Anjou]] ([[1472]]–[[1481]]) * ''Royal Domain'' * [[Duchy of Montpensier\|Louis II, Duke of Montpensier]] ([[1529]]–[[1582]]) * [[Duchy of Montpensier\|Francis, Duke of Montpensier]] ([[1582]]–[[1592]]) * [[Henri de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier\|Henri de Bourbon, duc de Montpensier]] ([[1592]]–[[1608]]) * [[Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier\|Marie de Bourbon, duchesse de Montpensier]] ([[1608]]–[[1627]]) and.. ** [[Gaston, Duke of Orléans\|Gaston de France, duc d'Orléans]] ([[1626]]–[[1660]]) (her widower) * [[Anne Marie Louise of Orléans\|Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de Montpensier]] ([[1660]]–[[1693]]) * [[Philip I, Duke of Orléans\|Philippe de France, duc d'Orléans]] ([[1693]]–[[1701]]) * [[Philip II, Duke of Orléans\|Philippe II d'Orléans, duc d'Orléans]] ([[1701]]–[[1723]]) * [[Louis ~~d'Orléans~~, Duke of Orléans (1703–1752)\|Louis d'Orléáns, duc d'Orléans]] ([[1723]]–[[1752]]) * [[Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans\|Louis Philippe I d'Orléans, duc d'Orléans]] ([[1752]]–[[1785]]) * [[Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans\|Louis Philippe II d'Orléans, duc d'Orléans]] ([[1785]]–[[1786]]) * ''Royal Domain'' * [[Henri, ~~comte~~Count deof Paris (born 1933)\|Henri d'Orléans, comte de Paris, duc de France]] ([[1984]]–~~present~~2019) (never recognised it as his main title) ==Notes== {{Reflist}} ~~<references/>~~ {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Counts Of Mortain}} [[Category:Counts of Mortain\| ]] [[Category:Lists of counts\|Mortain]] ~~[[de:Grafschaft Mortain]]~~ ~~[[fr:Liste des comtes de Mortain]]~~ ~~[[pl:Hrabiowie Mortain]]~~ ~~[[ru:Мортен (графство)]]~~