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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=Einhard\|accessdate=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){{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){{Citation needed\|date=April 2009}} * [[Robert, Count of Mortain]] (~~See also: [[Robert of Conteville]])~~ 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, Count of Mortain]] (See also: [[Robert of Conteville]]) 1049–1104) * [[William, Count of Mortain]] (1104–1106) * [[List of Barons of Vitré\|Robert II of ~~Vitry~~Vitré]] (1106–1112)~~{{Citation needed\|date=April 2009}}~~ * [[Stephen of England]] (1112–1135) * [[Eustace IV of Boulogne]] (1135–1141) * [[Geoffrey of Anjou]] (1141–1144) * [[William I, Count of Boulogne\|William of Blois]] (1154–1159) * ''Vacant'' * [[Marie of Boulogne]] and [[Matthew of Alsace]] (1167–1173){{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... Line 34 ⟶ 27: * ''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) Line 59 ⟶ 52: * [[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]] ~~[[ca:Comtat de Mortain]]~~ ~~[[de:Grafschaft Mortain]]~~ ~~[[fr:Comte de Mortain]]~~ ~~[[pl:Hrabiowie Mortain]]~~ ~~[[ru:Мортен (графство)]]~~