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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 of Normandy]] (or the [[king of France]]) or granted to a noble in return for 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 of Normandy]] (or the [[king of France]]) or granted to a noble in return for service and favor. This was the main reason Mortain had so many counts, as shown below, during its long history.
==Norman counts of Mortain==
* [[Mauger, Count of Corbeil|Mauger of Corbeil]] (
* {{ill|William "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, Count of Corbeil|Mauger of Corbeil]] (977–1032){{Citation needed|date=April 2009}}
▲* William Werlenc<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 Vitré]] (1106–1112)
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* [[Marie of Boulogne]] and [[Matthew of Alsace]] (1167–1173){{Citation needed|date=April 2009}}
* ''Vacant''
* [[John,
* [[Ida, Countess of Boulogne]] and [[Renaud de Dammartin]] (1204–1216)
* [[Matilda II of Boulogne]] (1216–1245) and...
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* ''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)
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* [[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
* [[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, Count of Paris (born 1933)|Henri d'Orléans, comte de Paris, duc de France]] (1984–
==Notes==
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