The County of Brienne was a medieval

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Brienne-le-Château Brienne-le-Château () is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France. It is located from the right bank of the river Aube and 26 miles northeast of Troyes. History It was the centre of the medieval County of Brienne, whose lords ...

Counts of Brienne

* Engelbert I * Engelbert II * Engelbert III * Engelbert IV * Walter I (? – c. 1090) * Erard I (c. 1090 – c. 1120?) * Walter II (c. 1120? – c. 1161) * Erard II (c. 1161 – 1191) * Walter III (1191–1205) * Walter IV (1205–1246) *

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(1246 – c. 1260) * Hugh (c. 1260–1296) * Walter V (1296–1311) * Walter VI (1311–1356) *

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(1356–1360) ''with her son:'' * Sohier (1356–1364) * Walter VII (1364–1381) *

Louis I Louis I may refer to: * Louis the Pious, Louis I of France, "the Pious" (778–840), king of France and Holy Roman Emperor * Louis I, Landgrave of Thuringia (ruled 1123–1140) * Ludwig I, Count of Württemberg (c. 1098–1158) * Louis I of Blois ...

(1381–1394) * Margaret (1394–1397) ''with her husband:'' *

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(1394–1397) * Peter I, comte de St-Pol (1397–1433) * Louis I, comte de St-Pol (1433–1475) * Peter II, comte de St-Pol (1475–1481) * Anthony I, Count of Ligny (1481–1519) *

Charles I, Count of Ligny Charles I, Count of Ligny, (1488–1530) was the ruling Count of Ligny and Brienne. Early life Born as the son of Anthony I, Count of Ligny, and his second wife, Françoise of Croÿ-Chimay. He belonged to the collateral branch of the House of L ...

(1519–1530) *

Anthony II, Count of Ligny Anthony II, Count of Ligny (d. 8 February 1557) was a son of Count Charles I and his wife Charlotte of Estouteville. In 1530, he succeeded his father as count of Ligny Ligny ( wa, Lignè) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipal ...

(1530–1557) *

John III, Count of Ligny John III, Count of Ligny (died 1 July 1576) was the eldest son of Count Anthony II and his wife Margaret of Savoy. He succeeded his father as Count of Brienne and Ligny in 1557. He arrived in Edinburgh on 2 November 1566 as the ambassador of Sav ...

(1557–1576) * Charles, Duke of Brienne (1576–1608) (created Duke of Brienne in 1587; extinct on his death) * Louise, Countess of Brienne (1608–1647) * Louise de Béon (1647–?) ''with her husband:'' ** Henri-Auguste de Loménie, comte de Brienne (1647–1666) * Louis Henri de Loménie, comte de Brienne (1666–1698) * Nicholas de Loménie, comte de Brienne (1698–1758) * Athanase Louis Marie de Loménie, comte de Brienne (1758–1794)

References

External links

Medieval Lands Project on all the Comtes of Brienne
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