The Counts of Dammartin were the rulers of the county of Dammartin, based in the current commune of

Dammartin-en-Goële Dammartin-en-Goële ( or ) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is around northeast of the centre of Paris. Geography It is well situated on a hill forming part of the plateau ...

as early as the 10th century. Located at the central plain of France, the county controlled the roads of

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and

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. It seems that this county was initially held by Constance, the wife of Manasses Calvus, the first Count. The name Dammartin-en-Goële comes from ''Domnus Martinus'', the Latin name of St. Martin of Tours, who evangelized the region of Goële in the fourth century. A small town in the district of

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in the Department of

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, ancient village of

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, it appears to go back to the earliest times;

, also called Velly, was in 1031 one of the most significant places in France.

House of Montdidier

* Manasses (before 1031 – 1037), son of Hildouin II de Montdidier, seigneur de Ramerupt, married to Constance, daughter of

Robert II of France Robert II (c. 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious (french: link=no, le Pieux) or the Wise (french: link=no, le Sage), was King of the Franks from 996 to 1031, the second from the Capetian dynasty. Crowned Junior King in 987, he assisted h ...

* Odo (1037–1060), son of the preceding * Hugues I (1060–1100), brother of the preceding, married to Roharde de Bulles *

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(1100–1105), son of the preceding.

House of Mello

* Albéric I de Mello (1105–1112), married to Aelis (Adela) de Dammartin, daughter of Hugues I and of Roharde de Bulles. * Alberic II (1112–1183), son of the preceding, married to Clémence de Bar * Alberic III 1183–1200), son of the preceding, married in 1164 to Mathilde de Clermont-en-Beauvaisis, daughter of Renaud II, Count of Clermont, and

Adelaide, Countess of Vermandois Adelaide of Vermandois (died 23 Sep 1120) was '' suo jure'' Countess of Vermandois and Valois from 1080 to 1120. Adelaide was the daughter of Herbert IV, Count of Vermandois and Adele of Valois. By 1080, Adelaide married Hugh, son of the Cape ...

. *

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, (1200–1227), also Count of Boulogne and Aumale, married to Marie de Châtillon * Ide de Lorraine († 1216), Countess of Boulogne * Mathilde II (1214–1259), Countess of Boulogne, Aumale and Dammartin, daughter of preceding, married to: * Philippe Hurepel (1218), Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis, in 1218 *

Afonso III Afonso III (; rare English alternatives: ''Alphonzo'' or ''Alphonse''), or ''Affonso'' (Archaic Portuguese), ''Alfonso'' or ''Alphonso'' (Portuguese-Galician) or ''Alphonsus'' (Latin), the Boulonnais ( Port. ''o Bolonhês''), King of Portugal ( ...

, King of Portugal (1235). After dispute between the heirs of Matilda, who died without issue, the county of Dammartin was given to Mathieu de Trie, maternal grandson of Aubry III of Dammartin.

House of Trie

* Mathieu de Trie (1262–1272), son of Jean I, seigneur de Trie and of Mouchy, and of Aélis de Dammartin (daughter of Aubry III) * Jean II de Trie (1272–1302), Count of Dammartin, killed at

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at the Battle of the Golden Spurs on 11 July 1302, son of preceding. Married to :# Ermengearde :# Yolande de Dreux (v. 1243 † 1313), daughter of John I, Count of Dreux, and of Marie de Bourbon-Dampierre * Renaud II de Trie (1302–1319), son of preceding and of Yolande de Dreux. Married to Philippe de Beaumont-en-Gâtinais. * Renaud III de Trie (1319–1327) son of preceding and of Philippe de Beaumont-en-Gâtinais. Died without issue. * Jean III de Trie (1327–1338), brother of preceding. Married to Jeanne de Sancerre. * Charles de Trie (1338–1394), son of preceding. Married to Jeanne d'Amboise. * Blanche de Trie (1394– ). Daughter of preceding. Married to Charles, seigneur de la Rivière, Grand Master of Waters and Forests of France, died without issue.

House of Châtillon

* Marguerite de Châtillon (died after 1389), daughter of Jacqueline de Trie, sister of Charles de Trie, and Jean de Châtillon, Count of Porcien. Married to Guillaume de Fayel, viscount of Breteuil.

House of Fayel

* Jean de Fayel (died after 1420), viscount of Breteuil, Count of Dammartin, son of Guillaume de Fayel, viscount of Breteuil, and of Marguerite de Châtillon. * Marie de Fayel (died before 1439), sister of Jean de Fayel. Married to Renaud de Nanteuil. * Marguerite de Nanteuil (died 1475), daughter of Marie de Fayel. The English, who occupied the northern half of France, confiscated the County of Dammartin and gave it to a Burgundian lord, Antoine de Vergy.

House of Vergy

* Antoine de Vergy († 1439), son of Jean III de Vergy and of Jeanne de Chalon. He is a descendant of the Counts of Dammartin: Jean III of Vergy is son of John II of Vergy, himself son of Henri de Vergy and Mahaut of Trie, daughter of Jean II de Trie, Count of Dammartin.

House of Nanteuil

Charles VII recovered the county of Dammartin and returned it to the rightful owner. * Renaud de Nanteuil, husband of Marie de Fayel * Marguerite de Nanteuil (died 1475), daughter of preceding. Married in 1439 to

Antoine de Chabannes Antoine is a French given name (from the Latin ''Antonius'' meaning 'highly praise-worthy') that is a variant of Danton, Titouan, D'Anton and Antonin. The name is used in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, West Greenland, Haiti, French Guian ...

House of Chabannes

(1439–1488) * Jean de Chabannes (1488–1503), son of the preceding. Married to Suzanne de Bourbon, daughter of Louis de Bourbon, Count of Roussillon, and of Jeanne de Valois * Antoinette de Chabannes (1503–1527), daughter of the preceding. Married to René of Anjou (1483 † 1521), baron of Mézières, son of Louis of Anjou (illegitimate son of

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) and of Louise de la Trémoille.

House of Anjou-Mézières

* Françoise d'Anjou (1527–1547), daughter of Antoinette de Chabannes. Married to Philippe de Boulainvilliers († 1536), Count of Fauquemberghe

House of Boulainvilliers

* Philippe de Boulainvilliers (1547–1554), son of Françoise d'Anjou. His mother gave him the county in 1547, which he sold to Anne de Montmorency in 1554.

House of Montmorency

* Anne de Montmorency (1554–1567), baron then Duke of Montmorency. Married in 1529 to Madeleine de Savoie. *

François de Montmorency François de Montmorency, Duc de Montmorency (17 July 1530 – 6 May 1579) was a French soldier, diplomat and peer who served as governor of Paris. He was Duke of Montmorency, Count of Dammartin, Baron of Châteaubriant and Lord of L'Isle-Ada ...

(1567–1579), son of the preceding, Duke of Montmorency. Married in 1557 to

Diane de France Diane de France, ''suo jure'' Duchess of Angoulême (25 July 1538 – 11 January 1619) was the natural (illegitimate) daughter of Henry II of France. She played an important political role during the French Wars of Religion and built the H� ...

, without issue. *

Henri I de Montmorency Henri I de Montmorency (15 June 1534 in Chantilly, Oise – 2 April 1614), Marshal of France, and Constable of France, seigneur of Damville, served as Governor of Languedoc from 1563 to 1614. Biography Born on 15 June 1534, Henri was the son ...

(1579–1614), brother of the preceding, Duke of Montmorency. Married : :# in 1558 to Antoinette de La Marck (1542 † 1591) :# in 1593 to Louise de Budos (1575 † 1598) *

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(1614–1632), son of the preceding, Duke of Montmorency. The king confiscated his property and gave Dammartin to the Prince of Condé. The county then lost its importance, and the castle was dismantled.

House of Bourbon-Condé

* Henri II de Bourbon (1632–1646 ), prince of Condé. Married to Charlotte de Montmorency (1594 † 1650), sister of Henri II de Montmorency The county is transmitted through his descendants until the Revolution.

Sources

Mathieu, J. N., ''Recherches sur les premiers Comtes de Dammartin'', Mémoires publiés par la Fédération des sociétés historiques et archéologiques de Paris et de l'Ile-de-France, 1996
Medieval Lands Project, Comtes de Dammartin
Dammartin French noble families