The county of the Vexin was a medieval
French county that was later partitioned between the ''
Vexin Français
Vexin () is an historical county of northwestern France. It covers a verdant plateau on the right bank (north) of the Seine running roughly east to west between Pontoise and Romilly-sur-Andelle (about 20 km from Rouen), and north to south ...
'' (French Vexin) and the ''
Vexin Normand
Vexin () is an historical county of northwestern France. It covers a verdant plateau on the right bank (north) of the Seine running roughly east to west between Pontoise and Romilly-sur-Andelle (about 20 km from Rouen), and north to south ...
'' (Norman Vexin).
Carolingian counts
* 753-764 Romuald, survivor of the
Battle of Poitiers (732)
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* in 790 Griffon
* 796 Riferus
* (date unknown) Regnauld
* about 851-864 Geilenus, count of
Meulan
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Nibelungs
* 864-after 879
Nibelung IV
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* Theodoric I, his son
* 886 Adelram III and Theodoric II, defenders of
Pontoise
Pontoise () is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris, in the " new town" of Cergy-Pontoise.
Administration
Pontoise is the official ''préfecture'' (capital) of the Val-d'Oise ''dépa ...
, nephews of Theodoric I
House of Valois-Vexin-Amiens
* about 895-919
Ermenfroi, also count of
Amiens
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and
Valois
* 915-926
Ralph I d'Ostrevent, also count of Amiens and Valois
* 926-943
Ralph II, also count of Amiens and Valois, son of preceding
* 943-after 992
Walter I
Walter may refer to:
People
* Walter (name), both a surname and a given name
* Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968)
* Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 1 ...
, also count of Amiens and Valois, apparently brother of preceding
* about 998-after 1017
Walter II the White, also count of Amiens and Valois, son of preceding
* about 1024-1035
Drogo, also count of Amiens, son of preceding
* 1035-1063
Walter III, also count of Amiens, Valois and
Maine
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, son of preceding
* 1063-1074
Ralph IV, also count of Valois and Amiens, son of
Ralph III of Valois Ralph III (french: Raoul; died 1038) was the count of Valois from his father's death until his own. He was the second son of Walter II, count of Valois, Vexin and Amiens, and his wife Adela. His father died between 1017 and 1024, leaving Vexin and ...
and grandson of Walter II
* 1074-1077
Simon
Simon may refer to:
People
* Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon
* Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon
* Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...
, also count of Valois and Amiens, he became a monk and his properties were dispersed, Vexin being partitioned between the Duke of Normandy and the King of France
* 1092-1108
Louis of France, son of king
Philip I of France
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, made count of Vexin Français, later crowned king Louis VI of France
House of Bourbon
* 1673-1683
Louis-César de Bourbon (1673-1683), legitimized infant son of
Louis XIV of France
, house = Bourbon
, father = Louis XIII
, mother = Anne of Austria
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
, death_date =
, death_place = Palace of Versa ...
and
Madame de Montespan Madame may refer to:
* Madam, civility title or form of address for women, derived from the French
* Madam (prostitution), a term for a woman who is engaged in the business of procuring prostitutes, usually the manager of a brothel
* ''Madame'' ( ...
;
Vexin
Vexin () is an historical county of northwestern France. It covers a verdant plateau on the right bank (north) of the Seine running roughly east to west between Pontoise and Romilly-sur-Andelle (about 20 km from Rouen), and north to south ...