Count of Vendôme and, later, Duke of Vendôme were titles of

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. The first-known holder of the

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title was Bouchard Ratepilate. The county passed by marriage to various houses, coming in 1372 to a junior branch of the

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. In 1514,

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was made a duchy-peerage. In 1589, the then Duke of Vendôme came to the throne as

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, and the title passed into the

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. It was re-granted to his illegitimate son César in 1598, and held by his descendants until the extinction of the legitimate male line in 1727. The title was later revived by

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claimants to the throne of France as a

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Counts of Vendôme

Bouchardides

*Bouchard Ratepilate (c. 930 – 956...967) * Bouchard I (956...967–1005), also

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and Count of Corbeil by marriage *

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(1005–1017),

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991–1017

House of Nevers

*Bodon of Nevers (1017–1023), by marriage to Adèle de Vendôme-Anjou, daughter of Fulk III of Anjou and Elisabeth de Vendôme, daughter of Bouchard I *Bouchard II (1023–1028) **under the regency of Fulk III of Anjou (1023–1027) *''shared between'' Adèle de Vendôme-Anjou ''and'' Fulk de Vendôme (1028–1032)

House of Anjou

* Geoffrey I (1032–1056), also

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(succeeded Adèle by cession and drove out Fulk)

House of Nevers

*Fulk de Vendôme (1056–1066), reinstated by

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*Bouchard III (1066–1085) **under the regency of Guy of Nouastre (1066–1075)

House of Preuilly

* Geoffrey II (1085–1102), Lord of Preuilly, married Euphrosine, daughter of Fulk of Vendôme * Geoffrey III (1102–1137) **under the

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(1102–1105) of Euphrosine *

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(1137–1180) * Bouchard IV (1180–1202) * John II (1202–1211) **under the

(1202–1211) of Geoffrey, son of John I * John III 1211–1217

House of Montoire

*John IV (1217–1230), Lord of Montoire, grandson of Bouchard IV *Peter I (1230–1249) *Bouchard V (1249–1270) *John V (1271–1315) *Bouchard VI (1315–1354) * John VI (1354–1364) *Bouchard VII (1364–1371) *Joanna (1371–1372) ** under the regency of her grandmother Joanna of Ponthieu (1371–1372) *

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(1372–1403) ** with John I of Bourbon-La Marche (1372–1393) ** with Louis I of Bourbon-Vendôme (1393–1403)

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(1403–1446) * John II (1446–1477) * Francis I (1477–1495) ** under the regency of Louis of Joyeuse (1477–1484) * Charles IV (1495–1514), title raised to Duke of Vendôme and entered the peerage in 1514

English Counts of Vendôme

* Robert Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (1424–1430), created Count of Vendôme by

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as regent for

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as King of France

Dukes of Vendôme

House of Bourbon

* Charles IV (1514–1537), previously Count of Vendôme * Antoine I (1537–1562), son of,

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from 1555 * Henry I (1562–1607), son of,

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from 1589; the duchy became part of the royal domain after the Edict of 1607

House of Bourbon-Vendôme

* César (1598–1665), illegitimate son of

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, born in 1594 and legitimized in 1596 (founder of the second house of Bourbon-Vendôme) *

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(1612–1669), son of * Louis Joseph I (1669–1712), son of *

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(1712–1727), brother of, Grand Prior of the

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in France The Vendôme name was annexed into the royal domain by

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in 1712, on the pretext that Philip's membership in the

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of France prevented him from holding it, but he retained the title.

Courtesy title

The title was revived by

claimants to the throne of France as a

. However, it is invalid in French law. * Emmanuel (I) (1872–1931) * John (IX) (born 1965), became

in 2019 after the death of his father Henri, Count of Paris {{DEFAULTSORT:List of counts and dukes of Vendome Vendome Duchesses of Vendôme