Louis I, Count Of Nevers
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Louis I (1272 – 22 July 1322) was ''
suo jure ''Suo jure'' is a Latin phrase, used in English to mean 'in his own right' or 'in her own right'. In most nobility-related contexts, it means 'in her own right', since in those situations the phrase is normally used of women; in practice, especi ...
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Count of Nevers The counts of Nevers were the rulers of the County of Nevers, in France, The territory became a duchy in the peerage of France in 1539 under the dukes of Nevers. History The history of the County of Nevers is closely connected to the Duchy of Bu ...
and ''
jure uxoris ''Jure uxoris'' (a Latin phrase meaning "by right of (his) wife"), citing . describes a title of nobility used by a man because his wife holds the office or title '' suo jure'' ("in her own right"). Similarly, the husband of an heiress could beco ...
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Count of Rethel The first rulers of Rethel might have governed under the Abbey of Saint-Remi and later independently, before the county passed first to the counts of Nevers, then to the counts of Flanders, and finally to the dukes of Burgundy. In 1405 the coun ...
. Louis was a son of
Robert III, Count of Flanders Robert III (1249 – 17 September 1322), also called Robert of Béthune and nicknamed The Lion of Flanders (''De Leeuw van Vlaanderen''), was the Count of Nevers from 1273 and Count of Flanders from 1305 until his death. History Robert was the ...
, and Yolande, Countess of Nevers.''The Low Countries and the Disputed Imperial Election of 1314'', Henry S. Lucas, ''Speculum'', Vol. 21, No. 1 (Jan., 1946), 80. He succeeded his parents as Count of Nevers. In December 1290, he married Joan, Countess of Rethel,David M Nicholas, ''Medieval Flanders'', (Taylor & Francis, 1992), 442. and thus became her co-ruler in the County of Rethel. They had two children: * Joanna of Flanders *
Louis I, Count of Flanders Louis I ( – 26 August 1346, ruled 1322–1346) was Count of Flanders, Nevers and Rethel. Life He was the son of Louis I, Count of Nevers, and Joan, Countess of Rethel, and grandson of Robert III of Flanders. He succeeded his father ...
, Nevers and Rethel He died in
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shortly before his father and thus never succeeded his father as Count of Flanders.


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