This article is a list of the counts of Mâcon. In medieval

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Mâcon Mâcon (), historically anglicised as Mascon, is a city in east-central France. It is the prefecture of the department of Saône-et-Loire in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Mâcon is home to near 34,000 residents, who are referred to in French as M� ...

was a county centred on the town called Mâcon in the southern half of medieval

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(Mâconnais).

Carolingian counts

*fl. 834–845:

Guerin of Provence Guerin, Garin, Warin, or Werner ( la, Werinus or ''Guarnarius''; died 845 or 856) was the Count of Auvergne, Chalon, Mâcon, Autun, Arles and Duke of Provence, Burgundy, and Toulouse. Guerin established the region against the Saracens from a base ...

*869–883:

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(† 883), son of Guerin *???-877: Ecchard of Mâcon († 877), (

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family) *877–887:

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(† 887), (family of the

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counts of Provence) *884–886: Bernard Plantevelue († 886), (family of the comtes d'Auvergne) *886–918:

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, known as the Pious († 918), son of the former, count of Auvergne and

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*918–926:

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(† 926), nephew of the former, count of Auvergne and duke of Aquitaine *926–928:

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(† 928), brother of the former, count of Auvergne and duke of Aquitaine The counts of Auvergne installed the viscounts at Mâcon. The centre of power of the dukes of Aquitaine, then the struggles for control of Aquitaine on Acfred's death, made the viscounts take a comtal title. *884-???: Liétald, viscount of Mâcon *???-915: Ranoux, viscount of Mâcon, probably a close relation of the former *915-943: Aubry I of Mâcon († 943), viscount of Narbonne, entitled comte de Mâcon in 932, married Atallana, daughter of Racon *943–966: Liétald II of Mâcon († 966), son of the former, married Ermengearde, sister of

Gilbert of Chalon Gilbert (or Giselbert) of Chalon (died 8 April 956) was count of Chalon, Autun, Troyes, Avallon and Dijon, and duke of Burgundy between 952 and 956. He became the ruler of the Duchy of Burgundy ''de facto'' (he was not Duke ''de jure''). By his wif ...

, comte principal of Burgundy *966–982: Aubry II of Mâcon († 982), son of the former, married Ermentrude of

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Comtal house of Burgundy

*982–1002:

Otto-William of Burgundy Otto-William (french: Otte-Guillaume; german: Otto Wilhelm; 955/62 – 21 September 1026 AD) was count of Mâcon, Nevers, and county of Burgundy, Burgundy. Life Otto was born in 958 during the joint reign of his grandfather, King Berengar II of ...

(958 † 1026)

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, son of Adalbert of Italy and of Gerberge of

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*1002–1004: Guy I of Mâcon († 1004), count of Mâcon, son of the former *1004–1049: Otto II of Mâcon († 1049), count of Mâcon, son of the former:married Elisabeth of Vergy *1049–1065: Geoffroy of Mâcon († 1065), count of Mâcon, son of the former:married Béatrice *1065–1078: Guy II of Mâcon († 1109), count of Mâcon, son of the former. In 1078, he became a monk at

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and ceded Macon to his cousin

William I of Burgundy William I (1020 – 12 November 1087), called the Great (''le Grand'' or ''Tête Hardie'', "the Stubborn"), was Count of Burgundy from 1057 to 1087 and Mâcon from 1078 to 1087. He was a son of Renaud I and Alice of Normandy, daughter of Richar ...

*1078–1085:

(† 1087), count of Burgundy and of Macon, cousin of the former, son of Renaud I of Burgundy and of Alice of Normandy, grandson of Otto-William *1157–1184: Géraud I of Mâcon (1142 † 1184), count of Mâcon and of Vienne, son of William III of Mâcon, married Maurette de Salins *1184–1224: William IV of Mâcon († 1224), count of Mâcon, of Auxonne and of Vienne, eldest son of the former, married Poncia of Beaujeu, then married Scholastique, daughter of

Henry I of Champagne Henry I (December 1127 – March 16, 1181), known as the Liberal, was count of Champagne from 1152 to 1181. He was the eldest son of Count Theobald II of Champagne, who was also count of Blois, and his wife, Matilda of Carinthia. Biography Henry ...

*1224–1224: Géraud II of Mâcon († 1224), count of Mâcon and of Vienne, son of the former and of Scolastique de Champagne, married Alix Guigonne, daughter of

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*1224–1239: Alix of Mâcon († 1260), countess of Mâcon and of Vienne, daughter of the former, married John of Dreux († 1239) *1239 on the death of her husband, countess Alix of Mâcon sold the counties of Vienne and Mâcon to the

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