The County of Mortain was a medieval county in France centered on the town of Mortain. A choice landholding, usually either kept within the family of the

duke of Normandy In the Middle Ages, the duke of Normandy was the ruler of the Duchy of Normandy in north-western France. The duchy arose out of a grant of land to the Viking leader Rollo by the French king Charles III in 911. In 924 and again in 933, Normand ...

(or the

king of France France was ruled by monarchs from the establishment of the Kingdom of West Francia in 843 until the end of the Second French Empire in 1870, with several interruptions. Classical French historiography usually regards Clovis I () as the fir ...

) or granted to a noble in return for service and favor. This was the main reason Mortain had so many counts, as shown below, during its long history.

Norman counts of Mortain

* Mauger of Corbeil (988–1032) * There are apparently few certain facts about William Warlenc, who was deprived of the County to the benefit of Robert (sometimes said to have been c.1055).(1032–1048) *

Robert, Count of Mortain Robert, Count of Mortain, 2nd Earl of Cornwall (–) was a Norman nobleman and the half-brother (on their mother's side) of King William the Conqueror. He was one of the very few proven companions of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hast ...

(1049–1104) * William, Count of Mortain (1104–1106) * Robert II of Vitré (1106–1112) *

Stephen of England Stephen (1092 or 1096 – 25 October 1154), often referred to as Stephen of Blois, was King of England from 22 December 1135 to his death in 1154. He was Count of Boulogne '' jure uxoris'' from 1125 until 1147 and Duke of Normandy from 1135 ...

(1112–1135) *

Eustace IV of Boulogne Eustace IV (c. 1129/1131 17 August 1153) ruled the County of Boulogne from 1146 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Stephen of England and Countess Matilda I of Boulogne. When his father seized the English throne on Henry I's death i ...

(1135–1141) *

Geoffrey of Anjou Geoffrey V (24 August 1113 – 7 September 1151), called the Handsome, the Fair (french: link=no, le Bel) or Plantagenet, was the count of Anjou, Touraine and Maine by inheritance from 1129, and also Duke of Normandy by conquest from 1144. His ...

(1141–1144) * William of Blois (1154–1159) * ''Vacant'' * Marie of Boulogne and

Matthew of Alsace Matthew, Count of Boulogne, also known as ''Matthew of Alsace'' (–1173) was the second son of Thierry, Count of Flanders and Sibylla of Anjou. Matthew forcibly abducted the nun Marie de Boulogne, daughter of Stephen, King of England, and cons ...

(1167–1173) * ''Vacant'' *

John I of England John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216) was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216. He lost the Duchy of Normandy and most of his other French lands to King Philip II of France, resulting in the collapse of the Angevin Empi ...

(1189–1199) *

Ida, Countess of Boulogne Ida of Boulogne (c. 1160–1216) was suo jure Countess of Boulogne from 1173 until her death. Life Ida was the elder daughter of Matthew of Alsace and Marie I, Countess of Boulogne. Her maternal grandparents were King Stephen of England and M ...

and Renaud de Dammartin (1204–1216) * Matilda II of Boulogne (1216–1245) and... **

Philip Hurepel Philip I of Boulogne (Philip Hurepel) (1200–1235) was a French prince, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis in his own right, and Count of Boulogne, Mortain, Aumale, and Dammartin-en-Goële ''jure uxoris''. Philip was born in September 1200, the son ...

(1216–1233) **

Afonso III of Portugal 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 ...

(1238–1245) * Jeanne de Dammartin (1245–1251) and .. **

Walter of Châtillon Walter of Châtillon (Latinisation of names, Latinized as Gualterus de Castellione) was a 12th-century France, French writer and theology, theologian who wrote in the Latin, Latin language. He studied under Stephen of Beauvais and at the University ...

(1245–1250) * ''Vacant'' *

Joan II of Navarre Joan II (french: Jeanne; 28 January 1312 – 6 October 1349) was Queen of Navarre from 1328 until her death. She was the only surviving child of Louis X of France, King of France and Navarre, and Margaret of Burgundy. Joan's paternity was dubiou ...

(1328–1349) * ''Vacant'' *

Peter d'Évreux Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur ...

(1401–1412) * Catherine of Alençon (1412–1416) (his widow) and.. **

Louis, Duke of Guyenne Louis (22 January 1397 – 18 December 1415) was the eighth of twelve children of King Charles VI of France and Isabeau of Bavaria. He was their third son and the second to hold the titles Dauphin of Viennois and Duke of Guyenne, inheriting t ...

(1412–1413) **

Louis VII of Bavaria Louis VII (c. 1368 – 1 May 1447), called the Bearded (German: ''Ludwig der Bärtige'') was the Duke of Bavaria-Ingolstadt from 1413 until 1443. He was a son of Duke Stephen III and Taddea Visconti. Biography As brother of Isabella of Bavar ...

Duke of Bavaria The following is a list of rulers during the history of Bavaria. Bavaria was ruled by several dukes and kings, partitioned and reunited, under several dynasties. Since 1949, Bavaria has been a democratic state in the Federal Republic of Germ ...

-Ingolstadt (1413–1416) *

Jean Dunois Jean d'Orléans, Count of Dunois (23 November 1402 – 24 November 1468), known as the "Bastard of Orléans" (french: bâtard d'Orléans) or simply Jean de Dunois, was a French military leader during the Hundred Years' War who participated in m ...

(1416–1417) and.. **

Charles of Le Maine Charles du Maine (1414–1472) was a French prince of blood and an advisor to Charles VII of France, his brother-in-law, during the Hundred Years' War. He was the third son of Louis II, Duke of Anjou and King of Naples, and Yolande of Aragon. ...

(1416–1417) **

Charles of Valois, Duke of Berry Charles (french: Charles de France; 26 December 1446 – 24 May 1472), Duke of Berry, later Duke of Normandy and Duke of Aquitaine, was a son of Charles VII, King of France. He spent most of his life in conflict with his elder brother, King L ...

(1416–1417)

English counts of Mortain

* Edward Holland (1418–1419) *

Thomas Langholme Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Ap ...

(1419–?) *

John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford KG (20 June 138914 September 1435) was a medieval English prince, general and statesman who commanded England's armies in France during a critical phase of the Hundred Years' War. Bedford was the third son of ...

(?–1435) *

Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, 4th Earl of Somerset, 1st Earl of Dorset, 1st Marquess of Dorset styled 1st Count of Mortain, KG (140622 May 1455), was an English nobleman and an important figure during the Hundred Years' War. His rival ...

(1435–1449)

French counts of Mortain

(1449–1472) *

Charles IV, Duke of Anjou Charles IV, Duke of Anjou, also Charles of Maine, Count of Le Maine and Guise (1446 – 10 December 1481) was the son of the Angevin prince Charles of Le Maine, Count of Maine and Isabelle of Luxembourg. He succeeded his father as Count of Main ...

(1472–1481) * ''Royal Domain'' * Louis II, Duke of Montpensier (1529–1582) * Francis, Duke of Montpensier (1582–1592) * Henri de Bourbon, duc de Montpensier (1592–1608) * Marie de Bourbon, duchesse de Montpensier (1608–1627) and.. ** Gaston de France, duc d'Orléans (1626–1660) (her widower) * Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de Montpensier (1660–1693) * Philippe de France, duc d'Orléans (1693–1701) * Philippe II d'Orléans, duc d'Orléans (1701–1723) * Louis d'Orléáns, duc d'Orléans (1723–1752) * Louis Philippe I d'Orléans, duc d'Orléans (1752–1785) * Louis Philippe II d'Orléans, duc d'Orléans (1785–1786) * ''Royal Domain'' * Henri d'Orléans, comte de Paris, duc de France (1984–2019) (never recognised it as his main title)

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