This is a list of the various rulers of Auvergne.

History

In the 7th century

Auvergne Auvergne (; ; or ) is a cultural region in central France. As of 2016 Auvergne is no longer an administrative division of France. It is generally regarded as conterminous with the land area of the historical Province of Auvergne, which was dis ...

was disputed between the

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and

Aquitania Gallia Aquitania (, ), also known as Aquitaine or Aquitaine Gaul, was a province of the Roman Empire. It lies in present-day southwest France and the comarca of Val d'Aran in northeast Spain, where it gives its name to the modern region of Aquit ...

ns. It was later conquered by the

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, and was integrated for a time into the kingdom of Aquitaine. The counts of Auvergne slowly became autonomous. In the 10th century Auvergne became a disputed territory between the

count of Poitiers Among the people who have borne the title of Count of Poitiers (, ; or ''Poitou'', in what is now France but in the Middle Ages became part of Aquitaine) are: *Bodilon *Saint Warinus, Warinus (638–677), son of Bodilon *Hatton (735-778) Car ...

and the

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. In the

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Auvergne was broken into four feudal domains: * the

county of Auvergne The history of the Auvergne dates back to the early Middle Ages, when it was a historic province in south-central France. It was originally the feudal domain of the Counts of Auvergne. History Auvergne was a province of France deriving its name ...

(created around 980) * the bishopric of Clermont or ecclesiastical county of Clermont (created around 980 as a sort of counter-power) * the dauphinate of Auvergne or the worldly county of Clermont (formed around 1155 after a coup but not formally created until 1302) * the duchy of Auvergne or the land of Auvergne (formed from the royal domain of Auvergne in 1360) Auvergne was integrated in turn into the

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s of Alphonse,

count of Poitou Among the people who have borne the title of Count of Poitiers (, ; or ''Poitou'', in what is now France but in the Middle Ages became part of Aquitaine) are: *Bodilon * Warinus (638–677), son of Bodilon *Hatton (735-778) Carolingian Count ...

and

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(1241–1271) and of

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and

and Montpensier (1360–1416). During the

Hundred Years' War The Hundred Years' War (; 1337–1453) was a conflict between the kingdoms of Kingdom of England, England and Kingdom of France, France and a civil war in France during the Late Middle Ages. It emerged from feudal disputes over the Duchy ...

Auvergne faced numerous raids and revolts, including the Tuchin Revolt. In 1434 the Duchy of Auvergne passed to the

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. Quite contemporaneously, the County of Auvergne passed to the House of

La Tour d'Auvergne The House of La Tour d'Auvergne () was an important French nobility, French noble dynasty. Its senior branch, extinct in 1501, held two of the last large fiefs acquired by the French crown, the counties of count of Auvergne, Auvergne and count of ...

, and upon its extinction in 1531 it passed to

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before becoming a

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. In 1436, the Dauphinate of Auvergne passed to the

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Elected Counts of Auvergne (480–963)

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period

* Victorius (480–489) * Apollinaris (489-515)

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period

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(516-532) *Sigivald (532) *Becco (533) *

(533-?) *Evodius ? *Georgius ? *Britianus ? *Firminus (c. 555 or 558, deposed) *Sallustus (duke c. 555 or 558–560) *Firminus (restored, 560–571) *Venerandus (before 585) * Nicetius I (duke and count c. 585) *Nicetius II (c. 585) *Eulalius (duke 585–590) **''part of

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'' (592–595) **''part of

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'' (595–613) **''part of Austrasia'' (612–639) *Bobon of Neustria (639–656) *Hector of Neustria (c. 655–675) *Bodilon of Austrasia (c. 675) *Calminius of Neustria (c. 670s) *Genesius (c. 680s) *Haribert of Neustria (c. 690s) **''part of Neustria until 751''

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period

*Ithier (c. 758) *Blandin (760–763) *Chilping (763–765) *Bertmond (765–778) *Icterius (778–?) * Warin I (818-c.820) * Warin II (c.820–839), son of previous *

Gerard Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other Germanic name, early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful ...

(839–841), supposed brother of previous *William I (841–846) * (846–868) * Bernard II ''Plantapilosa'' (864–886), married Ermengard, daughter of, Bernard I * William II ''the Pious'' (886–918), son of Bernard II, also duke of Aquitaine. * William III ''the Younger'' (restored, 918–926), son of Adelinda, daughter of Bernard Plantapilosa, also duke of Aquitaine. *

Acfred of Aquitaine Acfred (died 927) was briefly Count of Auvergne and Duke of Aquitaine between 926 and his death, succeeding his brother William II. Acfred was the youngest son of the count Acfred I of Carcassonne and Adelinda, sister of William I of Aquitaine. He ...

(926–927), brother of previous. After the death of Acfred, who left the comital fisc completely diminished, there appeared no successor who could control the entire Auvergne, with Velay. Several relatives of surrounding regions made claims. Below are the dates of their effective control. * Ebalus Manzer (927–934), great-grandson of Gerard *

Raymond Pons, Count of Toulouse Raymond Pons (''Regimundus Pontio''; died after 944), who may be numbered Raymond III or Pons I,He has traditionally been called Raymond III, but with the discovery of at least one and perhaps two additional Raymonds, this numerical designation is ...

(934–942) * Raymond, Count of Toulouse (942–961) * William (IV) (961–963), son of Ebalus Manzer, also Duke of Aquitaine.

Hereditary Counts of Auvergne and the Dauphinate (963-1653/1693)

House of Auvergne

From the viscounty of Clermont, then vassal to the elective county of Auvergne, came the so-called House of Auvergne, a designation used by modern historians for the family that ruled consistently the Auvergne region from 963. After a period of comital vacancy, the viscounts of Clermont were elevated as successors of the elective counts: the county became hereditary.

Viscounts of Clermont

*Armand of Clermont (?–?) *Robert I of Clermont (?–?) *Robert II of Clermont (?–?) *Robert III of Clermont (?–?), son of Robert II

The splitting of the county and the Dauphinate

In 1155, count William VII ''the Young'' was usurped by his uncle, count William VIII ''the Old''. However, William VIII left a smaller portion for his nephew to rule. In 1209, the county of William VIII ''the Old'' would be made smaller after a partial confiscation by

Philip II of France Philip II (21 August 1165 – 14 July 1223), also known as Philip Augustus (), was King of France from 1180 to 1223. His predecessors had been known as kings of the Franks (Latin: ''rex Francorum''), but from 1190 onward, Philip became the firs ...

, later to be made in 1360 as the Duchy of Auvergne. As for William VII ''the Young'', he was able to maintain his status in part of his county, especially Beaumont,

Chamalières Chamalières (; Auvergnat: ) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, central France. With 17,276 inhabitants (2019), Chamalières is the fourth-largest town in the department. It lies adjacent to the west of Clermo ...

, and Montferrand. From this smaller county raised, in 1302, the ''Dauphinate of Auvergne''. Based in the fact that William VII's wife was the daughter of the

dauphin de Viennois The counts of Albon () were members of the medieval nobility in what is now south-eastern France. Guigues IV, Count of Albon (d. 1142) was nicknamed or 'the Dolphin'. His nickname morphed into a title among his successors. By 1293, the lands ...

, Guigues IV, and that William VII's descendants, in virtue of the Viennois blood, used the surname '' Dauphin'', the majority of authors anticipate the formalization of the dauphinate in 1302 and choose to call William VII and his successors already as ''dauphins of Auvergne'', for a clear distinction from the descendants of William VIII. Still others, out of convenience, choose to call these successors the counts-dauphins of Auvergne.

Partitions of Auvergne under Auvergne family

Table of rulers

Note: The parallel existence of the usurpers of the Elder County of Auvergne and of the usurped Younger County-Dauphinate, who often carried the same first names, also complicates things.Some authors create a new numbering starting with the first dauphins even though the dauphinate did not really begin until 1302. Others choose to reestablish, beginning with William the Young, the numbering of the viscounts of Clermont who became counts of Auvergne, particularly for the dauphins named Robert. To avoid confusion, the numbering system used here is continuous, and Dauphin is used as part of the name where applicable.

The successors of the Auvergne family in the county and the dauphinate

Bishops of Clermont

The title of

bishop of Clermont The Archdiocese of Clermont (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Claromontana''; French language, French: ''Archidiocèse de Clermont'') is a Latin Church, Latin archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The diocese comprises the Departments of Fr ...

is used from 1160 onwards. Before then they were called bishop of Arvernes. In 2002, the Bishopric of Clermont was incorporated into the Archbishopric of Clermont-Ferrand.

List of bishops of Arvernes

* Saint Austromoine (3rd or 4th century) * Urbicus * Legonius * Saint Illidius (also called Allyre or Alyre) († 384) *

Nepotianus Nepotianus (died 30 June 350), sometimes known in English as Nepotian, was a member of the Constantinian dynasty who reigned as a short-lived usurper of the Roman Empire. He ruled the city of Rome for twenty-eight days, before being killed by ...

* Artemius * Venerand * Rusticus *

Namatius Namatius ( French: ''Namace'') is a saint in the Roman Catholic church. He was the eighth or ninth bishop of Clermont (then called ''Arvernis'') from 446 to 462, and founded Clermont's first cathedral, bringing the relics of Vitalis and Agri ...

(also called Namacius or Namace) * Eparchius * Saint Apollinarius I (471–486) * Abrunculus * Euphrasius († 515) * Apollinarius II * Saint Quintien (about 523) * Gallus of Clermont (Gallus I) (about 486/525-551) * Cautin (about 554–572) * Saint Avitus (Avitus I) (572–594) * Caesarius (627) * Saint Gallus (Gallus II) (about 650) * Genesius († 662) * Gyroindus (660) * Felix * Garivaldus * Saint-Priest (also called Saint Prix) (666–676) *

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II (676–691) * Bonitus * Nordebertus *

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* Stephanus (Étienne I) (761) * Adebertus (785) * Bernouin (about 811) * Stabilis (823–860) * Sigon (about 863) * Egilmar of Clermont (875–891) * Adalard (910) * Arnold (about 912) * *

Étienne II of Clermont Étienne, a French analog of Stephen or Steven, is a masculine given name. An archaic variant of the name, prevalent up to the mid-17th century, is Estienne. Étienne, Etienne, Ettiene or Ettienne may refer to: People Artists and entertainers * ...

(about 945–976) *

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(about 980–1010) *

Étienne III of Clermont Étienne, a French analog of Stephen or Steven, is a masculine given name. An archaic variant of the name, prevalent up to the mid-17th century, is Estienne. Étienne, Etienne, Ettiene or Ettienne may refer to: People Artists and entertainers * ...

(about 1010–1014 / 1013) * Étienne IV (1014–1025) * Rencon (1030–1053) * Étienne V of Polignac (about 1053–1073) * Guillaume of Chamalières (Guillaume I) (1073–1076) * Durand (1077–1095) * Guillaume of Baffie (Guillaume II) (1096) *

Pierre Roux Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

(Pierre I) (1105–1111) * Aimeri (1111–1150) *

Étienne VI of Mercœur Étienne, a French analog of Stephen or Steven, is a masculine given name. An archaic variant of the name, prevalent up to the mid-17th century, is Estienne. Étienne, Etienne, Ettiene or Ettienne may refer to: People Artists and entertainers * ...

(1151–1169)

List of bishops of Clermont

* Ponce of Clairvaux (1170–1189) * Gilbert I (1190–1195) *

Robert of Auvergne Robert of Auvergne, also called Robert de la Tour (died 7 January 1234), was a French nobleman, prelate and poet from the Auvergne. He served as bishop of Clermont from 1195 until 1227 and thereafter as archbishop of Lyon until his death. He wa ...

(1195–1227) *

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(1227–1249) * Guy of la Tour du Pin (1250–1286) * Aimar of Cros (1286–1297) * Jean Aicelin (Jean I) (1298–1301) * Pierre of Cros (Pierre II) (1302–1304) * Aycelin of Montaigut (also called Aubert) (1307–1328) * Arnaud Roger of Comminges (1328–1336) * Raymond of Aspet (1336–1340) *

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(Étienne VII) (was also

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from 1352–1362) (1340–1342) * Pierre André (Pierre III) (1342–1349) * Pierre of Aigrefeuille (Pierre IV) (1349–1357) * Jean de Mello (Jean II) (1357–1376) * Henri of La Tour (1376–1415) * Martin Gouge de Charpaignes (1415–1444) * Jacques of Comborn (Jacques I) (1445–1474) * Antoine Allemand (Antoine I) (1475–1476) * Cardinal

Charles II, Duke of Bourbon Charles II, Duke of Bourbon (Château de Moulins, 1433 – 13 September 1488, Lyon), was Archbishop of Lyon from an early age and a French diplomat under the rule of Louis XI of France. He had a 2-week tenure as Duke of Bourbon in 1488, bei ...

(Charles I) (1476–1488) * Charles of Bourbon (Charles II) (1489–1504) * Jacques of Amboise (Jacques II) (1505–1516) *

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(1517–1528) *

Guillaume Duprat Guillaume Duprat (1507–1560) was a French bishop. He founded the Collège de Clermont in Paris. He was born at Issoire, son of the chancellor and Cardinal Antoine Duprat. He was appointed Bishop of Clermont in 1529; later he took part i ...

(Guillaume III) (1529–1560) * Cardinal Bernard Saliviati (Bernard II) (1561–1567) * Antoine of Saint-Nectaire (Antoine II) (1567–1584) * Cardinal François de La Rochefoucauld (François I) (1585–1609) * Antoine Rose (Antoine III) (1609–1614) * Joachim of Estaing (1614–1650) * Louis of Estaing (Louis I) (1650–1664) * Gilbert of Veiny d'Arbouze (Gilbert II) (1664–1682) ** Michel of Castagnet (is appointed but does not get his bull and returns) * Claude II of Saint-Georges (1684–1687) * François Bochart of Saron (François II) (1687–1715) *

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(Louis II) (1716–1717) *

Jean-Baptiste Massillon Jean-Baptiste Massillon, Oratory of Jesus, CO (24 June 1663 – 28 September 1742), was a French Catholic prelate and famous preacher who served as Bishop of Clermont from 1717 until his death in Beauregard-l'Évêque. Biography Early years M ...

(1717–1742) * François-Marie Le Maistre de La Garlaye (1743–1775) * François of Bonnal (François III) (1776–1800) ** Jean-François Périer (

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) (1791–1802) * Charles-Antoine-Henri Du Valk de Dampierre (1802–1833) * Louis-Charles Féron (1833–1879) *

Jean-Pierre Boyer Jean-Pierre Boyer (; 15 February 1776 – 9 July 1850) was one of the leaders of the Haitian Revolution, and the president of Haiti from 1818 to 1843. He reunited the north and south of the country into the Republic of Haiti in 1820 and also ann ...

(1879–1892) * Pierre-Marie Belmont (1893–1921) * Jean-François-Étienne Marnas (1921–1932) * Gabriel-Emmanuel-Joseph Piguet (1933–1952) * Pierre-Abel-Louis Chappot de la Chanonie (1953–1973) * Jean Louis Joseph Dardel (1974–1995)

List of archbishops of Clermont-Ferrand

* Hippolyte Simon (1996–2016) * Francois Kalist (2016–present)

Dukes of Auvergne

The Duchy of Auvergne was created in 1360 by

John II of France John II (; 26 April 1319 – 8 April 1364), called John the Good (French: ''Jean le Bon''), was King of France from 1350 until his death in 1364. When he came to power, France faced several disasters: the Black Death, which killed between a thir ...

, out of part of the Elder County of Auvergne, confiscated by

in 1209.

List of dukes of Auvergne

John, Duke of Berry John of Berry or John the Magnificent (French language, French: ''Jean de Berry'', ; 30 November 1340 – 15 June 1416) was Duke of Berry and Rulers of Auvergne, Auvergne and Count of Poitiers and Montpensier. His brothers were King Charles ...

(1360–1416), first husband of Joan II, Countess of Auvergne *

Marie of Berry Marie de Berry (c. 1375 – June 1434) was ''suo jure'' Duchess of Auvergne and Countess of Montpensier in 1416–1434. She was the daughter of John, Duke of Berry, and Joanna of Armagnac. She was married three times. She acted as administrator o ...

(1416–1434) daughter of John **

John I, Duke of Bourbon John of Bourbon (1381–1434) was Duke of Bourbon from 1410 and Duke of Auvergne from 1416 until his death. He was the eldest son of Louis II and Anne of Auvergne. Through his mother, John inherited the County of Forez. During the Armagnac� ...

(1416–1434), husband of Marie *

Charles I, Duke of Bourbon Charles de Bourbon (1401 – 4 December 1456) was the oldest son of John I, Duke of Bourbon and Marie, Duchess of Auvergne. Biography Charles was Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis from 1424, and Duke of Bourbon and Auvergne from 1434 to his dea ...

(1434–1456), son of Marie and John I *

John II, Duke of Bourbon Jean (John) de Bourbon, Duke of Bourbon (1426 – 1 April 1488), sometimes referred to as John the Good and The Scourge of the English, was a son of Charles I, Duke of Bourbon, Charles I of Bourbon and Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Bourbon, Ag ...

(1456–1488), son of Charles I *

(1488), son of Charles I *

Peter II, Duke of Bourbon Peter II, Duke of Bourbon (1 December 1438 – 10 October 1503 in Moulins), was the son of Charles I, Duke of Bourbon, and Agnes of Burgundy, and a member of the House of Bourbon. He and his wife Anne of France ruled as regents during the mino ...

(1488–1503), son of Charles I * Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon (1503–1521), daughter of Peter II **

Charles III, Duke of Bourbon Charles III de Bourbon comte de Montpensier then duc de Bourbon (17 February 1490 – 6 May 1527) was a French military commander, governor, prince of the royal blood and rebel during the early Italian Wars. The son of Gilbert de Bourbon and Cl ...

(1505–1527), husband of Susanna After his death in 1527, the title was confiscated and passed to the royal domain. *

Louise of Savoy Louise of Savoy (11 September 1476 – 22 September 1531) was a French noble and regent, Duchess ''suo jure'' of Auvergne (province), Auvergne and House of Bourbon, Bourbon, Duchess of Nemours and the mother of King Francis I of France, Francis I ...

(1467–1531), granddaughter of Charles I, Duke of Bourbon through her mother, Margaret of Bourbon Louise confronted Charles III's right to succession with the support of her son, King

Francis I of France Francis I (; ; 12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his first cousin once removed and father-in-law Louis&nbs ...

. After her death in 1531, the title passed to the royal domain. *

Charles X of France Charles X (Charles Philippe; 9 October 1757 – 6 November 1836) was King of France from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. An uncle of the uncrowned Louis XVII and younger brother of reigning kings Louis XVI and Louis XVIII, he supported th ...

(1757–1824)

References

External links

Extensive historical background on Auvergne (fr)
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Original manuscript c1505 with pictures of Auvergne castles belonging to Anne de la tour Princesse d'Ecossse.