Counts of Eu

This is a list of the counts of Eu, a French fief in the Middle Ages. (Eu is in the department of Seine-Maritime, in the extreme north of Normandy.)

Map of Normandy

House of Normandy

Arms of the Counts of Eu, House of Normandy: D'azur, au lion d'or,l'écu semé de billettes d'or
  • 996–1015: Geoffrey, also Count of Brionne, illegitimate son of Duke Richard I of Normandy
  • 1015–1040: Gilbert, also Count of Brionne, son of the previous
  • 1040–1050 (approximate): William I, brother of Geoffrey
  • William Busac, son of the previous, 1050-1053 (approximate)
  • Robert I, also Lord of Hastings, son of William I, 1053-1093
  • William II, also Lord of Hastings, son of Robert, 1093-1096
  • Henry I, also Lord of Hastings, son of William II, 1096-1140
  • John, also Lord of Hastings, son of Henry I, 1140-1170
  • Henry II, also Lord of Hastings, son of John, 1170-1191
  • Alix, Countess of Eu and Lady of Hastings, daughter of Henry II, 1191-1246.

House of Lusignan

Arms of the Lusignan Counts of Eu
  • 12131217/19 Raoul I of Lusignan, Seigneur of Exoudun, husband of Alix, Countess of Eu
  • 12461250 Raoul II of Lusignan, Seigneur of Exoudun, son of Alix and Raoul I
  • 12501260 Marie of Lusignan, daughter of Raoul II.

House of Brienne

Raoul IV was accused of treason in 1350, and the county was confiscated. The county was then given to John of Artois.

House of Artois

House of Bourchier

House of Burgundy-Nevers

House of Cleves

House of Guise

In 1660, he sold Eu to the duchesse de Montpensier.

House of Montpensier

  • 16601681 Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans

She sold it in 1681 to the duc du Maine.

House of Bourbon

The title was used by the House of Bourbon du Maine till 1775 when that house became extinct. It then passed over to the cousins of the du Maines: the House of Bourbon-Penthièvre

  • 16811736 Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine
  • 17361755 Louis Auguste de Bourbon ;
    • son of the duc du Maine
  • 17551775 Louis Charles de Bourbon ;
    • brother of the Prince de Dombes
  • 17751793 Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, duc de Penthièvre ;
    • nephew of the duc du Maine via the comte de Toulouse, du Maines younger brother
  • 17931821 Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon ;

House of Orléans

  • 18421922 Gaston, comte d'Eu
  • 1974 Foulques, duc d'Aumale, comte d'Eu

Further reading

  • Waters, E. Chester (1886). "The Counts of Eu, sometime Lords of the Honour of Tickhill". The Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Journal. 9: 257–302.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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