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Count of Vermandois

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Count of Vermandois
Creation date484
First holderLeodegar, Count of Vermandois
Last holderLouis de Bourbon
Extinction date1214

The Count of Vermandois was the ruler of the county of Vermandois.

Beneficiary counts of Vermandois

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  • Leodegar, Count of Vermandois (c. 484).
  • Emerannus (c. 511), son of previous.
  • Wagon I (c. 550).
  • Wagon II (c. 600), son of previous.
  • Bertrude, daughter of previous and wife of Clotaire II, added Vermandois to the royal domain.
  • Garifrede (c. 660).
  • Ingomar, Count of Vermandois (c. 680).

Beneficiary counts of Vermandois and abbots of Saint Quentin de Monte

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  • Bernard, son of Charles Martel, abbot of St Quentin de Monte (now Mont-Saint-Quentin near Péronne).
  • Jerome, brother of previous, count of Vermandois and abbot of St Quentin de Monte (714–771).
  • Fulrad son of previous, abbot of St Quentin de Monte (after 771).
  • Guntard, Count of Vermandois (771–833) and then abbot of St Quentin de Monte (till 833).
  • Hugh, son of Charlemagne, abbot of St Quentin de Monte (833–844).
  • Adalard, Count of Vermandois, son of Gisla, granddaughter of Charlemagne, count of Vermandois (833–864) and then abbot of St Quentin de Monte (844–864).
  • Baldwin Iron Arm abbot of St Quentin de Monte (864–879).
  • Teutricius (864–886) and then abbot of St Quentin de Monte (879–886) or Theodoric, Count of Vermandois (c. 876), a descendant of Childebrand, brother of Charles Martel.

Carolingian counts

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Capetian counts

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Coat of arms of the capetian counts of Vermandois
Flag of the County of Surrey, registered 2014


Philip II of France added Vermandois to the royal domain.

The coats of arms of the Counts of Vermandois were also adopted by Ralph I de Beaugency and William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey, when they each married daughters of Hugh the Great. It continues to be used by the relations of the de Warenne Earl of Surrey, the Duke of Norfolk as well as the Flag of Surrey.

Bourbon counts

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ All of Herbert's lands would go to Hugh upon Herbert's death in 1080, giving the Capetians an important foothold.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Gabriele 2018, p. 102.

Sources

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  • Anselme, Histoire Genealogique de la Maison royale de France, 1726.
  • M. Fouquier-Cholet, Histoire des Comtes héréditaires du Vermandois, Saint-Quentin, 1832.
  • Ioh. Mabillon, Annales ord. Sancti Benedicti. Ticinense. Lucae, 1739.
  • Louis Moreri, Le Gran Dictionnaire Historique, Paris, 1743–1749.
  • Gabriele, Matthew (2018). "The Provenance of the Descriptio Qauliter Karolus Magnus: Remembering the Carolingians in the entourage of King Philip I (1060–1108) before the First Crusade". Viator. 39 (2). University of California Press: 93-117.


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