Editing Counts and dukes of Nevers (section)

== History ==
The history of the County of Nevers is closely connected to the [[Duchy of Burgundy]]. The counts also held the [[County of Auxerre]] in the 11th and 12th centuries, and the county was held by the [[count of Flanders]] and then the duke of Burgundy again in the 14th century.

In 1539, it became a duchy in the [[peerage of France]]. For a time, it was held by a [[cadet branch]] of the [[House of Gonzaga]]. This branch inherited the [[Duchy of Mantua]] from the senior Gonzaga line (when it became extinct in 1627) and ruled Mantua until 1708, when the branch died out in the male line.

[[Charles II, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat|Charles IV Gonzaga]] sold the duchies of Nevers and [[Counts and dukes of Rethel|Rethel]] in 1659 to [[Cardinal Mazarin]]. His family held the duchy of Nevers until the [[French Revolution]].