Editing Counts and dukes of Nevers

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The '''counts of Nevers''' were the rulers of the [[County of Nevers]], in France, The territory became a [[Duchy of Nivernais|duchy]] in the peerage of France in 1539 under the '''dukes of Nevers'''.

== 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]].

==Counts of Nevers==
[[File:Blason comte fr Nevers.svg|thumb|180px|Arms of [[Renauld I, Count of Nevers]]]]
*[[Henry I, Duke of Burgundy|Otto-Henry]] (c.973–987; [[Duke of Burgundy]], 965–1002)
*[[Otto-William, Count of Burgundy|Otto-William]] (987–992; [[Duke of Burgundy]] (contender), 1002–1004)
*[[Landry, Count of Nevers|Landry]] (992–1028)
*[[Renauld I, Count of Nevers|Renaud I]] (also [[Count of Auxerre]], 1031–1040)
*[[William I, Count of Nevers|William I]] (also [[Count of Auxerre]], 1040–1083)
*[[Renauld II, Count of Nevers|Renaud II]] (also [[Count of Auxerre]], 1083–1097)
*[[William II, Count of Nevers|William II]] (also [[Count of Auxerre]], 1097–1148)
*[[William III, Count of Nevers|William III]] (also [[Count of Auxerre]], 1148–1161)
*[[William IV, Count of Nevers|William IV]] (also [[Count of Auxerre]], 1161–1168)
*[[Guy, Count of Nevers|Guy]] (also [[Count of Auxerre]], 1168–1175)
*[[William V, Count of Nevers|William V]] (also [[Count of Auxerre]], 1175–1181)
*[[Agnes I, Countess of Nevers|Agnes I]] (1181–1192)
**[[Peter II of Courtenay]] (1184–1192; [[Latin Empire|Latin Emperor]], 1216–1217)
*[[Matilda I, Countess of Nevers|Matilda I]] (1192–1257)
**[[Hervé IV of Donzy|Hervé]] (1199–1223)
*** [[Agnès II, Countess of Nevers|Agnès II]], who married Philip, eldest son of the future [[Louis VIII of France|Louis VIII]] of France, then [[Guy II of Saint-Pol]]
**** [[Yolande I, Countess of Nevers|Yolande I]], who married [[Archambaud IX of Bourbon]], had Matilda II
**[[Guigues IV of Forez|Guigues]] (1226–1241)
*[[Matilda II, Countess of Nevers|Matilda II]] (also [[Countess of Auxerre]], 1257–1262)
**[[Odo, Count of Nevers|Odo]] (also [[Count of Auxerre]], 1257–1262)
*[[Yolande of Burgundy|Yolande II]] (1262–1280)
**[[John Tristan, Count of Valois|John Tristan]] (1265–1270)
**[[Robert III of Flanders|Robert III]] (1272–1280); [[Count of Flanders]] (1305–1322)
*[[Louis I, Count of Nevers|Louis I]] (1280–1322), son of Yolande II and Robert III 
*[[Louis I, Count of Flanders|Louis II]] (also [[Count of Flanders]], 1322–1346)
*[[Louis II, Count of Flanders|Louis III]] (also [[Count of Flanders]], 1346–1384) (on his death, the title passed directly to his grandson John, although John's mother [[Margaret III, Countess of Flanders|Margaret]], [[Count of Flanders|Countess of Flanders]], and her husband [[Philip II, Duke of Burgundy]] received other titles)
*[[John the Fearless|John I]] (1384–1404; John the Fearless, [[Duke of Burgundy]], 1404–1419)
*[[Philip II, Count of Nevers|Philip II]] (1404–1415), younger brother of John the Fearless
*[[Charles I, Count of Nevers|Charles I]] (1415–1464)
*[[John II, Count of Nevers|John II]] (1464–1491)
*[[Engelbert, Count of Nevers|Engelbert]] (1491–1506)
*[[Charles II, Count of Nevers|Charles II]] (1506–1521)
*[[François I, Duke of Nevers|François I]] (1521-1539)

==Dukes of Nevers==
[[File:F06.Nevers.Palais Ducal.1161.JPG|thumb|The [[Palais ducal de Nevers|Ducal Palace]] in [[Nevers]]]]
In 1539 the county of Nevers was raised to a duchy.{{sfn|Antonetti|2000|p=39}}
*[[François I, Duke of Nevers|François I]] (1539–1561) (His mother, [[Marie of Albret]] (d. 1549), widow of Charles II, also took the title in 1539, even though it was her son and his wife who became the actual duke and duchess.)
*[[François_II,_Duke_of_Nevers|François II]] (1561–1563)
*[[Jacques, Duke of Nevers|Jacques]] (1563–1564), his brother
*[[Henriette of Cleves|Henriette]] (1564–1601), his sister
**[[Louis de Gonzague, Duke of Nevers|Louis]] (1566–1595), her husband
*[[Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua|Charles III]] (1595–1637), also [[Duke of Mantua]] (1627–1637)
*[[Charles II, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat|Charles IV]] (1637–1659), also [[Duke of Mantua]] (1637–1665), sold the Duchies of Nevers and [[Counts and dukes of Rethel|Rethel]] in 1659 to Cardinal Mazarin
*[[Jules Mazarin|Cardinal Mazarin]] (1659–1661)
*[[Philippe Jules Mancini|Philippe Jules]] (1661–1707), his nephew
*[[Philippe Jules François Mancini, Duke of Nevers|Philippe Jules François]] (1707–1768)
*[[Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini|Louis-Jules]] (1768–1798)

==Sources==
*{{cite book |chapter=Les Princes Etrangers |first=Guy |last=Antonetti |title=Etat et société en France aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles |editor-first=Jean-Pierre |editor-last=Bardet |language=French |publisher=Presses l'Universite de Paris-Sorbonne |year=2000  }}

==External links==
*[http://home.eckerd.edu/~oberhot/nevers-history.htm Nevers and the Counts of Nevers]

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