Counts and dukes of Nevers
The counts of Nevers were the rulers of the County of Nevers, in France, The territory became a 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 and ruled Mantua until 1708, when the branch died out in the male line.
Charles IV Gonzaga sold the duchies of Nevers and Rethel in 1659 to Cardinal Mazarin. His family held the duchy of Nevers until the French Revolution.
Counts of Nevers
- Otto-Henry
- Otto-William
- Landry
- Renaud I
- William I
- Renaud II
- William II
- William III
- William IV
- Guy
- William V
- Agnes I
- *Peter II of Courtenay
- Matilda I
- *Hervé
- ** Agnès II, who married Philip, eldest son of the future Louis VIII of France, then Guy II of Saint-Pol
- *** Yolande I, who married Archambaud IX of Bourbon, had Matilda II
- *Guigues
- Matilda II
- *Odo
- Yolande II
- *John Tristan
- *Robert III ; Count of Flanders
- Louis I, son of Yolande II and Robert III
- Louis II
- Louis III
- John I
- Philip II, younger brother of John the Fearless
- Charles I
- John II
- Engelbert
- Charles II
- François I
Dukes of Nevers
- François I
- François II
- Jacques, his brother
- Henriette, his sister
- *Louis, her husband
- Charles III, also Duke of Mantua
- Charles IV, also Duke of Mantua, sold the Duchies of Nevers and Rethel in 1659 to Cardinal Mazarin
- Cardinal Mazarin
- Philippe Jules, his nephew
- Philippe Jules François
- Louis-Jules