Counts and Dukes of Châteauroux


The titles of Count of Châteauroux and Duke of Châteauroux take their name from the commune of Châteauroux, located in the Indre département of central France, and have changed hands several times.

History

Around 937, Raoul, known as the Large, or the Liberal, abandoned his palace at Déols, either due to its insecurity, or to endow the founded in 917 by his father ; Ebbes was titled prince de Déols, as was his father, prince Laune de Déols, and he built a fortress on a hillside on the left bank of the Indre. From 1112 onwards, this castle was called “”, after the first name often used by the lords of Déols, which became Châteauroux. A town of craftsmen and merchants eventually grew up around the castle. The lords of Châteauroux were powerful: their fief covered two-thirds of today's Indre department; in the 11th century, they had their own coinage. Initially a barony, the title was raised to a county in 1497 for Jean V d'Aumont, as the county of Château-Raoul.
In 1612, its then holder Antoine d'Aumont, 1st Duke of Aumont sold half of the Châteauroux estate to Henry II de Bourbon, prince de Condé. In 1616 the title was raised to a duchy by Henry II, who passed it to his son Louis, Grand Condé. It remained in their family line until its inheritance by Louis XV and then, eventually, Charles X.

List of title holders

Barons of Château-Raoul

  • Raoul I the Liberal or the Large of Déols, prince of Déols and Issoudun
  • Raoul II the Bald of Déols
  • , lord of Déols, Châteauroux and Issoudun
  • Raoul III the Prudent, lord of Déols and Châteauroux
  • Raoul IV Thibaut, lord of Déols and Châteauroux
  • Raoul V the Old, lord of Déols
  • Ebbes II, lord of Déols and Châteauroux
  • Raoul VI, lord of Déols and Châteauroux
  • and Châteauroux
  • Guillaume I of Chauvigny, son of Denise and André de Chauvigny, lord of Châteauroux
  • Guillaume II of Chauvigny, lord of Châteauroux and Argenton
  • Guillaume III Dent de May, lord of Chauvigny and Châteauroux
  • André II the Deaf of Chauvigny, baron of Châteauroux
  • Guy I of Chauvigny, and baron of Châteauroux
  • Guy II of Chauvigny, viscount of Brosse and baron of Châteauroux
  • Guy III of Chauvigny, viscount of Brosse and Dun-le-Palestel, baron of Châteauroux, lord of La Châtre, La Châtre-Langlin, Argenton, Cluis and Saint-Chartier
  • Antoinette of Chauvigny, dame of Châteauroux and viscountess of Brosse
  • François of Chauvigny, brother to Antoinette, viscount of Brosse

Counts of Château-Raoul

Dukes of Châteauroux