Counts and dukes of Rethel
The first rulers of Rethel might have governed under the Abbey of Saint-Remi and later independently, before the county passed first to the counts of Nevers, then to the counts of Flanders, and finally to the dukes of Burgundy. In 1405 the county became part of the peerage of France, and in 1581 it was elevated to a duchy. In 1663 it became the Duchy of Mazarin.
The county was active in the crusades. King Baldwin II of Jerusalem was the brother of Count Gervais and Countess Matilda of Rethel, while Beatrice of Rethel married Leo I, Prince of Armenia.
Rethel Dynasty
- Manasses I
- Manasses II
- Manasses III
- Hugh I
- Gervais
- Matilda
Vitre Dynasty
- Odo of Vitry, married Matilda of Rethel
- Ithier
- Manasses IV
- Hugh II
- Hugh III
- John
- Walter
- Manasses V
- Hugh IV
- Joan
Dampierre">House of Dampierre">Dampierre dynasty
- Louis I
- Louis II
- Louis III
- Margaret
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- Philip the Bold
- Antoine
- Philip II
- Charles I
- John II
- Charlotte
[Albret] dynasty
- John of Albret
- Marie of Albret
Cleves">Duchy of Cleves">Cleves dynasty
- Charles II
- François I
- François II
- Jacques
- Henriette of Cleves
Gonzaga">House of Gonzaga">Gonzaga dynasty
- Louis IV
- Charles III
- Charles IV
House of Mazarin
- Jules Cardinal Mazarin ; minister of Louis XIV of France; purchased Rethel from Charles IV
- Hortense Mancini ; the niece of Cardinal Mazarin, Duchess of Mazarin, Duchess of Mayenne, Duchess of Meilleraye, mistress of Charles II of England
- Paul-Jules de la Porte
- Paul de la Porte
- Louise Jeanne de Durfort
- Louise d'Aumont