The counts of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis first appeared in the early 11th century. Their principal town was Clermont , now in the Oise department but then within the ancient county of Beauvaisis in the province of Ile-de-France .

Following the death of the childless Theobald VI of Blois , son of Catherine of Clermont , the daughter of Raoul I, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis , King Philip II of France bought the county from his heirs in 1218 and added it to the French crown. ^[1] It was first granted as an appanage in 1218 to Philip Hurepel ; ^[2] with the extinction of his line, it was granted in 1268 to the House of Bourbon , ^[3] and was confiscated with the Duchy of Bourbon in 1527.

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  Model of Clermont Castle at the end of the 14th century.
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  Remains of the keep of Clermont Castle

The Counts of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis should not be confused with the Counts of Clermont in Auvergne (here meaning the later Clermont-Ferrand ). William V of Auvergne bore this title, and later the Dauphins of Auvergne , starting with Robert IV of Auvergne.

First counts [ edit ]

• Baldwin I of Clermont (?–1023)
• Baldwin II of Clermont (1023–1042), son of Baldwin I.

House of Clermont [ edit ]

• Renaud I of Clermont (1042–1088), son-in-law of Baldwin II
• Hugh of Clermont (1088–1101), son of Renaud I
• Renaud II of Clermont (1101–1161), son of Hugh I
• Raoul I of Clermont (1162–1191), son of Renaud II and Constable of France

House of Blois [ edit ]

• Louis I, Count of Blois and Catherine of Clermont
• Theobald VI of Blois . He sold Clermont to Philip II of France in 1218.

Capetians (1218) [ edit ]

• Philip Hurepel (1218–1234), son of Philip II of France
• Alberic (1234–?), son of Philip, resigned the title to his sister
• Jeanne, Countess of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis (?–1252), daughter of Philip. On her death without heirs, the title reverted to the crown.

House of Bourbon (1268) [ edit ]

• Robert, Count of Clermont (1268–1317)
• Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (1317–1327, 1331–1342), son of Robert. Louis exchanged Clermont for La Marche in 1327, but it was returned to him in 1331.
• Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (1342–1356)
• Louis II, Duke of Bourbon (1356–1410)
• John I, Duke of Bourbon (1410–1434)
• Charles I, Duke of Bourbon (1434–1456)
• John II, Duke of Bourbon (1456–1488)
• Charles II, Duke of Bourbon (1488)
• Peter II, Duke of Bourbon (1488–1503)
• Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon (1503–1521)
• Charles III, Duke of Bourbon (1521–1527). After his death, his fiefs were confiscated by the crown.

House of Valois [ edit ]

• Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orleans (1540?1545)

House of Orleans [ edit ]

• Henri, Comte de Paris, Duc de France (1957–1984, c. 1987–1999)
• Francois Henri Louis Marie, Comte de Clermont (1999–2017)

References [ edit ]

Sources [ edit ]

• Baldwin, John W. (1986). The Government of Philip Augustus: Foundations of French Royal Power in the Middle Ages . University of California Press.
• Wood, Charles T. (1966). The French Apanages and the Capetian Monarchy, 1224-1328 . Harvard University Press.