Counts and Dukes of Angoulême

Angoulême (Angoumois) in western France was part of the Carolingian Empire as the kingdom of Aquitaine. Under Charlemagne's successors, the local Count of Angoulême was independent and was not united with the French crown until 1307. By the terms of the Treaty of Brétigny (1360) the Angoumois, then ruled by the Counts of Angoulême, was ceded as English territory to Edward III. In 1371 it became a fief of the dukes of Berry, a cadet line of the French royal family. When Francis I, formerly the Count of Angoulême, became king in 1515, Angoumois was definitively incorporated into the French crown lands, as a duchy.

Counts of Angoulême

• Turpio (838–863)
• Emeno (863–866)

House of Taillefer

Coat of arms of the counts of Angoulême

• Wulgrin I (866–886)^[1][2]
• Alduin I (886–916)^[1][2]
• William II (Taillefer I) (916–945)^[1][2]
• Bernard (945–950)^[1][2]
• William III (950-962)^[1]
• Ranulf "Bompar" (962-975)^[1]
• Richard (975-975)^[1]
• Arnold "Mancer" (975–988)^[2][3]
• William IV (Taillefer II) (988–1028)^[2][3]
• Alduin (II) (1028–1032)^[2][3]
• Geoffrey (1032–1048)^[2][4]
• Fulk (1048–1087)^[2][4]
• William V (Taillefer III) (1087–1120)^[2][5]
• Wulgrin II (Taillefer I) (1120–1140)^[5]
• William VI (Taillefer IV) (1140–1178)^[6]
• Wulgrin III (Taillefer II) (1178–1181)^[6]
• William VII (Taillefer V) (1181–1186)^[6]
• Aymer (1186–1202)^[6]
• Isabella (1202–1246)^[6]
  • John of England (1202-1216)
  • Hugh X of Lusignan (1220–1249)^[7]

House of Lusignan

Coat of arms of the lords of Lusignan

• Hugh I (1220–1249)^[7]
• Hugh II (1249–1260)
• Hugh III (1260–1282)
• Hugh IV (1282–1303)
• Guy (1303–1308)
• Part of Aquitaine (1308–1317)
• Royal Domain (1317–1328)

Royal Grantees

• Joan (1328–1349) with her husband
  • Philip (1328–1343)
• Charles de La Cerda (1350–1354)
• John I (1356–1374)
• Louis I (1404–1407), Duke of Orléans
• John II (1407–1467)
• Charles (1467–1496)
• Francis (1496–1515)

Dukes of Angoulême

Coat of arms of the counts of Angoulême of the Valois-Orléans family

• Louise (1515–1531)
• Royal domain
• Charles (1540–1545)
• Royal domain
• Henry (1551–1574)
• Henry (1574–1582)
• Diane (1582–1619)
• Charles (1619–1650)
• Louis Emmanuel (1650–1653)
• Frances Marie (1653–1696)
  • Louis II (1653–1654)
• Royal domain
• Élisabeth Marguerite d'Orléans (1675–1696)
• Royal domain
• Charles de France (1710–1714)
• Royal domain
• Charles Philippe de France (1773–1836)
• Louis Antoine d'Artois (1836–1844)
• Royal domain

Sources

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} "Foundation for Medieval Genealogy - Chapter 3, 1st Part". http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ANGOULEME.htm#_Toc220298850. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} # The Descent, Name and Arms of Borlase of Borlase in the County of Cornwall by William Copeland Borlase, Page 13. http://books.google.com/books?id=5axpAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA13&dq=Counts+of+angouleme#v=onepage&q=Counts%20of%20angouleme&f=false. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} "Foundation for Medieval Genealogy - Chapter 3, 2nd Part". http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ANGOULEME.htm#_Toc220298850. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Foundation for Medieval Genealogy - Chapter 3, 3rd Part". http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ANGOULEME.htm#_Toc220298852. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "Foundation for Medieval Genealogy - Chapter 3, 4th Part". http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ANGOULEME.htm#_Toc220298853. 
6. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Foundation for Medieval Genealogy - Chapter 3, 5th Part". http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ANGOULEME.htm#_Toc220298854. 
7. ^ ^{a b} "Foundation for Medieval Genealogy - Chapter 4, 1st Part". http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ANGOULEME.htm#_Toc220298855. 

Further Reading and Printed Sources

• L'art de Verifier des Faits historiquws, des Chartes, des Chroniques, et Autres Anciens Monuments, Depuis la Naissance de Notre-Seigner by Moreau et Yalade, 1818
• The coinage of the European continent, by Swan Sonnenschein, 1893
• Annuaire Historique Pour L'annee 1854, by Société de l'histoire de France
• Nouvelle Encyclopedie Theologique, by acques-Paul Migne, 1854