County of Amiens

Medieval feudal state centred on Amiens, France

The County of Amiens (also: Amiénois) was a feudal state centred on the city of Amiens, northern France, that existed from the 9th century until 1077 when the last count became a monk and the county reverted to the French crown. In 1185 the county was united with the French crown under King Philip II of France.[1]

  • Vassal State of France
  • (9th Century-1077)
  • Crown Land of France
  • (1077-1185)
CapitalAmiensCommon languages
  • Old French
  • Picard
Religion
CatholicismGovernmentCountyCount of Amiens Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Established
9th Century
• County reverts to French crown
1077
• United with the French crown
1185
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
West Francia
Kingdom of France
Today part ofSomme Department

List of counts of Amiens

  • Richard (801-825) ancestor of the House of Buvinids
  • Ermenfroi (before 895–919) also count of Vexin and Valois
  • Ralph I of Gouy (915-926), also probably Count of Ostervant, from 923 also count of Valois and Vexin, possibly brother-in-law or son-in-law of Ermenfroi (first house of Valois)
  • Ralph II of Vexin (Raoul de Cambrai) (926-944), Count of Valois, Amiens and Vexin, son of Ralph I.
  • Odo of Vermandois (941-944), son of Count Herbert II of Vermandois, usurped the county in 941, ejected by royal troops in 944.
  • Herluin (941-944), Count of Ponthieu (House of Montreuil)
  • Walter I of Vexin (945-after 992), from 965 Count of Valois, Amiens and Vexin, probably son of Ralph I.
  • Walter II of Vexin Le Blanc (before 998-after 1017), Count of Valois, Amiens and Vexin, from 1017 Count of Mantes, son of Walter I.
  • Drogo (after 1017–1035), Count of Amiens, Mantes, Pontoise and Vexin, son of Walter II.
  • Walter III [fr] (1035-1063), count of Amiens and Vexin, from 1063 titular count of Maine, son of Drogo
  • Ralph IV (1063-1074) Count of Valois, Crépy and Vitry, from 1064 Count of Amiens and Vexin, avoué of five abbeys (Saint-Denis, Jumièges, Saint-Wandrille, Saint-Pierre in Chartres and Saint-Arnoul in Crépy), son of Raoul III.
  • Simon (1074-1077), died in 1080, Count of Amiens, Valois, Montdidier, Bar-sur-Aube, Vitry and Vexin, son of Raoul III.

In 1077 Simon became a monk and his possessions were distributed. Valois went to his brother-in-law Herbert IV, Count of Vermandois, Amiens reverted to the French king Philip I while Vexin was divided between William, Duke of Normandy, and the king of France. Bar-sur-Aube and Vitry were occupied by Theobald, Count of Blois.

House of Boves

Capetian House of Vermandois

  • Ralph I le Vaillant (1102–1152), Count of Valois, Vermandois, Amiens and Crépy, Seneschal of France (1131–1152), Regent of France in 1147

Bibliography

  • Baldwin, John W. (1986). The Government of Philip Augustus: Foundations of French Royal Power in the Middle Ages. University of California Press.

References

  1. ^ Baldwin 1986, p. 261.

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