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The County of La Marche (French pronunciation: [maʁʃ]; Occitan: la Marcha) was a medieval French county, approximately corresponding to the modern département of Creuse and the northern half of Haute Vienne.^[1]

La Marche first appeared as a separate fief about the middle of the 10th century, when William III, Duke of Aquitaine, gave it to one of his vassals, Boson, who took the title of Count. In the 12th century, the countship passed to the House of Lusignan. They also were sometimes counts of Angoulême and counts of Limousin.

With the death of the childless Count Guy in 1308, his possessions in La Marche were seized by Philip IV of France.^[2] In 1314, the king made La Marche an appanage for his youngest son the Prince, afterwards Charles IV.^[3] Several years later in 1327, La Marche passed into the hands of the House of Bourbon.^[4] The family of Armagnac held it from 1435 to 1477, when it reverted to the Bourbons.

In 1527 La Marche was seized by Francis I and became part of the domains of the French crown. It was divided into Haute Marche and Basse Marche, the estates of the former continuing until the 17th century. From 1470 until the Revolution, the province was under the jurisdiction of the parlement of Paris.^[5]

Counts of La Marche

La Marche dynasty

Boso I le Vieux (the Old), count of La Marche and count of Périgord (958–988)
Aldebert I, count of La Marche and Périgord (988–997)
- Boso II, count of La Marche and Périgord (988–1010)
Bernard I (1010–1041)
- His daughter, Almodis, married firstly with Hugh V of Lusignan, and their son Hugh VI inherited later the county of Marche by her right.
Aldebert II (1047–1088), son of Bernard I
- His daughter, also named Almodis, married before 1086 with Roger the Poitevin, of the House of Montgomery.
Boso III (1088–1091), son of Aldebert II
- Eudes I, son of Bernard I, probably ruled as regent for his nephew Boso III (1088)

Lusignan dynasty

Hugh I the Devil, son of Hugh V of Lusignan and Almodis de la Marche (1091–1102)
Hugh II (1102–1151)
Hugh III (1151–1165)
Hugh IV the Brown (1203–1219)
Hugh V (1219–1249)
Hugh VI (1249–1260)
Hugh VII (1260–1275)
Hugh VIII (1270–1303)
Guy (1303–1308)
Yolanda (1308–1314)
Annexed by Philip IV of France and given as an appanage to Philip's son Charles the Fair

Capetian dynasty

Charles the Fair (1314–1322)
On Charles' succession to the throne in 1322, he exchanged the county with Louis of Bourbon for the County of Clermont.

Capetian-Bourbon dynasty

Louis I of Bourbon (1322–1341)
James I of Bourbon (1341–1362)
Peter II of Bourbon-La Marche (1362)
John I of Bourbon-La Marche (1362–1393)
James II (1393–1438), married Joan II of Naples

Armagnac dynasty

Bernard, count of Pardiac and of Marche, duke of Nemours (1438–1462) (in right of his wife, Eleanor, daughter of James II)
Jacques d'Armagnac, 4th Duc de Nemours, count of Pardiac and of Marche, duke of Nemours (1462–1477)
In 1477, Jacques was convicted of treason and his territories were confiscated by Louis XI of France.

Capetian-Bourbon dynasty

Peter II of Bourbon (1477–1503)
Charles III of Bourbon, count of Montpensier, Beaujeu, Marche, and Forez; duke of Bourbon (1505–1525)

Orleanist pretenders to Count of La Marche

The title was granted to Thibaut, a younger son of Henri, the Orléanist claimant to the throne of France.

Prince Thibaut, Count of La Marche (1948–1983)
Prince Robert, Count of La Marche (b. 1976, r. 1983- )

References

^ "Marche | historical province, France | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
^ de Vasselot de Régné, Clément (2019). "Un succès méconnu des derniers Capétiens : l'annexion des domaines des Lusignan et l'usage du concept de lèse-majesté (1308-1327)". Revue historique. 692 (4): 833–858. doi:10.3917/rhis.194.0833. ISSN 0035-3264. S2CID 239070247.
^ "The Online Froissart". www.dhi.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
^ "Branche des comtes de La Marche". Archived from the original on 24 February 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
^ "Marche | historical province, France | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 10 November 2021.

[1] "Marche | historical province, France | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 10 November 2021.

[2] Vasselot de Régné, Clément (2019). "Un succès méconnu des derniers Capétiens : l'annexion des domaines des Lusignan et l'usage du concept de lèse-majesté (1308-1327)". Revue historique. 692 (4): 833–858. doi:10.3917/rhis.194.0833. ISSN 0035-3264. S2CID 239070247.

[3] "The Online Froissart". www.dhi.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 November 2021.

[4] "Branche des comtes de La Marche". Archived from the original on 24 February 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2021.

[5] "Marche | historical province, France | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 10 November 2021.

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+[[File:France 1154-en.svg|thumb|right|300px|Map of France in 1154, showing location of County of La Marche]]
-The '''County of Marche''' ({{lang-oc|la Marcha}}) was a [[medieval]] French county, approximately corresponding to the modern ''[[département in France|département]]'' of [[Creuse]].
+The '''County of La Marche''' ({{IPA|fr|maʁʃ}}; {{langx|oc|la Marcha}}) was a [[medieval]] French county, approximately corresponding to the modern ''[[département in France|département]]'' of [[Creuse]] and the northern half of [[Haute Vienne]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Marche {{!}} historical province, France {{!}} Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Marche-historical-province-France|access-date=2021-11-10|website=www.britannica.com|language=en}}</ref>
-Marche first appeared as a separate fief about the middle of the 10th century, when [[William III, Duke of Aquitaine]], gave it to one of his vassals named Boso, who took the title of count. In the 12th century, the countship passed to the family of [[Lusignan]]. They also were sometimes [[Counts and dukes of Angoulême|counts of Angoulême]] and [[counts of Limousin]].
+La Marche first appeared as a separate fief about the middle of the 10th century, when [[William III, Duke of Aquitaine]], gave it to one of his vassals, Boson, who took the title of Count. In the 12th century, the countship passed to the [[House of Lusignan]]. They also were sometimes [[Counts and dukes of Angoulême|counts of Angoulême]] and counts of [[Limousin]].
-With the death of the childless Count Guy in 1308, his possessions in La Marche were seized by [[Philip IV of France]]. In 1316 the king made La Marche an ''[[appanage]]'' for his youngest son the Prince, afterwards [[Charles IV of France|Charles IV]]. Several years later in 1327, La Marche passed into the hands of the [[House of Bourbon]]. The family of [[House of Armagnac|Armagnac]] held it from 1435 to 1477, when it reverted to the Bourbons.
+With the death of the childless Count Guy in 1308, his possessions in La Marche were seized by [[Philip IV of France]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=de Vasselot de Régné|first=Clément|date=2019|title=Un succès méconnu des derniers Capétiens : l'annexion des domaines des Lusignan et l'usage du concept de lèse-majesté (1308-1327)|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.3917/rhis.194.0833|journal=Revue historique|volume=692|issue=4|pages=833–858|doi=10.3917/rhis.194.0833|s2cid=239070247 |issn=0035-3264}}</ref> In 1314, the king made La Marche an ''[[appanage]]'' for his youngest son the Prince, afterwards [[Charles IV of France|Charles IV]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Online Froissart|url=https://www.dhi.ac.uk/onlinefroissart/apparatus.jsp?type=namebase&node=PER-03456|access-date=2021-11-10|website=www.dhi.ac.uk}}</ref> Several years later in 1327, La Marche passed into the hands of the [[House of Bourbon]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Branche des comtes de La Marche|url=http://pagesperso-orange.fr/stephane.thomas/capetien/bourbon_marche.htm|archive-url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110224053657/http://pagesperso-orange.fr/stephane.thomas/capetien/bourbon_marche.htm|archive-date=24 February 2011|access-date=10 November 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> The family of [[House of Armagnac|Armagnac]] held it from 1435 to 1477, when it reverted to the Bourbons.
-In 1527 La Marche was seized by [[Francis I of France|Francis I]] and became part of the domains of the French crown. It was divided into ''Haute Marche'' and ''Basse Marche'', the estates of the former continuing until the 17th century. From 1470 until the Revolution, the province was under the jurisdiction of the [[parlement of Paris]].
+In 1527 La Marche was seized by [[Francis I of France|Francis I]] and became part of the domains of the French crown. It was divided into ''Haute Marche'' and ''Basse Marche'', the estates of the former continuing until the 17th century. From 1470 until the Revolution, the province was under the jurisdiction of the [[parlement of Paris]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Marche {{!}} historical province, France {{!}} Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Marche-historical-province-France|access-date=2021-11-10|website=www.britannica.com|language=en}}</ref>
-==Counts of Marche==
+==Counts of La Marche==
-===Marche dynasty===
+===La Marche dynasty===
-*Boso I le Vieux (the Old), count of Marche and [[count of Périgord]] (958&ndash;988)
+*Boso I le Vieux (the Old), count of La Marche and [[count of Périgord]] (958&ndash;988)
-*Aldebert I, count of Marche and Périgord (988&ndash;997)
+*Aldebert I, count of La Marche and Périgord (988&ndash;997)
-**Boso II, count of Marche and Périgord (988&ndash;1010)
+**Boso II, count of La Marche and Périgord (988&ndash;1010)
 *Bernard I (1010&ndash;1041)
 **His daughter, [[Almodis de la Marche|Almodis]], married firstly with [[Hugh V of Lusignan]], and their son Hugh VI inherited later the county of Marche by her right.
 *Aldebert II (1047&ndash;1088), son of Bernard I
-**His daughter, also named Almodis, married before 1086 with [[Roger the Poitevin]].
+**His daughter, also named Almodis, married before 1086 with [[Roger the Poitevin]], of the [[Montgomerie family|House of Montgomery]].
 *Boso III (1088&ndash;1091), son of Aldebert II
 **Eudes I, son of Bernard I, probably ruled as regent for his nephew Boso III (1088)
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 *[[Guy of Lusignan, Count of Angoulême|Guy]] (1303&ndash;1308)
 *[[Yolanda of Lusignan|Yolanda]] (1308&ndash;1314)
-*Annexed by [[Philip IV of France]] and given as an [[appanage]] to Philip’s son [[Charles IV of France|Charles the Fair]]
+*Annexed by [[Philip IV of France]] and given as an [[appanage]] to Philip's son [[Charles IV of France|Charles the Fair]]
 ===Capetian dynasty===
 *[[Charles IV of France|Charles the Fair]] (1314&ndash;1322)
-*On Charles’ succession to the throne in 1322, he exchanged the county with Louis of Bourbon for the [[Counts of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis|County of Clermont]].
+*On Charles' succession to the throne in 1322, he exchanged the county with Louis of Bourbon for the [[Counts of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis|County of Clermont]].
 ===Capetian-Bourbon dynasty===
-*[[Louis I, Duke of Bourbon|Louis I of Bourbon]] (1322&ndash;1342)
+*[[Louis I, Duke of Bourbon|Louis I of Bourbon]] (1322&ndash;1341)
-*[[Peter I, Duke of Bourbon|Peter I of Bourbon]] (1342&ndash;1356)
+*[[James I, Count of La Marche|James I of Bourbon]] (1341&ndash;1362)
-*[[James I, Count of La Marche|James I of Bourbon]] (1356&ndash;1362)
 *[[Peter II, Count of La Marche|Peter II of Bourbon-La Marche]] (1362)
 *[[John I, Count of La Marche|John I of Bourbon-La Marche]] (1362&ndash;1393)
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 ===Armagnac dynasty===
-*[[Bernard d'Armagnac, Count of Pardiac|Bernard]], count of Pardiac and of Marche, duke of Nemours (1438&ndash;1462) (in right of his wife, Eleanor, daughter of [[James II, Count of La Marche|James II]])
+*[[Bernard d'Armagnac, Count of Pardiac|Bernard]], count of Pardiac and of Marche, duke of Nemours (1438&ndash;1462) (''in right of his wife'', [[James II, Count of La Marche#Marriage|Eleanor]], ''daughter of'' James II)
-*[[Jacques d'Armagnac, 4th Duc de Nemours|James of Armagnac]], count of Pardiac and of Marche, duke of Nemours (1462&ndash;1477)
+*[[Jacques d'Armagnac, 4th Duc de Nemours]], count of Pardiac and of Marche, duke of Nemours (1462&ndash;1477)
-*In 1477, James was convicted of treason and his territories were confiscated by [[Louis XI of France]].
+*In 1477, Jacques was convicted of treason and his territories were confiscated by [[Louis XI of France]].
 ===Capetian-Bourbon dynasty===
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 *[[Charles III, Duke of Bourbon|Charles III of Bourbon]], [[Montpensier|count of Montpensier]], Beaujeu, Marche, and Forez; [[duke of Bourbon]] (1505&ndash;1525)
-===Present Count of La Marche===
+===Orleanist pretenders to Count of La Marche===
+The title was granted to Thibaut, a younger son of [[Henri, Count of Paris (1908–1999)|Henri]], the [[Orléanist]] claimant to the throne of France.
-*[[Prince Robert, Count of La Marche]] (b. 1976)
+*Prince Thibaut, Count of La Marche (1948–1983)
+*Prince Robert, Count of La Marche (b. 1976, r. 1983- )
 ==See also==
 * [[Marches]]
 * [[Provinces of France]]
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
 {{Historic Provinces of France}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:County Of La Marche}}
+[[Category:County of La Marche| ]]
 [[Category:Former provinces of France]]
 [[Category:Creuse]]
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 [[Category:958 establishments]]
 [[Category:States and territories established in the 10th century]]
-[[Category:History of Limousin]]
+[[Category:History of Nouvelle-Aquitaine]]
+[[Category:History of Centre-Val de Loire]]
+[[Category:History of Charente]]
+[[Category:History of Creuse]]
+[[Category:History of Haute-Vienne]]
+[[Category:History of Indre]]
+[[Category:History of Vienne (department)]]
+[[Category:10th-century establishments in France]]
+[[Category:Former counties of France]]

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