List of counts of Perche

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The County of Perche was a medieval county lying between Normandy and Maine. It was held by an independent line of Counts until 1226; one of these, Geoffroy V, would have been a leader of the Fourth Crusade had he not died before the assembled forces could depart. The county then became a possession of the crown, which removed part of it to create the county of Alençon. After 1325, both counties were generally held by a member or members of a cadet line of the House of Valois. Upon the death without children of the last Duke of Alençon in 1525, it returned to the crown, and was granted only sporadically thereafter.

Contents 1 Counts of Perche 1.1 Rorgonides 1.2 House of Rotrou 1.3 House of Valois 2 English title

[edit] Counts of Perche

The counts were originally titled "Count of Mortagne-au-Perche," until Routrou II adopted the style of "Count of Perche" in 1126, uniting Mortagne-au-Perche, Châteaudun, and Nogent.

[edit] Rorgonides

• Hervé, count c. 955
• Fulcuich, c. 1000

[edit] House of Rotrou

• Geoffroy III, viscount of Châteaudun, lord of Nogent, d. bef. 1041
• Rotrou I, viscount of Châteaudun, lord of Nogent, d. c. 1077–1080
• Geoffroy IV, d. 1100
• Rotrou II "the Great" d. 1144 (first count of Perche in 1126)
• Rotrou III, d. 1191
• Geoffroy V, d. 1202
• Thomas, d. 1217
• Guillaume, Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne, d. 1226

[edit] House of Valois

• Charles II of Alençon (1325–1346)
• Robert of Alençon (1346–1377)
• Peter II of Alençon (1377–1404)
• John I of Alençon (1404–1415)
• John II of Alençon (1415–1474)
• confiscated; returned to
• René of Alençon (1478–1492)
• Charles IV of Alençon (1492–1525)
• Marguerite of Navarre (1525–1549?) (widow of Charles)
• to royal domain
• François, Duke of Anjou (1566–1584)
• Louis Stanislas Xavier (1771–1814)

[edit] English title

• Humphrey Stafford, 6th Earl of Stafford was created Count of Perche in 1431 by Henry VI as King of France.