Count of Valentinois

The Count of Valentinois was originally the official in charge of the region (county) around Valence(Roman Valentia). It evolved in a hereditary title of nobility, still indicating control of the Valentinois and often of the Diois, the region around Die. The title later became the Duke of Valentinois.

• 879–912: Alleaume (Adalelm)
• 912–943: Boson (Boso)
• 943–960: Geilin I
• ...
• 985–???: Lambert
• ???–???: Adémar (Aimar)
• 1058–???: Geilin II
• ...
• ????–1158: Adémar I (Aimeric I)
• 1158–1188/9: Guillaume (Guilhem)
• 1188/9–1230: Adémar II (Aimeric II)

Sources

• Linskill, Joseph. "An Enigmatic Poem of Raimbaut de Vaqueiras". The Modern Language Review, 53:3 (1958), 355–63.

Further reading

• Chevalier, Jules. Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des comtés de Valentinois et de Diois. Paris: 1897.
• Duchesne, André. Histoire généalogique des comtes de Valentinois et de Diois. Paris: 1628.