Counts and dukes of Valois

Coat of arms of the counts and dukes of Valois.

The Valois, originally pagus valensis, was a region in the valley of the Oise river in Picardy in the north of France. It was a fief in West Francia and subsequently the Kingdom of France until its counts furnished a line of kings, House of Valois, to succeed the House of Capet in 1328. It was, along with the counties of Beauvais, the Vexin, Vermandois, and Laon, part of the "Oise line" of fiefdom which were held often by one individual or by an individual family as a string of defences against Viking assault on Paris.

The medieval county and duchy of Valois was located in northern France in northeastern Île-de-France. Its capital was Crépy-en-Valois.[1]

Counts of Valois

Waleran, count of the Vexin, died 956, became count of Amiens in right of his wife Adela, married 923

To the royal domain in 1076 or 1077.

to the royal domain by king Philip II

Dukes of Valois

in royal domain
in royal domain
in royal domain

References

Notes

  1. Mish, Frederick C., Editor in Chief. “Valois.” Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary. 9th ed. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster Inc., 1985. ISBN 0-87779-508-8, ISBN 0-87779-509-6 (indexed), and ISBN 0-87779-510-X (deluxe).
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