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The county was active in the Crusade s. King Baldwin II Of Jerusalem was the brother of Count Gervais and Countess Matilda of Rethel, while Beatrice of Rethel married King Leo I Of Armenia .


FIRST DYNASTY



SECOND DYNASTY



DAMPIERRE DYNASTY



BURGUNDIAN DYNASTY



ALBRET DYNASTY


  • John of Albret ( 14911500 ; also lord of Orval; married Charlotte of Rethel)

  • Marie of Albret ( 15001549 )



CLEVES DYNASTY

  • Charles II ( 15001521 ; also count of Nevers; married Marie of Albret)

  • Francis I ( 15491561 ; also duke of Nevers)

  • Francis II ( 15611562 ; also duke of Nevers)

  • James ( 15611564 ; also duke of Nevers)

  • Henriette ( 15641601 ; also duchess of Nevers)



GONZAGA DYNASTY

  • Louis IV ( 15661595 ; married Henriette of Cleves; first duke of Rethel)

  • Charles III ( 15951637 ; also duke of Nevers, Mantua , Montferrat , and Mayenne )

  • Charles IV ( 16371659 ; also duke of Nevers, Mantua and Montferrat)



DUCHY OF MAZARIN




BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • Alan V. Murray, ''The crusader Kingdom of Jérusalem, A Dynastic History 1099-1125'', Linacre College Oxford, 2000, ISBN 1-900934-03-5