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
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985–???: Lambert
???–???: Adémar (Aimar)
1058–???: Geilin II
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????–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.

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