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This is a listing of feudal domains and their vassal territories.

France

County of Armagnac

• 900's: County of Fezensac, a large portion in the eastern portion of the Duchy of Gascony, was detached
• ?: County of Astarac was created from Fezensac
• 950's: County of Armagnac was created by detaching the western region of Fezensac
• 1119: Widow of the last count of Fezensac married Geraud III of Armagnac thus reuniting the two counties
• 1304: Count Bernard VI of Armagnac acquired the County of Rodez through marriage, in 1298, to Cecilia, daughter and heiress of Henry II of Rodez, last count of the House of Millau.
• 1473: Jean V of Armagnac, rebelling against the King of France, was assassinated; his domains passed to the family of Albret

County of Beaumont

• ?: First known lord was Yves the Old, a vassal of Hugh Capet of France, who amassed lands in the district.
• ?: Yves' son, Matthieu, assumed the tile of Count of Beaumont and became chamberlain of France
• 1182-1185: Mathieu III of Beaumont (1155-1208) was Count of Valois
• 1205: Mathieu III of Beaumont was Lord of Meru
• 1223: Thibaut of Beaumont sold the county to the Crown of France

• References:
• Early Blazon
• Map of Beaumont

Duchy of Brittany

• • Cornouailles (Quimper): county created at least from the Vth century.
  • Dinan : viscounty then lordship from the middle of the XIth century.
  • Donges : viscounty
  • Le Faou : viscounty
  • Goello (Bourbriac): lordship then county
  • Léon (Lesneven, Landerneau): county created in the IXth century, then viscounty, then county, then viscounty.
  • Nantais (Nantes): county created at least from the VIth century.
  • Penthièvre ( Lamballe): county from the IXth century.
  • Poher (Carhaix): county from the VIth century then viscounty.
  • Porhoët (Josselin): viscounty then county.
  • Poudouvre : viscounty (absorbed by Penthièvre from 1256).
  • Rennois (Rennes): county from the Vth century. There was also a viscounty.
  • Trégor (Tréguier, Guingamp): county.
  • Rohan : viscounty created in early XIIth century from the dismemberment of the viscounty of Porhoët
  • Vannetais or Broweroch (Vannes): county from around 800.
  • Main lorships : Acigné, Ancenis, Avaugour, Châteaubriant, Châteaugiron, Clisson, Coëtmen,Coislin, Combourg, Derval, Fougères, La Roche Bernard, Lohéac, Matigon, Montauban, Montfort, Quintin, Retz, Rieux, Rochefort, Trémezan, Vitré.
• References:
• Brittany

Duchy of Burgundy

• • County of Autun (Autunois): ducal domain
  • County of Auxonne : Imperial land
  • County of Semur-en-Auxois (Auxois): ducal domain
  • County and viscounty of Avallon (Avallonnais): ducal domain
  • County of Beaune (Beaulnois): ducal domain
  • County of Chalon-sur-Saône (Chalonnais)
  • Viscounty of Charolles (Charolais)
  • County and viscounty of Dijon
  • County of Duesme (Duesmois): ducal domain
  • County of Macôn (Macônnais) : sold in 1239 to king Louis IX.
  • Main lordships: Antigny, Beaumont-sur-Vingeanne, Bourbon Lancy, Brancion, Charny, Mont Saint-Jea, Châteauneuf-en-Brionnais, Couches, Fauverney, La Rochepot, Marigny-sur-Ouche, Mirebeau, Montbard, Noyers, Pagny, Ragny, Vergy.
• References
• Bugundy

County of Montbeliard

• • County of Montbeliard
  • Lordship of Blamont
  • Lordship of Chatelat
  • Lordship of Clerval
  • Lordship of Clermont
  • Lordship of Granges
  • Lordship of Héricourt
  • Lordship of Passavent

• References
• Montbeliard

County of Rodez

• A fief of the County of Toulouse formed out of the County of Rouergue
• 1112: Richard III of Millau made himself Count of Rodez
• ?: Hugh I of Rodez married Ermengarde, Lady of Cressels.
• 1212: Henry I of Rodez married Algarette, heiress of Guy, Lord of Scorailles.
• 1304: Rodez passed to Bernard VI of Armagnac whose wife, Cecilia, Countess of Rodez, 1304-1313, was the daughter and heiress of Henry II of Rodez, last count of the House of Millau

References

• The Counts of Champagne
• The County of Champagne During the Middle Ages
• Early Blazon
• French Heraldry and Related Topics
• Nobility and Titles in France