Count of Artois

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County of Artois
Arms of Robert dArtois.svg
Coat of arms of the Counts of Artois
Creation date850 (fief)
1681 (courtesy title)
PeeragePeerage of France
First holderOdalric
Last holderFrancis II, Holy Roman Emperor (fief)
Charles, Count of Artois (courtesy title)
StatusExtinct
Extinction date6 November 1836

The count of Artois (French: Comtes d'Artois, Dutch: Graven van Artesië) was the ruler over the County of Artois from the 9th century until the abolition of the countship by the French revolutionaries in 1790.

House of Artois[]

House of Capet[]

Merged into royal domain.

Capetian House of Artois[]

  • Robert I (1237-1250), his second surviving son
  • Robert II (1250-1302), his son
  • Matilda (1302-1329), his daughter, married to Otto IV, Count of Burgundy

House of Burgundy[]

House of Capet[]

House of Dampierre[]

House of Capet, Valois-Burgundy line[]

House of Habsburg[]

House of Bourbon, claimants of the title (1700–1713)[]

House of Habsburg (1713–present)[]

House of Capet, Bourbon line[]

  • Charles X of France (1757-1836)
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