Vantadur on the map of Aquitaine
Viscount Vantadour on a map of France
Vicomté de Vantadour ( Vicomté de Ventadour ) is a feudal principality in medieval France .
It was formed in 1053 as a result of the division of the Viscountus Comborn between the sons of Arshambo II. The younger, Ebl I, got the eastern part. In 1060, he made the city of Vantadur his capital.
Viscount List:
- Ebl I
- Arshambo, Mention. 1095 and 1113
- Ebl II le Cantador (Singer), esp. 1095 and 1107
- ? —1170 Ebl III, son or grandson
- Ebl IV (Arshambo)
- OK. 1214–1236 Ebl V
- OK. 1236–1260 Ebl VI
- Ebl VII
- 1297-1323 Eli
- 1323-1328 Ebl VIII
- Bernard II - from 1329 Viscount, from 1350 Earl of Vantadour.
In 1350, Viscountti Vantadur was raised to the rank of county.
List of graphs:
- 1350-1389 Bernard II, Count Montpensier.
- 1389-1407 Robert, son
- 1407-1424 Jacques, son
- 1424-1486 Charles, brother
- 1486-1500 Louis, son
- 1500- Gilbert I de Levy, grandson
- Gilbert II de Levy
- Gilbert III de Levy (d. 1591) - Count, from 1578 the first Duke of Vantadour.
Sources
- Noël CHASSANG (alias le chanoine Léon BILLET): Histoire de Ventadour, in la revue Lemouzi, n ° 14 à 42 (1965-1971);
- Louis Moréri: Le Grand Dictionnaire historique, Paris, 1733, 17 vol.
- J. NADAUD et Dom A. LECLER: Nobiliaire du diocèse et de la Généralité de Limoges, 4 vol., 1878-1882. Article Ventadour.
- http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/LIMOUSIN.htm#_Toc446312516