Counts and dukes of Anjou

The county of Anjou in western France have contributed with no less than three important European dynasties. The first was the house of Plantagenet, which through marriage and inheritance became kings of England (1154-1485) and controlled the larger part of France during the latter half of the 12th century. This Angevine Empire collapsed early in the 13th century when the French king confiscated the possessions of the house of Plantagenet. The next dynasty was a collateral branch the the French royal house of Capet, which received Anjou in 1246 as an apanage The first Capetingian count of Anjou also succeeded in becoming count of Provence and king of Sicily/Naples, and his descendants became kings of Hungary and Poland as well as rulers of areas in the Balkans. The county of Anjou itself was however transferred through marriage already in 1290 to another branch of the House of Capet, which inherited the royal throne 1328. A new collateral branch was then given the county of Anjou as a apanage 1350 (duchy from 1360) and was thereafter called the younger house of Anjou, they too would later rule over Provence and Naples. Anjou was finally united with the royal domain in 1481.

859-866 866-886 886-888 888-922	Robert le Fort (the Strong) Hugues l'Abbé (the Abbot) Eudes (king of France 888-98) Robert II (king of France 922-23)
House of Ingelger (counts from c. 930, before that viscounts)
c. 870-898 898-942 942-958 958-987 987-1040 1040-1060	Ingelger Foulque I le Roux (the Red) Foulque II le Bon (the Good) Geoffroy I Grisengonelle (Greymantle) Foulque III le Nerra (the Black) Geoffroy II Martel (the Hammer)
House of Plantagenet
1060-1068 1068-1109 1098-1106	Geoffroy III le Barbu (the Bearded) Foulque IV le Réchin Geoffroy IV Martel (the Hammer, co-regent)
1109-1129	Foulque V le Jeune (the Younger)	*
1129-1151	Geoffroy V le Bel (the Fair)
1151-1189	Henri II
1156-1158 1169-1183	Geoffroy VI (co-regent) Henri le Jeune (co-regent)
1183-1199	Richard Cœur de Lion (the Lionheart)
1199-1202	Arthur de Bretagne
1199-1203	Jean I Sans Terre (Lackland)
1203-1246	Part of the French royal domain
Older House of Anjou
1246-1285	Charles I
1285-1290	Charles II
1290-1299	Marguerite
House of Valois
1290-1325 1325-1328 1328-1332 1332-1350	Charles III Philippe (king of France 1328-50) Part of the French royal domain Jean II (king of France 1350-64)
Duchy of Anjou Younger House of Anjou
1350-1384	Louis I (count to 1360)
1384-1417	Louis II
1417-1434	Louis III
1434-1480	René
1480-1481	Charles IV

The counts of Anjou were 1110-1441 also counts of Maine, which lay between Anjou and Normandy. Also the county of Touraine with its capital Tours was united with Anjou for a long period of time (1044-1344 and 1363-1384). The independent counts of Touraine are listed on a separate page.

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849-865
849-865
865-878
878-885
886-893
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992-1015
1015-1036
1036-1051
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1062-1063
1063-1069
1069-1093
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1110-1151
1151
1151-1441
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1472-1481
1481

Gauzlin I
Rorgon I
Gauzbert
Rorgon II
Gauzfrid
Ragenold
Roger
Gauzlin II
Roger (restored)
Gauzlin III
Hugues I
Hugues II
Hugues III
Herbert I Eveille-Chien
Hugues IV
Herbert II
Gautier I de Vexin
Robert I Courteheuse **
Hugues V d'Este
Élie I de Beaugency
Erembourg
United with Anjou
Elie II
United with Anjou
Charles IV
Charles V (Anjou 1480-81)
Maine is returned to the French crown