Counts of Dammartin


The name Dammartin-en-Goële comes from Domnus Martinus, the Latin name of St. Martin of Tours, who evangelized the region of Goële in the fourth century. A small town in the district of Meaux in the Department of Seine-et-Marne, ancient village of Region of Île-de-France, it appears to go back to the earliest times; Dammartin-en-Goële, also called Velly, was in 1031 one of the most significant places in France.
Located at the central plain of France, the county of Dammartin controlled the roads of Paris to Soissons and Laon. It seems that this county was initially held by Constance, the wife of Manasses Calvus, the first Count.

House of Montdidier

????-1037 : Manassès Calvus, son of Hildouin II de Montdidier, seigneur de Ramerupt, married to Constance, daughter of Robert the Pious, King of France
1037-1060 : Eudes de Dammartin, son of preceding
1060-1100 : Hugues I, brother of preceding, married to Roharde de Bulles
1100-1105 : Pierre, son of preceding

House of Mello

1105-1112 : Aubri I or Albéric I de Mello, married to Aelis de Dammartin, daughter of Hugues I and of Roharde de Bulles.
1112-1183 : Aubri II or Alberic II, son of preceding, married to Clémence de Bar
1183-1200 : Aubri III or Alberic III, son of preceding, married in 1164 to Mathilde de Clermont-en-Beauvaisis, daughter of Renaud II, Count of Clermont, and Adelaide, Countess of Vermandois.
1200-1214 : Renaud,, also Count of Boulogne and Aumale, married to:
1214-1259 : Mathilde, Countess of Boulogne, Aumale and Dammartin, daughter of preceding, married to:
After dispute between the heirs of Matilda, who died without issue, the county of Dammartin was given to Mathieu de Trie, maternal grandson of Aubry III of Dammartin.

House of Trie

1262-1272 : Mathieu de Trie, son of Jean I, seigneur de Trie and of Mouchy, and of Aélis de Dammartin.
1272-1302 : Jean II de Trie, Count of Dammartin, killed at Courtrai at the Battle of the Golden Spurs on 11 July 1302, son of preceding.
1302-1319 : Renaud II de Trie, son of preceding and of Yolande de Dreux
1319-1327 : Renaud III de Trie, son of preceding and of Philippe de Beaumont-en-Gâtinais
1327-1338 : Jean III de Trie, brother of preceding
1338-1394 : Charles de Trie, son of preceding and of Yolande de Dreux
1394- ???? : Blanche de Trie, daughter of preceding and of Yolande de Dreux

House of Châtillon

????-???? : Marguerite de Châtillon, daughter of Jacqueline de Trie, sister de Charles de Trie, and of Jean de Châtillon, Count of Porcien.

House of Fayel

????-1420 : Jean de Fayel, viscount of Breteuil, Count of Dammartin, son of Guillaume de Fayel, viscount of Breteuil, and of Marguerite de Châtillon.
1420-142? : Marie de Fayel
The English, who occupied the northern half of France, confiscate the County of Dammartin and gave it to a Burgundian lord, Antoine de Vergy.

House of Vergy

Antoine de Vergy, son of Jean III de Vergy and of Jeanne de Chalon.

House of Nanteuil

recovered the county of Dammartin and returned it to the rightful owner.
Renaud de Nanteuil, husband of Marie de Fayel
Marguerite de Nanteuil, daughter of preceding

House of Chabannes

1439-1488 : Antoine de Chabannes
1488-1503 : Jean de Chabannes, son of preceding
1503-1527 : Antoinette de Chabannes, daughter of preceding

House of Anjou-Mézières

1527-1547 : Françoise d'Anjou, daughter of preceding

House of Boulainvilliers

1547-1554 : Philippe de Boulainvilliers, son of preceding. His mother gave him the county in 1547, which he sold to Anne de Montmorency in 1554

House of Montmorency

1554-1567 : Anne de Montmorency, baron then Duke of Montmorency
1567-1579 : François de Montmorency, son of preceding, Duke of Montmorency
1579-1614 : Henri I de Montmorency, brother of preceding, Duke of Montmorency, etc.
1614-1632 : Henri II de Montmorency, son of preceding, Duke of Montmorency, etc.
The king confiscated his property and gave Dammartin to the Prince of Conde. The county then lost its importance, and the castle was dismantled.

House of Bourbon-Condé

1632-1646 : Henri II de Bourbon, prince of Condé
The county is transmitted through his descendants until the Revolution.