Duke of Aquitaine

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The Merovingian kings and dukes of Aquitaine used Toulouse as their capital.^{[citation needed]} The Carolingian kings used different capitals situated farther north. In 765, Pepin the Short bestowed the captured golden banner of the Aquitainian duke, Waiffre, on the Abbey of Saint Martial in Limoges.^{[citation needed]} Pepin I of Aquitaine was buried in Poitiers. Charles the Child was crowned at Limoges and buried at Bourges.^{[citation needed]} When Aquitaine briefly asserted its independence after the death of Charles the Fat, it was Ranulf II of Poitou who took the royal title.^{[citation needed]} In the late tenth century, Louis the Indolent was crowned at Brioude.^{[citation needed]}

The Aquitainian ducal coronation procedure is preserved in a late twelfth-century ordo (formula) from Saint-Étienne in Limoges, based on an earlier Romano-German ordo. In the early thirteenth century a commentary was added to this ordo, which emphasised Limoges as the capital of Aquitaine. The ordo indicated that the duke received a silk mantle, coronet, banner, sword, spurs, and the ring of Saint Valerie.^{[citation needed]}

• Suatrius (flor. 493), captured by Clovis I during the First Franco-Visigothic War.^[2]

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Merovingian kings are in boldface.

• Chram (555–560)
• Desiderius (583–587, jointly with Bladast)
• Bladast (583–587, jointly with Desiderius)
• Gundoald (584/585)
• Austrovald (587–589)
• Sereus (589–592)
• Chlothar II (592–629)
• Charibert II (629–632)
• Chilperic (632)
• Boggis (632–660)
• Felix (660–670)
• Lupus I (670–676)
• Odo the Great (688–735), his reign commenced perhaps as late as 692, 700, or 715, unclear parentage
• Hunald I (735–745), son of Odo the Great, abdicated to a monastery
• Waifer (745–768), son of Hunald I
• Hunald II (768–769), probably son of Waifer
• Lupo II (768–781), Duke of Gascony, opposed Charlemagne's rule and Hunald's relatives.

The Carolingian kings again appointed Dukes of Aquitaine, first in 852, and again since 866.^{[citation needed]} Later, this duchy was also called Guyenne.^{[citation needed]}

The following were also Count of Auvergne.

Name	Portrait	Birth	Death	King of the Franks
William I the Pious (893–918)		22 March 875	6 July 918(918-07-06) (aged 43)	Odo (888–898) Charles the Simple (898–922) Charles the Simple (898–922) Robert I (922–923) Rudolph (923–936)
William II the Younger[c] (918–926)			12 December 926
Acfred[d] (926–927)			927

• Ebalus the Bastard (also called Manzer) (927–932)), illegitimate son of Ranulph II and distant cousin of Acfred, also Count of Poitiers and Auvergne.

• Raymond I Pons (932–936)
• Raymond II (936–955)

• Hugh the Great (955–962)

• William III Towhead (962–963), son of Ebalus, also Count of Poitiers and Auvergne.
• William IV Iron Arm (963–995), son of William III, also Count of Poitiers.
• William V the Great (995–1030), son of William IV, also Count of Poitiers.
• William VI the Fat (1030–1038), first son of William V, also Count of Poitiers.
• Odo (1038–1039), second son of William V, also Count of Poitiers and Duke of Gascony.
• William VII the Eagle (1039–1058), third son of William V, also Count of Poitiers.
• William VIII (1058–1086), fourth son of William V, also Count of Poitiers and Duke of Gascony.
• William IX the Troubadour (or the Younger) (1086–1127), son of William VIII, also Count of Poitiers and Duke of Gascony.
• William X the Saint (1127–1137), son of William IX, also Count of Poitiers and Duke of Gascony.
• Eleanor of Aquitaine (1137–1204), daughter of William X, also Countess of Poitiers and Duchess of Gascony, married the kings of France and England in succession.
  • Louis the Younger (1137–1152), also King of France, duke in right of his wife.

From 1152, the Duchy of Aquitaine was held by the Plantagenets, who also ruled England as independent monarchs and held other territories in France by separate inheritance (see Plantagenet Empire). The Plantagenets were often more powerful than the kings of France, and their reluctance to do homage to the kings of France for their lands in France was one of the major sources of conflict in medieval Western Europe.

Name	Portrait	Arms	Birth	Marriage(s)	Death	King of France
Henry I[e] Henry Curtmantle 18 May 1152[f] – June 1172 (20 years)			5 March 1133 Le Mans Son of Geoffrey Plantagenet of Anjou and Matilda	Eleanor of Aquitaine Bordeaux Cathedral 18 May 1152 8 children	6 July 1189 Chinon Aged 56[g]	Louis VII (1137–1180)
						Philip II (1180–1223)
Richard I[h] Richard the Lionheart June 1172[i] – 6 April 1199 (26 years, 10 months)		1198–1340	8 September 1157 Beaumont Palace Son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine	Berengaria of Navarre Limassol 12 May 1191 No children	6 April 1199 Châlus Shot by a quarrel aged 41[j]
John[k] John Lackland 27 May 1199[l] – 19 October 1216 (17 years, 146 days)			24 December 1166 Beaumont Palace Son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine	(1) Isabel of Gloucester Marlborough Castle 29 August 1189 No children (2) Isabella of Angoulême Bordeaux Cathedral 24 August 1200 5 children	19 October 1216 Newark-on-Trent Aged 49[m]
Henry II[5] Henry III of England 28 October 1216[n] – 16 November 1272 (56 years, 20 days)			1 October 1207 Winchester Castle Son of John and Isabella of Angoulême	Eleanor of Provence Canterbury Cathedral 14 January 1236 5 children	16 November 1272 Westminster Palace Aged 65
						Louis VIII (1223–1226)
						Louis IX (1226–1270)
						Philip III "the Bold" (1270–1285)
Edward I[6] Edward Longshanks 20 November 1272[o] – 7 July 1307 (34 years, 230 days)			17 June 1239 Palace of Westminster Son of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence	(1) Eleanor of Castile Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas 18 October 1254 16 children (2) Margaret of France Canterbury Cathedral 10 September 1299 3 children	7 July 1307 Burgh by Sands Aged 68
						Philip IV the Fair (1285–1314)
Edward II[7] Edward of Caernarfon 8 July 1307[p] – 1325[q] (18 years, 1 day)			25 April 1284 Caernarfon Castle Son of Edward I and Eleanor of Castile	Isabella of France Boulogne Cathedral 24 January 1308 4 children	21 September 1327 Berkeley Castle Murdered aged 43[r]
						Louis X "the Quarreller" (1314–1316)
						John I "the Posthumous" (4 days in 1316)
						Philip V "the Tall" (1316–1322)
						Charles IV "the Fair" (1322–1328)
Edward III[9] Edward of Windsor 1325[s] – 24 October 1360[t] (35 years, 274 days)			13 November 1312 Windsor Castle Son of Edward II and Isabella of France	Philippa of Hainault York Minster 25 January 1328 14 children	21 June 1377 Sheen Palace Aged 64
		1340–1360, from 1369				Philip VI "the Fortunate" (1328–1350)[u]
		1360–1369				John II "the Good" (1350–1364)[u]

In 1337, King Philip VI of France reclaimed the fief of Aquitaine from Edward III, King of England.^[11] Edward in turn claimed the title of King of France, by right of his descent from his maternal grandfather King Philip IV of France. This triggered the Hundred Years' War, in which both the Plantagenets and the House of Valois claimed supremacy over Aquitaine.

Name	Portrait	Arms	Birth	Marriage(s)	Death
Edward III Edward of Windsor 1337–1360		Until 1340, 1360–1369 1340–1360, from 1369	13 November 1312 Windsor Castle Son of Edward II and Isabella of France	Philippa of Hainault York Minster 25 January 1328 14 children	21 June 1377 Sheen Palace Aged 64

In 1360, both sides signed the Treaty of Brétigny, in which Edward renounced the French crown but remained sovereign Lord of Aquitaine (rather than merely duke).^[12] However, when the treaty was broken in 1369, both these English claims and the war resumed.

Name	Portrait	Arms	Birth	Marriage(s)	Death
Edward III Edward of Windsor 1337–1360		1360–1369	13 November 1312 Windsor Castle Son of Edward II and Isabella of France	Philippa of Hainault York Minster 25 January 1328 14 children	21 June 1377 Sheen Palace Aged 64

In 1362, King Edward III, as Lord of Aquitaine, made his eldest son Edward, Prince of Wales, Prince of Aquitaine and Gascony.^[13]

Name	Portrait	Arms	Birth	Marriage(s)	Death
Edward, Prince of Wales 19 July 1362 – 6 October 1372 10 years, 79 days			15 June 1330 Woodstock Palace Son of Edward III and Philippa of Hainault 2 children	Joan of Kent 1361	8 June 1376 Westminster Palace Aged 45

On 6 October 1372, Prince Edward (who had returned to England the previous year) resigned the Principality of Aquitaine and Gascony, stating that the revenues he earned from Aquitaine were no longer sufficient to cover his expenses.^[14] Thus, King Edward III, his father, resumed his title as Duke of Aquitaine.

Name	Portrait	Arms	Birth	Marriage(s)	Death
Edward III[15] Edward of Windsor 1372 – 21 June 1377 (5 years)		From 1369	13 November 1312 Windsor Castle Son of Edward II and Isabella of France	Philippa of Hainault York Minster 25 January 1328 14 children	21 June 1377 Sheen Palace Aged 64
Richard II[16] Richard of Bordeaux 22 June 1377[v] – 1390 (13 years)			6 January 1367 Archbishop's Palace of Bordeaux Son of Edward the Black Prince and Joan of Kent	(1) Anne of Bohemia 14 January 1382 Westminster Abbey No children (2) Isabella of Valois Church of St. Nicholas, Calais 4 November 1396 No children	14 February 1400 Pontefract Castle Aged 33
John II John of Gaunt[w][x] 1390 – 1399 9 years			6 March 1340 Ghent son of Edward III and Philippa of Hainault	Blanche of Lancaster 19 May 1359 – 12 September 1368 8 children Constance of Castile 21 September 1371 – 24 March 1394 2 children Katherine Swynford 13 January 1396 4 children	3 February 1399 Leicester Castle aged 58
Richard II[y] Richard of Bordeaux 3 February – 30 September 1399 (239 days)		1395–1399	6 January 1367 Archbishop's Palace of Bordeaux Son of Edward the Black Prince and Joan of Kent	(1) Anne of Bohemia 14 January 1382 Westminster Abbey No children (2) Isabella of Valois Church of St. Nicholas, Calais 4 November 1396 No children	14 February 1400 Pontefract Castle Aged 33
Henry III of Aquitaine Henry IV of England 30 September 1399[z] – c. 1400		until 1406	c. April 1367 Bolingbroke Castle Son of John of Gaunt and Blanche of Lancaster	(1) Mary de Bohun Arundel Castle 27 July 1380 6 children (2) Joanna of Navarre Winchester Cathedral 7 February 1403 No children	20 March 1413 Westminster Abbey Aged 45
Henry IV of Aquitaine Henry of Monmouth[aa] c. 1400 – 31 August 1422 (22 years)		until 1406 1406–1413 from 1413	16 September 1386 Monmouth Castle Son of Henry IV and Mary de Bohun	Catherine of Valois Troyes Cathedral 2 June 1420 1 son	31 August 1422 Château de Vincennes Aged 35
Henry VI 1 September 1422[ab] – 1453[ac] (31 years)			6 December 1421 Windsor Castle Son of Henry V and Catherine of Valois	Margaret of Anjou Titchfield Abbey 22 April 1445 1 son	21 May 1471 Tower of London Allegedly murdered aged 49
Duchy of Aquitaine annexed into the Kingdom of France, title abolished

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The Valois kings of France, claiming supremacy over Aquitaine, granted the title of duke to their heirs, the Dauphins.

• John II (1345–1350), son of Philip VI of France, acceded in 1350 as King of France.
• Charles, Dauphin of France, Duke of Guyenne (1392?–1401), son of Charles VI of France, Dauphin.
• Louis (1401–1415), son of Charles VI of France, Dauphin.

With the end of the Hundred Years' War, Aquitaine returned under direct rule of the king of France and remained in the possession of the king. Only occasionally was the duchy or the title of duke granted to another member of the dynasty.

• Charles, Duc de Berry (1469–1472), son of Charles VII of France.
• Xavier (1753–1754), second son of Louis, Dauphin of France.

The Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia, son of Alfonso XIII of Spain, was one of the Legitimist pretenders to the French throne; as such he named his son, Gonzalo, Duke of Aquitaine (1972–2000); Gonzalo had no legitimate children.

• List of Aquitainian consorts