Margaret III was a ruling Countess of Flanders, Countess of Artois, and Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne between 1384 and 1405. She was the last Countess of Flanders of the House of Dampierre.
The counts of Nevers were the rulers of the County of Nevers, in France, The territory became a duchy in the peerage of France in 1539 under the dukes of Nevers.
The first counts of Rethel ruled independently, before the county passed first to the counts of Nevers, then to the counts of Flanders, and finally to the dukes of Burgundy. In 1405 the county became part of the peerage of France, and in 1581 it was elevated to a duchy. In 1663 it became the Duchy of Mazarin.
Louis II, also known as Louis of Male, a member of the House of Dampierre, was Count of Flanders, Nevers and Rethel from 1346 as well as Count of Artois and Burgundy from 1382 until his death.
Phillip II, Count of Nevers was the youngest son of Philip the Bold and Margaret III of Flanders.
Charles I, was Count of Nevers and Rethel.
The House of Valois-Burgundy, or the Younger House of Burgundy, was a noble French family deriving from the royal House of Valois. It is distinct from the Capetian House of Burgundy, descendants of King Robert II of France, though both houses stem from the Capetian dynasty. They ruled the Duchy of Burgundy from 1363 to 1482 and later came to rule vast lands including Artois, Flanders, Luxembourg, Hainault, the county palatine of Burgundy (Franche-Comté), and other lands through marriage, forming what is now known as the Burgundian State.
Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel, Countess of Nevers was the suo jure Countess of Rethel, a title which she inherited at the age of nine upon the death of her mother, Charlotte of Nevers, Sovereign Countess of Rethel, on 23 August 1500. She was the wife of Charles II of Cleves, Count of Nevers.
Louis I was suo jure Count of Nevers and jure uxoris Count of Rethel.
The House of Dampierre played an important role during the Middle Ages. Named after Dampierre, in the Champagne region, where members first became prominent, members of the family were later Count of Flanders, Count of Nevers, Counts and Dukes of Rethel, Count of Artois and Count of Franche-Comté.
Hugh I, Count of Rethel was a son of Count Manasses III of Rethel and his wife Judith. He succeeded his father in 1065 as Count of Rethel.
Manasses III, Count of Rethel was a son of Manasses II and his wife Dada. He succeeded his father as Count of Rethel in 1032.
Hugh II, Count of Rethel was a son of Manasses IV and his wife, Matilda of Kyrburg. In 1199, he succeeded his father as Count of Rethel.
Hugh IV, Count of Rethel (1244–1285) was a son of Manasses V and his wife, Isabelle of Écry. In 1272, he succeeded his father as Count of Rethel.
Matilda was the countess of Rethel from 1124 until 1151.
Manasses V, Count of Rethel was the youngest son of Count Hugh II and his wife, Felicitas of Broyes.
Gervais, Count of Rethel was a French archbishop and nobleman. He was the son of Count Hugh I and his wife Melisende of Crécy. He succeeded his father as Count of Rethel.
Odo of Vitry (Eudes) (died 1158) was a French nobleman. Count of Rethel and Châtelain de Vitry. His parenthood is unclear. It is sometimes stated that he was a son of André, castellan of Vitré and of Agnès de Mortain, but this appears to be based on a confusion between Vitré in Brittany and Vitry in Champagne. On the death of his brother-in-law, Gervase, he received the county of Rethel.
Guitier (Ithier) of Rethel, son of Odo of Vitry and Matilda, Countess of Rethel, nephew of Baldwin II of Jerusalem, was Count of Rethel, succeeding his mother. Châtelain de Vitry. In March 1129, Guitier travelled to the Holy Land, although it is not clear if he participated in the Damascus Crusade that year.
Carl Ernst "Karli" Sohn-Rethel German Modernist painter of the Düsseldorf school of painting art movement. He traveled often and was active in Düsseldorf, Munich, Rome, Positano, Paris, among other places. Sohn-Rethel was a member of the art groups, Sonderbund group and Young Rhineland.
