The 'counts of Tours' were the medieval feudal suzerains ruling over the region of
Touraine in
France with their capital at
Tours. The first known count of Tours was the famous
Hugh of the
Etichonen family. After three generations, the county passed to the equally famous
Robert the Strong, father of the
Capetians. In
941, the county passed to the
Counts of Blois and in
1044 to the
Counts of Anjou, whence it follows their eventful history.
Etichonen
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815-
828 Hugh the Timid
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828-
866 Liutfrid I
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866-
902 Liutfrid II
Robertians
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859-
866 Robert the Strong
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866-
886 Hugh the Abbot
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886-
888 Odo
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888-
922 Robert
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908-
940 Theobald the Elder,
viscount
Thence to Blois, thence Anjou.