Louis I of Neuchâtel

Louis I (1305–1373) ruled as count of Neuchâtel from 1325, the son of Count Rudolph IV and Eleanor of Savoy-Vaud. In 1343 he swore fealty to the Holy Roman Empire and granted liberties to the men of Boudry. Emperor Charles IV gave him in 1347 the right to mint coin and levy tolls.

He campaigned with Albert II of Austria against Zurich in 1351. His three sons predeceased him, so his daughters Isabella and Varenne inherited the county in 1373.