Franche-Comté
The Free County of Burgundy, later called Franche-Comté, lay east of the Saône and was ruled from Dole. In 1337 Countess Joan III held it in personal union with the duchy through her husband Odo IV of Burgundy.
The Valois dukes ruled the county from 1405 until Charles the Bold died in 1477 and France occupied it. The Treaty of Senlis returned it to the Habsburgs in 1493. France conquered it in 1674 and secured it by the Treaties of Nijmegen in 1678.
Characters
- Joan III of Burgundy
- Adelaide of Merania
- Amadeus III of Montfaucon
- Stephen I of Auxonne
- Stephen I of Burgundy
- Stephen II of Auxonne
- Odo I of Champlitte
- Walter II of Montfaucon
- Girard de Montfaucon
- William I of Burgundy
- William II of Burgundy
- William II de Champlitte
- William III of Burgundy
- William IV of Burgundy
- Gui I de Champlitte, called Guyot
- Guy II of Pontailler
- Hugues de Champlitte
- Hugh of Chalon
- Jacquette de Grandson
- Jean de Pontailler
- Jean de Chauvirey
- John, Count of Chalon
- John III of Montfaucon
- Jeanne d'Arguel
- Marguerite de Mello
- Marguerite de Noyers
- Matilda of Burgundy
- Otto-William of Burgundy
- Otto IV of Burgundy
- Otto I of Merania
- Otto III of Burgundy
- Philippe III de Chauvirey
- Reginald I of Burgundy
- Reginald II of Burgundy
- Reginald III of Burgundy
- Richard II of Montfaucon
- Sophie of Montbéliard
- Agnes of Montbéliard
- Reginald of Burgundy
- Hippolyte of Burgundy