Forez
The County of Forez lay on the upper Loire between Lyonnais and Auvergne, with its capital at Montbrison. In 1337 Guigues VII of Albon ruled it as a vassal of the French crown.
His son Louis I died fighting the free companies at Brignais in 1362. After later counts died without heirs, Forez passed in 1372 to Anne Dauphine, whose marriage to Louis II of Bourbon carried it into the House of Bourbon. In 1531 the county joined the French royal domain and later became a province.
Characters
- Alix de La Tour du Pin
- Guigues I of Forez
- Guigues II of Forez
- Guigues III of Forez
- Guigues IV of Forez
- Guigues-Raymond d'Albon
- Guigues V of Forez
- Guigues VI of Forez
- Guigues VII of Forez
- John I of Forez
- Jeanne de Bourbon
- Margaret of Savoy-Achaea
- Renaud d'Albon
- Renaud I of Forez