This is a list of the various rulers of Auvergne.

History In the 7th century, Auvergne was disputed between the Franks and Aquitanians. It was later conquered by the Carolingians, and was integrated for a time into the kingdom of Aquitaine. The counts of Auvergne slowly became autonomous.

In the 10th century, Auvergne became a disputed territory between the count of Poitiers and the counts of Toulouse.

In the Middle Ages, Auvergne was broken into four feudal domains:

the county of Auvergne (created around 980) the bishopric of Clermont or ecclesiastical county of Clermont (created around 980 as a sort of counter-power) the dauphinate of Auvergne or the worldly county of Clermont (formed around 1155 after a coup but not formally created until 1302) the duchy of Auvergne or the land of Auvergne (formed from the royal domain of Auvergne in 1360)

Auvergne was integrated in turn into the appanages of Alphonse, count of Poitou and Toulouse (1241–1271) and of John, duke of Berry and Auvergne and count of Poitiers and Montpensier (1360–1416).

During the Hundred Years' War, Auvergne faced numerous raids and revolts, including the Tuchin Revolt.

In 1434 the Duchy of Auvergne passed to the House of Bourbon.

Quite contemporaneously, the County of Auvergne passed to the House of La Tour d'Auvergne, and upon its extinction in 1531 it passed to Catherine de' Medici before becoming a royal domain.

In 1436, the Dauphinate of Auvergne passed to the House of Bourbon-Montpensier.

Elected Counts of Auvergne (480–963)

Visigoth period Victorius (480–489) Apollinaris (489-515)

Frankish Merovingian period Hortensius (516-532) Sigivald (532) Becco (533) Hortensius (533-?) Evodius ? Georgius ? Britianus ? Firminus (c. 555 or 558, deposed) Sallustus (duke c. 555 or 558–560) Firminus (restored, 560–571) Venerandus (before 585) Nicetius I (duke and count c. 585) Nicetius II (c. 585) Eulalius (duke 585–590) part of Austrasia (592–595) part of Burgundy (595–613) part of Austrasia (612–639) Bobon of Neustria (639–656) Hector of Neustria (c. 655–675) Bodilon of Austrasia (c. 675) Calminius of Neustria (c. 670s) Genesius (c. 680s) Haribert of Neustria (c. 690s) part of Neustria until 751

Frankish Carolingian period Ithier (c. 758) Blandin (760–763) Chilping (763–765) Bertmond (765–778) Icterius (778–?) Warin I (818-c.820) Warin II (c.820–839), son of previous Gerard (839–841), supposed brother of previous William I (841–846) (846–868) Bernard II Plantapilosa (864–886), married Ermengard, daughter of, Bernard I William II the Pious (886–918), son of Bernard II, also duke of Aquitaine. William III the Younger (restored, 918–926), son of Adelinda, daughter of Bernard Plantapilosa, also duke of Aquitaine. Acfred of Aquitaine (926–927), brother of previous.

After the death of Acfred, who left the comital fisc completely diminished, there appeared no successor who could control the entire Auvergne, with Velay. Several relatives of surrounding regions made claims. Below are the dates of their effective control.

Ebalus Manzer (927–934), great-grandson of Gerard Raymond Pons, Count of Toulouse (934–942) Raymond, Count of Toulouse (942–961) William (IV) (961–963), son of Ebalus Manzer, also Duke of Aquitaine.

Hereditary Counts of Auvergne and the Dauphinate (963-1653/1693)

House of Auvergne The viscounty of Clermont, then vassal to the elective county of Auvergne, came the so-called House of Auvergne, a designation used by modern historians for the family that ruled consistently the Auvergne region from 963. After a period of comital vacancy, the viscounts of Clermont were elevated as successors of the elective counts: the county became hereditary.

Viscounts of Clermont Armand of Clermont (?–?) Robert I of Clermont (?–?) Robert II of Clermont (?–?) Robert III of Clermont (?–?), son of Robert II

The splitting of the county and the Dauphinate

In 1155, count William VII the Young was usurped by his uncle, count William VIII the Old. However, William VIII left a smaller portion for his nephew to rule. In 1209, the county of William VIII the Old would be made smaller after a partial confiscation by Philip II of France, later to be made in 1360 as the Duchy of Auvergne.

As for William VII the Young, he was able to maintain his status in part of his county,Some authors have named William VII and his descendants counts of Clermont (after the viscounty from which the family emerged), as a way to mark them as the legitimate line. However, this risks confusion with the episcopal County of Clermont in Auvergne, and also with the unrelated County of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis. especially Beaumont, Chamalières, and Montferrand. From this smaller county raised, in 1302, the Dauphinate of Auvergne.

Based in the fact that William VII's wife was the daughter of the dauphin de Viennois, Guigues IV, and that William VII's descendants, in virtue of the Viennois blood, used the surname Dauphin, the majority of authors anticipate the formalization of the dauphinate in 1302 and choose to call William VII and his successors already as dauphins of Auvergne, for a clear distinction from the descendants of William VIII. Still others, out of convenience, choose to call these successors the counts-dauphins of Auvergne.

Partitions of Auvergne under Auvergne family

+ County of Auvergne(963-1169)      Younger Countyof Auvergne(1169-1302)Raised to:Dauphinateof Auvergne(1302–1436)Part of the countyannexed to France (1209);In 1360, emerged here theDuchy of AuvergneElder Countyof Auvergne(1169-1437)Inherited byLa Tour d'Auvergne Inherited byBourbon

Table of rulers Note: The parallel existence of the usurpers of the Elder County of Auvergne and of the usurped Younger County-Dauphinate, who often carried the same first names, also complicates things.Some authors create a new numbering starting with the first dauphins even though the dauphinate did not really begin until 1302. Others choose to reestablish, beginning with William the Young, the numbering of the viscounts of Clermont who became counts of Auvergne, particularly for the dauphins named Robert. To avoid confusion, the numbering system used here is continuous, and Dauphin is used as part of the name where applicable.