This is a list of thecounts of Roussillon (Catalan:Comtes de Rosselló,French:Comtes de Roussillon,Latin:Comites Ruscinonensis) who ruled over the eponymousCounty of Roussillon.
These counts were nominated by theCarolingiankings of France, of whom they were vassals.
Hereafter, alsocounts of Barcelona.
No longer counts of Barcelona.
These counts were alsocounts of Empúries. By this time the counts were practically independent.
The counts hereafter were no longer counts of Empúries.
After Girard II, the county of Roussillon was subsumed within theCrown of Aragón. Later, the title was briefly revived.
Nuño Sancho died without issue and Roussillon was subsumed by
Before dying in 1276, he gave Roussillon to his second surviving sonJames, who also became King of Majorca.For subsequent counts of Roussillon (and Cerdanya), seeKingdom of Majorca (1276–1344).
The County of Roussillon, and the rest of the Kingdom of Mallorca, was reunited with the Kingdom of Aragon aftera military campaign in 1343-1344 by KingPeter IV of Aragon.
In theTreaty of the Pyrenees (1659), the County of Roussillon was definitively ceded to the Kingdom of France.
Louis of Bourbon (1450–1487) was the first French Count of Roussillon. He was an illegitimate son ofCharles I, Duke of Bourbon and Jeanne Bournan. In 1463, he was legitimated by letters patent.[1] He was known for his many services to the Kingdom of France and was made anAdmiral of France. Jeanne de Valois, Dame de Mirabeau et d'Usson en Auvergne, illegitimate daughter ofLouis XI andFélizé Regnard, was given in marriage to Louis, by her father. Louis XI legitimated Jeanne in 1466.[2] The marriage of Jeanne and Louis produced three children: Charles de Bourbon-Roussillon, 2nd comte de Roussillon; Suzanne, Countess of Roussillon and Ligny; and Anne, Dame de Mirabeau.[1] Louis of Bourbon died on 19 January 1487 and was buried in the church of the Franciscan monastery of Valognes, which he founded.[3]