TheCounty of Nevers (French:Comté de Nevers) was acounty in centralFrance. Its principal town wasNevers. It roughly corresponds to the laterprovince ofNivernais and the modern ofdepartment ofNièvre.[1][2]
The county itself dates from approximately the beginning of the 10th century. The county has frequently been associated with the neighboringDuchy of Burgundy; it was included among the lands and titles held by DukeHenry I of Burgundy. Beginning withRenauld I, the county was held jointly with that of theCounty of Auxerre. Nevers came under the rule of thecount of Flanders in the 14th century, and from there, into the possessions of DukePhilip the Bold of Burgundy, briefly reuniting the two lands. Philip's younger sonPhilip II was granted the County of Nevers, passing later into the possession of a cadet branch of thedukes of Cleves. The count was raised to duke in 1539. In 1565Louis Gonzaga becameduke of Nivernais by marriage withHenriette of Cleves. His successorCharles II sold the duchy toCardinal Mazarin. The duchy survived until theFrench Revolution, the last duke beingLouis Jules Mancini Mazarini, who lost his title in the Revolution, but survived theReign of Terror to die of natural causes in 1798.[2]
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