List of counts of Albon and dauphins of Viennois
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The counts of Albon (French: comtes d'Albon) were medieval counts of Albon in the Kingdom of Burgundy, in what is now south-eastern France. Their title was derived from the Château d'Albon. From the end of the 13th century, they were also styled as dauphins of Viennois (French: dauphins de Viennois). In 1349, the last local dauphin sold his domains and titles to the House of Valois. Over time, by the 15th century, the title Dauphin of Viennois gradually evolved into the Dauphin of France.
History
The region of Viennois, including Albon, belonged to the Kingdom of Burgundy (Arles), since 1032 under the suzerainty of the Holy Roman Empire. By the 12th century, counts of Albon gained prominence among the local nobility in Viennois. Count Guigues IV of Albon (d. 1142) was nicknamed le Dauphin or 'the Dolphin', and in time, his nickname morphed into a title among his successors. By 1285, the lands ruled by the counts of Albon, the old comitatus Albionis, were known as the Dauphiné of Viennois (Latin: Delphinatus Viennensis), but the city of Vienne itself was not in their possession, being governed by the Archbishops of Vienne until the middle of the 15th century.
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