Count Auvergne is in Counts of France.
In 872 Bernard Plantapilosa Poitiers Margrave Aquitaine [aged 30] was appointed II Count Auvergne.
In 886 William "Pious" Poitiers I Duke Aquitaine [aged 10] was appointed I Count Auvergne.
In 1314 Robert VI Auvergne Count Auvergne [aged 64] died. His son Robert [aged 32] succeeded XII Count Auvergne.
On 13th October 1325 Robert VII Auvergne XII Count Auvergne [aged 43] died. His son William [aged 21] succeeded XII Count Auvergne, II Count Boulogne.
Before 1344 Philip Burgundy I Count Auvergne [aged 20] and Joan Auvergne Queen Consort France [aged 17] were married. He by marriage I Count Auvergne. She the daughter of William Auvergne XII Count Auvergne II Count Boulogne and Margaret Évreux Countess Auvergne and Boulogne [aged 36]. He the son of Odo IV Duke Burgundy [aged 48] and Joan Capet Duchess Burgundy [aged 35]. They were half second cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 29th September 1360 Joan Auvergne Queen Consort France [aged 34] died. Her son Philip [aged 14] succeeded Count Auvergne and Count Boulogne.
On 21st November 1361 Philip I Duke Burgundy [aged 15] died. His great uncle John succeeded Count Auvergne.
On 24th March 1386 John I Count of Auvergne died. His son John succeeded II Count Auvergne and Count Boulogne.
In 1394 John II Count Auvergne died. His daughter Joan [aged 16] succeeded Countess Auvergne and Countess Boulogne.
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On 7th September 1423 Bertrand IV Count Auvergne [aged 63] died. His son Bertrand [aged 33] succeeded V Count Auvergne.
Around 1424 Joan II Countess of Auvergne Duchess Berry [aged 46] died. Her half first cousin once removed Marie [aged 47] succeeded Countess Auvergne and Countess Boulogne.
On 7th August 1437 Marie I Countess Auvergne [aged 60] died. Her son Bertrand [aged 47] succeeded Count Auvergne and Count Boulogne.
On 20th March 1461 Bertrand Auvergne V Count Auvergne [aged 71] died. His son Bertrand [aged 44] succeeded VI Count Auvergne.
On 26th September 1497 Bertrand Auvergne VI Count Auvergne [aged 80] died. His son Jean [aged 30] succeeded III Count Auvergne.
Before 1332 William Auvergne XII Count Auvergne II Count Boulogne and Margaret Évreux Countess Auvergne and Boulogne were married. She by marriage Countess Auvergne, Countess Boulogne. She the daughter of Louis I Count Évreux and Margaret Artois Countess Évreux. He the son of Robert VII Auvergne XII Count Auvergne.