Capetian Counts
- Hugh I the Great (1085–1101), Count of Vermandois and of Valois, by marriage, son of Henry I and Anne of Kiev.
- Ralph I the Valiant (1102–1152), also known as Le Borgne, Count of Vermandois and of Valois, son of previous.
- Hugh II (1152–1160), Count of Vermandois and of Valois, son of Raoul I and Eléonore of Blois.
- Ralph II (1160–1167), Count of Vermandois and of Valois, son of Raoul I and of Petronilla of Aquitaine.
- Elisabeth (1167–1183), Countess of Vermandois and of Valois, daughter of Ralph I and of Petronilla of Aquitaine; wife of Philip of Alsace.
- Philip of Alsace (1167–1183), Count of Vermandois and of Valois by marriage, Count of Flanders (1168–1191).
- Eleanor (1183–1214), Countess of Vermandois and of Valois, daughter of Raoul I and of Petronilla of Aquitaine; died childless, lands passed to French crown
Philip II of France added Vermandois to the royal domain.
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