List Of Counts Of Albon And Dauphins Of Viennois
The Counts of Albon (Comtes d'Albon) were minor French nobles in south-eastern France, in the Rhône Alps region.
Under Guigues IV, Count of Albon, who was nicknamed le Dauphin or the Dolphin from the dolphin on his coat of arms, they took a new hereditary title, Dauphin of Viennois (Dauphin de Viennois), named for the region around Vienne, where they ruled. The collective lands ruled by the Dauphins of Viennois became known as the Dauphiny (le Dauphiné).
The titles and lands, many of which were within the legal boundaries of the Holy Roman Empire rather than of the kingdom of France, were all sold to King Philip VI of France in 1349, on condition that the heir to the French crown always be named Dauphin, and be personal holder of the lands and titles. By condition of the Emperor, the Dauphiny could never be united to France. When the King of France had no son, he would personally rule the Dauphiny separately, as Dauphin.
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