[2] Under the early Carolingians, the counts of Tours stilled owed their position to the kings.
In 828, Count Hugh was disgraced and removed from office for his reluctance to act after Abu Marwan's sack of Barcelona.
Robert the Strong who, besides Tours, also ruled the counties of Anjou and Blois, appointed viscounts to govern the Touraine in his absence.
On his death in 866 he was succeeded by his stepson, Hugh the Abbot, inaugurating the hereditary countship.
When Odo became king of France in 888, he gave his counties, including Tours, to Robert.