Counts and Dukes of Angoulême

Angoulême (L'Angoumois) in western France was part of the Carolingian Kingdom of Aquitaine.

Under Charlemagne's successors, the local count of Angoulême was independent and the county was not united with the French crown until 1308.

By the terms of the Treaty of Brétigny (1360) the Angoumois, then ruled by the counts of Angoulême, was ceded to King Edward III of England.

From then on it was held by cadets of the Valois House of Orleans, until Francis of Angoulême, became king of France in 1515.

Angoumois was definitively incorporated into the French crown lands, as a duchy.