List of rulers of Auvergne

After the death of Acfred, who left the comital fisc completely diminished, there appeared no successor who could control the entire Auvergne, with Velay.

After a period of comital vacancy, the viscounts of Clermont were elevated as successors of the elective counts: the county became hereditary.

As for William VII the Young, he was able to maintain his status in part of his county,[1] especially Beaumont, Chamalières, and Montferrand.

Based in the fact that William VII's wife was the daughter of the dauphin de Viennois, Guigues IV, and that William VII's descendants, in virtue of the Viennois blood, used the surname Dauphin, the majority of authors anticipate the formalization of the dauphinate in 1302 and choose to call William VII and his successors already as dauphins of Auvergne, for a clear distinction from the descendants of William VIII.

[2] To avoid confusion, the numbering system used here is continuous, and Dauphin is used as part of the name where applicable.

Louise confronted Charles III's right to succession with the support of her son, King Francis I of France.