Principality of Sedan

The following villages were located in the Principality of Sedan: Illy, Givonne, Douzy, Pouru-Saint-Remy, Rubécourt-et-Lamécourt, Balan, Fleigneux, Bazeilles, La Chapelle, La Moncelle, Villers-Cernay, Raucourt-et-Flaba, Noyers-Pont-Maugis, Wadelincourt, Haraucourt, Thelonne, Bulson, and Angecourt.

Erard II von der Mark was the first ruler to style himself Lord of Sedan (Fr.

In 1591, she married Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, who thereupon assumed her titles, becoming Prince of Sedan and Duke of Bouillon.

Charlotte died childless in 1594, and the principality was ultimately inherited by Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne's son by his second marriage.

In 1642, Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne participated in the failed conspiracy led by Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars; in the wake of Cinq-Mars' execution, Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne struck a deal with Louis XIII, who agreed to spare his life and give him a commission in the French army in Italy in exchange for the relinquishment of Sedan's sovereignty.

In 1709, at the request of Lord Chancellor of France Henri François d'Aguesseau, the Parlement of Paris passed a decree reaffirming the French crown's sovereignty over Sedan.

The Château de Sedan , seat of the Lords, and later Princes, of Sedan
Inside the fortifications of the Château de Sedan
The Protestant church in Sedan , later Catholicized and re-dedicated to Charles Borromeo
Robert Fleuranges III de La Marck , Lord of Sedan 1536–37
Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne , the last Prince of Sedan, 1623–42
Interior of the Protestant church in Sedan.
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon , Prince of Sedan 1591–1623, who was buried in the Protestant church in Sedan.