Count of Ponthieu

The County of Ponthieu (French: Comté de Ponthieu, Latin: Comitatus Pontivi), centered on the mouth of the Somme, became a member of the Norman group of vassal states when Count Guy submitted to William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy after the battle of Mortemer.^[1]^[2] It eventually formed part of the dowry of Eleanor of Castile and passed to the English crown. Much fought-over in the Hundred Years' War, it eventually passed to the French royal domain, and the title Count of Ponthieu (comte de Ponthieu) became a courtesy title for the royal family.

^ Odericus Vitalis. The ecclesiastical history of England and Normandy, Volume 1. p.152.
^ Dunbabin.France in the Making. Ch.4. The Principalities 888–987

[1] Odericus Vitalis. The ecclesiastical history of England and Normandy, Volume 1. p.152.

[dunbabin4-2] Dunbabin.France in the Making. Ch.4. The Principalities 888–987

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Count of Ponthieu

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