Dauphin de Viennois

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The title of Dauphin de Viennois was a hereditary title of the descendants of Guigues IV, Comte d'Albon, who was nicknamed le Dauphin from the dolphin on his coat of arms. The associated lands, known as the Dauphiné, were sold to the King of France in 1349, on condition that the heir to the French crown use the title of Dauphin.

[edit] Dauphins du Viennois

• Guigues IV, Comte d'Albon (1095–1142)
• Guigues V, Dauphin de Viennois (1142–1162)
• Beatrice d'Albon, Dauphine de Viennois (1162–1228), married Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy in 1183
• Guigues VI de Bourgogne, Dauphin de Viennois (1228–1237)
• Guigues VII de Bourgogne, Dauphin de Viennois (1237–1269)
• Anne, Dauphine de Viennois (1269–1298)
  • Humbert I de La Tour du Pin, Dauphin de Viennois (1273–1307), married the dauphine Anne in 1273
• Jean II de La Tour du Pin, Dauphin de Viennois (1307–1319)
• Guigues VIII de La Tour du Pin, Dauphin de Viennois (1319–1333)
• Humbert II de La Tour du Pin, Dauphin de Viennois (1333–1349), who sold the dauphinate to the crown.

Robert V, Comte d'Auvergne married Marquise d'Albon, a daughter of Guigues IV. Their descendants adopted the title of Dauphin d'Auvergne.