Count of Vendôme and, later, Duke of Vendôme were titles of French nobility. The first-known holder of the comital title was Bouchard Ratepilate. The county passed by marriage to various houses, coming in 1372 to a junior branch of the House of Bourbon. In 1514, Vendôme was made a duchy-peerage. In 1589, the then Duke of Vendôme came to the throne as Henry IV of France, and the title passed into the royal domain. It was re-granted to his illegitimate son César in 1598, and held by his descendants until the extinction of the legitimate male line in 1727. The title was later revived by Orléanist claimants to the throne of France as a courtesy title. Counts of Vendôme Bouchardides Bouchard Ratepilate (c. 930 – 956...967) Bouchard I (956...967–1005), also Count of Paris and Count of Corbeil by marriage Renaud (1005–1017), Bishop of Paris 991–1017 House of Nevers Bodon of Nevers (1017–1023), by marriage to Adèle de Vendôme-Anjou, daughter of Fulk III of Anjou and Elisabeth de Vendôme, daughter of Bouchard I Bouchard II (1023–1028) under the regency of Fulk III of Anjou (1023–1027) shared between Adèle de Vendôme-Anjou and Fulk de Vendôme (1028–1032) House of Anjou Geoffrey I (1032–1056), also Count of Anjou (succeeded Adèle by cession and drove out Fulk) House of Nevers Fulk de Vendôme (1056–1066), reinstated by Henry I of France Bouchard III (1066–1085) under the regency of Guy of Nouastre (1066–1075) House of Preuilly Geoffrey II (1085–1102), Lord of Preuilly, married Euphrosine, daughter of Fulk of Vendôme Geoffrey III (1102–1137) under the regency (1102–1105) of Euphrosine John I (1137–1180) Bouchard IV (1180–1202) John II (1202–1211) under the regency (1202–1211) of Geoffrey, son of John I John III 1211–1217 House of Montoire John IV (1217–1230), Lord of Montoire, grandson of Bouchard IV Peter I (1230–1249) Bouchard V (1249–1270) John V (1271–1315) Bouchard VI (1315–1354) John VI (1354–1364) Bouchard VII (1364–1371) Joanna (1371–1372) under the regency of her grandmother Joanna of Ponthieu (1371–1372) Catherine (1372–1403) with John I of Bourbon-La Marche (1372–1393) with Louis I of Bourbon-Vendôme (1393–1403) House of Bourbon Louis I (1403–1446) John II (1446–1477) Francis I (1477–1495) under the regency of Louis of Joyeuse (1477–1484) Charles IV (1495–1514), title raised to Duke of Vendôme and entered the peerage in 1514 English Counts of Vendôme Robert Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (1424–1430), created Count of Vendôme by John, Duke of Bedford as regent for