House of Vergy

The reputedly impregnable Château de Vergy was sited on a rocky spur near Beaune in Burgundy (present-day communes of Reulle-Vergy, L'Étang-Vergy and Curtil-Vergy). The first fort on the site dates to the Roman period. The medieval castle was razed in 1609 and only small traces remain. ==Lords==

7th century The first known lord of Vergy is Guérin (Warin) de Vergy, brother of saint Leodegar. Guérin was stoned around 681 at the foot of the rocky spur at Vergy, shortly after his brother's martyrdom. First House of Vergy (9th–10th centuries) The first house of Vergy arose in the 9th century with Warin, or Guérin, I of Vergy(760 – >819), who was count of Chalon and count of Mâcon, then count of Auvergne (818). Castle (13th–17th century) With the other Burgundian possessions, Vergy was merged into the royal domains in 1477, on the death of Charles the Bold. The castle was immediately ceded to William IV de Vergy-Autrey by Louis XI. In 1609, following the participation Charles of Lorraine (governor of Burgundy) in the Catholic League from 1589 onwards, Henri IV completely razed the castle. Except for the church of Saint-Saturnin, the burg of Vergy has now entirely disappeared. ==Notable members==

• (died 1428) • (died 1418), seneschal, marshal and governor of the county of Burgundy • (1375–1439), count of Dammartin, King's chamberlain, marshal of France, Order of the Golden Fleece • (died 1460/1) • Pierre-Henri de Treyssac de Vergy (v. 1740 – 1774), writer, pamphleteer and diplomatic agent Bishops of Autun : • (895–919) • Hervé (920-c.929) • Guy de Vergy (1224–1245) Bishops of Paris : • Humbert de Vergy (1030–1060), lord of Vergy Bishops of Mâcon : • Renaud de Vergy (1185–1197) Archbishops of Besançon : • Guillaume de Vergy (1371–1391), made a cardinal in 1391 by Antipope Clement VII, favourite of Charles V of France • (1528–1541) ==Vergy in medieval literature==

• La Chastelaine de Vergy : 13th century courtly romance, in octosyllabes, anonymous. Very popular in royal and noble courts, Marguerite de Navarre made a summary of its plot in Heptaméron, printed in 1558. The story recounts the trials of the forbidden love suffered by a knight for the châtelaine of Vergy. • G. de Montreuil, La violette (or Gérard de Nevers) : in this 13th-century chivalric romance, Gérard de Nevers defends the château de Vergy against another knight ==See also==