County of Nevers

The County of Nevers was a county in central France, with its principal town also named Nevers. Founded around the beginning of the 10th century, it roughly corresponds to the later province of Nivernais and the modern department of Nièvre. The county was frequently associated with the Duchy of Burgundy, and from the 14th century, it came under the rule of the count of Flanders, then Duke Philip the Bold of Burgundy. It was later granted to Philip's younger son, Philip II, and subsequently passed to a cadet branch of the dukes of Cleves. The count was elevated to a duke in 1539, and the duchy survived until the French Revolution in 1789.