Chapter 1. Chapter 2. Chapter 3. In medieval times the county lay in the southern part of the area which later evolved into the duchy of Burgundy, although administratively from the late 10th to the early 13th centuries it was ruled by a branch of the family of the counts of Burgundy. The earliest reference which has been traced to " comitatus Matisconensis " is in a charter of Charles II "le Chauve" King of the West Franks dated [1].
Walchario et Albericho vicecomite ", the wording implying that the parents were deceased at that date [6]. Primus, Albericus Narbonensis qui, accipiens filiam Raculfi vicecomitis, post mortem Bernonis Matiscensis episcopi, comitem se fecit : post hunc Leotaldus filius ejus ; atque post illum, Leotaldus filius eius ; atque post illum , Albericus filius Leotaldi comitis ; quo mortuo, dominus Guillelmus comes uxorem illius accepit " [7].
Nolliacus et Roberti uicecomitis Arecii cum ecclesia sancti Melanni Primus, Albericus Narbonensis qui, accipiens filiam Raculfi vicecomitis, post mortem Bernonis Matiscensis episcopi, comitem se fecit : post hunc Leotaldus filius ejus ; atque post illum, Leotaldus filius eius ; atque post illum , Albericus filius Leotaldi comitis ; quo mortuo, dominus Guillelmus comes uxorem illius accepit " [16].
A manuscript genealogy, dated to the early 12th century, records " Letaldus comes Vesoncius et Umbertus comes Marisconensis fratres " [17]. Seigneur de Salins. Primus, Albericus Narbonensis qui, accipiens filiam Raculfi vicecomitis, post mortem Bernonis Matiscensis episcopi, comitem se fecit : post hunc Leotaldus filius ejus ; atque post illum, Leotaldus filius eius ; atque post illum , Albericus filius Leotaldi comitis ; quo mortuo, dominus Guillelmus comes uxorem illius accepit " [22].
A manuscript genealogy, dated to the early 12th century, records " Letaldus comes Vesoncius et Umbertus comes Marisconensis fratres " [23]. Gradiacus in honore Sancti Mauricii Alberici vicecomitis He is last named in a charter dated , but had presumably died before his son's donation dated Jan which the latter made for the soul of his parents [28]. She is named as wife of Letaud in the latter's charter dated [12 Apr] , which also names both his and her parents [31].
