Aubusson
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Aubusson is a town in the French département of Creuse, of which it is the sous-préfecture.
It is well-known for the manufacture of tapestry and carpets.
There is a famous collection of Aubusson tapestries at Vallon-Pont-d'Arc.
In medieval era was a vice-county. The rulers were:
- Ranulf I ?-934
- Robert I 934-942
- Renaud I 942-958 (son of Ranulf I)
- Ranulf II Cabridel 958-1031
- Ranulf III 1031-1060
- Renaud III 1060-1069
- William I 1069-1106
- Renaud IV 1106-?
- Renaud V The Leper ?-1185
- Guy I 1185- ?
- Renaud VI ?-1249
- Ranulf V 1249-c. 1265
- William II (heir) 1263, lord of La Borne, La Feuillade, Monteil-au-Vicomte, Poux, Pintarion and Damoiseau (1317), starting a lordly line that continued his son Renaud VIII (1317-1353) and his succesors.
c.1263/1266 the vicecounty was sold to the count of La Marche.