List of French peerages

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For an explanation of the French peerage, see the article Peerage of France. Note that peerages and titles were distinct, and the date given for the extinction of the peerage is not necessarily the same as that of the extinction of the title. For more on noble titles and distinctions, see French nobility.

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[edit] The "old peerages"

Title Date of creation Notes
Duc de Reims before 1216 held by the Archbishop of Reims
Duc de Langres before 1216 held by the Bishop of Langres
Duc de Normandie before 1216 forfeit 1203
Duc de Bourgogne before 1216 merged 1361
Duc de Guyenne before 1216 forfeit 1203
Comte de Beauvais before 1216 held by the Bishop of Beauvais
Comte de Châlons before 1216 held by the Bishop of Châlons
Comte de Noyon before 1216 held by the Bishop of Noyon
Comte de Champagne before 1216 merged 1316
Duc de Laon before 1228 held by the Bishop of Laon
Comte de Toulouse before 1228 merged 1271
Comte de Flandres before 1228 ceded to the Holy Roman Empire 1531

[edit] The "new peerages" (12591789)

Title Date of Creation Surname Mode of extinction Notes
Duc de Guyenne 1259 Angleterre (House of Anjou) forfeit 1369 also forfeit 12941303 and 13471360; legitimate male line extinguished in 1499
Comte d'Anjou 1297 Royal family merged 1328 for Charles, brother of King Philippe IV
Comte d'Artois 1297 Artois (Royal family) ceded to the Holy Roman Empire 1530  
Duc de Bretagne 1297 Dreux (Royal family) merged 1532  
Comte de Poitou 1314 Royal family merged 1316 for Philippe, brother of King Louis X
Comte de La Marche 1316 Royal family extinct 1321 for Charles, brother of King Philippe V
Comte d'Évreux 1316 Évreux (Royal family) exchanged 1404  
Comte d'Angoulême 1317 Évreux (Royal family) exchanged 1404  
Comte de La Marche 1321 Bourbon (Royal family) forfeit 1527  
Comte d'Étampes 1327 Évreux (Royal family) given away 1381  
Duc de Bourbon 1327 Bourbon (Royal family) forfeit 1527  
Comte de Beaumont-le-Roger 1328 Artois (Royal family) forfeit 1331  
Comte du Maine 1331 Royal family merged 1350 for Jean, son of King Philippe VI
Duc de Normandie 1332 Royal family merged 1350 for Jean, son of King Philippe VI
Duc d'Orléans 1344 Royal family extinct 1376 for Philippe, son of King Philippe VI
Comte de Valois 1344 Royal family extinct 1376 for Philippe, son of King Philippe VI
Comte de Nevers 1347 Royal family, Flandres extinct 1383 for Marguerite, daughter of King Philippe V
Comte de Beaulac 1353 Évreux (Royal family) exchanged 1404  
Comte de Beaumont-le-Roger 1354 Évreux (Royal family) exchanged 1404  
Duc de Normandie 1355 Royal family merged 1364 for Charles, son of King Jean II
Duc d'Anjou 1356 Royal family extinct 1481 for Louis, son of King Jean II
Comte de Poitou 1357 Royal family exchanged 1360 for Jean, son of King Jean II
Comte de Mâcon 1359 Royal family exchanged 1360 for Jean, son of King Jean II
Comte du Maine 1360 Royal family extinct 1481 for Louis, son of King Jean II
Duc de Berry 1360 Royal family extinct 1417 for Jean, son of King Jean II
Duc d'Auvergne 1360 Royal family extinct 1521 for Jean, son of King Jean II
Duc de Touraine 1360 Royal family exchanged 1363 for Philippe, son of King Jean II
Duc de Bourgogne 1363 Royal family extinct 1477 for Philippe, son of King Jean II
Comte de Poitou 1369 Royal family extinct 1417 for Jean, son of King Jean II
Baron de Montpellier 1371 Évreux (Royal family) forfeit 1382  
Duc de Touraine 1386 Royal family exchanged 1392 for Louis, brother of King Charles VI
Duc d'Orléans 1392 Royal family merged 1498 for Louis, brother of King Charles VI
Comte de Valois 1392 Royal family elevated to a dukedom 1406 for Louis, brother of King Charles VI
Duc de Guyenne after 1392 Royal family extinct 1400 for Charles, son of King Charles VI
Comte de Périgord 1399 Orléans (Royal family) sold 1397  
Duc de Guyenne after 1400 Royal family extinct 1415 for Louis, son of King Charles VI
Duc de Touraine 1401 Royal family extinct 1416 for Jean, son of King Charles VI
Duc d'Alençon 1404 Alençon (Royal family) extinct 1525 forfeit 14581461, 14741476 and 14821483
Comte de Soissons 1404 Orléans (Royal family) merged 1498 for Louis, brother of King Charles VI
Baron de Coucy 1404 Orléans (Royal family) merged 1498 for Louis, brother of King Charles VI
Duc de Nemours 1404 Évreux (Royal family) extinct 1503  
Châtelain de Châtillon 1404 ?? ??  
Comte de Rethel 1405 Bourgogne extinct 1415  
Duc de Valois 1406 Royal family merged 1498 for Louis, brother of King Charles VI
Comte de Mortagne 1407 Royal family extinct 1416 for Jean, son of King Charles VI
Comte de Mortain 1407 Évreux (Royal family) forfeit 1408  
Châtelain d'Evry-le-Châtel 1408 ?? ??  
Châtelain de Jouy-le-Châtel 1408 ?? ??  
Comte de Mortain 1414 Royal family extinct 1415 for Louis, son of King Charles VI
Duc de Berry 1416 Royal family extinct 1416 for Jean, son of King Charles VI
Duc de Touraine 1416 Royal family meregd 1422 for Charles, son of King Charles VI
Duc de Berry 1417 Royal family merged 1422 for Charles, son of King Charles VI
Duc de Touraine 1423 Douglas extinct 1424  
Comte d'Évreux 1427 Stewart exchanged after 1428  
Comte de Saintonge 1428 ?? ??  
Duc de Normandie 1436 Royal family extinct 1436 for Philippe, son of King Charles VII
Duc de Guyenne 1436 Royal family extinct 1436 for Philippe, son of King Charles VII
Comte de Foix 1458 Foix, Albret, Bourbon merged 1589  
Comte d'Eu 1458 Artois (Royal family), Bourgogne, Cleves, Lorraine-Guise, Orléans, Bourbon extinct 1775  
Comte de Nevers 1459 Bourgogne (Royal family) extinct 1464  
Duc de Berry 1461 Royal family exchanged 1465 for Charles, brother of King Louis XI
Comte de Nevers 1464 Bourgogne (Royal family) extinct 1491  
Duc de Normandie 1465 Royal family exchanged 1469 for Charles, brother of King Louis XI
Comte de Mortain 1465 Royal family extinct 1474 for Charles, brother of King Louis XI
Duc de Guyenne 1469 Royal family extinct 1474 for Charles, brother of King Louis XI
Comte de Villefranche 1480 Aragon extinct ???  
Duc de Valois 1498 Angoulême (Royal family) merged 1515  
Comte de Nevers 1505 Cleves elevated to a dukedom 1538  
Comtesse de Soissons 1505 Royal family merged 1515 for Claude, daughter of King Louis XII
Baronne de Coucy 1505 Royal family merged 1515 for Claude, daughter of King Louis XII
Duc de Nemours 1507 Foix extinct 1512  
Duchesse d'Angoulême 1515 Savoie extinct 1532 for Louise of Savoy, mother of King François I
Duchesse d'Anjou 1515 Savoie extinct 1532 for Louise of Savoy, mother of King François I
Duc de Vendôme 1515 Bourbon (Royal family) merged 1589  
Duc de Châtellherault 1515 Bourbon (Royal family) forfeit 1527  
Duchesse de Valois 1516 Orléans (Royal family) extinct 1520  
Duchesse de Berry 1517 Orléans (Royal family) extinct 1549  
Duc de Nemours 1524 Savoie extinct 1652 for Louise of Savoy, mother of King François I. Transferred to the grantee's brother in 1528
Duchesse de Bourbon 1527 Savoie extinct 1532 for Louise of Savoy, mother of King François I
Duchesse de Châtellerault 1527 Savoie given away 1530  
Duchesse d'Auvergne 1528 Savoie extinct 1532 for Louise of Savoy, mother of King François I
Duchesse de Châtellerault 1530 Savoie extinct 1532 for Louise of Savoy, mother of King François I
Duc de Guise 1528 Lorraine extinct 1675  
Duc de Nevers 1539 Albret, Cleves, Gonzaga sold 1659  
Duc d'Orléans 1540 Royal family extinct 1545 for Charles, son of King François I
Duc d'Angoulême 1540 Royal family extinct 1545 for Charles, son of King François I
Duc de Châtellerault 1540 Royal family extinct 1545 for Charles, son of King François I
Comte de Clermont 1540 Royal family extinct 1545 for Charles, son of King François I
Comte de La Marche 1540 Royal family extinct 1545 for Charles, son of King François I
Duc de Bourbon 1544 Royal family extinct 1545 for Charles, son of King François I
Duc d'Aumale 1547 Lorraine-Guise extinct 1631  
Duchesse de Berry 1550 Royal family extinct 1574 for Marguerite, sister of King Henri II
Duc de Montmorency 1551 Montmorency forfeit 1632  
Duc d'Albret 1556 Albret, Bourbon merged 1589  
Duc d'Anjou 1566 Royal family merged 1574 for Henri, brother of King Charles IX
Duc de Bourbon 1566 Royal family merged 1574 for Henri, brother of King Charles IX
Comte de Forez 1566 Royal family merged 1574 for Henri, brother of King Charles IX
Duc d'Alençon 1566 Royal family extinct 1584 for François, brother of King Charles IX
Duc de Château-Thierry 1566 Royal family extinct 1584 for François, brother of King Charles IX
Comte du Perche 1566 Royal family extinct 1584 for François, brother of King Charles IX
Comte de Meulan 1566 Royal family extinct 1584 for François, brother of King Charles IX
Comte de Mantes 1566 Royal family extinct 1584 for François, brother of King Charles IX
Duc d'Auvergne 1569 Royal family merged 1574 for Henri, brother of King Charles IX
Duc de Penthièvre 1569 Luxembourg, Lorraine, Bourbon-Vendôme extinct 1687  
Duc d'Évreux 1569 Royal family extinct 1584 for François, brother of King Charles IX
Comte de Dreux 1569 Royal family extinct 1584 for François, brother of King Charles IX
Duc de Mercoeur 1569 Lorraine extinct 1712  
Duc d'Uzès 1572 Crussol abolished 1790  
Duc de Mayenne 1573 Lorraine-Guise, Gonzaga sold 1654  
Duc de Saint-Fargeau 1574 Bourbon-Montpensier (Royal family) extinct 1693  
Duc d'Anjou 1576 Royal family extinct 1584 for François, brother of King Henri III
Duc de Touraine 1576 Royal family extinct 1584 for François, brother of King Henri III
Duc de Berry 1576 Royal family extinct 1584 for François, brother of King Henri III
Duc de Joyeuse 1581 Joyeuse, Lorraine-Guise extinct 1675  
Duc de Piney 1581 Luxembourg, Albert, Clermont, Montmorency-Luxembourg abolished 1790 also known as Duc de Luxembourg
Duc d'Elbeuf 1581 Lorraine abolished 1790  
Duc de Retz 1581 Gondi extinct 1634  
Duc d'Epernon 1581 La Valette extinct 1661  
Duc de Rethel 1581 Gonzaga sold 1658  
Duc d'Hallwin 1588 Hallwin extinct 1611(?)  
Duc de Montbazon 1588 Rohan extinct 1593  
Duc de Ventadour 1589 Lévis extinct 1717  
Duc de Montbazon 1595 Rohan abolished 1790  
Duc de Thouars 1599 La Trémoille abolished 1790  
Duc de Beaufort 1597 Estrées, Bourbon sold 1688 for the mistress of King Henri IV
Duc de Vendôme 1598 Bourbon extinct 1712 for Cesar, illegitimate son of King Henri IV
Duc de Biron 1598 Gontaut forfeit 1602  
Duc d'Aiguillon 1600 Lorraine-Mayenne extinct 1621  
Duc de Rohan 1603 Rohan extinct 1638  
Duc de Sully 1606 Béthune abolished 1790  
Duc de Fronsac 1608 Orléans-Longueville extinct 1631  
Duchesse de Montpensier 1608 Bourbon (Royal family), Orléans extinct 1693  
Duc de Damville 1610 Montmorency forfeit 1632  
Duc d'Hallwin 1611 Hallwin extinct 1620  
Duc de Châteauroux 1616 Bourbon-Condé (Royal family) left the possession of this family by 1710  
Duc de Segur 1619 Albert abolished 1790  
Duc de Lesdiguières 1620 Bonne, Créquy extinct 1711  
Duc de Bellegarde 1620 Saint-Lary extinct 1646  
Duc de Brissac 1620 Cossé abolished 1790  
Duc d'Hallwin 1621 Hallwin, Schomberg extinct 1656  
Duc de Candale 1621 La Valette extinct 1639 peerage created for life with no territorial attachment
Duc de Chaulnes 1621 Albert extinct 1698  
Duc d'Orléans 1626 Royal family extinct 1660 for Gaston, brother of King Louis XIII
Duc de Chartres 1626 Royal family extinct 1660 for Gaston, brother of King Louis XIII
Duc de Chevreuse 1627 Lorraine-Guise sold 1655  
Duc de Valois 1630 Royal family extinct 1660 for Gaston, brother of King Louis XIII
Duc de Richelieu 1631 Plessis, Vignerot abolished 1790  
Duc de La Valette 1631 La Valette extinct 1661  
Duc de La Rochefoucauld 1631 La Rochefoucauld abolished 1790  
Duc de Montmorency 1633 Bourbon-Condé (Royal family) abolished 1790 renamed Duc d'Enghien in 1689
Duc de Retz 1634 Gondi extinct 1676  
Duc de Fronsac 1634 Plessis, Maillé-Brézé, Bourbon-Condé, Vignerot abolished 1790  
Duc d'Aiguillon 1634 L'Age extinct 1635  
Duc de Saint-Simon 1635 Rouvroy extinct 1755  
Duc de La Force 1637 Caumont extinct 1755  
Duc d'Aiguillon 1638 Vignerot, Plessis abolished 1790  
Duc d'Albret 1641 Bourbon-Condé (Royal family) given away 1651  
Duc de Valentinois 1642 Grimaldi extinct 1731  
Duc de Rohan 1648 Rohan-Chabot abolished 1790  
Duc d'Albret 1665 La Tour d'Auvergne abolished 1790  
Duc de Château-Thierry 1665 La Tour d'Auvergne abolised 1790  
Duc de Bourbon 1661 Bourbon-Condé (Royal family) abolished 1790  
Duc d'Orléans 1661 Royal family abolished 1790 for Philippe, brother of King Louis XIV
Duc de Chartres 1661 Royal family abolished 1790 for Philippe, brother of King Louis XIV
Duc de Valois 1661 Royal family abolished 1790 for Philippe, brother of King Louis XIV
Duc de Randan 1661 La Rochefoucauld-Randan, Foix de Candale extinct 1714  
Duc de Verneuil 1663 Bourbon extinct 1682 for Henri, illegitimate son of King Henri IV
Duc d'Estrées 1663 Estrées de Lauzières extinct 1737  
Duc de Gramont 1663 Gramont abolished 1790  
Duc de La Meilleraye 1663 La Porte-Mazarin extinct 1738  
Duc de Rethel 1663 La Porte-Mazarin extinct 1738  
Duc de Villeroy 1663 Neufville abolished 1794  
Duc de Mortemart 1663 Rochechouart abolished 1790  
Duc de Poix 1663 Créquy extinct 1687  
Duc de Saint-Aignan 1663 Beauvilliers abolished 1790  
Duc de La Rocheguyon 1663 Plessis-Liancourt extinct 1674  
Duc de Tresmes 1663 Potier abolished 1790  
Duc de Noailles 1663 Noailles abolished 1790  
Duc de Coislin 1663 Cambout extinct 1732  
Duc de Choiseul 1665 Choiseul extinct 1705  
Duc d'Aumont 1665 Aumont abolished 1790  
Duc de La Ferté-Senneterre 1666 Saint-Nectaire extinct 1703  
Duc de Montausier 1665 Saint-Maure extinct 1690  
Duchesse de La Vallière 1667 La Vallière, Bourbon given away 1698 for the mistress of King Louis XIV
Duc de Nemours 1672 Royal family abolished 1790 for Philippe, brother of King Louis XIV
Duc de Saint-Cloud 1674 n/a abolished 1790 held by the Archbishop of Paris
Duc de Béthune-Charost 1690 Béthune abolished 1790  
Duc de Damville 1694 Bourbon sold 1719 for Louis-Alexandre, legitimated son of King Louis XIV
Duc de Montpensier 1695 Royal family abolished 1790 for Philippe, brother of King Louis XIV
Duc d'Aumale 1695 Bourbon sold 1773 for Louis-Auguste, legitimated son of King Louis XIV
Duc de Penthièvre 1697 Bourbon abolished 1790 for Louis-Alexandre, legitimated son of King Louis XIV
Duc de Châteauvillain 1703 Bourbon abolished 1790 for Louis-Alexandre, legitimated son of King Louis XIV
Duc de Guise 1704 Bourbon-Condé (Royal family) abolished 1790  
Duc de Boufflers 1708 Boufflers extinct 1751  
Duc de Villars 1709 Brancas extinct 1777  
Duc d'Harcourt 1709 Harcourt abolished 1790  
Duc d'Alençon 1710 Royal family extinct 1714 for Charles, grandson of King Louis XIV
Duc d'Angoulême 1710 Royal family extinct 1714 for Charles, grandson of King Louis XIV
Duc de Fitz-James 1710 Fitz-James abolished 1790  
Duc d'Antin 1711 Pardaillan de Gondrin extinct 1757  
Duc de Rambouillet 1711 Bourbon abolished 1790 for Louis-Alexandre, legitimated son of King Louis XIV
Duc de Chaulnes 1711 Albert d'Ailly, Albert de Luynes abolished 1790  
Duc de Rohan-Rohan 1714 Rohan extinct 1787  
Duc de Joyeuse 1714 Melun extinct 1724  
Duc de Hostun 1715 Hostun extinct 1755  
Duc de Villars-Brancas 1716 Brancas abolished 1790  
Duc de Roannais 1716 Aubusson de La Feuillade extinct 1725  
Duc de Valentinois 1716 Goyon de Matignon, Grimaldi abolished 1790  
Duc de Nevers 1720 Mazarini-Mancini abolished 1790  
Duc de Biron 1723 Gontaut de Biron abolished 1793  
Duc de Lévis 1723 Lévis extinct 1734  
Duc de La Vallière 1723 La Baume Le Blanc extinct 1780  
Duc de Mercoeur 1723 Bourbon-Conti (Royal family) sold 1770  
Duc de Châtillon 1736 Châtillon extinct 1762  
Duc de Fleury 1736 Rosset abolished 1790  
Duc de Gisors 1748 Fouquet extinct 1761  
Duc de Duras 1756 Durfort abolished 1790  
Duc de Stainville 1758 Choiseul extinct 1785  
Duc de La Vauguyon 1758 Quélen de Stuer de Caussade abolished 1790  
Duc de Praslin 1762 Choiseul abolished 1790  
Duc de Choiseul d'Amboise 1764 Choiseul extinct 1785  
Duchesse de Pompadour Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV of France Louis XV
Duc d'Anjou 1771 Royal family abolished 1790 for Louis, brother of King Louis XVI
Duc d'Angoulême 1773 Royal family abolished 1790 for Charles, brother of King Louis XVI
Duc d'Auvergne 1773 Royal family exchanged 1778 for Charles, brother of King Louis XVI
Duc de Mercoeur 1773 Royal family exchanged 1778 for Charles, brother of King Louis XVI
Duc d'Alençon 1774 Royal family abolished 1790 for Louis, brother of King Louis XVI
Duc de Clermont-Tonnerre 1775 Clermont-Tonnerre abolished 1790  
Duc de Berry 1776 Royal family abolished 1790 for Charles, brother of King Louis XVI
Duc de Châteauroux 1776 Royal family abolished 1790 for Charles, brother of King Louis XVI
Duc d'Aumale 1776 Bourbon abolished 1790  
Duc de Gisors 1776 Bourbon abolished 1790  
Duc de Brunoy 1777 Royal family given away 1786 for Louis, brother of King Louis XVI
Duchesse de Louvois 1777 Royal family abolished 1790 for Marie-Adélaïde and Sophie, daughters of King Louis XV (held jointly)
Duc d'Aubigny 1777 Stuart, Lennox, Gordon abolished 1790  
Duc d'Amboise 1787 Bourbon abolished 1790  
Duc de Choiseul 1787 Choiseul-Beaupré abolished 1790  
Duc de Coigny 1787 Franquetot abolished 1790 the last peerage created before the Revolution

[edit] The peerages of the Restoration (18141848)

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