Title |
Date of Creation |
Surname |
Mode of extinction |
Notes |
Duc de Guyenne |
1259 |
Angleterre (House of Anjou) |
forfeit 1369 |
also forfeit 1294–1303 and 1347–1360; 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 1458–1461, 1474–1476 and 1482–1483 |
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 |
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Duc de Gisors |
1776 |
Bourbon |
abolished 1790 |
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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 |
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Duc d'Amboise |
1787 |
Bourbon |
abolished 1790 |
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Duc de Choiseul |
1787 |
Choiseul-Beaupré |
abolished 1790 |
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Duc de Coigny |
1787 |
Franquetot |
abolished 1790 |
the last peerage created before the Revolution |