Prince de La Moskowa

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The titles of Duc d'Elchingen and Prince de La Moskowa were created by Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, for the Marshal of France Michel Ney. Both were victory titles; Ney was created duc d'Elchingen in 1808, after the Battle of Elchingen, and prince de La Moskowa ("prince of the Moskva") in 1812, after the Battle of Borodino outside Moscow. In 1814, Ney became a peer of France. On his execution in 1815, the peerage was revoked, but it was restored in 1831.

Clauses in the titles' patents of creation caused the title of prince de La Moskowa to pass to Ney's eldest son, Joseph, and that of duc d'Elchingen to pass to his second son, Michel. This ensured that the two titles would never be held by the same person if there was another heir living, a similar situation to the British titles of Duke of Hamilton and Earl of Selkirk.

The two titles were reunited in 1928 and both became extinct with the death of the last heir in 1969.

[edit] Ducs d'Elchingen (1808)

Michel Ney, 1st duc d'Elchingen (1769–1815)
Michel Louis Félix Ney, 2nd duc d'Elchingen (1804–1854), second son of the 1st duc, confirmed in his title in 1826
Michel Aloys Ney, 3rd duc d'Elchingen (1835–1881), only son of the 2nd duc
Charles Aloys Jean Gabriel Ney, 4th duc d'Elchingen (1873–1933), younger son of the 3rd duc, succeeded as 5th prince de La Moskowa in 1928
Michel Georges Napoléon Ney, 5th duc d'Elchingen, 6th prince de La Moskowa (1905–1969), only son of the 4th duc

[edit] Princes de La Moskowa (1813)

Michel Ney, 1st Prince de La Moscowa (1769–1815)
Joseph Napoléon Ney, 2nd prince de La Moskowa (1803–1857), eldest son of the 1st prince
Edgar Napoléon Henry Ney, 3rd prince de La Moskowa (1812–1882), fourth son of the 1st prince
Léon Napoléon Louis Michel Ney, 4th prince de La Moskowa (1870–1928), elder son of the 3rd duc d'Elchingen
Charles Aloys Jean Gabriel Ney, 5th prince de La Moskowa, 4th duc d'Elchingen (1873–1933), younger son of the 3rd duc d'Elchingen
Michel Georges Napoléon Ney, 6th prince de La Moskowa, 5th duc d'Elchingen (1905–1969), only son of the 5th prince