List of French dukedoms
This is an incomplete list of ducal titles created by the monarchs of France. See also Dukes in France, French nobility and List of French peerages.
| Title | Date of Creation | Surname | Current Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke of Normandy | 911 | Normandy | Forfeit 1204 | |
| Duke of Burgundy | 1032 | Royal family | Extinct 1361 | |
| Duke of Guyenne | 1259 | Anjou | Forfeit 1369 | also forfeit 1294–1303 and 1347–1360 |
| Duke of Brittany | 1297 | Dreux | Merged in the Crown 1532 | |
| Duke of Bourbon | 1327 | Bourbon | Forfeit 1527 | |
| Duke of Normandy | 1332 | Royal family | Merged in the Crown 1350 | |
| Duke of Orléans | 1344 | Royal family | Extinct 1376 | |
| Duke of Bar | 1354 | Bar, Anjou, Lorraine | Returned to the Crown 1766 | |
| Duke of Normandy | 1355 | Royal family | Merged in the Crown 1364 | |
| Duke of Anjou | 1356 | Royal family | Extinct 1481 | |
| Duke of Auvergne | 1360 | Royal family | Extinct 1521 | |
| Duke of Berry | 1360 | Royal family | Extinct 1416 | |
| Duke of Touraine | 1360 | Royal family | Exchanged 1363 | |
| Duke of Burgundy | 1363 | Royal family | Annexed by the Crown 1477 | |
| Duke of Touraine | 1386 | Royal family | Exchanged 1392 | |
| Duke of Orléans | 1392 | Royal family | Merged in the Crown 1498 | |
| Duke of Guyenne | after 1392 | Royal family | Extinct 1400 | |
| Duke of Guyenne | after 1400 | Royal family | Extinct 1415 | |
| Duke of Touraine | 1401 | Royal family | Extinct 1416 | |
| Duke of Alençon | 1404 | Alençon | Extinct 1525 | Forfeit 1458–1461, 1474–1476 and 1482–1483 |
| Duke of Nemours | 1404 | Évreux | Extinct 1503 | |
| Duke of Valois | 1406 | Royal family | Merged in the Crown 1498 | |
| Duke of Berry | 1416 | Royal family | Extinct 1416 | |
| Duke of Touraine | 1416 | Royal family | Merged in the Crown 1422 | |
| Duke of Berry | 1417 | Royal family | Merged in the Crown 1422 | |
| Duke of Touraine | 1423 | Douglas | Extinct 1440 | |
| Duke of Normandy | 1436 | Royal family | Extinct 1436 | |
| Duke of Guyenne | 1436 | Royal family | Extinct 1436 | |
| Duke of Berry | 1461 | Royal family | Exchanged 1461 | |
| Duke of Normandy | 1465 | Royal family | Exchanged 1469 | |
| Duke of Guyenne | 1469 | Royal family | Extinct 1474 | |
| Duke of Valois | 1498 | Angoulême | Merged in the Crown 1515 | |
| Duke of Valentinois | 1498 | Borgia | Returned to the Crown before 1548 | |
| Duke of Longueville | 1505 | Orléans | Extinct 1694 | |
| Duke of Nemours | 1507 | Foix | Extinct 1512 | |
| Duke of Nemours | 1515 | Medici/Savoie | Extinct 1524 | |
| Duchess of Angoulême | 1515 | Savoie | Extinct 1531 | |
| Duchess of Anjou | 1515 | Savoie | Extinct 1531 | |
| Duke of Vendôme | 1515 | Bourbon | Merged in the Crown 1589 | |
| Duke of Châtellerault | 1515 | Bourbon-Montpensier | Forfeit 1527 | |
| Duchess of Valois | 1516 | Orléans | Extinct 1520 | |
| Duchess of Berry | 1517 | Royal family | Extinct 1549 | |
| Duke of Roannais | 1519 | Gouffier | Extinct 1519 | |
| Duke of Nemours | 1524 | Savoie | Extinct 1652 | |
| Duke of Dunois | 1525 | Orléans-Longueville | Extinct 1537 | |
| Duchess of Bourbon | 1527 | Savoie | Extinct 1532 | |
| Duchess of Châtellerault | 1527 | Savoie | Given away 1530 | |
| Duchess of Auvergne | 1528 | Savoie | Extinct 1532 | |
| Duke of Guise | 1528 | Lorraine | Extinct 1688 | |
| Duke of Chartres | 1528 | Royal Family, Este, Savoie-Nemours | Redeemed by the Crown 1623 | |
| Duchess of Châtellerault | 1530 | Savoie | Extinct 1532 | |
| Duke of Estouteville | 1537 | Estouteville, Bourbon-Saint-Pôl, Orléans-Longueville, Goyon de Matignon, Grimaldi | Extinct 1949 | |
| Duke of Étampes | 1537 | Pisseleu/Brosse | Extinct 1565 | |
| Duke of Nevers | 1539 | Albret, Cleves, Gonzaga | Sold 1659 | |
| Duke of Orléans | 1540 | Royal family | Extinct 1545 | |
| Duke of Angoulême | 1540 | Royal family | Extinct 1545 | |
| Duke of Châtellerault | 1540 | Royal family | Extinct 1545 | |
| Duke of Beaumont-le-Vicomte | 1543 | Alençon, Bourbon-Vendôme | Merged in the Crown 1589 | |
| Duke of Bourbon | 1544 | Royal family | Extinct 1545 | |
| Duke of Aumale | 1547 | Lorraine-Guise | Extinct 1631 | |
| Duke of Châtellerault | 1548 | Hamilton | Forfeit 1559 | Restored and extended in 1864, extinct 1895 |
| Duchess of Valentinois | 1548 | Poitiers | Extinct 1566 | |
| Duchess of Berry | 1550 | Royal family | Extinct 1574 | |
| Duke of Albret | 1550 | Albret, Bourbon-Vendôme | Merged in the Crown 1589 | |
| Duke of Montmorency | 1551 | Montmorency | Forfeit 1632 | |
| Duke of Chevreuse | 1555 | Lorraine | Sold 1655 | |
| Duke of Albret | 1556 | Albret, Bourbon | Merged in the Crown 1589 | |
| Duke of Beaupréau | 1562 | Bourbon-La Roche-sur-Yon | Extinct 1565 | |
| Duke of Thouars | 1563 | La Trémoille | Extinct 1933 | |
| Duke of Granville | 1563 | Bourbon-Vendôme | Extinct 1590 | |
| Duchess of Châtellerault | 1563 | de France | Exchanged 1582 | |
| Duke of Roannais | 1566 | Gouffier | Sold 1667 | |
| Duke of Enghien | 1566 | Bourbon-Condé | Extinct 1569 | |
| Duke of Anjou | 1566 | Royal family | Merged in the Crown 1574 | |
| Duke of Bourbon | 1566 | Royal family | Merged in the Crown 1547 | |
| Duke of Alençon | 1566 | Royal family | Extinct 1584 | |
| Duke of Château-Thierry | 1566 | Royal family | Extinct 1584 | |
| Duke of Auvergne | 1569 | Royal family | Merged in the Crown 1574 | |
| Duke of Penthièvre | 1569 | Luxembourg, Lorraine, Bourbon-Vendôme | Extinct 1687 | |
| Duke of Évreux | 1569 | Royal family | Extinct 1584 | |
| Duke of Mercœur | 1569 | Lorraine | Extinct 1712 | |
| Duke of Montargis | 1570 | Royal Family, Este, Lorraine | Sold 1612? | |
| Duke of Uzès | 1572 | Crussol | Extant | |
| Duke of Mayenne | 1573 | Lorraine-Guise, Gonzaga | Sold 1654 | |
| Duke of Saint-Fargeau | 1574 | Bourbon-Montpensier | Extinct 1693 | |
| Duke of Anjou | 1576 | Royal family | Extinct 1584 | |
| Duke of Touraine | 1576 | Royal family | Extinct 1584 | |
| Duke of Berry | 1576 | Royal family | Extinct 1584 | |
| Duke of Ventadour | 1578 | Lévis | Extinct 1717 | |
| Duke of Joyeuse | 1581 | Joyeuse, Lorraine-Guise | Extinct 1675 | |
| Duke of Piney | 1581 | Luxembourg, Albert, Clermont, Montmorency-Luxembourg | Extinct 1861 | |
| Duke of Epernon | 1581 | Nogaret de La Valette | Extinct 1661 | |
| Duke of Elbeuf | 1581 | Lorraine | Extinct 1825 | |
| Duke of Retz | 1581 | Gondi | Resigned 1634 | |
| Duke of Rethel | 1581 | Gonzaga | Sold 1658 | |
| Duchess of Angoulême | 1582 | Poitiers | Extinct 1619 | |
| Duke of Châtellerault | 1583 | Bourbon-Montpensier, Orléans | Extinct 1693 | |
| Duke of Hallwin | 1588 | Hallwin | Extinct 1611 | |
| Duke of Montbazon | 1588 | Rohan | Extinct 1593 | |
| Duke of Ventadour | 1589 | Lévis | Extinct 1717 | |
| Duke of Montbazon | 1595 | Rohan | Extant | |
| Duke of Beaufort | 1597 | Estrées, Bourbon-Vendôme | sold 1688 | |
| Duke of Vendôme | 1598 | Bourbon | Extinct 1712 | |
| Duke of Biron | 1598 | Gontaut | Forfeit 1602 | |
| Duke of Thouars | 1599 | La Trémoille | Extinct 1933 | |
| Duke of Aiguillon | 1600 | Lorraine-Mayenne | Extinct 1621 | |
| Duke of Rohan | 1603 | Rohan | extinct 1638 | |
| Duke of Sully | 1606 | Béthune | extinct 1807 | |
| Duke of Fronsac | 1608 | Orléans-Longueville | extinct 1631 | |
| Duchess of Montpensier | 1608 | Bourbon, Orléans | Extinct 1693 | |
| Duke of Damville | 1610 | Montmorency | Extinct 1632 | |
| Duke of Hallwin | 1611 | Hallwin | Extinct 1620 | |
| Duke of Châteauroux | 1616 | Bourbon-Condé | Extant | |
| Duke of Angoulême | 1619 | Valois | Extinct 1653 | |
| Duke of Luynes | 1619 | Albert | Extant | |
| Duke of Lesdiguières | 1620 | Bonne, Créquy | extinct 1711 | |
| Duke of Bellegarde | 1620 | Saint-Lary | extinct 1646 | |
| Duke of Brissac | 1620 | Cossé | extant | |
| Duke of La Rocheguyon | 1621 | Silly | extinct 1628 | |
| Duke of Chaulnes | 1621 | Albert d'Ailly | extinct 1698 | |
| Duke of Hallwin | 1621 | Hallwin, Schomberg | extinct 1656 | |
| Duke of Candale | 1621 | Nogaret de La Valette | extinct 1639 | |
| Duke of La Valette | 1622 | Nogaret de La Valette | extinct 1661 | |
| Duke of Orléans | 1626 | Royal family | extinct 1660 | |
| Duke of Chartres | 1626 | Royal family | extinct 1660 | |
| Duke of Chevreuse | 1627 | Lorraine-Guise | sold 1655 | |
| Duke of Villars | 1627 | Brancas | extinct 1858 | |
| Duke of Valois | 1630 | Royal family | extinct 1660 | |
| Duchess of Aumale | 1631 | Lorraine | extinct 1638 | |
| Duke of Richelieu | 1631 | Plessis, Vignerot, La Chapelle-Jumilhac | extinct 1952 | |
| Duke of La Rouchefoucauld | 1631 | La Rochefoucauld | extant | |
| Duke of Montmorency | 1633 | Bourbon-Condé | merged in the Crown in 1830 | title changed to Duke of Enghien in 1689 |
| Duke of Retz | 1634 | Gondy | extinct 1676 | |
| Duke of Fronsac | 1634 | Plessis, Maillé-Brézé, Bourbon-Condé, Vignerot | extinct 1822 | |
| Duke of Aiguillon | 1634 | L'Age | extinct 1635 | |
| Duke of Saint-Simon | 1635 | Rouvroy | extinct 1755 | |
| Duke of La Force | 1637 | Caumont | extinct 1755 | |
| Duke of Aumale | 1638 | Savoie-Nemours | extinct 1641 | |
| Duke of Aiguillon | 1638 | Vignerot, Plessis | extinct 1800 | |
| Duke of Albret | 1641 | Bourbon-Condé | given away 1651 | |
| Duke of Valentinois | 1642 | Grimaldi | extinct 1731 | |
| Duke of Aumale | 1643 | Savoie-Nemours | extinct 1652 | |
| Duke of Gramont | 1643 | Gramont | extinct 1644 | |
| Duke of Gramont | 1648 | Gramont | extant | |
| Duke of Rohan | 1648 | Rohan-Chabot | extant | |
| Duke of Albret | 1665 | La Tour d'Auvergne | extinct 1802 | |
| Duke of Château-Thierry | 1665 | La Tour d'Auvergne | extinct 1802 | |
| Duke of Bourbon | 1661 | Bourbon-Condé | merged in the Crown 1830 | |
| Duke of Orléans | 1661 | Royal family | merged in the Crown 1830 | |
| Duke of Chartres | 1661 | Royal family | merged in the Crown 1830 | From 1674, the eldest son of the Duke of Orléans |
| Duke of Valois | 1661 | Royal family | merged in the Crown 1830 | |
| Duke of Randan | 1661 | La Rochefoucauld-Randan, Foix de Candale | extinct 1714 | |
| Duke of Verneuil | 1663 | Bourbon | extinct 1682 | |
| Duke of Estrées | 1663 | Estrée | extant | |
| Duke of La Meilleraye | 1663 | La Porte-Mazarin | extinct 1738 | |
| Duke of Rethel | 1663 | La Porte-Mazarin | extinct 1738 | |
| Duke of Villeroy | 1663 | Neufville | extinct 1794 | |
| Duke of Mortemart | 1663 | Rochechouart | extant | |
| Duke of Poix | 1663 | Créquy | extinct 1687 | |
| Duke of Saint-Aignan | 1663 | Beauvilliers | extinct 1828 | |
| Duke of La Rocheguyon | 1663 | Plessis-Liancourt | extinct 1674 | |
| Duke of Tresmes | 1663 | Potier | extinct 1794 | title changed to Duke of Gesvres in 1670 |
| Duke of Noailles | 1663 | Noailles | extant | |
| Duke of Coislin | 1663 | Cambout | extinct 1732 | |
| Duke of Choiseul | 1665 | Choiseul | extinct 1705 | |
| Duke of Aumont | 1665 | Aumont | extinct 1888 | |
| Duke of Roannais | 1667 | Aubusson de La Feuillade | extinct 1725 | |
| Duke of Nemours | 1672 | Royal family | merged in the Crown in 1830 | |
| Duke of Saint-Cloud | 1674 | n/a | extinct 1811 | held by the Archbishop of Paris |
| Duchess of Angoulême | 1675 | Orléans | extinct 1696 | |
| Duke of Beaufort | 1688 | Montmorency-Luxembourg | extinct 1862 | title changed to Duke of Montmorency in 1689; extended in 1864, extinct 1951 |
| Duke of Duras | 1689 | Durfort, Chastellux | extant | title changed to Duke of Rauzan in 1825 |
| Duke of Boufflers | 1695 | Boufflers | extinct 1751 | |
| Duke of Harcourt | 1700 | Harcourt | extant | |
| Duke of Guise | 1704 | Bourbon-Condé | merged in the Crown 1830 | |
| Duke of Villars | 1705 | Villars | extinct 1777 | |
| Duke of Alençon | 1710 | Royal family | extinct 1714 | |
| Duke of Angoulême | 1710 | Royal family | extinct 1714 | |
| Duke of Fitz-James | 1710 | Fitz-James | extinct 1967 | |
| Duke of Rambouillet | 17711 | Légitimé de France, Bourbon | extinct 1792 | |
| Duke of Rohan-Rohan | 1714 | Rohan | extinct 1787 | |
| Duke of Valentinois | 1716 | Goyon de Matignon, Grimaldi | extinct 1949 | |
| Duke of Mercœur | 1723 | Bourbon-Conti | sold 1770 | |
| Duke of Rochefort | 1728 | Rohan | extant | |
| Duke of Châtellerault | 1730 | La Trémoille | extinct 1759 | |
| Duke of Lauragais | 1731 | Brancas | extinct 1794 | |
| Duke of Ayen | 1737 | Noailles | extinct 1793 | |
| Duke of Lesparre | 1739 | Gramont | extinct 1801 | |
| Duke of Gisors | 1742 | Fouquet | extinct 1761 | |
| Duke of Broglie | 1742 | Broglie | extant | |
| Duke of Anville | 1746 | La Rochefoucauld | extinct 1792 | |
| Duke of Coigny | 1747 | Coigny | extinct 1865 | |
| Duke of Clermont-Tonnerre | 1755 | Clermont-Tonnerre | extant | |
| Duke of Laval | 1758 | Montmorency-Laval | extinct 1851 | |
| Duke of Villequier | 1759 | Aumont | extinct 1888 | |
| Duke of Picquigny | 1761 | Albert de Chaulnes | extinct 1769 or 1792 | |
| Duke of Praslin | 1762 | Choiseul | extant | |
| Duke of Beaumont | 1765 | Montmorency-Luxembourg | extinct 1878 | |
| Duke of Liancourt | 1765 | La Rochefoucauld | extant | |
| Duke of Poix | 1767 | Noailles | extinct 1794 | |
| Duke of Anjou | 1771 | Royal family | merged in the Crown 1795 | |
| Duke of Angoulême | 1773 | Royal family | merged in the Crown 1824 | |
| Duke of Auvergne | 1773 | Royal family | exchanged 1778 | |
| Duke of Mercœur | 1773 | Royal family | exchanged 1778 | |
| Duke of Croï d'Havré | 1773 | Croy d'Havré | ||
| Duke of Alençon | 1774 | Royal family | merged in the Crown 1795 | |
| Duke of Civrac | 1774 | Durfort de Civrac | extinct 1787 | |
| Duke of Quintin | 1774 | Durfort de Civrac de Lorge | extant | title changed to Duke of Lorge in 1776 |
| Duke of Lesparre | 1774 | Gramont | extinct 1795 | |
| Duke of Berry | 1776 | Royal family | merged in the Crown 1824 | |
| Duc du Châtelet | 1777 | Châtelet | extinct 1793 | |
| Duke of Guiche | 1780 | Gramont | extinct 1836 | |
| Duke of Polignac | 1780 | Polignac | extant | |
| Duke of Maillé | 1784 | Maillé de La Tour Landry | extant | |
| Duke of Lévis | 1784 | Lévis | extinct 1863 | |
| Duke of Saulx-Tavannes | 1786 | Saulx-Tavannes | ||
| Duke of La Force | 1787 | Caumont | extant | |
| Duke of Massa | 1806 | Régnier | extinct 1962 | |
| Duke of Dantzig | 1807 | Lefebvre | extinct 1820 | |
| Duke of Parme | 1808 | Cambacérès | extinct 1824 | |
| Duke of Plaisance | 1808 | Lebrun | extinct 1926 | |
| Duke of Bellune | 1808 | Victor | extinct 1853 | |
| Duke of Conegliano | 1808 | Moncey | extinct 1842 | |
| Duke of Trévise | 1808 | Mortier | extinct 1912 | |
| Duke of Dalmatie | 1808 | Soult | extinct 1857 | |
| Duke of Valmy | 1808 | Kellermann | extinct 1868 | |
| Duke of Rivoli | 1808 | Masséna | extant | |
| Duke of Raguse | 1808 | Marmont | extinct 1852 | |
| Duke of Padoue | 1808 | Arrighi de Casanova | extinct 1888 | |
| Duke of Montebello | 1808 | Lannes | extant | |
| Duke of Castiglione | 1808 | Augereau | extinct 1915 | |
| Duke of Auerstaedt | 1808 | Davout | extinct 1853 | extended 1864, extant |
| Duke of Abrantes | 1808 | Junot | Extinct 1859 | extended 1869, extinct 1985 |
| Duke of Elchingen | 1808 | Ney | Extinct 1969 | |
| Duke of Rovigo | 1808 | Savary | Extinct 1872 | |
| Duke of Vicence | 1808 | Caulaincourt | Extinct 1896 | |
| Duke of Bassano | 1809 | Maret | Extinct 1906 | |
| Duke of Feltre | 1809 | Clarke | Extinct 1852 | extended 1864, extant |
| Duke of Istrie | 1809 | Bessières | Extinct 1856 | |
| Duke of Tarente | 1809 | MacDonald | Extinct 1912 | |
| Duke of Cadore | 1809 | Nompère de Champagny | Extinct 1893 | |
| Duke of Gaete | 1809 | Gaudin | Extinct 1841 | |
| Duke of Otrante | 1809 | Fouché | Extant | |
| Duke of Reggio | 1810 | Oudinot | Extant | |
| Duke of Navarre | 1810 | Beauharnais | Extinct 1852 | |
| Duke of Dalberg | 1810 | Dalberg | Extinct 1833 | Extended as Duke of Tascher de La Pagerie in 1859, extinct 1902 |
| Duke of Decrès | 1813 | Decrès | Extinct 1820 | |
| Duke of Albufera | 1813 | Suchet | Extant | |
| Duchess of Frioul | 1813 | Duroc | Extinct 1829 | |
| Duchess of Saint-Leu | 1814 | Beauharnais | Extinct 1837 | |
| Duc des Cars | 1816 | Pérusse | Extinct 1822 | |
| Duke of La Châtre | 1817 | La Châtre | Extinct 1824 | |
| Duke of Sabran | 1817 | Sabran, Pontevès | extant | |
| Duke of Talleyrand | 1817 | Talleyrand-Périgord | extinct 1968 | |
| Duke of Croy | 1817 | Croy | extant | |
| Duke of Avaray | 1817 | Bésiade | extinct 1941 | |
| Duke of Bauffremont | 1817 | Bauffremont | extant | |
| Duke of Crillon | 1817 | Berton des Balbi | extinct 1870 | |
| Duke of Valengin | 1817 | Berthier | extinct 1918 | |
| Duke of Havré | 1817 | Croy | extinct 1839 | |
| Duke of Choiseul | 1817 | Choiseul, Marmier | extinct 1947 | title changed to Duke of Marmier in 1839 |
| Duke of Aremberg | 1824 | Arenberg | Extinct 1877 | |
| Duke of Blacas | 1824 | Blacas d'Aulps | Extant | |
| Duke of Rivière | 1825 | Rivière | Extinct 1901 | |
| Duc des Cars | 1825 | Pérusse | Extant | |
| Duke of Caraman | 1830 | Riquet | Extant | |
| Duke of Céreste | 1830 | Brancas-Villars | Extinct 1858 | |
| Duke of Melfort | 1841 | Drummond | Extinct 1902 | |
| Duke of Pasquier | 1845 | Pasquier | Extant | title changed to Duke of Audiffret-Pasquier in 1862 |
| Duke of Isly | 1845 | Bugeaud | Extinct 1865 | |
| Duke of Montmorot | 1847 | Muñoz | Extinct 1873 | |
| Duke of Malakoff | 1856 | Pélissier | Extinct 1864 | |
| Duke of Magenta | 1859 | MacMahon | Extant | |
| Duke of Morny | 1863 | Morny | Extinct 1943 | |
| Duke of Persigny | 1863 | Fialin | Extinct 1885 |
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