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Image: Jean de Touraine.svg|Charles of France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Touraine''' (1416)<br>'''Duke of Berry''' (1417)</span>
Image: Jean de Touraine.svg|Charles of France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Touraine''' (1416)<br>'''Duke of Berry''' (1417)</span>
Image: Archibald Douglas.svg|Archibald Douglas<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Earl of Douglas<br>'''Duke of Touraine''' (1423)</span>
Image: Archibald Douglas.svg|Archibald Douglas<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Earl of Douglas<br>'''Duke of Touraine''' (1423)</span>
Image: John Stewart.svg|John Stewart<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Count of Evreux''' (1424)</span>
Image: John Stewart.svg|John Stewart<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Aubigny<br>'''Count of Evreux''' (1427)</span>
Image: Dunkeld.svg|James I<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Scotland<br>'''Count of Saintonge''' (1428)</span>
Image: Dunkeld.svg|James I<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Scotland<br>'''Count of Saintonge''' (1428)</span>
Image: Francis Phoebus of Navarre.svg|Gaston IV de Foix<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Count of Foix''' (1458)</span>
Image: Francis Phoebus of Navarre.svg|Gaston IV de Foix<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Count of Foix''' (1458)</span>
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Image: Alencon Modern.svg|Hercules Francis of France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Alencon''' (1566)'''<br>Duke of Chateau-Thierry''' (1566)<br>'''Count of Perche''' (1566)<br>'''Count of Meulan''' (1566)<br>'''Count of Mantes''' (1566)<br>'''Duke of Evreux''' (1569)<br>'''Count of Dreux''' (1569)<br>*later Duke of Anjou, etc.</span>
Image: Alencon Modern.svg|Hercules Francis of France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Alencon''' (1566)'''<br>Duke of Chateau-Thierry''' (1566)<br>'''Count of Perche''' (1566)<br>'''Count of Meulan''' (1566)<br>'''Count of Mantes''' (1566)<br>'''Duke of Evreux''' (1569)<br>'''Count of Dreux''' (1569)<br>*later Duke of Anjou, etc.</span>
Image: Luxembourg-Ligny.svg|Sebastian of Luxembourg<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Penthievre''' (1569)</span>
Image: Luxembourg-Ligny.svg|Sebastian of Luxembourg<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Penthievre''' (1569)</span>
Image: Lorraine Mercoeur.svg|Nicolas de Lorraine<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Mercoeur''' (1569)</span>
Image: Lorraine Mercoeur.svg|Nicolas de Lorraine<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Vaudemont<br>'''Duke of Mercoeur''' (1569)</span>
Image: Crussol Uzes.svg|Antoine de Crussol<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Uzes''' (1572)</span>
Image: Crussol Uzes.svg|Antoine de Crussol<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Uzes''' (1572)</span>
Image: Lorraine Mayenne.svg|Charles de Lorraine<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Mayenne''' (1573)</span>
Image: Lorraine Mayenne.svg|Charles de Lorraine<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Mayenne''' (1573)</span>
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Image: Lorraine Elbeuf.svg|Charles I de Lorraine<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Elbeuf''' (1581)</span>
Image: Lorraine Elbeuf.svg|Charles I de Lorraine<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Elbeuf''' (1581)</span>
Image: Chabot.svg|Anne Chabot<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duchess of Hallwin''' (1587)‡</span>
Image: Chabot.svg|Anne Chabot<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duchess of Hallwin''' (1587)‡</span>
Image: Hallwin.svg|Charles d'Hallwin<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Hallwin''' (1587)‡</span>
Image: Hallwin.svg|Charles d'Hallwin<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marquis of Meignelais<br>'''Duke of Hallwin''' (1587)‡</span>
Image: Rohan Montbazon.svg|Louis VII de Rohan<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Montbazon''' (1588)</span>
Image: Rohan Montbazon.svg|Louis VII de Rohan<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Montbazon''' (1588)</span>
Image: Gilbert III de Lévis.svg|Gilbert III de Lévis<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Ventadour''' (1589)</span>
Image: Gilbert III de Lévis.svg|Gilbert III de Lévis<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Ventadour''' (1589)</span>
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Image: Lorraine Mayenne.svg|Henri de Lorraine<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Aiguillon''' (1600)</span>
Image: Lorraine Mayenne.svg|Henri de Lorraine<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Aiguillon''' (1600)</span>
Image: Rohan.svg|Henri de Rohan<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Rohan''' (1603)</span>
Image: Rohan.svg|Henri de Rohan<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Rohan''' (1603)</span>
Image: Bethune.svg|Maximilien de Béthune<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Sully''' (1606)</span>
Image: Bethune.svg|Maximilien de Béthune<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marquis of Rosny<br>'''Duke of Sully''' (1606)</span>
Image: Orleans Longueville Fronsac.svg|François d'Orléans-Longueville<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Fronsac''' (1608)</span>
Image: Orleans Longueville Fronsac.svg|François d'Orléans-Longueville<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Fronsac''' (1608)</span>
Image: Bourbon Montpensier.svg|Marie de Bourbon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duchess of Montpensier''' (1608)</span>
Image: Bourbon Montpensier.svg|Marie de Bourbon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duchess of Montpensier''' (1608)</span>
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Image: De Montmorency.svg|Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duchess of Montmorency''' (1633)‡</span>
Image: De Montmorency.svg|Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duchess of Montmorency''' (1633)‡</span>
Image: De Gondi.svg|Pierre de Gondi<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Retz''' (1634)</span>
Image: De Gondi.svg|Pierre de Gondi<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Retz''' (1634)</span>
Image: Antoine de l'Age.svg|Antoine de l'Age<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Puylaurens''' (1634)</span>
Image: Antoine de l'Age.svg|Antoine de l'Age<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Puylaurens<br>'''Duke of Aiguillon''' (1634)</span>
Image: Claude de Rouvroy.svg|Claude de Rouvroy<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Saint-Simon''' (1635)</span>
Image: Claude de Rouvroy.svg|Claude de Rouvroy<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Saint-Simon''' (1635)</span>
Image: Jacques-Nompar de Caumont.svg|Jacques-Nompar de Caumont<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of La Force''' (1637)</span>
Image: Jacques-Nompar de Caumont.svg|Jacques-Nompar de Caumont<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of La Force''' (1637)</span>
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Image: Orleans.svg|Philippe de France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Orleans''' (1661)<br>'''Duke of Chartres''' (1661)<br>'''Duke of Valois''' (1661)<br>'''Duke of Nemours''' (1672)<br>'''Duke of Montpensier''' (1695)</span>
Image: Orleans.svg|Philippe de France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Orleans''' (1661)<br>'''Duke of Chartres''' (1661)<br>'''Duke of Valois''' (1661)<br>'''Duke of Nemours''' (1672)<br>'''Duke of Montpensier''' (1695)</span>
Image: Bourbon Legitime.svg|Henri de Bourbon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Verneuil''' (1663)</span>
Image: Bourbon Legitime.svg|Henri de Bourbon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Verneuil''' (1663)</span>
Image: François Annibal d'Estrées.svg|François Annibal d'Estrées<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Estrées''' (1663)</span>
Image: François Annibal d'Estrées.svg|François Annibal d'Estrées<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marquis of Coeuvres<br>'''Duke of Estrées''' (1663)</span>
Image: Antoine II de Gramont.svg|Antoine II de Gramont<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Gramont''' (1663)</span>
Image: Antoine II de Gramont.svg|Antoine II de Gramont<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Gramont''' (1663)</span>
Image: Harduin de La Porte.svg|Charles de La Porte<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of La Meilleraye''' (1663)<br>'''Duke of Rethel-Mazarin''' (1663)‡</span>
Image: Harduin de La Porte.svg|Charles de La Porte<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of La Meilleraye''' (1663)<br>'''Duke of Rethel-Mazarin''' (1663)‡</span>
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Image: Neufville de Villeroy.svg|Nicolas V de Neufville<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Villeroy''' (1663)</span>
Image: Neufville de Villeroy.svg|Nicolas V de Neufville<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Villeroy''' (1663)</span>
Image: Gabriel de Rochechouart.svg|Gabriel de Rochechouart<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Mortemart''' (1663)</span>
Image: Gabriel de Rochechouart.svg|Gabriel de Rochechouart<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Mortemart''' (1663)</span>
Image: Crequy.svg|Charles III de Créquy<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Poix-Créquy''' (1663)</span>
Image: Crequy.svg|Charles III de Créquy<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Prince of Poix<br>'''Duke of Créquy''' (1663)</span>
Image: Beauvilliers.svg|François Honorat de Beauvilliers<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Saint-Aignan''' (1663)</span>
Image: Beauvilliers.svg|François Honorat de Beauvilliers<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Saint-Aignan''' (1663)</span>
Image: Foix-Candale.svg|Henri François de Foix<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Randan''' (1663)</span>
Image: Foix-Candale.svg|Henri François de Foix<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Randan''' (1663)</span>
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Image: Antoine d'Aumont.svg|Antoine d'Aumont<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Aumont''' (1665)</span>
Image: Antoine d'Aumont.svg|Antoine d'Aumont<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Aumont''' (1665)</span>
Image: Saint-Nectaire.svg|Henri de Saint-Nectaire<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of La Ferté-Senneterre''' (1665)</span>
Image: Saint-Nectaire.svg|Henri de Saint-Nectaire<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of La Ferté-Senneterre''' (1665)</span>
Image: Choiseul du Plessis-Praslin.svg|César I de Choiseul<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Choiseul''' (1665)</span>
Image: Choiseul du Plessis-Praslin.svg|César I de Choiseul<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Praslin<br>'''Duke of Choiseul''' (1665)</span>
Image: De la Tour d'Auvergne-Turenne.svg|Godefroy-Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Albret''' (1665)<br>'''Duke of Chateau-Thierry''' (1665)</span>
Image: De la Tour d'Auvergne-Turenne.svg|Godefroy-Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Bouillon<br>'''Duke of Albret''' (1665)<br>'''Duke of Chateau-Thierry''' (1665)</span>
Image: La Baume Le Blanc.svg|Louise-Françoise de La Baume Le Blanc<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duchess of La Vallière''' (1667)</span>
Image: La Baume Le Blanc.svg|Louise-Françoise de La Baume Le Blanc<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duchess of La Vallière''' (1667)</span>
Image: Bethune Charost.svg|Louis de Béthune<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Béthune-Charost''' (1690)</span>
Image: Bethune Charost.svg|Louis de Béthune<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Béthune-Charost''' (1690)</span>
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Image: Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin.svg|Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Antin''' (1711)</span>
Image: Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin.svg|Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Antin''' (1711)</span>
Image: D'Albert d'Ailly.svg|Louis Auguste d'Albert<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Chaulnes''' (1711)</span>
Image: D'Albert d'Ailly.svg|Louis Auguste d'Albert<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Chaulnes''' (1711)</span>
Image: Rohan.svg|Hercule Mériadec de Rohan<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Rohan-Rohan''' (1714)</span>
Image: Rohan.svg|Hercule Mériadec de Rohan<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Prince of Soubise<br>'''Duke of Rohan-Rohan''' (1714)</span>
Image: Melun.svg|Louis de Melun<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Joyeuse''' (1714)</span>
Image: Melun.svg|Louis de Melun<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Prince of Epinoy<br>'''Duke of Joyeuse''' (1714)</span>
Image: Hostun.svg|Camille d'Hostun<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Hostun''' (1715)</span>
Image: Hostun.svg|Camille d'Hostun<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Tallart<br>'''Duke of Hostun''' (1715)</span>
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Image: Grimaldi.svg|Jacques I Goyon de Matignon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Prince of Monaco<br>'''Duke of Valentinois''' (1716)</span>
Image: Goyon de Matignon.svg|Jacques I Goyon de Matignon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Thorigny<br>'''Duke of Valentinois''' (1716)</span>
Image: D'Aubusson.svg|Louis d'Aubusson<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of La Feuillade''' (1716)</span>
Image: D'Aubusson.svg|Louis d'Aubusson<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of La Feuillade''' (1716)</span>
Image: Brancas.svg|Louis de Brancas<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Villars-Brancas''' (1716)</span>
Image: Brancas.svg|Louis de Brancas<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Villars-Brancas''' (1716)</span>
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Image: De Levis.svg|Charles Eugène de Lévis<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Levis''' (1723)</span>
Image: De Levis.svg|Charles Eugène de Lévis<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Levis''' (1723)</span>
Image: La Baume Le Blanc.svg|Charles François de La Baume Le Blanc<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of La Valliere''' (1723)</span>
Image: La Baume Le Blanc.svg|Charles François de La Baume Le Blanc<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of La Valliere''' (1723)</span>
Image: Bourbon Conti.svg|Louis François de Bourbon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Mercoeur''' (1723)</span>
Image: Bourbon Conti.svg|Louis François de Bourbon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Prince of Conti<br>'''Duke of Mercoeur''' (1723)</span>
Image: Rosset de Rocozels.svg|Jean Hercule de Rosset<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Fleury''' (1736)</span>
Image: Rosset de Rocozels.svg|Jean Hercule de Rosset<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Fleury''' (1736)</span>
Image: Chatillon.svg|Alexis de Châtillon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Chatillon''' (1736)</span>
Image: Chatillon.svg|Alexis de Châtillon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Chatillon''' (1736)</span>
Image: Fouquet Belle-Isle.svg|Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Gisors''' (1742)</span>
Image: Fouquet Belle-Isle.svg|Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Marquis of Belle-Isle<br>'''Duke of Gisors''' (1742)</span>
Image: Durfort Duras.svg|Emmanuel-Félicité de Durfort<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Duras''' (1756)</span>
Image: Durfort Duras.svg|Emmanuel-Félicité de Durfort<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Duras''' (1756)</span>
Image: Quélen de Stuer de Caussade.svg|Antoine de Quélen<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of La Vauguyon''' (1758)</span>
Image: Quélen de Stuer de Caussade.svg|Antoine de Quélen<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of La Vauguyon''' (1758)</span>

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The Peerage of France consisted of the highest-ranking members of the French nobility. The original twelve peers were constituted in time immemorial.
Later peers were created by the King of France. The coats of arms shown below depict the arms of the peer when the peerage was granted.
Peers who changed arms are marked with an asterisk (*), followed by a reference to titles later or formerly borne.
Peerages originally granted to more than one peer are marked with a double dagger (‡).