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| The Constable of France is the First Officer of the Crown, and Commander-in-Chief of the French army.<br>The early Constables preceded the age of heraldry. | | The Peerage of France consisted of the highest-ranking members of the French nobility. The original twelve peers were constituted in time immemorial. <br>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. <br>Peers who changed arms are marked with an asterisk (*), followed by a reference to titles later or formerly borne. |
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| <gallery caption="" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;"> | | <gallery caption="Twelve Ancient Peers" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;"> |
| Image: |1. Albéric<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"><br>c.1060</span> | | Image: Reims.svg| [[Arch-bishopric of Reims|Duke-Archbishopric of Reims]] |
| Image: |2. Balbéric<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"><br>c.1065</span>
| | Image: Langres.svg| [[Bishopric of Langres|Duke-Bishopric of Langres]] |
| Image: |3. Gauthier<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"><br>c.1069</span>
| | Image: Laon .svg| [[Bishopric of Laon|Duke-Bishopric of Laon]] |
| Image: |4. Adelelme<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"><br>c.1071</span>
| | Image: Nanteuil.svg| [[Bishopric of Beauvais|Count-Bishopric of Beauvais]] |
| Image: |5. Adam<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"><br>c.1075</span>
| | Image: Chalons.svg| [[Bishopric of Châlons|Count-Bishopric of Châlons]] |
| Image: |6. Thibaut de Montmorency<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Montmorency<br>c.1085</span>
| | Image: Noyon.svg| [[Bishopric of Noyon|Count-Bishopric of Noyon]] |
| Image: |7. Gaston<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Poissy<br>c.1107</span>
| | Image: Burgundy Ancient.svg| [[Duchy of Burgundy]] |
| Image: |8. Hugues le Borgne de Chaumont<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"><br>c.1108</span>
| | Image: Normandy.svg| [[Duchy of Normandy]] |
| Image: |9. Mathieu I de Montmorency<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Montmorency, Ecouen, Marly, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine and Attichy<br>c.1138</span>
| | Image: Ramnulfids Aquitaine.svg| [[Duchy of Aquitaine]] |
| Image: |Simon de Neauphle-le-Château<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Neauphle-le-Château<br>c.1165</span>
| | Image: Flandern.svg|[[County of Flanders]] |
| Image: Clermont Nesle.svg|10. Raoul de Clermont<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis<br>1174 – 1191</span>
| | Image: Champagne.svg| [[County of Champagne]] |
| | | Image: Toulouse.svg| [[County of Toulouse]] |
| Image: Mello.svg|11. Dreux IV de Mello<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Saint-Bris<br>1193 - 1218</span>
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| Image: De Montmorency.svg|12. Mathieu II le Grand<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Montmorency<br>1218</span> | |
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| Image: De Montfort.svg|13. Amaury VI de Montfort<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Montfort-l'Amaury<br>1231 - 1240</span>
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| Image: Beaujeu.svg|14. Humbert V de Beaujeu<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Beaujeu<br>1240</span> | |
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| Image: Gilles le Brun Trazegnies.svg|15. Gilles II de Trasignies<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Trasignies<br>1248</span>
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| Image: Beaujeu.svg|16. Humbert de Beaujeu<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Montpensier<br>1260 - 1285</span>
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| Image: Raoul II de Clermont.svg|17. Raoul II de Clermont<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Nesles and Briois<br>1277 - 1302</span> | |
| Image: Chatillon-Porcien.svg|18. Gaucher de Châtillon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Porcien<br>Lord of Châtillon-sur-Marne and Crécy<br>1302 - 1329</span>
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| Image: Brienne Salle des Croisades.svg|19. Raoul I de Brienne<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Eu and Guines<br>1329 – 1345</span>
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| Image: Eu.svg|20. Raoul II de Brienne<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Eu and Guines<br>1344 – 1350</span> | |
| Image: Charles de la Cerda.svg|21. Charles de la Cerda<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Angoulême<br>Lord of Lunel<br>1350 – 1354</span>
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| Image: Marche Bourbon.svg|22. Jacques I de Bourbon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of La Marche and Ponthieu<br>1354 – 1356</span>
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| Image: Eu.svg|23. Gauthier VI de Brienne<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Brienne<br>Duke of Athens<br>1356</span>
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| Image: Fiennes.svg|24. Robert Morel de Fiennes<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Tingry, Belles and Ruminghen<br>1356 – 1370</span> | |
| Image: Du Guesclin.svg|25. Bertrand du Guesclin<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Molina<br>Count of Burgos and Longueville<br>1370 – 1380</span>
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| Image: De Clisson.svg|26. Olivier IV de Clisson<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Clisson<br>Count of Porhoët<br>1380-1392</span>
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| Image: Artois.svg|27. Philippe d'Artois<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Eu<br>1392-1397</span>
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| Image: Sancerre.svg|28. Louis de Sancerre<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Charenton, Bommies, Condé and Luzy<br>1397-1402</span> | |
| Image: Albret.svg|29. Charles I d'Albret<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Sire d'Albret<br>Count of Dreux<br>Viscount of Tartas<br>1402-1411, 1413-1415</span> | |
| Image: Luxembourg-Ligny.svg|30. Valéran III de Luxembourg<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Saint-Pôl and Ligny<br>Lord of Fiennes and Bohain<br>Grand Butler of France<br>1411-1413</span> | |
| Image: Armagnac.svg|31. Bernard VII d'Armagnac<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Armagnac and Fezensac<br>1415-1418</span> | |
| Image: Alsace.svg|32. Charles le Hardi de Lorraine<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Lorraine<br>1418-1419</span> | |
| Image: John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Buchan.svg|33. John Stewart<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Earl of Buchan and Douglas<br>1424</span> | |
| Image: Arthur de Richemont.svg|34. Arthur III de Bretagne<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Earl of Richmond<br>Lord of Parthenay<br>later Duke of Brittany<br>1425-1458</span>
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| Image: Luxembourg-Ligny.svg|35. Louis de Luxembourg<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Saint-Pôl and Ligny<br>Lord of Enghien and Bourbourg<br>1465-1475</span>
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| Image: Bourbon Capet 1400.svg|36. Jean II le Bon de Bourbon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Bourbon and Auvergne<br>Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis and Forez<br>Baron of Roannais and Beaujeu<br>Prince of Dombes<br>1483-1488</span>
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| Image: Bourbon Capet 1400.svg|37. Charles III de Bourbon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Bourbon, Auvergne and Châtellerault<br>Count of Montpensier, Clermont-en-Beauvaisis, La Marche, and Forez<br>Dauphin of Auvergne<br>Prince of Dombes<br>1515-1523</span>
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| Image: De Montmorency.svg|38. Anne de Montmorency<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Montmorency<br>Count of Beaumont-sur-Oise and Dammartin<br>Governor of Languedoc<br>Grand Master of France<br>Marshal of France<br>1538-1567</span>
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| Image: De Montmorency.svg|39. Henri I de Montmorency<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Montmorency<br>Count of Dammartin and Alais<br>Baron of Châteaubriant and Damville<br>Governor of Languedoc<br>Marshal of France<br>1593-1614</span>
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| Image: Quarterly 1 and 4 or a lion gules crowned azure, 2 and 3 azure two wolves combatant argent, inescutcheon gules a mace or garnished sable, on a chief argent a gonfanon gules|40. Charles d'Albert<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Luynes<br>Marquis of Albert<br><br>Governor of Picardy<br>Grand Falconer of France<br>1621</span>
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| Image: Bonne.svg|41. François de Bonne<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Lesdiguières<br>Governor of Dauphine<br>Marshal of France<br>1622-1626</span>
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