Constables of France: Difference between revisions

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The Constable of France is the First Officer of the Crown, and Commander-in-Chief of the French army.

The early Constables preceded the age of heraldry.

Constables of France
10. Raoul de Clermont
Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis
1174 – 1191
11. Dreux IV de Mello
Lord of Saint-Bris
1193 - 1218
12. Mathieu II le Grand
Lord of Montmorency
1218
13. Amaury VI de Montfort
Count of Montfort-l'Amaury
1231 - 1240
14. Humbert V de Beaujeu
Lord of Beaujeu
1240
15. Gilles II de Trasignies
Lord of Trasignies
1248
16. Humbert de Beaujeu
Lord of Montpensier
1260 - 1285
17. Raoul II de Clermont
Lord of Nesles and Briois
1277 - 1302
18. Gaucher de Châtillon
Count of Porcien
Lord of Châtillon-sur-Marne and Crécy
1302 - 1329
19. Raoul I de Brienne Count of Eu and Guines 1329 – 1345

19. Raoul I de Brienne
Count of Eu and Guines
1329 – 1345
20. Raoul II de Brienne
Count of Eu and Guines
1344 – 1350
21. Charles de la Cerda
Count of Angoulême
Lord of Lunel
1350 – 1354
22. Jacques I de Bourbon
Count of La Marche and Ponthieu
1354 – 1356
23. Gauthier VI de Brienne
Count of Brienne
Duke of Athens
1356
24. Robert Morel de Fiennes
Lord of Tingry, Belles and Ruminghen
1356 – 1370
25. Bertrand du Guesclin
Duke of Molina
Count of Burgos and Longueville
1370 – 1380
26. Olivier IV de Clisson
Lord of Clisson
Count of Porhoët
1380-1392
27. Philippe d'Artois
Count of Eu
1392-1397
28. Louis de Sancerre
Lord of Charenton, Bommies, Condé and Luzy
1397-1402
29. Charles I d'Albret
Sire d'Albret
Count of Dreux
Viscount of Tartas
1402-1411, 1413-1415
30. Valéran III de Luxembourg
Count of Saint-Pôl and Ligny
Lord of Fiennes and Bohain
Grand Butler of France
1411-1413
31. Bernard VII d'Armagnac
Count of Armagnac and Fezensac
1415-1418
32. Charles le Hardi de Lorraine
Duke of Lorraine
1418-1419
33. John Stewart
Earl of Buchan and Douglas
1424
34. Arthur III de Bretagne
Earl of Richmond
Lord of Parthenay
later Duke of Brittany
1425-1458
35. Louis de Luxembourg
Count of Saint-Pôl and Ligny
Lord of Enghien and Bourbourg
1465-1475
36. Jean II le Bon de Bourbon Duke of Bourbon and Auvergne Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis and Forez Baron of Roannais and Beaujeu Prince of Dombes 1483-1488

36. Jean II le Bon de Bourbon
Duke of Bourbon and Auvergne
Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis and Forez
Baron of Roannais and Beaujeu
Prince of Dombes
1483-1488
37. Charles III de Bourbon Duke of Bourbon, Auvergne and Châtellerault Count of Montpensier, Clermont-en-Beauvaisis, La Marche, and Forez Dauphin of Auvergne Prince of Dombes 1515-1523

37. Charles III de Bourbon
Duke of Bourbon, Auvergne and Châtellerault
Count of Montpensier, Clermont-en-Beauvaisis, La Marche, and Forez
Dauphin of Auvergne
Prince of Dombes
1515-1523
38. Anne de Montmorency
Duke of Montmorency
Count of Beaumont-sur-Oise and Dammartin
Governor of Languedoc
Grand Master of France
Marshal of France
1538-1567
39. Henri I de Montmorency
Duke of Montmorency
Count of Dammartin and Alais
Baron of Châteaubriant and Damville
Governor of Languedoc
Marshal of France
1593-1614
40. Charles d'Albert Duke of Luynes Marquis of Albert Governor of Picardy Grand Falconer of France 1621

40. Charles d'Albert
Duke of Luynes
Marquis of Albert

Governor of Picardy
Grand Falconer of France
1621
41. François de Bonne
Duke of Lesdiguières
Governor of Dauphine
Marshal of France
1622-1626

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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 Constable of France is the First Officer of the Crown, and Commander-in-Chief of the French army.
+The early Constables preceded the age of heraldry.
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+<gallery caption="" 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: |2. Balbéric<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"><br>c.1065</span>
+Image: |3. Gauthier<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"><br>c.1069</span>
+Image: |4. Adelelme<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"><br>c.1071</span>
+Image: |5. Adam<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"><br>c.1075</span>
+Image: |6. Thibaut de Montmorency<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Montmorency<br>c.1085</span>
+Image: |7. Gaston<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Poissy<br>c.1107</span>
+Image: |8. Hugues le Borgne de Chaumont<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"><br>c.1108</span>
+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: |Simon de Neauphle-le-Château<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Neauphle-le-Château<br>c.1165</span>
+</gallery>
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 <gallery caption="Constables of France" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
 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: 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>
 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>
 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>
 Image: Beaujeu.svg|14. Humbert V de Beaujeu<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Beaujeu<br>1240</span>
 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>
 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: 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>
 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>
 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: 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>
 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>
-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>
+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 (Charles d'Albert de Luynes)|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>
 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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