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Image: Claude of France.svg|Claude of France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Countess of Soissons''' (1505)<br>'''Lady of Coucy''' (1505)</span>
Image: Claude of France.svg|Claude of France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Countess of Soissons''' (1505)<br>'''Lady of Coucy''' (1505)</span>
Image: Foix Béarn Bigorre.svg|Gaston of Foix<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Nemours''' (1507)</span>
Image: Foix Béarn Bigorre.svg|Gaston of Foix<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Nemours''' (1507)</span>
Image: Vendome Bourbon.svg|Charles IV de Bourbon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Vendome''' (1515)</span>
Image: Savoy.svg|Louise of Savoy<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duchess of Angouleme''' (1515)<br>'''Duchess of Anjou''' (1515)<br>'''Duchess of Nemours''' (1524)<br>'''Duchess of Bourbon''' (1527)<br>'''Duchess of Chatellerault''' (1527)<br>'''Duchess of Auvergne''' (1528)<br>'''Duchess of Chatellerault''' (1530)</span>
Image: Savoy.svg|Louise of Savoy<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duchess of Angouleme''' (1515)<br>'''Duchess of Anjou''' (1515)<br>'''Duchess of Nemours''' (1524)<br>'''Duchess of Bourbon''' (1527)<br>'''Duchess of Chatellerault''' (1527)<br>'''Duchess of Auvergne''' (1528)<br>'''Duchess of Chatellerault''' (1530)</span>
Image: Vendome Bourbon.svg|Charles IV de Bourbon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Vendome''' (1515)</span>
Image: Gilbert de Bourbon.svg|Francis of Bourbon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Chatellerault''' (1515)</span>
Image: Gilbert de Bourbon.svg|Francis of Bourbon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Chatellerault''' (1515)</span>
Image: Valois-Angouleme.svg|Jeanne of Orleans<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duchess of Valois''' (1516)</span>
Image: Valois-Angouleme.svg|Jeanne of Orleans<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duchess of Valois''' (1516)</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.