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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. <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.
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. <br>Peerages originally granted to more than one peer are marked with a double dagger (‡).




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Image: Valois.svg|John of France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Count of Maine''' (1331)<br>'''Duke of Normandy''' (1332)</span>
Image: Valois.svg|John of France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Count of Maine''' (1331)<br>'''Duke of Normandy''' (1332)</span>
Image: Philip of Orleans.svg|Philip of France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Orleans''' (1344)<br>'''Count of Valois''' (1344)</span>
Image: Philip of Orleans.svg|Philip of France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Orleans''' (1344)<br>'''Count of Valois''' (1344)</span>
Image: Flandern.svg|Louis II de Dampierre<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Flanders<br>'''Count of Nevers''' (1347)</span>
Image: Nevers.svg|Margaret of France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Countess of Burgundy and Artois<br>'''Countess of Nevers''' (1347)‡</span>
Image: Flandern.svg|Louis II de Dampierre<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Flanders<br>'''Count of Nevers''' (1347)</span>
Image: Navarre d'Evreux.svg|Charles II<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Navarre<br>'''Count of Mantes''' (1353)<br>'''Count of Beaumont-le-Roger''' (1354)<br>'''Lord of Montpellier''' (1371)</span>
Image: Navarre d'Evreux.svg|Charles II<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Navarre<br>'''Count of Mantes''' (1353)<br>'''Count of Beaumont-le-Roger''' (1354)<br>'''Lord of Montpellier''' (1371)</span>
Image: Charles of France.svg|Charles of France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Dauphin of France<br>'''Duke of Normandy''' (1355)</span>
Image: Charles of France.svg|Charles of France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Dauphin of France<br>'''Duke of Normandy''' (1355)</span>
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Image: Lorraine Guise.svg|Claude de Lorraine<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Guise''' (1528)<br></span>
Image: Lorraine Guise.svg|Claude de Lorraine<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Guise''' (1528)<br></span>
Image: Marie d’Albret.svg|Marie d'Albret<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Countess of Rethel<br>'''Duchess of Nevers''' (1539)</span>
Image: Marie d’Albret.svg|Marie d'Albret<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Countess of Rethel<br>'''Duchess of Nevers''' (1539)</span>
Image: Gilbert de Bourbon.svg|Louise de Bourbon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duchess of Montpensier''' (1539)</span>
Image: Gilbert de Bourbon.svg|Louise de Bourbon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duchess of Montpensier''' (1539)‡</span>
Image: Bourbon Montpensier.svg|Louis de Bourbon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Montpensier''' (1539)‡</span>
Image: Charles I d'Orleans.svg|Charles of France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Orleans''' (1540)<br>'''Duke of Angouleme''' (1540)<br>'''Duke of Chatellerault''' (1540)<br>'''Count of Clermont''' (1540)<br>'''Count of La Marche''' (1540)<br>'''Duke of Bourbon''' (1544)</span>
Image: Charles I d'Orleans.svg|Charles of France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Orleans''' (1540)<br>'''Duke of Angouleme''' (1540)<br>'''Duke of Chatellerault''' (1540)<br>'''Count of Clermont''' (1540)<br>'''Count of La Marche''' (1540)<br>'''Duke of Bourbon''' (1544)</span>
Image: Lorraine Aumale.svg|Francis de Lorraine<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Aumale''' (1547)</span>
Image: Lorraine Aumale.svg|Francis de Lorraine<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Aumale''' (1547)</span>
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Image: De Gondi.svg|Albert de Gondi<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Retz''' (1581)</span>
Image: De Gondi.svg|Albert de Gondi<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Retz''' (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: Lorraine Elbeuf.svg|Charles I de Lorraine<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Elbeuf''' (1581)</span>
Image: Hallwin.svg|Charles d'Hallwin<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke 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: 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: 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>
Image: Montmorency-Damville.svg|Charles de Montmorency<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Damville''' (1610)</span>
Image: Montmorency-Damville.svg|Charles de Montmorency<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Damville''' (1610)</span>
Image: Henry de Nogaret de La Valette.svg|Henry de Nogaret de La Valette<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Hallwin''' (1611)<br>'''Duke of Candale''' (1621)</span>
Image: Hallwin.svg|Anne d'Hallwin<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duchess of Candale''' (1611)‡<br>'''Duchess of Hallwin''' (1621)‡</span>
Image: Conde.svg|Henri de Bourbon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Prince of Conde<br>'''Duke of Châteauroux''' (1616)<br>'''Duke of Montmorency''' (1633)<br>'''Duke of Albret''' (1641)</span>
Image: Henry de Nogaret de La Valette.svg|Henry de Nogaret de La Valette<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Hallwin''' (1611)<br>'''Duke of Candale''' (1621)</span>
Image: Conde.svg|Henri de Bourbon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Prince of Conde<br>'''Duke of Châteauroux''' (1616)<br>'''Duke of Montmorency''' (1633)<br>'''Duke of Albret''' (1641)</span>
Image: Charles d'Albert de Luynes.svg|Charles d'Albert<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Luynes''' (1619)</span>
Image: Charles d'Albert de Luynes.svg|Charles d'Albert<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Luynes''' (1619)</span>
Image: Bonne.svg|François de Bonne<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Lesdiguières''' (1620)</span>
Image: Bonne.svg|François de Bonne<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Lesdiguières''' (1620)</span>
Image: Cossé.svg|Charles II de Cossé<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Brissac''' (1620)</span>
Image: Cossé.svg|Charles II de Cossé<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Brissac''' (1620)</span>
Image: Roger de Saint-Lary.svg|Roger de Saint-Lary<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Bellegarde''' (1620)</span>
Image: Roger de Saint-Lary.svg|Roger de Saint-Lary<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Bellegarde''' (1620)</span>
Image: Schoenberg.svg|Charles de Schomberg<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Hallwin''' (1621)</span>
Image: Schoenberg.svg|Charles de Schomberg<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Hallwin''' (1621)</span>
Image: Honoré d'Albert.svg|Honoré d'Albert<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Chaulnes''' (1621)</span>
Image: Honoré d'Albert.svg|Honoré d'Albert<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Chaulnes''' (1621)</span>
Image: Orleans.svg|Gaston of France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Orleans''' (1626)<br>'''Duke of Chartres''' (1626)<br>'''Duke of Valois''' (1630)</span>
Image: Orleans.svg|Gaston of France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Orleans''' (1626)<br>'''Duke of Chartres''' (1626)<br>'''Duke of Valois''' (1630)</span>
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Image: Bernard de Nogaret de La Valette.svg|Bernard de Nogaret de La Valette<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of La Valette''' (1631)</span>
Image: Bernard de Nogaret de La Valette.svg|Bernard de Nogaret de La Valette<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of La Valette''' (1631)</span>
Image: La Rochefoucau.svg|François V de La Rochefoucauld<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of La Rochefoucauld''' (1631)</span>
Image: La Rochefoucau.svg|François V de La Rochefoucauld<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of La Rochefoucauld''' (1631)</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;">'''Duke of Puylaurens''' (1634)</span>
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Image: Marie-Madeleine de Vignerot.svg|Marie-Madeleine de Vignerot<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duchess of Aiguillon''' (1638)</span>
Image: Marie-Madeleine de Vignerot.svg|Marie-Madeleine de Vignerot<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duchess of Aiguillon''' (1638)</span>
Image: Grimaldi.svg|Honoré II Grimaldi<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Prince of Monaco<br>'''Duke of Valentinois''' (1642)</span>
Image: Grimaldi.svg|Honoré II Grimaldi<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Prince of Monaco<br>'''Duke of Valentinois''' (1642)</span>
Image: Rohan-Chabot.svg|Henri de Chabot<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Rohan''' (1648)</span>
Image: Rohan.svg|Marguerite de Rohan<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duchess of Rohan''' (1648)‡</span>
Image: Rohan-Chabot.svg|Henri de Chabot<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Rohan''' (1648)</span>
Image: Conde.svg|Louis II de Bourbon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Prince of Conde<br>'''Duke of Bourbon''' (1661)</span>
Image: Conde.svg|Louis II de Bourbon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Prince of Conde<br>'''Duke of Bourbon''' (1661)</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: 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>
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Image: Bourbon Legitime.svg|Louis Alexandre de Bourbon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Toulouse<br>'''Duke of Damville''' (1694)<br>'''Duke of Penthièvre''' (1697)<br>'''Duke of Châteauvillain''' (1703)<br>'''Duke of Rambouillet''' (1711)</span>
Image: Bourbon Legitime.svg|Louis Alexandre de Bourbon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Toulouse<br>'''Duke of Damville''' (1694)<br>'''Duke of Penthièvre''' (1697)<br>'''Duke of Châteauvillain''' (1703)<br>'''Duke of Rambouillet''' (1711)</span>
Image: Bourbon Legitime.svg|Louis Auguste de Bourbon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Maine<br>'''Duke of Aumale''' (1695)</span>
Image: Bourbon Legitime.svg|Louis Auguste de Bourbon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Maine<br>'''Duke of Aumale''' (1695)</span>
Image: Conde.svg|Henri Jules de Bourbon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Prince of Conde<br>'''Duke of Guise''' (1704)</span>
Image: Wittelsbach Bavaria.svg|Anne of Bavaria<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Princess of Conde<br>'''Duchess of Guise''' (1704)‡</span>
Image: Conde.svg|Henri Jules de Bourbon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Prince of Conde<br>'''Duke of Guise''' (1704)</span>
Image: Boufflers.svg|Louis François de Boufflers<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Boufflers''' (1708)</span>
Image: Boufflers.svg|Louis François de Boufflers<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Boufflers''' (1708)</span>
Image: Villars-les-Dombes.svg|Claude Louis Hector de Villars<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Villars''' (1709)</span>
Image: Villars-les-Dombes.svg|Claude Louis Hector de Villars<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Villars''' (1709)</span>
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Image: Bourbon Legitime.svg|Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Toulouse<br>Duke of Penthievre<br>'''Duke of Aumale''' (1776)<br>'''Duke of Gisors''' (1777)<br>'''Duke of Amboise''' (1787)</span>
Image: Bourbon Legitime.svg|Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Toulouse<br>Duke of Penthievre<br>'''Duke of Aumale''' (1776)<br>'''Duke of Gisors''' (1777)<br>'''Duke of Amboise''' (1787)</span>
Image: Lennox of Richmond.svg|Charles Lennox<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Richmond and Lennox<br>'''Duke of Aubigny''' (1777)</span>
Image: Lennox of Richmond.svg|Charles Lennox<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Richmond and Lennox<br>'''Duke of Aubigny''' (1777)</span>
Image: Capet.svg|Marie Adélaïde of France<br>Sophie of France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duchesses of Louvois''' (1777)</span>
Image: Capet.svg|Marie Adélaïde of France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duchess of Louvois''' (1777)‡</span>
Image: Capet.svg|Sophie of France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duchess of Louvois''' (1777)</span>
Image: Choiseul.svg|Claude de Choiseul<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Choiseul''' (1787)</span>
Image: Choiseul.svg|Claude de Choiseul<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Choiseul''' (1787)</span>
Image: Franquetot.svg|François-Henri de Franquetot<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Coigny''' (1787)</span>
Image: Franquetot.svg|François-Henri de Franquetot<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Coigny''' (1787)</span>


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Revision as of 12:02, 11 June 2015

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 (‡).