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<gallery caption="Twelve Ancient Peers" 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: Reims.svg| Archbishop of Reims<br>[[Arch-bishopric of Reims|Duke of Reims]]
Image: Reims.svg| Archbishop of Reims<br>[[Arch-bishopric of Reims|Duke of Reims]]
Image: Laon .svg| Bishop of Laon<br>[[Bishopric of Laon|Duke of Laon]]
Image: Laon.svg| Bishop of Laon<br>[[Bishopric of Laon|Duke of Laon]]
Image: Langres.svg| Bishop of Langres<br>[[Bishopric of Langres|Duke of Langres]]
Image: Langres.svg| Bishop of Langres<br>[[Bishopric of Langres|Duke of Langres]]
Image: Beauvais.svg| Bishop of Beauvais<br>[[Bishopric of Beauvais|Count of Beauvais]]
Image: Beauvais.svg| Bishop of Beauvais<br>[[Bishopric of Beauvais|Count of Beauvais]]

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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 (‡).