Peerage of France
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 (‡).
- Twelve Ancient Peers
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Archbishop of Reims
Duke of Reims -
Bishop of Laon
Duke of Laon -
Bishop of Langres
Duke of Langres -
Bishop of Beauvais
Count of Beauvais -
Bishop of Châlons
Count of Châlons -
Bishop of Noyon
Count of Noyon -
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- 13th Century
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John II of Brittany
Duke of Brittany (1297) -
Charles of France
Count of Valois
Count of Anjou (1297) -
Robert II of Artois
Count of Artois (1297)
- 14th-15th Century
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Philip of France
Count of Poitiers (1314) -
Charles of France
Count of La Marche (1316) -
Louis of France
Count of Evreux (1316) -
Philip of Evreux
Count of Angouleme (1317) -
Louis de Clermont
Count of La Marche (1321)
Duke of Bourbon (1327) -
Charles of Evreux
Count of Etampes (1327) -
Robert III of Artois
Count of Beaumont-le-Roger (1328) -
John of France
Count of Maine (1331)
Duke of Normandy (1332) -
Philip of France
Duke of Orleans (1344)
Count of Valois (1344) -
Margaret of France
Countess of Burgundy and Artois
Countess of Nevers (1347)‡ -
Louis II de Dampierre
Count of Flanders
Count of Nevers (1347)‡ -
Charles II
King of Navarre
Count of Mantes (1353)
Count of Beaumont-le-Roger (1354)
Lord of Montpellier (1371) -
Charles of France
Dauphin of France
Duke of Normandy (1355) -
Louis of France
Duke of Anjou (1356)
Count of Maine (1360) -
John of France
Count of Poitou (1357)
Count of Mâcon (1359)
Duke of Berry (1360)
Duke of Auvergne (1360)
Count of Poitou (1369) -
Philip of France
Duke of Touraine (1360)
*later Duke of Burgundy -
Philip of France
Duke of Burgundy (1363)
*formerly Duke of Touraine -
Louis of France
Duke of Touraine (1386)
Duke of Orleans (1392)
Count of Valois (1392)
Count of Perigord (1399)
Count of Soissons (1404)
Lord of Coucy (1404)
Duke of Valois (1406) -
John of France
Duke of Touraine (1401)
Count of Mortagne (1407)
*later Dauphin of France -
John I of Alencon
Duke of Alencon (1404) -
Charles III
King of Navarre
Duke of Nemours (1404) -
Anthony of Burgundy
Duke of Brabant
Count of Rethel (1405) -
Peter of Navarre
Count of Mortain (1407) -
Louis of France
Dauphin of France
Duke of Guyenne
Count of Mortain (1414) -
John of France
Dauphin of France
Duke of Berry (1416)
*also Duke of Touraine -
Charles of France
Duke of Touraine (1416)
Duke of Berry (1417) -
Archibald Douglas
Earl of Douglas
Duke of Touraine (1423) -
John Stewart
Lord of Aubigny
Count of Evreux (1427) -
James I
King of Scotland
Count of Saintonge (1428) -
Gaston IV de Foix
Count of Foix (1458) -
Charles of Artois
Count of Eu (1458) -
Charles of Burgundy
Count of Nevers (1459) -
Charles of France
Duke of Berry (1461)
*later Duke of Normandy and Guyenne -
John II of Burgundy
Count of Nevers (1464) -
Charles of France
Duke of Normandy (1465)
Count of Mortain (1465)
*formerly Duke of Berry, later Duke of Guyenne -
Charles of France
Duke of Guyenne (1469)
*formerly Duke of Berry and Normandy -
Frederick of Naples
Count of Villefranche (1480) -
Francis of Orleans
Count of Angouleme
Duke of Valois (1498)
- 16th Century
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Engelbert of Cleves
Count of Nevers (1505) -
Claude of France
Countess of Soissons (1505)
Lady of Coucy (1505) -
Gaston of Foix
Duke of Nemours (1507) -
Charles IV de Bourbon
Duke of Vendome (1515) -
Louise of Savoy
Duchess of Angouleme (1515)
Duchess of Anjou (1515)
Duchess of Nemours (1524)
Duchess of Bourbon (1527)
Duchess of Chatellerault (1527)
Duchess of Auvergne (1528)
Duchess of Chatellerault (1530) -
Francis of Bourbon
Duke of Chatellerault (1515) -
Jeanne of Orleans
Duchess of Valois (1516) -
Marguerite of Orleans
Duchess of Berry (1517) -
Claude de Lorraine
Duke of Guise (1528)
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Marie d'Albret
Countess of Rethel
Duchess of Nevers (1539) -
Louise de Bourbon
Duchess of Montpensier (1539)‡ -
Louis de Bourbon
Duke of Montpensier (1539)‡ -
Charles of France
Duke of Orleans (1540)
Duke of Angouleme (1540)
Duke of Chatellerault (1540)
Count of Clermont (1540)
Count of La Marche (1540)
Duke of Bourbon (1544) -
Francis de Lorraine
Duke of Aumale (1547) -
Marguerite of France
Duchess of Berry (1550) -
Anne de Montmorency
Duke of Montmorency (1551) -
Jeanne III
Queen of Navarre
Duchess of Albret (1556) -
Alexander Edward of France
Duke of Anjou (1566)
Duke of Bourbon (1566)
Count of Forez (1566)
Duke of Auvergne (1569) -
Hercules Francis of France
Duke of Alencon (1566)
Duke of Chateau-Thierry (1566)
Count of Perche (1566)
Count of Meulan (1566)
Count of Mantes (1566)
Duke of Evreux (1569)
Count of Dreux (1569)
*later Duke of Anjou, etc. -
Sebastian of Luxembourg
Duke of Penthievre (1569) -
Nicolas de Lorraine
Count of Vaudemont
Duke of Mercoeur (1569) -
Antoine de Crussol
Duke of Uzes (1572) -
Charles de Lorraine
Duke of Mayenne (1573) -
Francis of Bourbon
Duke of Saint-Fargeau (1574) -
Hercules Francis of France
Duke of Anjou (1576)
Duke of Touraine (1576)
Duke of Berry (1576)
*also Duke of Alencon, etc. -
Anne de Joyeuse
Duke of Joyeuse (1581) -
Jean Louis de Nogaret de La Valette
Duke of Épernon (1581) -
Louis de Gonzague
Duke of Nevers
Duke of Rethel (1581) -
Francis of Luxembourg
Duke of Piney-Luxembourg (1581) -
Albert de Gondi
Duke of Retz (1581) -
Charles I de Lorraine
Duke of Elbeuf (1581) -
Anne Chabot
Duchess of Hallwin (1587)‡ -
Charles d'Hallwin
Marquis of Meignelais
Duke of Hallwin (1587)‡ -
Louis VII de Rohan
Duke of Montbazon (1588) -
Gilbert III de Lévis
Duke of Ventadour (1589) -
Hercule de Rohan
Duke of Montbazon (1595) -
Gabrielle d'Estrées
Duchess of Beaufort (1597) -
César de Bourbon
Duke of Vendome (1598) -
Charles de Gontaut
Duke of Biron (1598) -
Claude de La Trémoille
Duke of Thouars (1599)
- 1600-1715
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Henri de Lorraine
Duke of Aiguillon (1600) -
Henri de Rohan
Duke of Rohan (1603) -
Maximilien de Béthune
Marquis of Rosny
Duke of Sully (1606) -
François d'Orléans-Longueville
Duke of Fronsac (1608) -
Marie de Bourbon
Duchess of Montpensier (1608) -
Charles de Montmorency
Duke of Damville (1610) -
Anne d'Hallwin
Duchess of Candale (1611)‡
Duchess of Hallwin (1621)‡ -
Henry de Nogaret de La Valette
Duke of Hallwin (1611)‡
Duke of Candale (1621) -
Henri de Bourbon
Prince of Conde
Duke of Châteauroux (1616)
Duke of Montmorency (1633)‡
Duke of Albret (1641) -
Charles d'Albert
Duke of Luynes (1619) -
François de Bonne
Duke of Lesdiguières (1620) -
Charles II de Cossé
Duke of Brissac (1620) -
Roger de Saint-Lary
Duke of Bellegarde (1620) -
Charles de Schomberg
Duke of Hallwin (1621)‡ -
Honoré d'Albert
Duke of Chaulnes (1621) -
Gaston of France
Duke of Orleans (1626)
Duke of Chartres (1626)
Duke of Valois (1630) -
Claude de Lorraine
Duke of Chevreuse (1627) -
Armand Jean du Plessis
Duke of Richelieu (1631)
Duke of Fronsac (1634) -
Bernard de Nogaret de La Valette
Duke of La Valette (1631) -
François V de La Rochefoucauld
Duke of La Rochefoucauld (1631) -
Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency
Duchess of Montmorency (1633)‡ -
Pierre de Gondi
Duke of Retz (1634) -
Antoine de l'Age
Lord of Puylaurens
Duke of Aiguillon (1634) -
Claude de Rouvroy
Duke of Saint-Simon (1635) -
Jacques-Nompar de Caumont
Duke of La Force (1637) -
Marie-Madeleine de Vignerot
Duchess of Aiguillon (1638) -
Honoré II Grimaldi
Prince of Monaco
Duke of Valentinois (1642) -
Marguerite de Rohan
Duchess of Rohan (1648)‡ -
Henri de Chabot
Duke of Rohan (1648)‡ -
Louis II de Bourbon
Prince of Conde
Duke of Bourbon (1661) -
Philippe de France
Duke of Orleans (1661)
Duke of Chartres (1661)
Duke of Valois (1661)
Duke of Nemours (1672)
Duke of Montpensier (1695) -
Henri de Bourbon
Duke of Verneuil (1663) -
François Annibal d'Estrées
Marquis of Coeuvres
Duke of Estrées (1663) -
Antoine II de Gramont
Duke of Gramont (1663) -
Charles de La Porte
Duke of La Meilleraye (1663)
Duke of Rethel-Mazarin (1663)‡ -
Hortense Mancini
Duchess of Rethel-Mazarin (1663)‡ -
Nicolas V de Neufville
Duke of Villeroy (1663) -
Gabriel de Rochechouart
Duke of Mortemart (1663) -
Charles III de Créquy
Prince of Poix
Duke of Créquy (1663) -
François Honorat de Beauvilliers
Duke of Saint-Aignan (1663) -
Henri François de Foix
Duke of Randan (1663) -
Roger du Plessis
Duke of La Roche-Guyon (1663) -
René Potier
Duke of Tresmes (Gesvres) (1663) -
Anne de Noailles
Duke of Noailles (1663) -
Armand de Cambout
Duke of Coislin (1663) -
Charles de Sainte-Maure
Duke of Montausier (1665) -
Antoine d'Aumont
Duke of Aumont (1665) -
Henri de Saint-Nectaire
Duke of La Ferté-Senneterre (1665) -
César I de Choiseul
Count of Praslin
Duke of Choiseul (1665) -
Godefroy-Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne
Duke of Bouillon
Duke of Albret (1665)
Duke of Chateau-Thierry (1665) -
Louise-Françoise de La Baume Le Blanc
Duchess of La Vallière (1667) -
Louis de Béthune
Duke of Béthune-Charost (1690) -
François de Harlay de Champvalon
Archbishop of Paris
Duke of Saint-Cloud (1690) -
Louis Alexandre de Bourbon
Count of Toulouse
Duke of Damville (1694)
Duke of Penthièvre (1697)
Duke of Châteauvillain (1703)
Duke of Rambouillet (1711) -
Louis Auguste de Bourbon
Duke of Maine
Duke of Aumale (1695) -
Anne of Bavaria
Princess of Conde
Duchess of Guise (1704)‡ -
Henri Jules de Bourbon
Prince of Conde
Duke of Guise (1704)‡ -
Louis François de Boufflers
Duke of Boufflers (1708) -
Claude Louis Hector de Villars
Duke of Villars (1709) -
Henri d'Harcourt
Duke of Harcourt (1709) -
James FitzJames
Duke of Berwick
Duke of Fitz-James (1710) -
Charles of France
Duke of Berry
Duke of Alencon (1710)
Duke of Angouleme (1710) -
Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin
Duke of Antin (1711) -
Louis Auguste d'Albert
Duke of Chaulnes (1711) -
Hercule Mériadec de Rohan
Prince of Soubise
Duke of Rohan-Rohan (1714) -
Louis de Melun
Prince of Epinoy
Duke of Joyeuse (1714) -
Camille d'Hostun
Count of Tallart
Duke of Hostun (1715)
- After 1715
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Jacques I Goyon de Matignon
Count of Thorigny
Duke of Valentinois (1716) -
Louis d'Aubusson
Duke of La Feuillade (1716) -
Louis de Brancas
Duke of Villars-Brancas (1716) -
Philippe Jules Mancini
Duke of Nevers (1720) -
Charles-Armand de Gontaut
Duke of Biron (1723) -
Charles Eugène de Lévis
Duke of Levis (1723) -
Charles François de La Baume Le Blanc
Duke of La Valliere (1723) -
Louis François de Bourbon
Prince of Conti
Duke of Mercoeur (1723) -
Jean Hercule de Rosset
Duke of Fleury (1736) -
Alexis de Châtillon
Duke of Chatillon (1736) -
Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet
Marquis of Belle-Isle
Duke of Gisors (1742) -
Emmanuel-Félicité de Durfort
Duke of Duras (1756) -
Antoine de Quélen
Duke of La Vauguyon (1758) -
Étienne François de Choiseul
Duke of Stainville (1758)
Duke of Choiseul d'Amboise (1764) -
César Gabriel de Choiseul
Duke of Praslin (1762) -
Louis Stanislas of France
Count of Provence
Duke of Anjou (1771)
Duke of Alencon (1774)
Duke of Brunoy (1777) -
Charles of France
Count of Artois
Duke of Angouleme (1773)
Duke of Auvergne (1773)
Duke of Mercoeur (1773)
Duke of Berry (1776)
Duke of Chateauroux (1776) -
Gaspard de Clermont-Tonnerre
Duke of Clermont-Tonnerre (1775) -
Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon
Count of Toulouse
Duke of Penthievre
Duke of Aumale (1776)
Duke of Gisors (1777)
Duke of Amboise (1787) -
Charles Lennox
Duke of Richmond and Lennox
Duke of Aubigny (1777) -
Marie Adélaïde of France
Duchess of Louvois (1777)‡ -
Sophie of France
Duchess of Louvois (1777)‡ -
Claude de Choiseul
Duke of Choiseul (1787) -
François-Henri de Franquetot
Duke of Coigny (1787)
