Order of the Holy Spirit - Henry III
The Order of the Holy Spirit was the most prestigious order of chivalry under the French monarchy.
Titles attached to a French peerage are marked with an asterisk(*).
- Founder
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Henry III
King of France and Poland
- First Promotion (1578)
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1. Charles de Bourbon
Prince of the Blood*
Cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen -
2. Louis de Lorraine
Archbishop-Duke of Reims*
Cardinal de Guise
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3. René de Birague
Cardinal, Bishop of Lodève
Chancellor of France -
4. Philippe de Lenoncourt
Bishop-Emeritus of Auxerre -
5. Pierre de Gondi
Bishop of Paris -
6. Charles d'Escars
Bishop-Duke of Langres* -
7. René de Daillon du Lude
Abbot of Châteliers -
8. Jacques Amyot
Bishop of Auxerre
Grand Almoner of France
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1. Louis IV Gonzague
Prince of Mantua
Duke of Nevers*
Count of Rethel*
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2. Philippe-Emmanuel de Lorraine
Duke of Mercœur* and Penthievre*
Marquess of Nomeny
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3. Jacques II de Crussol
Count of Crussol
Duke of Uzès*
Lord of Levis, Acier and Florensac -
4. Charles de Lorraine
Duke of Aumale*
Grand Huntsman of France -
5. Honorat de Savoye
Marquess of Villars
Count of Tenda and Sommerive
Marshal and Admiral of France
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6. Arthus de Cossé
Lord of Gonnor
Count of Secondigny
Marshal and Grand Panetier of France -
7. François Gouffier
Lord of Crèvecoeur and Bonnivet
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8. François d'Escars
Count of Escars
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9. Charles de Hallwin
Lord of Piennes
Marquess of Meignelais
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10. Charles de La Rochefoucauld
Lord of Barbézieux, Linières, Meillant and Preuilly
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11. Jean d'Escars
Lord of La Vauguyon
Prince of Carency
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12. Christophe Juvénal des Ursins
Lord of La Chapelle-Gautier and Doue
Marquess of Trainel
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13. François Le Roy
Lord of Chavigny
Count of Clinchamp
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14. Scipion de Fiesque
Count of Lavagne and Calestan
Lord of Bressuire and Louroux -
15. Antoine de Pons
Sire of Pons
Count of Marennes
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16. Jacques d'Humières
Sire of Humières and Monchy
Marquess of Ancre
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17. Jean VI d'Aumont
Count of Châteauroux
Baron of Estrabonne and Chappes
Marshal of France
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18. Jean de Chourses
Lord of Malicorne
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19. Albert de Gondi
Count of Retz
Marshal of France
General of the Galleys -
20. René de Villequier
Baron of Clairvaux, Aubigny and Evry
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21. Jean Blosset
Baron of Torcy and Plessis-Paté
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22. Claude de Villequier
Lord of Villequier
Viscount of la Guerche and Touraine -
23. Antoine d'Estrées
Marquess of Cœuvres
Viscount of Soissons
Grand Master of Artillery of France
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24. Charles-Robert de La Marck
Count of Braine and Maulévrier
Baron of Pontarcy
Viscount of Huissaye
Lord of Rignac, Coilonges and Villemer
Duke of Bouillon
Prince of Sedan -
25. François de Balzac
Lord of Entragues, Marcoussis and Bois-Malherbes
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26. Philibert de La Guiche
Lord of La Guiche and Chaumont
Grand Master of Artillery of France
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27. Philippe Strozzi
Lord of Epernay
Colonel-General of the Infantry
