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 -
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* -
2. Philippe-Emmanuel de Lorraine
Duke of Mercœur* and Penthievre*
Marquess of Nomeny -
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 -
6. Arthus de Cossé
Lord of Gonnor
Count of Secondigny
Marshal and Grand Panetier of France -
7. François Gouffier
Lord of Crèvecoeur and Bonnivet -
8. François d'Escars
Count of Escars -
9. Charles de Hallwin
Lord of Piennes
Marquess of Meignelais -
10. Charles de La Rochefoucauld
Lord of Barbézieux, Linières, Meillant and Preuilly -
11. Jean d'Escars
Lord of La Vauguyon
Prince of Carency -
12. Christophe Juvénal des Ursins
Lord of La Chapelle-Gautier and Doue
Marquess of Trainel -
13. François Le Roy
Lord of Chavigny
Count of Clinchamp -
14. Scipion de Fiesque
Count of Lavagne and Calestan
Lord of Bressuire and Louroux -
15. Antoine de Pons
Sire of Pons
Count of Marennes -
16. Jacques d'Humières
Sire of Humières and Monchy
Marquess of Ancre -
17. Jean VI d'Aumont
Count of Châteauroux
Baron of Estrabonne and Chappes
Marshal of France -
18. Jean de Chourses
Lord of Malicorne -
19. Albert de Gondi
Count of Retz
Marshal of France
General of the Galleys -
20. René de Villequier
Baron of Clairvaux, Aubigny and Evry -
21. Jean Blosset
Baron of Torcy and Plessis-Paté -
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 -
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 -
26. Philibert de La Guiche
Lord of La Guiche and Chaumont
Grand Master of Artillery of France -
27. Philippe Strozzi
Lord of Epernay
Colonel-General of the Infantry
- Second Promotion (1579)
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1. François de Bourbon
Prince of the Blood*
Prince of Conti
Sovereign of Châteaurenault
Lord of Bonnestable and Lucé -
2. François de Bourbon
Prince of the Blood*
Prince Dauphin of Auvergne
Duke of Saint-Fargeau*
Sovereign Prince of Dombes -
3. Henri de Lorraine
Duke of Guise*
Count of Eu*
Prince of Joinville
Grand Master of France -
4. Louis de Saint-Gelais
Baron of La Motte-Saint-Heraye
Lord of Lansac and Précy-sur-Oise -
5. Jean d'Ebrard
Baron of Saint-Sulpice -
6. Jacques II de Goyon
Lord of Matignon
Count of Torigny
Marshal of France -
7. Bertrand de Salignac
Lord of la Mothe-Fénelon
Viscount of Saint-Julien
Baron of Loubert
- Third Promotion (1580)
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1. François de Luxembourg
Duke of Piney-Luxembourg*
Prince of Tingry
Count of Roucy and Ligny
Baron of Ponthierry -
2. Charles de Birague
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3. Jean de Léaumont
Lord of Puygaillard
Baron of Brou and Moré
Grand Marshal of the Camps and Armies of the King -
4. René de Rochechouart
Baron of Mortemart
Lord of Lussac -
5. Henri de Lénoncourt
Lord of Lenoncourt and Coupevray -
6. Nicolas d'Angennes
Lord of Rambouillet
Vidame of Mans
- Fourth Promotion (1581)
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1. Charles de Lorraine
Duke of Elbeuf*
Grand Equerry and Grand Huntsman -
2. Armand de Gontaut
Lord of Biron
Marshal of France -
3. Guy de Daillon
Count of Lude and Pontgibaut
Baron of Illiers, Chêne-Doré and Magné -
4. François de La Baume
Count of Suze -
5. Antoine de Levis
Count of Quélus -
6. Jean de Thévale
Lord of Thévale, Aviré and Bouillé
Count of Créances -
7. Louis d'Angennes
Baron of Meslay
Lord of Maintenon
Grand Sergeant of the King's Household
