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
Henry III
King of France and Poland

First Promotion (1578)
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

7. René de Daillon du Lude
Abbot of Châteliers
8. Jacques Amyot
Bishop of Auxerre
Grand Almoner of France

1. Louis IV Gonzague
Prince of Mantua
Duke of Nevers*
Count of Rethel*
2. Philippe-Emmanuel de Lorraine
Duke of Mercœur* and Penthievre*
Marquis 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
Marquis 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
Marquis 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
Marquis 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
Marquis 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
Lord-Baron of Torcy and Plessis-Paté
22. Claude de Villequier
Lord-Baron of Villequier
Viscount of La Guerche and Touraine
23. Antoine d'Estrées
Marquis 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)
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)
1. François de Luxembourg
Duke of Piney-Luxembourg*
Prince of Tingry
Count of Roucy and Ligny
Baron of Ponthierry
2. Charles de Birague
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)
1. Charles de Lorraine
Duke of Elbeuf*
Grand Equerry and Grand Huntsman
2. Armand de Gontaut
Lord-Baron of Biron
Marshal of France
3. Guy de Daillon Count of Lude and Pontgibaut Baron of Illiers, Chêne-Doré and Magné

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

Fifth Promotion (1582)
1. Charles de Lorraine
Duke of Mayenne*
Admiral and Grand Chamberlain of France
2. Anne de Joyeuse
Duke of Joyeuse*
Admiral of France
3. Jean Louis de Nogaret de la Valette
Duke of Epernon*
Admiral and Colonel-General of the Infantry
4. Tannegui Le Veneur
Count of Tillières
Lord of Carrouges
5. Jean de Moy
Lord of La Meilleraye
Vice-Admiral of France
6. Philippe de Volvire
Marquis of Ruffec
Lord of Saint-Brice
Viscount of Bois de La Roche
7. François de Mandelot
Lord of Pacy, Lerné and Vireaux
Viscount of Châlons
8. Tristan de Rostaing
Baron of Brou and La Guerche
Lord of Vaux, Thieux and Noisy-le-Sec
Grand Verderer of France
9. Jean-Jacques de Susanne
Count of Cerny

Sixth Promotion (1583)
1. Charles de Lorraine
Cardinal de Vaudemont
Bishop-Count of Toul

1. Honorat de Bueil
Lord of Fontaines
Vice-Admiral of France
2. René de Rochefort
Baron of Frôlois and La Croisette
3. Jean de Vivonne
Marquis of Pisany
Lord of Saint-Gouard
4. Louis Chasteigner
Lord of Abain and La Rocheposay
Baron of Preuilly
5. Bernard de Nogaret
Lord of La Valette
Admiral of France
6. Henri de Joyeuse
Count of Bouchage
Marshal of France
7. Nicolas de Grimonville
Lord of Larchant, Auteuil and La Boulaye
8. Louis d'Amboise
Count of Aubijoux
Baron of Châteauneuf, Bonnefont, Cazaubon, Sauveterre and Graulhet
9. François de La Valette
Lord of Cornusson and Parisot
10. François de Cazillac
Baron of Cessac
Lord of Millars
11. Joachim de Dinteville
Lord of Dinteville and Fougerolles
Baron of Emery, Saint-Bris, Spoy, Murville and Grignon
12. Joachim de Châteauvieux
Lord of Verjon
Count of Confolant
13. Charles de Balzac
Lord of Clermont d'Entragues
14. Charles du Plessis
Lord of Liancourt
Marquis of Guercheville
Count of Beaumont-sur-Oise
15. François de Chabanes
Marquis of Curton
Count of Rochefort
Viscount of La Roche-Masselin
16. Robert de Combault
Lord of Arcies
17. François de Saint-Nectaire
Lord of Saint-Nectaire and la Ferté-Nabert

Seventh Promotion (1584)
1. Jean de Saint-Lary Lord-Baron of Termes Marshal of Camp

1. Jean de Saint-Lary
Lord-Baron of Termes
Marshal of Camp
2. Jean de Vienne
Lord-Baron of Ruffey
3. Louis de Castellanne
Adhémar de Monteil
Count of Grignan
Baron of Entrecasteaux

Eighth Promotion (1585)
1. Charles de Bourbon
Prince of the Blood*
Count of Soissons* and Dreux
Grand Master of France
2. Jean de Vasse
Lord of Vassé and Classé
Baron of La Roche-Mabille
3. Adrien Tiercelin
Lord of Brosse and Sarcus
4. François Chabot
Marquis of Mirebeau
Count of Charny
Lord of Brion
5. Gilles de Souvré
Marquis of Courtenvaux
Marshal of France
6. François d'O
Lord of O, Fresnes and Maillebois
Superintendent of Finances
7. Claude de La Châtre
Lord-Baron of La Maisonfort
Marshal of France
8. Giraud de Mauléon
Lord of Gourdan
9. Jacques de Loubens
Lord of Loubens and Verdalle
10. Louis de Berton
Lord of Crillon
Baron of Varies and Saint-Jean de Vassous
11. Jean d'Angennes
Lord of Poigny and Boisorcan
12. François de La Jugie du Puy-du-Val Lord-Baron of Rieux

12. François de La Jugie du Puy-du-Val
Lord-Baron of Rieux
13. François-Louis d'Agoût de Montauban
Count of Sault
Lord of Vesc, La Tour d'Aigues, Montlaur and Grimaud
14. Guillaume de Saulx
Lord-Viscount of Tavannes
15. Meri de Barbezières
Lord of La Roche-Chémeraut and Bois-le-Vicomte
Grand Sergeant of the King's Household
16. François du Plessis
Lord of Richelieu, Béçay and Chillou
Grand Provost of France
17. Gabriel Nompar de Caumont Count of Lauzun Viscount of Montbahus Baron of Puy-Guilhem, Verteuil and La Crouillie Lord of Tombeboeuf

17. Gabriel Nompar de Caumont
Count of Lauzun
Viscount of Montbahus
Baron of Puy-Guilhem, Verteuil and La Crouillie
Lord of Tombeboeuf
18. Hector de Pardaillan
Lord of Montespan and Gondrin
19. Louis de Champagne
Count of La Suze
Baron of Brouassin and La Chapelle-Rainsouin
20. René de Bouillé
Count of Crancé
Lord of Bouillé
21. Louis du Bois
Lord of Arpentis
22. Jean d'O
Lord of Manou and Courteilles
23. Henri de Silly
Count of La Rocheguyon
Baron of Aquigny and Crèvecoeur
24. Antoine de Bauffremont
Marquis of Arc en Barrois
Lord of Listenois
25. Jean du Chastelet
Lord of Thon
Sovereign of Vauvillars
Marquis of Trichâteau
26. François d'Escoubleau
Lord of Sourdis
27. Charles d'Ongnies
Count of Chaulnes
Lord of La Hargerie
28. David Bouchard
Viscount of Aubeterre
Baron of Pauléon