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Image: Joyeuse Saint-Didier.svg|Anne de Joyeuse<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Joyeuse''' (1581)</span>
Image: Joyeuse Saint-Didier.svg|Anne de Joyeuse<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Joyeuse''' (1581)</span>
Image: Luxembourg-Ligny.svg|Francis of Luxembourg<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Piney-Luxembourg''' (1581)</span>
Image: Luxembourg-Ligny.svg|Francis of Luxembourg<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Piney-Luxembourg''' (1581)</span>
Image: Per pale (1) argent a walnut tree vert, and (2) gules a cross of Toulouse or. On a chief gules a cross potent argent. Inescutcheon, azure a bell argent with a clapper sable|Jean Louis de Nogaret de La Valette<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Épernon''' (1581)</span>
Image: Per pale (1) argent a walnut tree vert, and (2) gules a cross of Toulouse or. On a chief gules a cross potent argent. Inescutcheon, azure a bell argent with a clapper sable (Jean Louis de Nogaret de La Valette)|Jean Louis de Nogaret de La Valette<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Épernon''' (1581)</span>
Image: Lorraine Elbeuf.svg|Charles de Lorraine<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Elbeuf''' (1581)</span>
Image: Lorraine Elbeuf.svg|Charles de Lorraine<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Elbeuf''' (1581)</span>
Image: Or, two maces sable in saltire, tied gules|Albert de Gondi<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Retz''' (1581)</span>
Image: Or, two maces sable in saltire, tied gules (De Gondi)|Albert de Gondi<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Retz''' (1581)</span>
Image: Gonzaga 1565.svg|Louis de Gonzague<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Nevers<br>'''Duke of Rethel''' (1581)</span>
Image: Gonzaga 1565.svg|Louis de Gonzague<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Nevers<br>'''Duke of Rethel''' (1581)</span>
Image: |<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''1''' ()</span>
Image: |<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''1''' ()</span>

Revision as of 02:07, 3 June 2015

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.