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Image: ?|Gabriel de Rochechouart<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Mortemart''' (1663)</span>
Image: ?|Gabriel de Rochechouart<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Mortemart''' (1663)</span>
Image: Crequy.svg|Charles III de Créquy<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Poix-Créquy''' (1663)</span>
Image: Crequy.svg|Charles III de Créquy<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Poix-Créquy''' (1663)</span>
Image: Saint-Aignan.svg|François Honorat de Beauvilliers<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Saint-Aignan''' (1663)</span>
Image: Beauvilliers.svg|François Honorat de Beauvilliers<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Saint-Aignan''' (1663)</span>
Image: Foix-Candale.svg|Henri François de Foix<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Randan''' (1663)</span>
Image: Foix-Candale.svg|Henri François de Foix<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of Randan''' (1663)</span>
Image: Quarterly 1 and 4 argent on a cross engrailed gules five escallops or (Liancourt), 2 and 3 argent a fess bendy or and gules (Pons)|Roger du Plessis<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of La Roche-Guyon''' (1663)</span>
Image: Quarterly 1 and 4 argent on a cross engrailed gules five escallops or (Liancourt), 2 and 3 argent a fess bendy or and gules (Pons)|Roger du Plessis<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">'''Duke of La Roche-Guyon''' (1663)</span>

Revision as of 03:20, 5 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.




  • 14th-15th Century
  • Philip of France Count of Poitiers (1314)

    Philip of France
    Count of Poitiers (1314)

  • Charles of France Count of La Marche (1316)

    Charles of France
    Count of La Marche (1316)

  • Louis of France Count of Evreux (1316)

    Louis of France
    Count of Evreux (1316)

  • Philip of Evreux Count of Angouleme (1317)

    Philip of Evreux
    Count of Angouleme (1317)

  • Louis de Clermont Count of La Marche (1321) Duke of Bourbon (1327)

    Louis de Clermont
    Count of La Marche (1321)
    Duke of Bourbon (1327)

  • Robert III of Artois Count of Beaumont-le-Roger (1328)

    Robert III of Artois
    Count of Beaumont-le-Roger (1328)

  • John of France Count of Maine (1331) Duke of Normandy (1332)

    John of France
    Count of Maine (1331)
    Duke of Normandy (1332)

  • Philip of France Duke of Orleans (1344) Count of Valois (1344)

    Philip of France
    Duke of Orleans (1344)
    Count of Valois (1344)

  • Louis II de Dampierre Count of Flanders Count 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 II
    King of Navarre
    Count of Mantes (1353)
    Count of Beaumont-le-Roger (1354)
    Lord of Montpellier (1371)

  • Louis of France Duke of Anjou (1356) Count of Maine (1360)

    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)

    John of France
    Count of Poitou (1357)
    Count of Mâcon (1359)
    Duke of Berry (1360)
    Duke of Auvergne (1360)

  • Philip of France Duke of Touraine (1360) *later Duke of Burgundy

    Philip of France
    Duke of Touraine (1360)
    *later Duke of Burgundy

  • Philip of France Duke of Burgundy (1363) *formerly Duke of Touraine

    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)

    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 of France
    Duke of Touraine (1401)
    Count of Mortagne (1407)
    *later Dauphin of France

  • John I of Alencon Duke of Alencon (1404)

    John I of Alencon
    Duke of Alencon (1404)

  • Charles III King of Navarre Duke of Nemours (1404)

    Charles III
    King of Navarre
    Duke of Nemours (1404)

  • Anthony of Burgundy Duke of Brabant Count of Rethel (1405)

    Anthony of Burgundy
    Duke of Brabant
    Count of Rethel (1405)

  • Peter of Navarre Count of Mortain (1407)

    Peter of Navarre
    Count of Mortain (1407)

  • Louis of France Dauphin of France Duke of Guyenne Count of Mortain (1414)

    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

    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)

    Charles of France
    Duke of Touraine (1416)
    Duke of Berry (1417)

  • Archibald Douglas Earl of Douglas Duke of Touraine (1423)

    Archibald Douglas
    Earl of Douglas
    Duke of Touraine (1423)

  • John Stewart Count of Evreux (1424)

    John Stewart
    Count of Evreux (1424)

  • James I King of Scotland Count of Saintonge (1428)

    James I
    King of Scotland
    Count of Saintonge (1428)

  • Gaston IV de Foix Count of Foix (1458)

    Gaston IV de Foix
    Count of Foix (1458)

  • Charles of Artois Count of Eu (1458)

    Charles of Artois
    Count of Eu (1458)

  • Charles of Burgundy Count of Nevers (1459)

    Charles of Burgundy
    Count of Nevers (1459)

  • Charles of France Duke of Berry (1461) *later Duke of Normandy and Guyenne

    Charles of France
    Duke of Berry (1461)
    *later Duke of Normandy and Guyenne

  • John II of Burgundy Count of Nevers (1464)

    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 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

    Charles of France
    Duke of Guyenne (1469)
    *formerly Duke of Berry and Normandy

  • Frederick of Naples Count of Villefranche (1480)

    Frederick of Naples
    Count of Villefranche (1480)

  • Francis of Orleans Count of Angouleme Duke of Valois (1498)

    Francis of Orleans
    Count of Angouleme
    Duke of Valois (1498)


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