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<gallery caption="Twelve Ancient Peers" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;"> | <gallery caption="Twelve Ancient Peers" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;"> | ||
Image: Reims.svg| [[Arch-bishopric of Reims|Duke | Image: Reims.svg| Archbishop of Reims<br>[[Arch-bishopric of Reims|Duke of Reims]] | ||
Image: Laon .svg| [[Bishopric of Laon|Duke | Image: Laon .svg| Bishop of Laon<br>[[Bishopric of Laon|Duke of Laon]] | ||
Image: Langres.svg| [[Bishopric of Langres|Duke | Image: Langres.svg| Bishop of Langres<br>[[Bishopric of Langres|Duke of Langres]] | ||
Image: Nanteuil.svg| [[Bishopric of Beauvais|Count | Image: Nanteuil.svg| Bishop of Beauvais<br>[[Bishopric of Beauvais|Count of Beauvais]] | ||
Image: Chalons.svg| [[Bishopric of Châlons|Count | Image: Chalons.svg| Bishop of Châlons<br>[[Bishopric of Châlons|Count of Châlons]] | ||
Image: Noyon.svg| [[Bishopric of Noyon|Count | Image: Noyon.svg| Bishop of Noyon<br>[[Bishopric of Noyon|Count of Noyon]] | ||
Image: Burgundy Ancient.svg| [[Duchy of Burgundy]] | Image: Burgundy Ancient.svg| [[Duchy of Burgundy|Duke of Burgundy]] | ||
Image: Normandy.svg| [[Duchy of Normandy]] | Image: Normandy.svg| [[Duchy of Normandy|Duke of Normandy]] | ||
Image: Ramnulfids Aquitaine.svg| [[Duchy of Aquitaine]] | Image: Ramnulfids Aquitaine.svg| [[Duchy of Aquitaine|Duke of Guyenne]] | ||
Image: Flandern.svg|[[County of Flanders]] | Image: Flandern.svg|[[County of Flanders|Count of Flanders]] | ||
Image: Champagne.svg| [[County of Champagne]] | Image: Champagne.svg| [[County of Champagne|Count of Champagne]] | ||
Image: Toulouse.svg| [[County of Toulouse]] | Image: Toulouse.svg| [[County of Toulouse|Count of Toulouse]] | ||
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Revision as of 05:14, 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.
- Twelve Ancient Peers
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Archbishop of Reims
Duke of Reims -
Bishop of Laon
Duke of Laon -
Bishop of Langres
Duke of Langres -
Bishop of Beauvais
Count of Beauvais -
Bishop of Châlons
Count of Châlons -
Bishop of Noyon
Count of Noyon -
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- 13th Century
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John II of Brittany
Duke of Brittany (1297) -
Charles of France
Count of Valois
Count of Anjou (1297) -
Robert II of Artois
Count of Artois (1297)
- 14th-15th Century
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Philip of France
Count of Poitiers (1314) -
Charles of France
Count of La Marche (1316) -
Louis of France
Count of Evreux (1316) -
Philip of Evreux
Count of Angouleme (1317) -
Louis de Clermont
Count of La Marche (1321)
Duke of Bourbon (1327) -
Robert III of Artois
Count of Beaumont-le-Roger (1328) -
John of France
Count of Maine (1331)
Duke of Normandy (1332) -
Philip of France
Duke of Orleans (1344)
Count of Valois (1344) -
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) -
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) -
Philip of France
Duke of Touraine (1360)
*later Duke of Burgundy -
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) -
John of France
Duke of Touraine (1401)
Count of Mortagne (1407)
*later Dauphin of France -
John I of Alencon
Duke of Alencon (1404) -
Charles III
King of Navarre
Duke of Nemours (1404) -
Anthony of Burgundy
Duke of Brabant
Count of Rethel (1405) -
Peter of Navarre
Count of Mortain (1407) -
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 -
Charles of France
Duke of Touraine (1416)
Duke of Berry (1417) -
Archibald Douglas
Earl of Douglas
Duke of Touraine (1423) -
John Stewart
Count of Evreux (1424) -
James I
King of Scotland
Count of Saintonge (1428) -
Gaston IV de Foix
Count of Foix (1458) -
Charles of Artois
Count of Eu (1458) -
Charles of Burgundy
Count of Nevers (1459) -
Charles of France
Duke of Berry (1461)
*later Duke of Normandy and Guyenne -
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 Guyenne (1469)
*formerly Duke of Berry and Normandy -
Frederick of Naples
Count of Villefranche (1480) -
Francis of Orleans
Count of Angouleme
Duke of Valois (1498)
- 16th Century
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Engelbert of Cleves
Count of Nevers (1505) -
Claude of France
Countess of Soissons (1505)
Lady of Coucy (1505) -
Gaston of Foix
Duke of Nemours (1507) -
Louise of Savoy
Duchess of Angouleme (1515)
Duchess of Anjou (1515)
Duchess of Nemours (1524)
Duchess of Bourbon (1527)
Duchess of Chatellerault (1527)
Duchess of Auvergne (1528)
Duchess of Chatellerault (1530) -
Charles IV de Bourbon
Duke of Vendome (1515) -
Francis of Bourbon
Duke of Chatellerault (1515) -
Jeanne of Orleans
Duchess of Valois (1516) -
Marguerite of Orleans
Duchess of Berry (1517) -
Claude de Lorraine
Duke of Guise (1528)
Duke of Aumale (1547) -
Marie d'Albret
Countess of Rethel
Duchess of Nevers (1539) -
Louise de Bourbon
Duchess of Montpensier (1539) -
Charles of France
Duke of Orleans (1540)
Duke of Angouleme (1540)
Duke of Chatellerault (1540)
Count of Clermont (1540)
Count of La Marche (1540)
Duke of Bourbon (1544) -
Marguerite of France
Duchess of Berry (1550) -
Anne de Montmorency
Duke of Montmorency (1551) -
Henry II
King of Navarre
Duke of Albret (1550) -
Alexander Edward of France
Duke of Anjou (1566)
Duke of Bourbon (1566)
Count of Forez (1566)
Duke of Auvergne (1569) -
Hercules Francis of France
Duke of Alencon (1566)
Duke of Chateau-Thierry (1566)
Count of Perche (1566)
Count of Meulan (1566)
Count of Mantes (1566)
Duke of Evreux (1569)
Count of Dreux (1569)
*later Duke of Anjou, etc. -
Sebastian of Luxembourg
Duke of Penthievre (1569) -
Nicolas de Lorraine
Duke of Mercoeur (1569) -
Antoine de Crussol
Duke of Uzes (1572) -
Charles de Lorraine
Duke of Mayenne (1573) -
Francis of Bourbon
Duke of Saint-Fargeau (1574) -
Hercules Francis of France
Duke of Anjou (1576)
Duke of Touraine (1576)
Duke of Berry (1576)
*also Duke of Alencon, etc. -
Anne de Joyeuse
Duke of Joyeuse (1581) -
Francis of Luxembourg
Duke of Piney-Luxembourg (1581) -
Jean Louis de Nogaret de La Valette
Duke of Épernon (1581) -
Charles I de Lorraine
Duke of Elbeuf (1581) -
Albert de Gondi
Duke of Retz (1581) -
Louis de Gonzague
Duke of Nevers
Duke of Rethel (1581) -
Charles de Hallwin
Duke of Hallwin (1587) -
Louis VII de Rohan
Duke of Montbazon (1588) -
Gilbert III de Lévis
Duke of Ventadour (1589) -
Hercule de Rohan
Duke of Montbazon (1588) -
Claude de La Trémoille
Duke of Thouars (1589) -
Gabrielle d'Estrées
Duchess of Beaufort (1597) -
César de Bourbon
Duke of Vendome (1598) -
Charles de Gontaut
Duke of Biron (1598)
- 17th Century
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Henri de Lorraine
Duke of Aiguillon (1600) -
Henri de Rohan
Duke of Rohan (1603) -
Maximilien de Béthune
Duke of Sully (1606) -
François d'Orléans-Longueville
Duke of Fronsac (1608) -
Marie de Bourbon
Duchess of Montpensier (1608) -
Charles de Montmorency
Duke of Damville (1610) -
Henry de Nogaret de La Valette
Duke of Hallwin (1611)
Duke of Candale (1621) -
Henri de Bourbon
Prince of Conde
Duke of Châteauroux (1616)
Duke of Montmorency (1633)
Duke of Albret (1641) -
Charles d'Albert
Duke of Luynes (1619) -
François de Bonne
Duke of Lesdiguières (1620) -
Charles II de Cossé
Duke of Brissac (1620) -
Roger de Saint-Lary
Duke of Bellegarde (1620) -
Charles de Schomberg
Duke of Hallwin (1621) -
Honoré d'Albert
Duke of Chaulnes (1621) -
Gaston of France
Duke of Orleans (1626)
Duke of Chartres (1626)
Duke of Valois (1630) -
Claude de Lorraine
Duke of Chevreuse (1627) -
Armand Jean du Plessis
Duke of Richelieu (1631)
Duke of Fronsac (1634) -
Bernard de Nogaret de La Valette
Duke of La Valette (1631) -
François V de La Rochefoucauld
Duke of La Rochefoucauld (1631) -
Pierre de Gondi
Duke of Retz (1634) -
Antoine de l'Age
Duke of Puylaurens (1634) -
Claude de Rouvroy
Duke of Saint-Simon (1635) -
Jacques-Nompar de Caumont
Duke of La Force (1637) -
Marie-Madeleine de Vignerot
Duchess of Aiguillon (1638) -
Honoré II Grimaldi
Prince of Monaco
Duke of Valentinois (1642) -
Henri de Chabot
Duke of Rohan (1648) -
Louis II de Bourbon
Prince of Conde
Duke of Bourbon (1661) -
Philippe de France
Duke of Orleans (1661)
Duke of Chartres (1661)
Duke of Valois (1661)
Duke of Nemours (1672)
Duke of Montpensier (1695) -
Henri de Bourbon
Duke of Verneuil (1663) -
François Annibal d'Estrées
Duke of Estrées (1663) -
Antoine II de Gramont
Duke of Gramont (1663) -
Charles de La Porte
Duke of La Meilleraye (1663) -
Hortense Mancini
Duchess of Rethel-Mazarin (1663) -
Nicolas V de Neufville
Duke of Villeroy (1663) -
Gabriel de Rochechouart
Duke of Mortemart (1663) -
Charles III de Créquy
Duke of Poix-Créquy (1663) -
François Honorat de Beauvilliers
Duke of Saint-Aignan (1663) -
Henri François de Foix
Duke of Randan (1663) -
Roger du Plessis
Duke of La Roche-Guyon (1663) -
René Potier
Duke of Tresmes (Gesvres) (1663) -
Anne de Noailles
Duke of Noailles (1663) -
Armand de Cambout
Duke of Coislin (1663) -
Charles de Sainte-Maure
Duke of Montausier (1665) -
Antoine d'Aumont
Duke of Aumont (1665) -
Henri de Saint-Nectaire
Duke of La Ferté-Senneterre (1665) -
César I de Choiseul
Duke of Choiseul (1665) -
Godefroy-Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne
Duke of Albret (1665)
Duke of Chateau-Thierry (1665) -
Louis César de La Baume Le Blanc
Duke of La Vallière (1667) -
Louis de Béthune
Duke of Béthune-Charost (1690) -
François de Harlay de Champvalon
Archbishop of Paris
Duke of Saint-Cloud (1690) -
Louis Alexandre de Bourbon
Count of Toulouse
Duke of Damville (1694)
Duke of Penthièvre (1697) -
Louis Auguste de Bourbon
Duke of Maine
Duke of Aumale (1695)
