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2 unusual facts about peerage of France


Anti-Sacrilege Act

Despite this majority, the bill failed as it was not accepted by the Chamber of Peers.

Duke of Gordon

Aubigny is in the defunct Peerage of France and the central arms of the Duke are based on the original Jacobean ones for the Union of the Crowns, with the inherited but inactive English claims to the French throne also represented prominently.


Château de Chalmazel

In 1850, Louis-Justin, last Marquis of Talaru, 25th lord of Chalmazel, peer of France and ambassador, with no heirs, left the castle and the forest to the nuns of the Sœurs de Saint-Joseph, in order to establish a hospital for the canton for the care of the sick.

Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon

About three years later his seigniory of Saint-Simon in Vermandois was erected into a duchy, and he was created a peer of France.

Duc de Beaumont

Duc de Beaumont was a French Duke (though not a peerage) created by Letters Patent in 1765.

Duke of Aiguillon

Duke of Aiguillon (Fr.: duc d'Aiguillon) was a title of nobility in the peerage of France created in 1599 by Henry IV of France for Charles, Duke of Mayenne.

Duke of Fitz-James

Duke of Fitz-James (Fr.: duc de Fitz-James) is a title of nobility in the peerage of France that was created by Louis XIV of France in 1710 for James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick.

Duke of Gesvres

The Duke of Gesvres (Fr.: duc de Gesvres) was a title in the peerage of France from 1670 to 1794, named after Gesvres in northwestern France.

Duke of Saint-Aignan

Duke of Saint-Aignan (Fr.: duc de Saint-Aignan) was a title of nobility in the peerage of France created by Louis XIV of France for François de Beauvilliers in 1663.

Grand Chamberman of France

He signed charters and other important letters, preceded the Constable of France in ceremonies and assisted at the trial of peers.

Louis de Noailles

Louis de Noailles, 4th Duke of Noailles (21 April 1713, Versailles – 22 August 1793, Saint-Germain-en-Laye) was a French peer and Marshal of France.

Louis-Auguste Juvénal des Ursins d'Harville

He voted for the deposition of Napoleon and later supported the Bourbon Restoration, and on 4 June 1814, he became a Peer of France.


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