Online Encyclopedia
List of French dukedoms
- The addition of a map of ducal territories would be appreciated.
Title | Date of Creation | Surname | Current Status | Notes |
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Duc d'Anjou | 1297 | Royal family | merged in the Crown 1328 | |
Duc d'Orléans | 1344 | Royal family | extinct 1376 | |
Duc d'Anjou | 1360 | Royal family | extinct 1481 | |
Duc de Berry | 1360 | Royal family | extinct 1416 | |
Duc d'Orléans | 1392 | Royal family | merged in the Crown 1498 | |
Duc de Berry | 1416 | Royal family | extinct 1416 | |
Duc de Berry | 1417 | Royal family | merged in the Crown 1422 | |
Duc de Berry | 1461 | Royal family | exchanged 1461 | |
Duchesse d'Anjou | 1515 | Savoie | extinct 1531 | |
Duc de Châtellerault | 1515 | Bourbon-Montpensier | forfeit 1527 | |
Duchesse de Berry | 1517 | Royal family | extinct 1549 | |
Duchesse de Châtellerault | 1527 | Savoie | given away 1530 | |
Duc de Guise | 1528 | Lorraine | extinct 1688 | |
Duchesse de Châtellerault | 1530 | Savoie | extinct 1532 | |
Duc d'Orléans | 1540 | Royal family | extinct 1545 | |
Duc de Châtellerault | 1540 | Royal family | extinct 1545 | |
Duc de Châtellerault | 1548 | Hamilton | forfeit 1559 | restored and extended in 1864, extinct 1895 |
Duchesse de Berry | 1550 | Royal family | extinct 1574 | |
Duc de Montmorency | 1551 | Montmorency | forfeit 1632 | |
Duchesse de Châtellerault | 1563 | de France | exchanged 1582 | |
Duc d'Anjou | 1566 | Royal family | merged in the Crown 1574 | |
Duc de Berry | 1576 | Royal family | extinct 1584 | |
Duc de Châtellerault | 1583 | Bourbon-Montpensier, Orléans | extinct 1693 | |
Duc de Beaufort | 1597 | Estrées, Bourbon-Vendôme | sold 1688 | |
Duc de Brissac | 1620 | Cossé | extant | |
Duc de Candale | 1621 | Nogaret de La Valette | extinct 1639 | |
Duc de La Valette | 1622 | Nogaret de La Valette | extinct 1661 | |
Duc d'Orléans | 1626 | Royal family | extinct 1660 | |
Duc de Villars | 1627 | Brancas | extinct 1858 | |
Duc de Montmorency | 1633 | Bourbon-Condé | merged in the Crown in 1830 | title changed to Duc d'Enghien in 1689 |
Duc d'Orléans | 1661 | Royal family | merged in the Crown 1830 | |
Duc de Saint-Aignan | 1663 | Beauvilliers | extinct 1828 | |
Duc de Noailles | 1663 | Noailles | extant | |
Duc d'Aumont | 1665 | Aumont | extinct 1888 | |
Duc de Saint-Cloud | 1674 | n/a | extinct 1811 | held by the Archbishop of Paris |
Duc de Beaufort | 1688 | Montmorency-Luxembourg | extinct 1862 | title changed to Duc de Montmorency in 1689; extended in 1864, extinct 1951 |
Duc de Duras | 1689 | Durfort, Chastellux | extant | title changed to Duc de Rauzan in 1838 |
Duc de Guise | 1704 | Bourbon-Condé | merged in the Crown 1830 | |
Duc de Châtellerault | 1730 | La Trémoille | extinct 1759 | |
Duc de Praslin | 1762 | Choiseul | extant | |
Duc d'Anjou | 1771 | Royal family | merged in the Crown 1795 | |
Duc de Clermont-Tonnerre | 1775 | Clermont-Tonnerre | extant | |
Duc de Berry | 1776 | Royal family | merged in the Crown 1824 | |
Duc de La Force | 1787 | Caumont | extant | |
Duc de Massa et Carrara | 1806 | Régnier | extinct 1962 | |
Duc de Dantzig | 1807 | Lefebvre | extinct 1820 | |
Duc de Parme | 1808 | Cambacérès | extinct 1824 | |
Duc de Plaisance | 1808 | Lebrun | extinct 1926 | |
Duc de Bellune | 1808 | Victor | extinct 1853 | |
Duc de Conegliano | 1808 | Moncey | extinct 1842 | |
Duc de Trévise | 1808 | Mortier | extinct 1912 | |
Duc de Dalmatie | 1808 | Soult | extinct 1857 | |
Duc de Valmy | 1808 | Kellermann | extinct 1868 | |
Duc de Rivoli | 1808 | Masséna | extant | |
Duc de Raguse | 1808 | Marmont | extinct 1852 | |
Duc de Padoue | 1808 | Arrighi de Casanova | extinct 1888 | |
Duc de Montebello | 1808 | Lannes | extant | |
Duc de Castiglione | 1808 | Augereau | extinct 1915 | |
Duc d'Auerstaedt | 1808 | Davout | extinct 1853 | extended 1864, extant |
Duc d'Abrantès | 1808 | Junot | extinct 1859 | extended 1869, extinct 1985 |
Duc d'Elchingen | 1808 | Ney | extinct 1969 | |
Duc de Bassano | Maret | extinct 1906 | ||
Duc de Vicence | Caulaincourt | extinct 1896 | ||
Duc de Rovigo | Savary | extinct 1872 | ||
Duc de Feltre | 1809 | Clarke | extinct 1852 | extended 1864, extant |
Duc d'Istrie | 1809 | Bessières | extinct 1856 | |
Duc de Tarente | 1809 | MacDonald | extinct 1912 | |
Duc de Cadore | 1809 | Nompère de Champagny | extinct 1893 | |
Duc de Gaete | 1809 | Gaudin | extinct 1841 | |
Duc d'Otrante | 1809 | Fouché | extant | |
Duc de Reggio | 1810 | Oudinot | extant | |
Duc de Navarre | 1810 | Beauharnais | extinct 1852 | |
Duc de Dalberg | 1810 | Dalberg | extinct 1833 | extended as Duc de Tascher de La Pagerie in 1859, extinct 1902 |
Duc de Decrès | 1813 | Decrès | extinct 1820 | |
Duc d'Albufera | 1813 | Suchet | extant | |
Duchesse de Frioul | 1813 | Duroc | extinct 1829 | |
Duchesse de Saint-Leu | 1814 | Beauharnais | extinct 1837 | |
Duc des Cars | 1816 | Pérusse | extinct 1822 | |
Duc de La Châtre | 1817 | La Châtre | extinct 1824 | |
Duc de Sabran | 1817 | Sabran, Pontevès | extant | |
Duc de Talleyrand | 1817 | Talleyrand-Périgord | extinct 1968 | |
Duc de Croy | 1817 | Croy | extant | |
Duc d'Avaray | 1817 | Bésiade | extinct 1941 | |
Duc de Bauffremont | 1817 | Bauffremont | extant | |
Duc de Crillon | 1817 | Berton des Balbi | extinct 1870 | |
Duc de Wagram | 1817 | Berthier | extinct 1918 | |
Duc d'Havré | 1817 | Croy | extinct 1839 | |
Duc de Choiseul | 1817 | Choiseul, Marmier | extinct 1947 | title changed to Duc de Marmier in 1839 |
Duc de Broglie | 1817 | Broglie | extant | |
Duc d'Aremberg | 1824 | Arenberg | extinct 1877 | |
Duc d'Aulps | 1824 | Blacas | extant | |
Duc de Rivière | 1825 | Rivière | extinct 1901 | |
Duc des Cars | 1825 | Pérusse | extinct 1868 | arguably still extant |
Duc de Caraman | 1830 | Riquet | extinct 1919 | |
Duc de Céreste | 1830 | Brancas-Villars | extinct 1858 | |
Duc de Pasquier | 1845 | Pasquier | extant | title changed to Duc d'Audiffret-Pasquier in 1862 |
Duc d'Isly | 1845 | Bugeaud | extinct 1865 | |
Duc de Montmorot | 1847 | Fernan Muñoz | extinct 1873 | |
Duc de Malakoff | 1856 | Pélissier | extinct 1864 | |
Duc de Magenta | 1859 | MacMahon | extant | |
Duc de Morny | 1863 | Morny | extinct 1943 | |
Duc de Persigny | 1863 | Fialin | extinct 1885 |
Sources
- http://www.heraldica.org/topics/france
Last updated: 10-24-2004 05:10:45