Dukes of France

Dukes of France is in France Nobility.

Duke Alençon

In 1414 John Valois I Duke Alençon was created I Duke Alençon. Marie Montfort Duchess Alençon by marriage Duchess Alençon.

25th October 1415. At the Battle of Agincourt the French army suffered significant casualties.

Charles Valois Duke Orléans was captured by Richard Waller for which he was knighted on the battlefield by King Henry V of England. John Bourbon I Duke Bourbon, Jean II Le Maingre 'Boucicaut', Georges de La Trémoille and Charles Artois Count of Eu were captured.

Charles Albret, Philip Valois II Count Nevers, John of Bar, Jacques Chatillon, David Rambures and his three sons: Jean Rambures, Hugues Rambures, Philippe Rambures were killed.

Hector de Chartres was killed.

Robert of Bar Count Soissons Count Marle was killed. Jeanne of Bar Countess Soissons succeeded Countess Soissons.

Edward of Bar III Duke of Bar was killed. Cardinal Louis of Bar succeeded I Duke Bar.

John Valois I Duke Alençon was killed. John Valois II Duke Alençon succeeded II Duke Alençon.

Frederick Metz I Count Vaudémont was killed. Antoine Count of Vaudémont succeeded Count Vaudémont.

Anthony Valois Duke Brabant was killed. John Valois IV Duke Brabant succeeded IV Duke Brabant. Jacqueline Wittelsbach Duchess Brabant and Gloucester by marriage Duchess Brabant.

In 1437 John Valois II Duke Alençon and Marie Armagnac Duchess Alençon were married. She by marriage Duchess Alençon. She the daughter of John IV Count Armagnac and Isabella Évreux Countess Armagnac. He the son of John Valois I Duke Alençon and Marie Montfort Duchess Alençon.

On 8th September 1476 John Valois II Duke Alençon died. Rene Valois Duke Alençon succeeded Duke Alençon.

On 14th May 1488 Rene Valois Duke Alençon and Margaret Lorraine Duchess Alençon were married. She by marriage Duchess Alençon. She the daughter of Frederick Lorraine Count Vaudémont and Yolande Valois Anjou. He the son of John Valois II Duke Alençon and Marie Armagnac Duchess Alençon.

On 1st November 1492 Rene Valois Duke Alençon died. Charles Valois IV Duke Alençon succeeded IV Duke Alençon.

In 1710 Charles Bourbon Duke Berry, Alençon and Angoulême was created 1st Duke Berry, 1st Duke Alençon, 1st Duke Angoulême, 1st Count Ponthieu.

Duke Angoulême

In 1619 Charles Valois Duke Angoulême was created Duke Angoulême.

In 1710 Charles Bourbon Duke Berry, Alençon and Angoulême was created 1st Duke Berry, 1st Duke Alençon, 1st Duke Angoulême, 1st Count Ponthieu.

Duke Auvergne

In 1360 John Valois 1st Duke Berry was created 1st Duke Berry and 1st Duke Auvergne.

On 15th June 1416 John Valois 1st Duke Berry died. Duke Berry extinct. Marie Valois I Duchess Auverge succeeded I Duchess Auvergne.

Duke Bar

In 1354 Robert of Bar 1st Duke of Bar was created 1st Duke Bar. Marie Valois Duchess Bar by marriage Duchess Bar.

On 25th September 1396 at the Battle of Nicopolis..

Henry of Bar was captured.

Philippe of Bar was killed. Edward of Bar III Duke of Bar succeeded III Duke Bar.

Philip Artois Count of Eu was captured.

25th October 1415. At the Battle of Agincourt the French army suffered significant casualties.

Charles Valois Duke Orléans was captured by Richard Waller for which he was knighted on the battlefield by King Henry V of England. John Bourbon I Duke Bourbon, Jean II Le Maingre 'Boucicaut', Georges de La Trémoille and Charles Artois Count of Eu were captured.

Charles Albret, Philip Valois II Count Nevers, John of Bar, Jacques Chatillon, David Rambures and his three sons: Jean Rambures, Hugues Rambures, Philippe Rambures were killed.

Hector de Chartres was killed.

Robert of Bar Count Soissons Count Marle was killed. Jeanne of Bar Countess Soissons succeeded Countess Soissons.

Edward of Bar III Duke of Bar was killed. Cardinal Louis of Bar succeeded I Duke Bar.

John Valois I Duke Alençon was killed. John Valois II Duke Alençon succeeded II Duke Alençon.

Frederick Metz I Count Vaudémont was killed. Antoine Count of Vaudémont succeeded Count Vaudémont.

Anthony Valois Duke Brabant was killed. John Valois IV Duke Brabant succeeded IV Duke Brabant. Jacqueline Wittelsbach Duchess Brabant and Gloucester by marriage Duchess Brabant.

In 1483 René Lorraine II Duke Lorraine Duke of Bar succeeded Duke Bar.

In 1485 René Lorraine II Duke Lorraine Duke of Bar and Philippa Egmont Duchess of Bar Duchess Lorraine were married. She by marriage Duchess Bar, Duchess Lorraine. She the daughter of Adolf Egmont 2nd Duke Guelders and Catherine Bourbon Duchess Guelders. He the son of Frederick Lorraine Count Vaudémont and Yolande Valois Anjou.

Duke Beaufort

François Bourbon Vendôme 2nd Duke Beaufort succeeded 2nd Duke Beaufort.

Duke Berry

Duke Berry

On 29th April 1550 Margaret Valois Duchess Berry and Savoy was created Duchess Berry.

In 1559 Emmanuel Philibert Duke of Savoy and Margaret Valois Duchess Berry and Savoy were married. She by marriage Duchess Savoy. He by marriage Duke Berry. She the daughter of King Francis I of France and Claude Valois Orléans Queen Consort France. He the son of Charles 3rd Duke Savoy and Beatrice Aviz Duchess Savoy.

Duke Berry

In 1360 John Valois 1st Duke Berry was created 1st Duke Berry and 1st Duke Auvergne.

Before 1362 John Valois 1st Duke Berry and Joanne Armagnac Duchess Berry were married. She by marriage Duchess Berry. She the daughter of John I Count Armagnac and Beatrice Clermont Countess Armagnac. He the son of King John "The Good" II of France and Bonne Luxembourg Queen Consort France.

In 1389 John Valois 1st Duke Berry and Joan II Countess of Auvergne Duchess Berry were married. She by marriage Duchess Berry. The difference in their ages was 37 years. She the daughter of John II Count Auvergne and Aliénor de Comminges. He the son of King John "The Good" II of France and Bonne Luxembourg Queen Consort France.

On 15th June 1416 John Valois 1st Duke Berry died. Duke Berry extinct. Marie Valois I Duchess Auverge succeeded I Duchess Auvergne.

In 1710 Charles Bourbon Duke Berry, Alençon and Angoulême was created 1st Duke Berry, 1st Duke Alençon, 1st Duke Angoulême, 1st Count Ponthieu.

On 6th July 1710 Charles Bourbon Duke Berry, Alençon and Angoulême and Marie Louise Élisabeth Bourbon Duchess Berry were married. She by marriage Duchess Berry. She the daughter of Philippe Bourbon II Duke Orléans and Françoise Marie Bourbon Duchess Orléans. He the son of Louis "Le Grand Dauphin" Bourbon Duke Burgundy and Maria Anna Victoria Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy.

Duke Enghien

Henri Jules Bourbon Condé Prince Condé was appointed Duke Enghien.

Duke Estouteville

On 9th February 1534 Francis Bourbon Duke Estouteville and Adrienne Estouteville Duchess Estouteville were married. She by marriage Countess Saint Pol. He by marriage Duke Estouteville. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of Francis Bourbon Count Vendôme and Soissons and Marie Luxembourg Countess Vendôme and Soissons.

Adrienne Estouteville Duchess Estouteville was appointed Duke Estouteville.

Duke Gramont

In 1741 Antoine 5th Duke of Gramont died. Louis 6th Duke of Gramont succeeded 6th Duke Gramont.

On 11th May 1745 the allied army commanded by William Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland was defeated by a French army at the Battle of Fontenoy.

George Cholmondeley, George Keppel 3rd Earl Albermarle, Joseph Yorke 1st Baron Dover and John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave fought.

Henry Ponsonby, James Dillon and Robert Douglas were killed.

George Sackville aka Germain 1st Viscount Sackville led the charge of the Duke of Cumberland's infantry leading his regiment so deep into the French lines that when he was wounded and captured he was taken to the tent of Louis XV.

Louis 6th Duke of Gramont was killed. Antoine 7th Duke Gramont succeeded 7th Duke Gramont.

In 1801 Antoine 8th Duke Gramont succeeded 8th Duke Gramont.

In 1801 Antoine 7th Duke Gramont died. Antoine 8th Duke Gramont succeeded 8th Duke Gramont. Aglae de Polignac "Guichette" Duchess Gramont by marriage Duchess Gramont.

On 28th August 1836 Antoine 8th Duke Gramont died. Antoine Héraclius Agénor 9th Duc de Gramont succeeded 9th Duke Gramont.

On 4th March 1855 Antoine Héraclius Agénor 9th Duc de Gramont died. Agénor 10th Duc de Gramont succeeded 10th Duke Gramont.

On 17th January 1880 Agénor 10th Duc de Gramont died. Antoine Alfred Agénor de Gramont 11th Duc de Gramont succeeded 11th Duke Gramont. Marguerite de Rothschild Duchess Gramont by marriage Duchess Gramont.

On 3rd August 1907 Antoine Alfred Agénor de Gramont 11th Duc de Gramont and Princess Maria Ruspoli were married. She by marriage Duchess Gramont. The difference in their ages was 36 years. He the son of Agénor 10th Duc de Gramont.

On 30th January 1925 Antoine Alfred Agénor de Gramont 11th Duc de Gramont died. Armand de Gramont 12th Duc de Gramont succeeded 12th Duke Gramont. Élaine Greffulhe Duchess Gramont by marriage Duchess Gramont.

Duke Maine

Louis Auguste Bourbon Duke Maine was created 1st Duke Maine.

Charles "Younger" King of the Franks was appointed Duke Maine.

Duke Monpensier

In February 1538 Louise Bourbon Duchess of Monpensier was created Duchess Monpensier.

Duke Narbonne

In 1061 William Rouerge Duke Narbonne was appointed Duke Narbonne.

William Rouerge Duke Narbonne and Emma Mortain Duchess Narbonne were married. She by marriage Duchess Narbonne. She the daughter of Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall and Matilda or Maud Montgomery. He the son of Pons Rouerge Margrave Provence and Almodis La Marche Margrave Provence.

Duke Poligac

On 20th September 1780 Jules 1st Duke of Polignac was created 1st Duke Poligac.

Duke Septimania

Bernard Poitiers Duke Septimania was appointed Duke Septimania.

Duke Thouars

In July 1563 Louis III de La Tremoille 1st Duke Thouars was created 1st Duke Thouars. Jeanne Montmorency by marriage Duchess Thouars.

On 25th March 1577 Louis III de La Tremoille 1st Duke Thouars died. Claude de La Tremoille 2nd Duke Thouars succeeded 2nd Duke Thouars.

After 1597 Claude de La Tremoille 2nd Duke Thouars and Charlotte Flandrina Orange Nassau were married. She by marriage Duchess Thouars. He the son of Louis III de La Tremoille 1st Duke Thouars and Jeanne Montmorency.

Duke Toulouse

In 790 William Poitiers Duke Toulouse was appointed Duke Toulouse.

Duke Touraine

In 1386 Louis Valois I Duke Orléans was appointed Duke Touraine.

Around 1424 Archibald Douglas 2nd Duke Touraine and Euphemia Graham Lady Hamilton were married. She by marriage Duchess Touraine, Countess Wigtown. She the daughter of Patrick Graham and Eupheme Stewart 2nd Countess of Strathearn and Caithness. He the son of Archibald Douglas 1st Duke Touraine and Margaret Stewart Duchess Touraine.

On 29th April 1424 Archibald Douglas 1st Duke Touraine was created 1st Duke Touraine by Charles "Victorious" VII King France; he was the first non-Frenchman to be appiinted Duke in France. Charles had also appointed him Lieutenant General in the waging of war in the Kingdom of France. Margaret Stewart Duchess Touraine by marriage Duchess Touraine.

On 17th August 1424 Archibald Douglas 2nd Duke Touraine succeeded 2nd Duke Touraine, 2nd Earl Wigtown, 5th Lord Douglas, 2nd Lord Annandale, 2nd Lord Galloway, 2nd Lord Bothwell.

On 26th June 1439 Archibald Douglas 2nd Duke Touraine died. William Douglas 3rd Duke Touraine succeeded 3rd Duke Touraine, 3rd Earl Wigtown, 6th Lord Douglas, 3rd Lord Annandale, 3rd Lord Galloway, 3rd Lord Bothwell. Janet Lindsay Countess Wigtown by marriage Countess Wigtown.