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Duke of Chevreuse

{{Short description|French noble title}}

File:Duc d'etampes.jpg, 1st Duke of Chevreuse, by Corneille de Lyon, {{circa|1535}}]]

Duke of Chevreuse (French Duc de Chevreuse) was a French title of nobility, elevated from the barony of Chevreuse in 1545.

History

The duchy of Chevreuse was originally created for Jean de Brosse, Duc d'Étampes, it was transferred in 1555 to Charles of Guise, the Cardinal of Lorraine, and became a possession of the House of Guise, becoming the title of the Cardinal's grandnephew, Charles de Guise (1578–1657).{{Cite web |title=Charles de Lorraine, 4e duke de Guise {{!}} French noble {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-de-Lorraine-4e-duc-de-Guise |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}} It was sold in 1655 to his wife, Marie de Rohan,{{cite book |last1=Campbell |first1=Dorothy de Brissac |title=The Intriguing Duchess, Marie de Rohan, Duchesse de Chevreuse |date=1930 |publisher=Covici, Friede |pages=84, 133, 132 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1CQsAAAAIAAJ |access-date=20 June 2024 |language=en}} who transferred it to the son of her first marriage, the Duc de Luynes. It has since been held by the ducs de Luynes.{{cite book |last1=Batiffol |first1=Louis |title=The Duchesse de Chevreuse: A Life of Intrigue and Adventure in the Days of Louis XIII |date=1913 |publisher=William Heineman |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O1BBAAAAIAAJ |access-date=20 June 2024 |language=en}}

Dukes of Chevreuse

File:Marie de Rohan Chevreuse.png, suo jure 5th Duchess of Chevreuse, by the circle of Daniel Dumonstier, {{circa|1621}}]]

File:Charles Honoré Emmanuel d'Albert de Luynes.jpg]]

List of dukes of Chevreuse since 1545:

class="wikitable"

!Number

!From

!To

!Duke of Chevreuse

!Relationship to predecessor

1

| 1545

| 1555

| Jean IV de Brosse

| 1st Duke of Chevreuse{{refn|group=lower-alpha|Jean IV de Brosse was compelled to sell the duchy and the lands of Meudon to Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine in return for 50,000 écus.{{cite book |last=Durot |first=Éric |title=François de Lorraine, duc de Guise entre Dieu et le Roi |page =278 |publisher=Classiques Garnier |year=2012}}}}

2

| 1555

| 1574

| Charles I

|

3

| 1574

| 1606

| Charles II

| Great-nephew of the preceding

4

| 1606

| 1655

| Claude

| Brother of the preceding{{cite web |title=Collections Online {{!}} Claude de Lorraine, Duc de Chevreuse |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG219085 |website=www.britishmuseum.org |publisher=British Museum |access-date=20 June 2024}}{{refn|group=lower-alpha|Elevated to Duke-Peer in 1612; Peerage extinct 1655 upon sale of duchy.}}

5

| 1655

| 1663

| Marie de Rohan

| Wife of the preceding{{cite web |title=Marie de Rohan-Montbazon, duchess de Chevreuse {{!}} French Duchess, Court Intrigue & Exile |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marie-de-Rohan-Montbazon-duchesse-de-Chevreuse |website=www.britannica.com |publisher=Britannica |access-date=20 June 2024 |language=en}}

6

| 1663

|

| Louis Charles d'Albert

| Son of the preceding{{cite web |title=Charles d'Albert, duke de Luynes {{!}} Courtier, Louis XIII, Cardinal Richelieu |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-dAlbert-duc-de-Luynes |website=www.britannica.com |publisher=Britannica |access-date=20 June 2024 |language=en}}

7

| 1663

| 1704

| Charles Honoré d'Albert

| Son of the preceding

8

| 1704

| 1735

| Charles Philippe d'Albert

| Grandson of the preceding

9

| 1735

| 1768

| Marie Charles Louis d'Albert

| Son of the preceding

10

| 1768

| 1807

| Louis-Joseph-Charles-Amable d'Albert

| Son of the preceding

11

| 1807

| 1839

| Charles Marie Paul André d'Albert

| Son of the preceding

12

| 1839

| 1867

| Honoré Théodoric d'Albert de Luynes

| Son of the preceding{{refn|group=lower-alpha|His only son, Honoré-Louis d'Albert de Luynes (1823–1854), styled Duke of Chevreuse, predeceased him in 1854.}}

13

| 1867

| 1870

| Charles Honoré Emmanuel d'Albert

| Grandson of the preceding

14

| 1870

| 1923

| Honoré Charles Marie Sosthène d'Albert

| Son of the preceding

15

| 1923

| 1993

| Philippe d'Albert

| Son of the preceding

16

| 1993

| 2008

| Jean d'Albert de Luynes

| Son of the preceding

17

| 2008

| Incumbent

| Philippe d'Albert

| Son of the preceding{{cite book |last1=Sainty |first1=Guy Stair |title=The Constantinian Order of Saint George: and the Angeli, Farnese and Bourbon families which governed it |date=1 December 2018 |publisher=Boletín Oficial del Estado |isbn=978-84-340-2506-6 |page=254 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Constantinian_Order_of_Saint_George/GBjRDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA254 |access-date=20 June 2024 |language=en}}

See also

References

;Notes

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;Sources

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External links

  • [https://www.theheraldrysociety.com/shop/images/lorraine-claude-de-duke-of-chevreuse/ Lorraine, Claude de Duke of Chevreuse] The Heraldry Society

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