Duke of Longueville ( Longueville-sur-Scie ) was a title of French nobility, though not a peerage of France.
Duke of Longueville ( Longueville-sur-Scie ) was a title of French nobility, though not a peerage of France.
The title was created in 1505 by King Louis XII of France for his first cousin once removed, François d'Orléans, Count of Dunois, son of François d'Orléans, Count of Dunois, son of Jean d'Orléans, himself an illegitimate son of the Duke of Orléans. The title became extinct in 1694, following the death of Jean Louis Charles d'Orléans, who was the brother of Marie de Nemours.
From 1648, the Duke of Longueville was also Sovereign Prince of Neuchâtel, a Swiss territory. In 1654, the eighth duke was created a peer as Duke of Coulommiers, but the peerage was never registered and so became extinct at his death.
| Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Léonor d'Orléans 1551–1573 |  | 1540 eldest son of François d'Orléans, Marquis de Rothelin and Jacqueline de Rohan | Marie, Duchess of Estouteville 2 July 1563 six children | 7 August 1573 Blois aged 32–33 |
| Henri I d'Orléans 1573–1595 |  | 1568 eldest son of Léonor d'Orléans and Marie, Duchess of Estouteville | Catherine Gonzaga 1 March 1588 Paris one son | 8 April 1595 Amiens aged 26–27 |
| Henri II d'Orléans 1595–1663 |  | 6 April 1595 only son of Henri I d'Orléans and Catherine Gonzaga | (1) Louise de Bourbon 10 April 1617 Paris three children (2) Anne Geneviève de Bourbon 2 June 1642 Hôtel de Conti four children | 11 May 1663 Rouen aged 68 |
| Jean Louis Charles d'Orléans 1663–1668 [1] |  | 12 January 1646 eldest son of Henri II d'Orléans and Anne Geneviève de Bourbon | never married | 2 April 1694 Abbey of Saint-Georges, Boscherville aged 48 |
| Charles Paris d'Orléans 1668–1672 |  | 29 January 1649 Hôtel de Ville, Paris youngest son of Henri II d'Orléans and Anne Geneviève de Bourbon | never married | 12 June 1672 Crossing of the Rhine near Tolhuis aged 23 |
| Jean Louis Charles d'Orléans 1672–1694 | | 12 January 1646 eldest son of Henri II d'Orléans and Anne Geneviève de Bourbon | never married | 2 April 1694 Abbey of Saint-Georges, Boscherville aged 48 |
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