House of Castellane

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House of Castellane
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Current region Provence
Connected families Talleyrand-Périgord
Noailles
Gould
Estate(s) Château de Rochecotte
Nesvizh Castle

The House of Castellane is a very ancient French noble house originating in Provence and descended from Thibault, count of Arles in the 9th century.

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History

Boniface, 1st sovereign baron [1] de Castellane, lived in the 11th century. The sovereign barons de Castellane ruled over a small state [2] bordering the Haute-Provence until the beginning of the 13th century, rendering homage to their overlord the count of Provence.

Even after this they retained de jure sovereignty: "

"Even after having been forced to pay homage to the Counts of Provence, these powerful feudal lords retained the fullness of the authority they exercised over their vassals."

According to Lumens (Histoire de Castellane, published by J.-B. Shares...[t]he town, the castle and the rock of Castellane and declared him sovereign after the example of his elders;

In 1993, king Juan Carlos I rehabilitated the title of Duke of Almazán de Saint Priest on a descendant of the first duke, Louis Provence Boniface de Castellane (1912–1996), who became the 2nd Duke de Almazán de Saint Priest, with his daughter Béatrice Marguerite Marie-Thérèse de Castellane (b. 1944) following him as 3rd Duchess de Almazán de Saint Priest.

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References

  1. Annuaire de la noblesse de France (in French). Au Bureau de la publication. 1894.
  2. Annuaire de la noblesse de France (in French). Au Bureau de la publication. 1894.
  3. "Decease of an Old French Soldier". The New York Times . October 11, 1862. Retrieved 2015-01-03. One of the most eccentric military notabilities of the present epoch, the Marshal Count Castellane, has just died at Lyons.