List of French dukedoms

Last updated November 27, 2023

This is a list of ducal titles created by the monarchs of France. See also French nobility, Dukes in France, Peerage of France, List of French peers, List of French peerages.

Title	Date of Creation	Family	Current Status	Notes
Duke of Vasconia (Gascony)	602		Gradually merged with Aquitaine	Passed to the Ramnulfids 1053, to Plantagenet 1152, to Lancaster 1390
Duke of Toulouse	778	Wilhelmide	Extinct 850
Duke of Ponthieu	793	Ponthieu	Extinct 844
Duke of Septimania	817	Wilhelmide	Extinct 844
Duke of Aquitaine (Guyenne)	778		Forfeit 1453	Passed to Ramnulfids 852, to Auvergne 893, back to Ramnulfids 927, to Rouergue 932, to Robertians 955, to Ramnulfids 962, to Plantagenet 1152, to Lancaster 1390
Duke of Burgundy	918	Bosonids	Extinct 1361	Passed to the Robertians 956, to Burgundy in 1032
Duke of Brittany	936	Nantes	Merged in the Crown 1532	Contested by Rennes in 958, passed to Rennes in 990, to Cornouaille 1066, Penthièvre 1156, Plantagenet 1181, Thouars 1203, Dreux 1221, contested by Blois and Montfort 1341, passed to Montfort 1365
Duke of the Franks	936	Robertians	Merged in the Crown 987
Duke of Normandy	996	Normandy	Forfeit 1204	Passed to Blois 1135, to Plantagenet 1144
Duke of Narbonne	1088	Toulouse	Extinct 1249
Duke of Reims	12th century	(Episcopal)	Extinct 1801
Duke of Laon	12th century	(Episcopal)	Extinct 1801
Duke of Langres	12th century	(Episcopal)	Extinct 1801
Duke of Bourbon	1327	Bourbon	Forfeit 1527
Duke of Normandy	1332	Royal family	Merged in the Crown 1350
Duke of Orléans	1344	Royal family	Extinct 1376
Duke of Bar	1354	Bar, Anjou, Lorraine	Returned to the Crown 1766
Duke of Normandy	1355	Royal family	Merged in the Crown 1364
Duke of Anjou	1356	Royal family	Extinct 1481
Duke of Auvergne	1360	Royal family	Extinct 1521
Duke of Berry	1360	Royal family	Extinct 1416
Duke of Touraine	1360	Royal family	Exchanged 1363
Duke of Burgundy	1363	Royal family	Annexed by the Crown 1477
Duke of Touraine	1386	Royal family	Exchanged 1392
Duke of Orléans	1392	Royal family	Merged in the Crown 1498
Duke of Guyenne	1392	Royal family	Extinct 1400
Duke of Guyenne	1400	Royal family	Exchanged 1416
Duke of Touraine	1401	Royal family	Extinct 1416
Duke of Alençon	1404	Alençon	Extinct 1525	Forfeit 1458–1461, 1474–1476 and 1482–1483
Duke of Nemours	1404	Évreux	Extinct 1503
Duke of Valois	1406	Royal family	Merged in the Crown 1498
Duke of Berry	1416	Royal family	Extinct 1416
Duke of Touraine	1416	Royal family	Merged in the Crown 1422
Duke of Berry	1417	Royal family	Merged in the Crown 1422
Duke of Touraine	1423	Douglas	Extinct 1440
Duke of Normandy	1436	Royal family	Extinct 1436
Duke of Guyenne	1436	Royal family	Extinct 1436
Duke of Berry	1461	Royal family	Exchanged 1461
Duke of Normandy	1465	Royal family	Exchanged 1469
Duke of Guyenne	1469	Royal family	Extinct 1474
Duke of Valois	1498	Angoulême	Merged in the Crown 1515
Duke of Valentinois	1498	Borgia	Returned to the Crown before 1548
Duke of Longueville	1505	Orléans	Extinct 1694
Duke of Nemours	1507	Foix	Extinct 1512
Duke of Nemours	1515	Medici/Savoie	Extinct 1524
Duchess of Angoulême	1515	Savoie
Duchess of Anjou	1515	Savoie	Extinct 1531
Duke of Vendôme	1515	Bourbon	Merged in the Crown 1589
Duke of Châtellerault	1515	Bourbon-Montpensier	Forfeit 1527
Duchess of Valois	1516	Orléans	Extinct 1520
Duchess of Berry	1517	Royal family	Extinct 1549
Duke of Roannais	1519	Gouffier	Extinct 1519
Duke of Nemours	1524	Savoie	Extinct 1652
Duke of Dunois	1525	Orléans-Longueville	Extinct 1537
Duchess of Bourbon	1527	Savoie	Extinct 1532
Duchess of Châtellerault	1527	Savoie	Given away 1530
Duchess of Auvergne	1528	Savoie	Extinct 1532
Duke of Guise	1528	Lorraine	Extinct 1688
Duke of Chartres	1528	Royal Family, Este, Savoie-Nemours	Redeemed by the Crown 1623
Duchess of Châtellerault	1530	Savoie	Extinct 1532
Duke of Estouteville	1537	Estouteville, Bourbon-Saint-Pôl, Orléans-Longueville, Goyon de Matignon, Grimaldi	Extinct 1949	Used as subsidiary title for Prince of Monaco
Duke of Étampes	1537	Pisseleu/Brosse	Extinct 1565
Duke of Nevers	1539	Albret, Cleves, Gonzaga	Sold 1659
Duke of Orléans	1540	Royal family	Extinct 1545
Duke of Angoulême	1540	Royal family	Extinct 1545
Duke of Châtellerault	1540	Royal family	Extinct 1545
Duke of Beaumont-le-Vicomte	1543	Alençon, Bourbon-Vendôme	Merged in the Crown 1589
Duke of Bourbon	1544	Royal family	Extinct 1545
Duke of Aumale	1547	Lorraine-Guise	Extinct 1631
Duke of Châtellerault	1548	Hamilton	Forfeit 1559	Restored and extended in 1864, extinct 1895
Duchess of Valentinois	1548	Poitiers	Extinct 1566
Duchess of Berry	1550	Royal family	Extinct 1574
Duke of Albret	1550	Albret, Bourbon-Vendôme	Merged in the Crown 1589
Duke of Montmorency	1551	Montmorency	Forfeit 1632
Duke of Chevreuse	1555	Lorraine	Sold 1655
Duke of Albret	1556	Albret, Bourbon	Merged in the Crown 1589
Duke of Beaupréau	1562	Scépeaux	Extinct 1565
Duke of Thouars	1563	La Trémoille	Extinct 1933
Duke of Granville	1563	Bourbon-Vendôme	Extinct 1590
Duchess of Châtellerault	1563	de France	Exchanged 1582
Duke of Roannais	1566	Gouffier	Sold 1667
Duke of Enghien	1566	Bourbon-Condé	Extinct 1569
Duke of Anjou	1566	Royal family	Merged in the Crown 1574
Duke of Bourbon	1566	Royal family	Merged in the Crown 1547
Duke of Alençon	1566	Royal family	Extinct 1584
Duke of Château-Thierry	1566	Royal family	Extinct 1584
Duke of Auvergne	1569	Royal family	Merged in the Crown 1574
Duke of Penthièvre	1569	Luxembourg, Lorraine, Bourbon-Vendôme	Extinct 1687
Duke of Évreux	1569	Royal family	Extinct 1584
Duke of Mercœur	1569	Lorraine	Extinct 1712
Duke of Montargis	1570	Royal Family, Este, Lorraine	Sold 1612?
Duke of Uzès	1572	Crussol	Extant
Duke of Mayenne	1573	Lorraine-Guise, Gonzaga	Sold 1654	Used as subsidiary title for Prince of Monaco
Duke of Saint-Fargeau	1574	Bourbon-Montpensier	Extinct 1693
Duke of Anjou	1576	Royal family	Extinct 1584
Duke of Touraine	1576	Royal family	Extinct 1584
Duke of Berry	1576	Royal family	Extinct 1584
Duke of Ventadour	1578	Lévis	Extinct 1717
Duke of Joyeuse	1581	Joyeuse, Lorraine-Guise	Extinct 1675
Duke of Piney	1581	Luxembourg, Albert, Clermont, Montmorency-Luxembourg	Extinct 1861
Duke of Epernon	1581	Nogaret de La Valette	Extinct 1661
Duke of Elbeuf	1581	Lorraine	Extinct 1825
Duke of Retz	1581	Gondi	Resigned 1634
Duke of Rethel	1581	Gonzaga	Sold 1658
Duke of Angoulême	1582	Poitiers	Extinct 1619
Duke of Châtellerault	1583	Bourbon-Montpensier, Orléans	Extinct 1693
Duke of Hallwin	1588	Hallwin	Extinct 1611
Duke of Montbazon	1588	Rohan	Extinct 1593
Duke of Ventadour	1589	Lévis	Extinct 1717
Duke of Montbazon	1595	Rohan	Extant
Duke of Beaufort	1597	Estrées, Bourbon-Vendôme	Sold 1688
Duke of Vendôme	1598	Bourbon	Extinct 1712
Duke of Biron	1598	Gontaut	Forfeit 1602
Duke of Thouars	1599	La Trémoille	Extinct 1933
Duke of Aiguillon	1600	Lorraine-Mayenne	Extinct 1621
Duke of Rohan	1603	Rohan	extinct 1638
Duke of Sully	1606	Béthune	extinct 1807
Duke of Fronsac	1608	Orléans-Longueville	Extinct 1631
Duchess of Montpensier	1608	Bourbon, Orléans	Extinct 1693
Duke of Damville	1610	Montmorency	Extinct 1632
Duke of Hallwin	1611	Hallwin	Extinct 1620
Duke of Châteauroux	1616	Bourbon-Condé	Extinct 1830
Duke of Angoulême	1619	Valois	Extinct 1653
Duke of Luynes	1619	Albert	Extant
Duke of Lesdiguières	1620	Bonne, Créquy	extinct 1711
Duke of Bellegarde	1620	Saint-Lary	extinct 1646
Duke of Brissac	1620	Cossé	Extant
Duke of La Rocheguyon	1621	Silly	Extinct 1628
Duke of Chaulnes	1621	Albert d'Ailly	Extinct 1698
Duke of Hallwin	1621	Hallwin, Schomberg	Extinct 1656
Duke of Candale	1621	Nogaret de La Valette	Extinct 1639
Duke of La Valette	1622	Nogaret de La Valette	Extinct 1661
Duke of Orléans	1626	Royal family	Extinct 1660
Duke of Chartres	1626	Royal family	Extinct 1660
Duke of Chevreuse	1627	Lorraine-Guise	Sold 1655
Duke of Villars	1627	Brancas	Extinct 1858
Duke of Valois	1630	Royal family	Extinct 1660
Duchess of Aumale	1631	Lorraine	Extinct 1638
Duke of Richelieu	1631	Plessis, Vignerot, La Chapelle-Jumilhac	Extinct 1952
Duc de La Rochefoucauld	1631	La Rochefoucauld	Extant
Duke of Montmorency	1633	Bourbon-Condé	Merged in the Crown in 1830	Title changed to Duke of Enghien in 1689
Duke of Retz	1634	Gondy	Extinct 1676
Duke of Fronsac	1634	Plessis, Maillé-Brézé, Bourbon-Condé, Vignerot	Extinct 1822
Duke of Aiguillon	1634	L'Age	Extinct 1635
Duke of Saint-Simon	1635	Rouvroy	Extinct 1755
Duke of La Force	1637	Caumont	Extinct 1755
Duke of Aumale	1638	Savoie-Nemours	Extinct 1641
Duke of Aiguillon	1638	Vignerot, Plessis	Extinct 1800
Duke of Albret	1641	Bourbon-Condé	Given away 1651
Duke of Valentinois	1642	Grimaldi	extinct 1731
Duke of Aumale	1643	Savoie-Nemours	Extinct 1652
Duke of Gramont	1643	Gramont	Extinct 1644
Duke of Gramont	1648	Gramont	Extant
Duke of Rohan	1648	Rohan-Chabot	Extant
Duke of Albret	1665	La Tour d'Auvergne	Extinct 1802
Duke of Château-Thierry	1665	La Tour d'Auvergne	Extinct 1802
Duke of Bourbon	1661	Bourbon-Condé	Merged in the Crown 1830
Duke of Orléans	1661	Royal family	Merged in the Crown 1830
Duke of Chartres	1661	Royal family	Merged in the Crown 1830	From 1674, the eldest son of the Duke of Orléans
Duke of Valois	1661	Royal family	Merged in the Crown 1830
Duke of Randan	1661	La Rochefoucauld-Randan, Foix de Candale	Extinct 1714
Duke of Verneuil	1663	Bourbon	Extinct 1682
Duke of Estrées	1663	Estrée	Extinct
Duke of La Meilleraye	1663	La Porte-Mazarin	Extinct 1738
Duke of Rethel	1663	La Porte-Mazarin	Extinct 1738
Duke of Villeroy	1663	Neufville	Extinct 1794
Duke of Mortemart	1663	Rochechouart	Extant
Duke of Poix	1663	Créquy	Extinct 1687
Duke of Saint-Aignan	1663	Beauvilliers	extinct 1828
Duke of La Rocheguyon	1663	Plessis-Liancourt	Extinct 1674
Duke of Tresmes	1663	Potier	Extinct 1794	title changed to Duke of Gesvres in 1670
Duke of Noailles	1663	Noailles	Extant
Duke of Coislin	1663	Cambout	Extinct 1732
Duke of Choiseul	1665	Choiseul	Extinct 1705
Duke of Aumont	1665	Aumont	Extant
Duke of Roannais	1667	Aubusson de La Feuillade	Extinct 1725
Duke of Nemours	1672	Royal family	Merged in the Crown in 1830
Duke of Aubigny	1673	Gordon-Lennox	Extant
Duke of Saint-Cloud	1674	n/a	Extinct 1811	held by the Archbishop of Paris
Duchess of Angoulême	1675	Orléans	Extinct 1696
Duke of Beaufort	1688	Montmorency-Luxembourg	Extinct 1862	title changed to Duke of Montmorency in 1689; extended in 1864, extinct 1951
Duke of Duras	1689	Durfort, Chastellux	Extant	title changed to Duke of Rauzan in 1825
Duke of Boufflers	1695	Boufflers	extinct 1751
Duke of Harcourt	1700	Harcourt	Extant
Duke of Guise	1704	Bourbon-Condé	Merged in the Crown 1830
Duke of Villars	1705	Villars	Extinct 1777
Duke of Alençon	1710	Royal family	extinct 1714
Duke of Angoulême	1710	Royal family	Extinct 1714
Duke of Fitz-James	1710	Fitz-James	Extinct 1967
Duke of Rambouillet	1771	Légitimé de France, Bourbon	Extinct 1792
Duke of Rohan-Rohan	1714	Rohan	Extant
Duke of Valentinois	1716	Goyon de Matignon, Grimaldi	Extinct 1949	Used as subsidiary title for Prince of Monaco
Duke of Mercœur	1723	Bourbon-Conti	sold 1770
Duke of Rochefort	1728	Rohan	Extant
Duke of Châtellerault	1730	La Trémoille	Extinct 1759
Duke of Lauragais	1731	Brancas	Extinct 1794
Duke of Ayen	1737	Noailles	Extinct 1793
Duke of Lesparre	1739	Gramont	Extinct 1801
Duke of Gisors	1742	Fouquet	Extinct 1761
Duke of Broglie	1742	Broglie	Extant
Duke of Anville	1746	La Rochefoucauld	Extinct 1792
Duke of Coigny	1747	Coigny	Extinct 1865
Duke of Clermont-Tonnerre	1755	Clermont-Tonnerre	Extant
Duke of Laval	1758	Montmorency-Laval	Extinct 1851
Duke of Villequier	1759	Aumont	Extant
Duke of Picquigny	1761	Albert de Chaulnes	Extinct 1769 or 1792
Duke of Praslin	1762	Choiseul	Extant
Duke of Beaumont	1765	Montmorency-Luxembourg	Extinct 1878
Duke of Liancourt	1765	La Rochefoucauld	Extant
Duke of Poix	1767	Noailles	Extinct 1794
Duke of Anjou	1771	Royal family	Merged in the Crown 1795
Duke of Angoulême	1773	Royal family	Merged in the Crown 1824
Duke of Auvergne	1773	Royal family	exchanged 1778
Duke of Mercœur	1773	Royal family	Exchanged 1778
Duke of Croï d'Havré	1773	Croy d'Havré
Duke of Alençon	1774	Royal family	Merged in the Crown 1795
Duke of Civrac	1774	Durfort de Civrac	Extinct 1787
Duke of Quintin	1774	Durfort de Civrac de Lorge	Extant	title changed to Duke of Lorge in 1776
Duke of Lesparre	1774	Gramont	Extinct 1795
Duke of Berry	1776	Royal family	Merged in the Crown 1824
Duc du Châtelet	1777	Châtelet	Extinct 1793
Duke of Guiche	1780	Gramont	extinct 1836
Duke of Polignac	1780	Polignac	Extant
Duke of Maillé	1784	Maillé de La Tour Landry	Extant
Duke of Lévis	1784	Lévis	Extinct 1863
Duke of Saulx-Tavannes	1786	Saulx-Tavannes
Duke of La Force	1787	Caumont	Extant
Duke of Massa	1806	Régnier	Extinct 1962
Duke of Dantzig	1807	Lefebvre	Extinct 1820
Duke of Parme	1808	Cambacérès	Extinct 1824
Duke of Plaisance	1808	Lebrun	Extinct 1926
Duke of Bellune	1808	Victor	Extinct 1853
Duke of Conegliano	1808	Moncey	Extinct 1842
Duke of Trévise	1808	Mortier	extinct 1912
Duke of Dalmatie	1808	Soult	Extinct 1857
Duke of Valmy	1808	Kellermann	Extinct 1868
Duke of Rivoli	1808	Masséna	Extant
Duke of Raguse	1808	Marmont	Extinct 1852
Duke of Padoue	1808	Arrighi de Casanova	Extinct 1888
Duke of Montebello	1808	Lannes	Extant
Duke of Castiglione	1808	Augereau	Extinct 1915
Duke of Auerstaedt	1808	Davout	Extinct 1853	extended 1864, Extant
Duke of Abrantes	1808	Junot	Extinct 1859	Extended 1869, extinct 1985
Duke of Elchingen	1808	Ney	Extinct 1969
Duke of Rovigo	1808	Savary	Extinct 1872
Duke of Vicence	1808	Caulaincourt	Extinct 1896
Duke of Bassano	1809	Maret	Extinct 1906
Duke of Feltre	1809	Clarke	Extinct 1852	Extended 1864, extant
Duke of Istrie	1809	Bessières	Extinct 1856
Duke of Tarente	1809	MacDonald	Extinct 1912
Duke of Cadore	1809	Nompère de Champagny	Extinct 1893
Duke of Gaete	1809	Gaudin	Extinct 1841
Duke of Otrante	1809	Fouché	Extant
Duke of Reggio	1810	Oudinot	Extant
Duke of Navarre	1810	Beauharnais	Extinct 1852
Duke of Dalberg	1810	Dalberg	Extinct 1833	Extended as Duke of Tascher de La Pagerie in 1859, extinct 1902
Duke of Decrès	1813	Decrès	Extinct 1820
Duke of Albufera	1813	Suchet	Extant
Duchess of Frioul	1813	Duroc	Extinct 1829
Duchess of Saint-Leu	1814	Beauharnais	Extinct 1837
Duke of Cars	1816	Pérusse	Extinct 1822
Duke of La Châtre	1817	La Châtre	Extinct 1824
Duke of Sabran	1817	Sabran, Pontevès	Extant
Duke of Talleyrand	1817	Talleyrand-Périgord	Extinct 1968
Duke of Croy	1817	Croy	Extant
Duke of Avaray	1817	Bésiade	Extinct 1941
Duke of Bauffremont	1817	Bauffremont	Extant
Duke of Crillon	1817	Berton des Balbes	Extinct 1870
Duke of Valengin	1817	Berthier	Extinct 1918
Duke of Havré	1817	Croy	Extinct 1839
Duke of Choiseul	1817	Choiseul, Marmier	Extinct 1947	title changed to Duke of Marmier in 1839
Duke of Aremberg	1824	Arenberg	Extinct 1877
Duke of Blacas	1824	Blacas d'Aulps	Extant
Duke of Rivière	1825	Rivière	Extinct 1901
Duke of Cars	1825	Pérusse	Extant
Duke of Caraman	1830	Riquet	Extant
Duke of Céreste	1830	Brancas-Villars	Extinct 1858
Duke of Melfort	1841	Drummond	Extinct 1902
Duke of Pasquier	1845	Pasquier	Extant	title changed to Duke of Audiffret-Pasquier in 1862
Duke of Isly	1845	Bugeaud	Extinct 1865
Duke of Montmorot	1847	Muñoz	Extinct 1873
Duke of Malakoff	1856	Pélissier	Extinct 1864
Duke of Magenta	1859	MacMahon	Extant
Duke of Morny	1863	Morny	Extinct 1943
Duke of Persigny	1863	Fialin	Extinct 1885

Sources

http://www.heraldica.org/topics/france

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The British nobility is made up of the peerage and the (landed) gentry. The nobility of its four constituent home nations has played a major role in shaping the history of the country, although the hereditary peerage now retain only the rights to stand for election to the House of Lords, dining rights there, position in the formal order of precedence, the right to certain titles, and the right to an audience with the monarch. More than a third of British land is in the hands of aristocrats and traditional landed gentry.

A peerage is a legal system historically comprising various hereditary titles in a number of countries, and composed of assorted noble ranks.

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