List of French dukedoms

This is a list of French dukedoms from the beginning of feudalism in the 9th century to the end of the French monarchy in the 19th century.

History

The Duchies of France were founded in the 9th century by the Carolingian Kings and the princely members of their family who shared the Empire of Charlemagne which they had inherited by reorganizing all the Carolingian kingdoms of France into feudal duchies and counties vassals of the King of France.

Administrative districts

In the continuity of the administration of the Roman Empire, the various Germanic kingdoms set up districts of command entrusted to representatives of the aristocracy, appointed and dismissed by the sovereign. These dukes often had authority over several counties. The commands of the border regions took the name of "march" (French: marche) or "marquisate" (French: marquisat). The precise geography of these districts is difficult to establish, especially since their contours were very fluctuating. Many of these commands, having become hereditary, evolved into territorial principalities of the feudal type.

Name	List of Dukes	Creation Date	History of the title
Duchy of Bavaria	List	555	Annexed by Charlemagne
Duchy of Dentelin		6th century	Duchy of the Merovingian era which extended over Upper Normandy, Picardy and the south-western parts of Belgium (Flanders).
Duchy of Aquitaine then of Guyenne	List	632	Feudal duchy in 632 (Duchy-peerage in 1200) for the Merovingian dynasty; passed to the House of Boggide in 670. Extinguished in 768; reestablished in 845 for the House of Poitiers, passed in 893 to the House of Wilhelmide, in 918 to the House of Bellonide of Carcassonne, returned in 928 to the House of Poitou, passed in 932 to the House of Raymondine of Toulouse, returned in 950 to the House of Poitiers, passed in 1168 to the House of Plantagenet, in 1196 to the House of Guelph, returned in 1199 to the House of Plantagenets. Title extinct in 1204. Restored in 1259 for the House of Plantagenet, passed in 1399 to the House of Lancaster, in 1400 to the House of Valois, returned in 1415 to the House of Lancaster then in 1469 to the House of Valois. Title extinct in 1472. This title was reestablished in 1753 for a son of France but died out with his death in 1754. Raised as a courtesy title since 1972 by the elder branch of the Bourbons, held by Emmanuelle de Bourbon (b. 1960) since 1995.
Duchy of Alsace	List	662	Feudal duchy in 662 for the House of Etichonids, passed in 867 to the House of Carolingian, returned in 870 to the Etichonids, passed in 917 to the House of Wettin, in 926 to the House of Wetterau, in 948 to the House of Liudolfings, returned in 954 to the Wettins then in 973 to the Liudolfings and in 982 to Wetterau, passed in 1038 to the House of Salian, in 1048 to the House of Schweinfurt, in 1057 to the House of Rheinfelden then in 1080 to the House of Hohenstaufen. Title extinguished in 1268. The Duchy of Alsace was a German and not a French fief.
Duchy of Gascony	List	768	Feudal duchy in 768 for the House of Boggide, passed in 864 to the House of Wilhelmide, in 872 to the House of Pérez de Mittara, in 1032 to the House of Taillefer, in 1036 to the House of Poitiers, then in 1040 to the House of Armagnac. Title extinguished in 1042.
Duchy then County of Toulouse	List	778	Feudal duchy in 788 for the House of Wilhelmine. Title extinguished in 850, after which Toulouse became a County.
Duchy then County of Ponthieu	List	793	Feudal duchy in 793 for the House of Ponthieu. Title extinguished in 844, after which Ponthieu became a County.
Duchy of Septimania		817	Feudal duchy in 817 for the House of Wilhelmine. Title extinguished in 844.
Duke of Brittany	List	824 / 1547	Feudal county created in 824 for Nominoé, who titled himself King of Brittany in 840. Reestablished in 939 by the House of Poher, passed in 987 to the House of Rennes, in 1066 to the House of Cornouaille, in 1148 to the House of Perhoët, returned in 1156 to the Rennes, passed in 1196 to the House of Plantagenet, in 1203 to the House of Thouars, in 1221 to the House of Dreux, with Guy Mauclerc who officially took the title of Duke, disputed from 1341 to 1365, passed into the House of Montfort in 1365. Duchy-peerage in 1297, passed in 1514 to the House of Valois. Title extinguished in 1547 with the reunion to the crown of France. Never given as an appanage. Reestablished in 1707 for a son of France, extinguished with his accession to the Louis, Dauphin of France, in 1712. Raised as a courtesy title by the elder branch of the Bourbons from 1950 to 1975.
Duchy of Burgundy	List	877	Feudal duchy created in 877 (duchy-peerage in 1200) for the House of Nivelonne, passed in 943 to the House of Robertians, which later became Capetian, and in 1364 to the House of Valois. Title extinguished in 1477. Reestablished in 1682 for the House of Bourbon and two sons of France. Title extinguished in 1761. There was also a County of Burgundy, which became Franche-Comté. Raised as a courtesy title by the elder branch of the Bourbons since 2010.
Duchy of the Franks	List	687	The title of "Duke of the Franks" is more of an appellation, at least for the first holders. Feudal duchy in 886 for the House of Robertians. Title extinguished in 987.
Duchy of Normandy	List	911	Feudal duchy in 911 (duchy-peerage in 1200) for the House of Normandy, passed in 1135 to the House of Blois then in 1144 to the House of Plantagenet. Title extinguished in France in 1204 (the King of England retains the Channel Islands of which he is still the Duke in the 21st century). Re-established in 1331 for the House of Valois, passed in 1418 to the House of Lancaster then returned in 1465 to the House of Valois. Title extinguished in 1469. Re-established in 1785 for a son of France, but which became extinct when the holder, Louis Charles, acceded to the Dauphin of France in 1789.
Duchy of Lorraine	Liust	911	Feudal duchy in 911 for the House of Ydulfing, passed in 940 to the House of Liudolfinger, returned in 941 to Ydulfing, passed in 944 to the House of Speyer, returned in 953 to Liudolfinger, passed in 959 to the House of Wigéricide, in 1046 to the House of Lorraine then in 1431 to the House of Valois, returned in 1473 to Lorraine then passed in 1738 to Stanisław Leszczyński, former King of Poland. Title extinguished in 1766 and the duchy then became a province of France. Nevertheless, the title was raised by the dynastic head of the House of Lorraine, which became the Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal House of Habsburg-Lorraine, a direct and legitimate descendant of the reigning duke in 1737 and is sometimes still borne today. The Duchy of Lorraine was a fiefdom outside France.
County then Duchy of Bar (or Barrois)	Liust	951	Feudal duchy in 951 for the Duke of Upper Lorraine. Title extinguished in 1034. Reestablished in 1355 for the House of Mousson, passed in 1419 to the House of Valois, in 1480 to the House of Lorraine then in 1738 to Stanisław Leszczyński, former King of Poland. Title extinguished in 1766, Barrois followed the fate of Lorraine from then on. This title, however, has since followed the same destiny as that of Lorraine, to which it remains traditionally attached and is sometimes borne by the dynastic head of the Imperial and Royal House of Habsburg-Lorraine.
Duchy of Narbonne	List	12th Century	Feudal duchy from the beginning of the 12th century for the Counts of Toulouse. Title extinguished in 1249.
Duchy of Langres	List	1200	Episcopal duchy-peerage in 1200 for the Bishops of Langres. Title extinguished in 1801 with the 40th duke-bishop César-Guillaume de La Luzerne (1738-1821).
Duchy of Laon	List	1200	Episcopal duchy-peerage in 1200 for the Bishops of Laon. Title extinguished in 1801 with the 40th duke-bishop Louis-Maxime de Sabran (1739-1811).
Duchy of Reims	List	1200	Archiepiscopal duchy-peerage in 1200 for the Archbishops of Reims. Title extinguished in 1801 with the 45th duke-archbishop Alexandre-Angélique de Talleyrand-Périgord (1736-1821).

Feudal titles

In the late Middle Ages and the modern era, the duchy and peerage were attributed to smaller feudal groups, mainly former counties. The holders were most often princes of the royal family, under the rule of appanage which required that the extinction of the male descendants of the first holder led to the attachment to the royal domain of the duchy.

Name	List of Dukes	Creation Date	History of the title
Duchy of Auvergne	List	1226–1271 1360–1521 1528–1532 1569–1574 1773–1778	1st creation: for Alphonse of France, Count of Poitiers. 2nd creation: for John of France, passed in 1434 to the Dukes of Bourbon, confiscated in 1521 by the king. 3rd creation: for Louise of Savoy, but returned to the crown on her death. 4th creation: for Duke of Anjou in 1569. When he became King in 1574, the duchy was reunited with the crown. 5th creation: for Count of Artois, as 13th Duke, which he exchanged with the Crown in 1778.
Duchy of Bourbon	List	1327	Duchy-peerage created in 1327 for Louis I of Bourbon; passed to Louise of Savoy in 1527; then to the House of Valois in 1544. Reestablished in 1661 for the House of Bourbon-Condé. Title extinguished in 1830 with Louis-Henri-Joseph of Bourbon-Condé, 18th Duke. Raised as a courtesy title from 1950 to 1989 by the senior branch of the Bourbons.
Duchy of Orléans	List	1344	Duchy-peerage created in 1344 for Philip of France. Title extinguished with him and reestablished in 1392, passed in 1626 to the House of Bourbon, then in 1661 to the House of Orléans. Title extinguished in 1842 with Ferdinand-Philippe d'Orléans. Raised as a courtesy title by some of his descendants, including Jacques d'Orléans (b. 1941) since 1969.
Duchy of Anjou	List	1356	Created in 1356 for Louis of France, the duchy returned to the Crown in 1481. It was awarded in 1515 to Louise of Savoy, then returned to the crown upon her death in 1532. It was awarded as an appanage to the Duke of Anjou in 1566. When he became King Henry III in 1574, the duchy was once again reunited with the crown. In 1576 it became the new appanage of Francis, the King's brother, but when the latter died in 1584, it returned to the Crown. It was no longer awarded as an appanage until 1771, when it returned to the Count of Provence, who held the title as 16th Duke at the time of the abolition of feudal districts. Taken up as a courtesy title by Jacques de Bourbon; since 1946 held by the new senior branch of the Bourbons, borne by Louis Alphonse de Bourbon (b. 1974) since 1989.
Duchy of Berry	List	1360	Duchy-peerage created in 1360 for John of France. Title extinguished in 1584; reestablished in 1686 for the House of Bourbon. Title extinguished in 1820 with the Charles Ferdinand d'Artois, 14th Duke. Raised as a courtesy title by the elder branch of the Bourbons since 2010.
Duchy of Touraine	List	1360	Duchy-peerage created in 1360 for Philip of France, passed in 1423 to the House of Douglas, returned in 1424 to the House of Valois. Title extinguished in 1480; reestablished in 1527 for Louise of Savoy then returned in 1576 to the House of Valois. Title extinguished in 1584 with the Francis, 10th Duke. Raised as a courtesy title from 1981 to 1984 by the senior branch of the Bourbons.
Duchy of Château-Thierry	List	1400–1407 1556–1802	1st creation: Duchy-peerage created in 1400 for Louis of France 2nd creation: for the House of Bourbon. The title passed to the House of Valois in 1566; then to the House of Orléans-Dunois in 1627, and then to the House of La Tour d'Auvergne de Bouillon in 1651. Title extinguished in 1802 with Jacques Léopold de La Tour d'Auvergne, 11th Duke.
Duchy of Nemours	List	1404	Duchy-peerage created in 1404 for King Charles III of Navarre (1361-1425), passed to: the House of Bourbon in 1425, then to the House of Armagnac in 1462, then to the House of Grailly-Foix in 1507, then to the House of Medici in 1514, then to the House of Savoy in 1524, then to the House of Orléans in 1672. Currently held by Jean d'Orléans, 31st Duke (b. 1965) since 2019.
Duchy of Valois	List	1406	Duchy-peerage created in 1406 for Louis of France, passed to the House of Bourbon in 1630; then to the House of Orléans in 1661. Traditionally held by the eldest son of the Duke of Chartres, but current holder is Jean d'Orléans, 18th Duke (1965) since 2019.
Duchy of Alençon	List	1415–1970	Duchy-peerage created in 1415 for Jean I of Alençon; passed to the House of Bourbon in 1584; then to the House of Orléans in 1844. Title extinguished in 1910 with Ferdinand of Orléans. Taken up as a courtesy title by his son, Prince Emmanuel, from 1910 to 1931. Extinguished in 1970 with the death of his son, Prince Charles Philippe.

Modern Duchies

The duchies of the Ancien régime were more complex than those of the medieval period. Essentially, the new duchies were not independent principalities and the ducal status was not definitively attached to the fiefs erected into duchies. The letters patent of creation contain clauses of succession which regulate the future of the duchies. In most cases, the rule chosen is that of succession by males: upon the extinction of the male descendants of the beneficiary of the erection into a duchy, the duchy reverts to its "previous state" lordship, county or other. Further distinction was made between dukes and peers, who sat in parliament; hereditary dukes, and patent dukes, whose title was not transmissible. In 1566, Charles IX issued an order that set forth that hereditary duchies would be reversible to the Crown in the absence of males heirs.

Some duchies have changed their name during their history: the Duchy of Thouars, for example, is often called the Duchy of Trémoïlle. Furthermore, it was not uncommon for certain fiefs to be erected into duchies under another name. Thus, the Duchy of Montmorency was re-created in 1633 under the name of Enghien, which remained attached to a lake in the Montmorency region, a lake which gave its name to the town of Enghien-les-Bains.

The title of duke, abolished during the French Revolution, was reestablished in 1806. Several dukes were created under the Empire and under the governments that followed. Under the Ancien régime, from the 16th century onwards, the title of Monsieur le Duc was used to designate the eldest son of the Prince of Condé. Duke Henri de Bourbon, who was a minister in 1723, is particularly well known in history under this name.

Duchies created by French sovereigns

Of the 218 titles created (141 under the Ancien régime, 33 under the First Empire, 33 under the Restoration, 7 under the July Monarchy, 4 under the Second Empire), only about forty remain today, the others becoming extinct.

Title	Date of Creation	Family	Current Status	Notes
Duke of Valentinois	1498	Borgia	Extinct 1507
Duke of Longueville	1505	Orléans-Longueville	Extinct 1672
Duke of Vendôme	1514	Bourbon-Vendôme	Extinct 1712
Duke of Angoulême	1515	Valois-Angoulême	Extinct 1696
Duke of Roannais	1519	Gouffier	Extinct 1725
Duke of Dunois	1525	Orléans-Longueville	Extinct 1536
Duke of Chartres	1528	Valois-Orléans	Extinct 1910
Duke of Guise	1528	Lorraine-Guise	Extinct 1830
Duke of Estouteville	1534	Orléans-Longueville	Extinct 1707
Duke of Étampes	1537	Pisseleu/Brosse	Extinct 1565
Duke of Montpensier	1539	Bourbon	Extinct 1890
Duke of Nevers	1539	Albret, Cleves, Gonzaga	Extinct 1798	Sold 1659
Duke of Beaumont	1543	Alençon, Bourbon-Vendôme	Extinct 1589	Merged in the Crown
Duke of Chevreuse	1546	Lorraine	Extant
Duke of Aumale	1547	Lorraine-Guise	Extinct 1631
Duke of Valentinois	1548	Poitiers	Extinct 1566
Duke of Albret	1550	Albret, Bourbon-Vendôme	Merged in the Crown 1589
Duke of Beaupréau	1562	Scépeaux	Extinct 1565
Duke of Thouars	1563	La Trémoïlle	Extinct 1933
Duke of Granville	1563	Bourbon-Vendôme	Extinct 1590
Duke of Uzès	1565	Crussol	Extant
Duke of Mayenne	1573	Lorraine-Guise, Gonzaga	Extinct 1738	Sold 1654
Duke of Épernon	1581	Nogaret de La Valette	Extinct 1661
Duke of Joyeuse	1581	Joyeuse, Lorraine-Guise	Extinct 1675
Duke of Rethel	1581	Gonzaga	Extinct 1826	Sold 1658
Duke of Hallwin	1588	Hallwin	Extinct 1611
Duke of Montbazon	1588	Rohan	Extinct 1593
Duke of Beaufort	1597	Estrées, Bourbon-Vendôme	Sold 1688
Duke of Aiguillon	1599	Lorraine-Mayenne	Extinct 1621
Duke of Rohan	1603	Rohan	Extant
Duke of Sully	1606	Béthune	Extinct 1807
Duke of Fronsac	1608	Orléans-Longueville	Extinct 1631
Duke of Brissac	1611	Cossé	Extant
Duke of Grancey	1611	Bonne	1613
Duke of Lesdiguières	1611	Bonne, Créquy	Extinct 1711
Duke of Bellegarde	1619	Saint-Lary	Extinct 1646
Duke of Luynes	1619	Albert	Extant
Duke of Chaulnes	1621	Albert d'Ailly	Extinct 1698
Duc de La Rochefoucauld	1622	La Rochefoucauld	Extant
Duke of La Valette	1622	Nogaret de La Valette	Extinct 1661
Duke of Richelieu	1629	Plessis, Vignerot, La Chapelle-Jumilhac	Extinct 1952
Duke of Fronsac	1634	Plessis, Maillé-Brézé, Bourbon-Condé, Vignerot	Extinct 1822
Duke of Puylaurens	1634	L'Age	Extinct 1635
Duke of Saint-Simon	1635	Rouvroy	Extinct 1755
Duke of La Force	1637	Caumont	Extinct 1755
Duke of Aiguillon	1638	Vignerot du Plessis	Extinct 1800
Duke of Valentinois	1642	Grimaldi	Extinct 1731
Duke of Coligny	1643	Coligny	Extinct 1646
Duke of Gramont	1643	Gramont	Extant
Duke of Vitry	1643	L'Hospital	Extinct 1679
Duke of Coligny	1648	Coligny	Extinct 1646
Duke of Estrées	1648	Estrée	Extinct 1771
Duke of Tresmes	1648	Potier	Extinct 1794	Title changed to Duke of Gesvres in 1670
Duke of Arpajon	1650	Arpajon	Extinct 1679
Duke of Lavedan	1650	Montaut	Extinct 1660
Duke of Mortemart	1650	Rochechouart de Mortemart	Extant
Duke of Noirmoutier	1650	La Trémoïlle	Extinct 1733
Duke of Villemor	1650	L'Hospital	Extinct 1663
Duke of La Vieuville	1651	La Vieuville	Extinct 1689
Duke of Rosnay	1651	L'Hospital	Extinct 1660
Duke of Villeroy	1651	Neufville	Extinct 1794
Duke of Créquy	1652	Blanchefort-Créquy	Extinct 1687	Also known as the Duke of Poix
Duke of Orval	1652	Béthune	Extinct 1678
Duke of Roquelaure	1652	Roquelaure	Extinct 1738
Duke of Verneuil	1652	Bourbon-Verneuil	Extinct 1682
Duke of Fayel	1652	La Mothe-Houdancourt	Extinct 1657
Duke of La Guiche	1652	Valois-Angoulême	Extinct 1654
Duke of Coulommiers	1663	Orléans-Longueville	Extinct 1663
Duke of Montaut	1660	Montaut	Extinct 84
Duke of Randan	1661	La Rochefoucauld-Randan, Foix de Candale	Extinct 1773
Duke of Carignan	1662	Savoy	Extinct 1734
Duke of Coislin	1663	Cambout	Extinct 1732
Duke of La Meilleraye	1663	La Porte-Mazarin	Extinct 1738
Duke of Noailles	1663	Noailles	Extant
Duke of Saint-Aignan	1663	Beauvilliers	Extinct 1828
Duke of Montausier	1664	Sainte Maure	Extinct 1690
Duke of Aumont	1665	Aumont	Extinct 1888
Duke of Choiseul	1665	Choiseul	Extinct 1705
Duke of La Ferté Senneterre	1665	Senneterre	Extinct 1703
Duke of La Vallière	1667	La Baume Le Blanc	Extinct 1780
Duke of Duras	1668	Durfort, Chastellux	Extant	title changed to Duke of Rauzan in 1825
Duke of Vivonne	1668	Rochechouart	Extinct 1688
Duke of Gesvres	1670	Potier	Extinct 1794
Duke of Charost	1672	Béthune	Extinct 1800
Duke of Maine	1673	Bourbon	Extinct 1736
Duke of Saint-Cloud	1674		Extinct 1811	held by the Archbishop of Paris
Duke of Lude	1675	Daillon	Extinct 1685
Duke of Fontanges	1680	Scoraille	Extinct 1681
Duke of Aubigny	1684	Gordon-Lennox	Extant
Duke of Humières	1690	Crevant	Extinct 1751
Duke of Quintin	1691	Durfort	Extinct 1706	title changed to Duke of Lorge in 1706
Duke of Lauzun	1692	Caumont	Extinct 1723
Duke of Boufflers	1695	Boufflers	Extinct 1751
Duke of Harcourt	1700	Harcourt	Extant
Duke of Châteauvillain	1703	Bourbon-Penthièvre	Extinct 1821
Duke of Villars	1705	Villars	Extinct 1777
Duke of Lorge	1706	Durfort	Extant
Duke of Fitz-James	1710	Fitz-James	Extinct 1967
Duke of Antin	1711	Pardaillan	Extinct 1757
Duke of Rambouillet	1711	Bourbon-Penthièvre	Extinct 1792
Duke of Hostun	1712	Hostun	Extinct 1755
Duke of Rohan-Rohan	1714	Rohan	Extant
Duke of Lévis	1723	Lévis	Extinct 1734
Duke of Alincourt	1729	Neufville	Extinct 1732
Duke of Lauragais	1731	Brancas	Extinct 1794
Duke of Anville	1732	La Rochefoucauld	Extinct 1746
Duke of Boutteville	1736	Montmorency	Extinct 1785
Duke of Châtillon	1736	Châtillon	Extinct 1762
Duke of Fleury	1736	Rosset	Extinct 1815
Duke of Ayen	1737	Noailles	Extant
Duke of Lesparre	1739	Gramont	Extinct 1801
Duke of Broglie	1742	Broglie	Extant
Duke of Gisors	1742	Fouquet	Extinct 1761
Duke of Coigny	1747	Coigny	Extinct 1865
Duke of Taillebourg	1749	La Trémoïlle	Extinct 1749
Duke of Mirepoix	1751	Lévis	Extinct 1757
Duke of Rochechouart	1753	Rochechouart de Mortemart	Extinct 1771
Duke of Choiseul-Stainville	1758	Choiseul	Extinct 1785
Duke of Gontaut	1758	Gontaut-Biron	Extinct 1798
Duke of Laval	1758	Montmorency-Laval	Extinct 1851
Duke of Vauguyon	1758	Quélen	Extinct 1837
Duke of Villequier	1759	Aumont	Extinct 1888
Duke of Choiseul-Praslin	1762	Choiseul	Extant
Duke of Picquigny	1762	Albert	Extinct 1792
Duke of Amboise	1764	Choiseul	Extinct 1785
Duke of Beaumont	1765	Montmorency-Luxembourg	Extinct 1878
Duke of Liancourt	1765	La Rochefoucauld	Extant
Duke of Lauzun	1766	Gontaut	Extinct 1793
Duke of Saint Maigrin	1767	Quélen	Extinct 1828
Duke of La Vrillière	1770	Phélypeaux	Extinct 1777
Duke of La Tour d'Auvergne	1772	La Tour d'Auvergne	Extinct 1849
Duke of Croÿ-Wailly	1773	Croÿ d'Havré	Extinct 1839
Duke of Civrac	1774	Durfort de Civrac	Extinct 1787
Duke of Chabot	1775	Rohan-Chabot	Extinct 1807
Duke of Clermont-Tonnerre	1775	Clermont-Tonnerre	Extant
Duke of Guînes	1776	Bonnières	Extinct 1806
Duke of Brunoy	1777	Bourbon	Extinct 1810
Duke of Louvois	1777	Bourbon	Extinct 1800
Duke of Guiche	1780	Gramont	Extinct 1836
Duke of Narbonne Lara	1780	Narbonne Lara	Extinct 1834
Duke of Polignac	1780	Polignac	Extant
Duke of Piennes	1781	Aumont	Extinct 1799
Duke of Beuvron	1784	Harcourt	Extinct 1797
Duke of Castries	1784	La Croix de Castries	Extinct 1886
Duke of Cossé	1784	Cossé-Brissac	Extinct 1813
Duke of Lévis	1784	Lévis	Extinct 1863
Duke of Maillé	1784	Maillé de La Tour Landry	Extant
Duke of Choiseul-Stainville	1786	Choiseul	Extinct 1789
Duke of Tavannes	1786	Saulx-Tavannes	Extinct 1845
Duke of Amboise	1787	Bourbon-Penthièvre	Extinct 1821
Duke of Beauffremont	1787	Beauffremont	Extinct 1821
Duke of Choiseul	1787	Choiseul	Extinct 1838
Duke of Esclignac	1787	Preissac	Extinct 1873
Duke of Avaray	1799	Bésiade	Extinct 1811
Duke of Guastalla	1805	Borghèse	Extinct 1832
Duke of Dantzig	1807	Lefebvre	Extinct 1820
Duke of Rivoli	1807	Masséna	Extant
Duke of Abrantes	1808	Junot	Extinct 1859	Extended 1869, extinct 1985
Duke of Auerstaedt	1808	Davout	Extinct 1853	extended 1864, Extant
Duke of Bellune	1808	Perrin	Extinct 1853
Duke of Cambacérès	1808	Cambacérès	Extinct 1881
Duke of Castiglione	1808	Augereau	Extinct 1915
Duke of Conegliano	1808	Moncey	Extinct 1842
Duke of Dalmatie	1808	Soult	Extinct 1857
Duke of Elchingen	1808	Ney	Extinct 1969
Duchess of Frioul	1813	Duroc	Extinct 1829
Duke of Montebello	1808	Lannes	Extant
Duke of Padoue	1808	Arrighi de Casanova	Extinct 1888
Duke of Parme	1808	Cambacérès	Extinct 1824
Duke of Plaisance	1808	Lebrun	Extinct 1926
Duke of Raguse	1808	Marmont	Extinct 1852
Duke of Rovigo	1808	Savary	Extinct 1872
Duke of Trévise	1808	Mortier	Extinct 1912
Duke of Valmy	1808	Kellermann	Extinct 1868
Duke of Vicence	1808	Caulaincourt	Extinct 1896
Duke of Bassano	1809	Maret	Extinct 1906
Duke of Cadore	1809	Nompère de Champagny	Extinct 1893
Duke of Feltre	1809	Clarke	Extinct 1852	Extended 1864
Duke of Gaete	1809	Gaudin	Extinct 1841
Duke of Istrie	1809	Bessières	Extinct 1856
Duke of Massa	1809	Régnier	Extinct 1962
Duke of Otrante	1809	Fouché	Extant
Duke of Reggio	1810	Oudinot	Extant
Duke of Tarente	1809	MacDonald	Extinct 1912
Duke of Dalberg	1810	Dalberg	Extinct 1833	Extended in 1859
Duke of Navarre	1810	Tascher	Extinct 1852
Duke of Albufera	1813	Suchet	Extant
Duke of Decrès	1813	Decrès	Extinct 1820
Duchess of Saint-Leu	1814	Beauharnais	Extinct 1837
Duke of Civrac	1815	Durfort	Extinct 1837
Duke of La Châtre	1815	La Châtre	Extinct 1824
Duke of Ligny	1815	Girard	Extinct 1815
Duke of Cars	1816	Pérusse	Extant
Duke of Damas Cruz	1816	Damas Cruz	Extinct 1846
Duke of Narbonne Pelet	1816	Narbonne Pelet	Extinct 1901
Duke of Périgord	1816	Talleyrand-Périgord	Extinct 1883
Duke of Tourzel	1816	Croÿ d'Havré	Extinct 1844
Duke of Avaray	1817	Bésiade	Extinct 1941
Duke of Bausset	1817	Bausset-Roquefort	Extinct 1824
Duke of Bayane	1817	Latier	Extinct 1818
Duke of Crillon	1817	Berton des Balbes	Extinct 1870
Duke of Doudeauville	1817	La Rochefoucauld	Extant
Duke of La Luzerne	1817	La Luzerne	Extinct 1821
Duke of Mouchy	1817	Noailles	Extant
Duke of Poix	1817	Noailles	Extant
Duke of Sabran	1817	Sabran	Extant
Duke of Sérent	1817	Sérent	Extant
Duke of Talleyrand	1817	Talleyrand-Périgord	Extinct 1968
Duke of Wagram	1817	Berthier	Extinct 1918
Duke of Béthune-Hesdigneul	1817	Béthune	Extinct 1823
Duke of Fimarcon	1819	Preissac	Extinct 1853
Duke of Rauzan Duras	1819	Chastellux	Extant
Duke of Bordeaux	1820	Artois	Extinct 1883
Duke of Decazes	1820	Decazes	Extant
Duke of Blacas	1821	Blacas d'Aulps	Extant
Duke of Fezensac	1821	Montesquiou	Extinct 1913
Duke of La Farre	1822	La Farre	Extinct 1829
Duke of La Roche-Guyon	1822	La Rochefoucauld	Extant
Duke of Montmorency-Laval	1822	Montmorency	Extinct 1826
Duke of Rivière	1825	Rivière	Extinct 1890
Duke of Gontaut	1826	Montaut	Extinct 1862
Duke of Latil	1826	Latil	Extinct 1839
Duke of Arenberg	1824	Arenberg	Extant
Duke of Caderousse	1827	Ancezune	Extinct 1865
Duke of Damas d’Antigny	1827	Damas d’Antigny	Extinct 1829
Duke of Caraman	1828	Riquet	Extant
Duke of Berghes	1829	Berghes Saint Winock	Extinct 1907
Duke of Isoard	1829	Isoard	Extinct 1839
Duke of Céreste	1830	Brancas	Extant
Duke of Crussol	1830	Crussol	Extinct 1837
Duke of Tascher de La Pagerie	1833	Tascher	Extinct 1901
Duke of La Mothe-Houdancourt	1838	Walsh-Serrant	Extinct 1842
Duke of Marmier	1839	Marmier	Extinct 1947
Duke of Estissac	1840	La Rochefoucauld	Extant
Duke of Isly	1844	Bugeaud	Extinct 1868
Duke of Pasquier	1844	Pasquier	Extinct 1862
Duke of Montmorot	1847	Muñoz	Extinct 1863
Duke of Malakoff	1856	Pélissier	Extinct 1864
Duke of Magenta	1859	MacMahon	Extant
Duke of Gadagne	1861	Galléan	Extinct 1925
Duke of Audiffret-Pasquier	1862	Audiffret-Pasquier	Extant
Duke of Morny	1862	Morny	Extinct 1943
Duke of Persigny	1863	Persigny	Extinct 1885
Duke of Feltre	1864	Goyon	Extinct 2021

Duchies created by French sovereigns on foreign territories

Title	Date of Creation	Sovereign	Place	Family	Current Status	Notes
Duke of Candale	1621	Louis XIII	England	Nogaret de La Valette	1658	Created for Henri de Nogaret
Duke of Cardona	1642	Louis XIII	Spain	La Mothe Houdancourt	1652	Created for Marshal Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt

Duchies created by foreign sovereigns on territories annexed by France

Title	Date	Sovereign	State	Family	Current Status	Notes
Aosta	1845	Charles Albert	Savoy	Savoy	Extant	Created for Amadeo I of Spain
Caderousse	1663	Pope Alexander VII	Holy See	Ancezune	1865
Caumont	1789	Pope Pius VI	Holy See	Seytres	1870
Chablais	1763	Charles Emmanuel III	Savoy	Savoy	1854	Created for Benoît-Maurice of Savoy
Crillon	1725	Pope Benedict XIII	Holy See	Crillon	1870	Created for François-Félix de Berton des Balbes
Doudeauville	1782	Charles III	Spain	Tellier	Extant	Created for François-César Le Tellier de Courtanvaux
Fortia	1775	Pope Pius VI	Holy See	Fortia	1826
Gadagne	1669	Pope Clement IX	Holy See	Galléan	Extant	Except for title of Napoleon III which is extinct.
Geneva	1564	Emmanuel Philibert	Savoy	Savoy	1724	Created for Jacques de Savoie, Duke of Nemours
Isnards	1737	Pope Clement XII	Holy See	Isnards	1776	Created for Esprit-Toussaint des Isnards
Montpezat	1758		Holy See	Trémolet	Extant

Duchies created by foreign sovereigns on French territories

Title	Date of Creation	Sovereign	Place	Family	Current Status	Notes
Duke of Valentinois	1920	Albert I	Monaco	Grimaldi	Extant	Title granted in 1642 by Louis XIII to Honoré II

Other French dukedoms

Title	Date of Creation	Family	Current Status	Notes
Duke of Châtellerault	1515	Bourbon-Montpensier	Forfeit 1527
Duke of Montmorency	1551	Montmorency	Forfeit 1632
Duke of Enghien	1566	Bourbon-Condé	Extinct 1569
Duke of Mercœur	1569	Lorraine	Extinct 1712
Duke of Penthièvre	1569	Luxembourg, Lorraine, Bourbon-Vendôme	Extinct 1687
Duke of Évreux	1569	Royal family	Extinct 1584
Duke of Montargis	1570	Royal Family, Este, Lorraine	Sold 1612?
Duke of Saint-Fargeau	1574	Bourbon-Montpensier	Extinct 1693
Duke of Ventadour	1578	Lévis	Extinct 1717
Duke of Piney	1581	Luxembourg, Albert, Clermont, Montmorency-Luxembourg	Extinct 1861
Duke of Elbeuf	1581	Lorraine	Extinct 1825
Duke of Retz	1581	Gondi	Resigned 1634
Duke of Biron	1598	Gontaut	Forfeit 1602
Duke of Damville	1610	Montmorency	Extinct 1632
Duke of Châteauroux	1616	Bourbon-Condé	Extinct 1830
Duke of La Roche-Guyon	1621	Silly	Extinct 1628
Duke of Villars-Brancas	1627	Brancas	Extinct 1858
Duke of Montmorency	1633	Bourbon-Condé	Merged in the Crown in 1830	Title changed to Duke of Enghien in 1689
Duke of Mercœur	1723	Bourbon-Conti	Sold 1770
Duc du Châtelet	1777	Châtelet	Extinct 1793
Duke of La Force	1787	Caumont	Extant

References

External links

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