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Pages in category "French noble families". The following 104 pages are in this category, out of 104 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Pierre d'Hozier (1592–1660), genealogist and juge d'armes of France, employed to verify the French nobility. The French nobility (French: la noblesse française) was an aristocratic social class in France from the Middle Ages until its abolition on 23 June 1790 during the French Revolution.
The de Vogues family - Ardeche nobility since the 12th Century. By Hugh Schofield. BBC News, Paris. Despite officially not existing, the French nobility continues to endure and often thrive in...
List of French peerages. For an explanation of the French peerage, see the article Peerage of France. Note that peerages and titles were distinct, and the date given for the extinction of the peerage is not necessarily the same as that of the extinction of the title. For more on noble titles and distinctions, see French nobility.
Dominique Labarre de Raillicourt has published a number of monographs that look at specific questions of contemporary French nobility: the titles of dukes and princes, marquis, counts, viscounts, barons, regular titles and courtesy titles, French members of the papal nobility, families whose members were admitted to military schools before the ...
Hundreds of publications are available to help you trace a French noble family. Some of the most important are: Arnaud, Étienne. Répertoire de généalogies françaises imprimées. See the "Genealogy" section for a full citation. Saffroy, Gaston.
Today there are around 4,000 noble families still in France. And more than 50,000 individuals claiming noble heritage. That's a lot of French nobility to keep track of. Here's a quick guide explaining all about the various French nobility titles.