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Burial sites of French noble families (19 C) Noble families of the First French Empire (5 C) A. ... Brézé (surname) House of Broglie; Brûlart family; C. Cappel family;
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. From 1808 [ 1 ] to 1815 during the First Empire the Emperor Napoléon bestowed titles [ 2 ] that were recognized as a new nobility by the Charter of 4 June 1814 ...
14th-century French nobility (4 C, 138 P) ... Pages in category "Medieval French nobility" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Medieval French nobility (9 C, 7 P) * ... Pages in category "French nobility" The following 197 pages are in this category, out of 197 total.
Pages in category "Lists of French nobility" The following 87 pages are in this category, out of 87 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Pages in category "14th-century French nobility" The following 138 pages are in this category, out of 138 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
French names typically consist of one or multiple given names, and a surname. One given name, usually the first, and the surname are used in a person's daily life, with the other given names used mainly in official documents. Middle names, in the English sense, do not exist. Initials are not used to represent second or further given names.
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.