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France again invaded Bouillon in 1676 during the Franco-Dutch War, but Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne retained the title. From this point on, although the Duchy of Bouillon was officially still a part of the Holy Roman Empire, it was in actuality a French protectorate. This state of affairs was confirmed by the 1678 Treaties of Nijmegen.
The lordship of Bouillon was in the 10th and 11th century one of the core holdings of the Ardennes–Bouillon dynasty, and appears to have been their original patrimonial possession. [ 1 ] The Bouillon estate was a collection of fiefs , allodial land, and other rights.
Godefroy III (b. 1728, r. 1771, d. 1792), duke of Bouillon and prince of Turenne, favourable to the French Revolution, committed his duchy to the path of reform by an edict of 24 February 1790 and supported his assemblée générale (parliament) when it voted to abolish manorial and feudal rights on 26 May 1790.
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse Jeanne de Marley [1] [2] [3]22 June 1449 - 1 February 1487 husband's death
Bouillon was the location of the ducal mint and the dominant urban concentration in the dukes' possession. [2] The Semois river and the Bouillon Castle (13th/19th centuries) There is a common misconception that Bouillon was a county. While the lords of Bouillon often were counts and dukes, Bouillon itself was not a county.
The landholdings of the Duchy of Cornwall, which extend over much of southern England and parts of Wales. The principal activity of the Duchy of Cornwall is the management of its land totalling 135,000 acres or 550 km 2 in England. [2] This includes just over 2% of the county of Cornwall.
In Bouillon the French had annexed the Duchy of Bouillon in 1795, and Duke Godefroy III, died in 1794, his son Jacques Leopold La Tour d'Auvergne inherited the title of Duke. Jacques Leopold died on 3 March 1802 without issue, and Philippe d'Auvergne used the full title and dignity of Duke after this date.
Louise-Charlotte (1638-1683) "known as Mademoiselle de Bouillon"; Amelie (1640-), who became a nun Frédéric Maurice, comte d'Auvergne (1642–1707) married Princess Henriette Françoise von Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Marquise de Bergen-op-Zoom and had 13 children; grandfather of Maria Henriette de La Tour d'Auvergne , mother of Charles Theodore ...