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House of Bourbon-Busset (5 P) House of Bourbon (France) (19 C, 67 P) House of Bourbon-Penthièvre (5 P) House of Brienne (1 C, 32 P) Brimeu family (4 P) House of Broglie (2 C, 20 P) Brûlart family (10 P) House of Burgundy (3 C, 38 P)
List of French peerages. Heraldic depiction of a duke's coronet, with blue bonnet of a peer. Coronet and mantle of a duke and peer of France, shown here with the collars of the Ordres du roi. 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 ...
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 ...
Du Bouëxic family. House of Bourbon-Montpensier. List of Breton royal consorts. House of Broglie. Brûlart family. List of Burgundian royal consorts. Duke of Burgundy.
Many noble houses (such as the Houses of York and Lancaster) have birthed dynasties and have historically been considered royal houses, but in a contemporary sense, these houses may lose this status when the dynasty ends and their familial relationship with the position of power is superseded. A royal house is a type of noble house, and they ...
Subcategories. This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total. 10th-century French nobility (58 P) 11th-century French nobility (116 P) 12th-century French nobility (1 C, 159 P) 13th-century French nobility (3 C, 192 P) 14th-century French nobility (2 C, 131 P) 15th-century French nobility (3 C, 68 P)
Peerage of France. The Peerage of France (French: Pairie de France) was a hereditary distinction within the French nobility which appeared in 1180 during the Middle Ages. The prestigious title and position of Peer of France (French: Pair de France) was held by the greatest, highest-ranking members of the French nobility. [1]
This category has the following 24 subcategories, out of 24 total. Nobility of the First French Empire (3 C, 10 P) Nobility of the Second French Empire (1 C, 6 P) French nobility by century (11 C) French nobility by region (11 C) French nobles by title (20 C)