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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 ...
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]
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 ...
Chalon family (2 C, 1 P) House of Châtillon (30 P) Clary family (4 P) Clermont-Tonnerre (2 C, 1 P) Colbert family (6 P) House of Coligny (14 P) Conradines (1 C, 20 P) Constant de Rebecque (6 P) House of Courcillon (3 P)
Subcategories. This category has the following 20 subcategories, out of 20 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 (18 C)
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.
Patent of nobility granted to artillery colonel François Cabau, who became baron de l'Empire in 1810. As Emperor of the French, Napoleon I created titles in a newly established noblesse impériale (Imperial Nobility) to institute a stable elite in the First French Empire, after the instability resulting from the French Revolution.
Gabriel de Rochechouart, father of Madame de Montespan, was a member of the House of Rochechouart, one of the oldest French noble families.. The Nobles of the Sword (French: noblesse d'épée) were the noblemen of the oldest class of nobility in France dating from the Middle Ages and the early modern period, and arguably still in existence by descent.