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Pages in category "French noble families" The following 109 pages are in this category, out of 109 total. ... This page was last edited on 3 December 2024, at 10:58 ...
Category: Lists of French nobility. 7 languages. ... This page was last edited on 3 June 2024, at 12:19 (UTC).
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 ...
Pages in category "French nobility" The following 197 pages are in this category, out of 197 total. ... This page was last edited on 13 June 2023, at 05:54 (UTC).
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.
Thus, the Duchy of Montmorency was re-created in 1633 under the name of Enghien, which remained attached to a lake in the Montmorency region, a lake which gave its name to the town of Enghien-les-Bains. The title of duke, abolished during the French Revolution, was reestablished in 1806. Several dukes were created under the Empire and under the ...
A noble house is an aristocratic family or kinship group, either currently or historically of national or international significance [clarification needed], and usually associated with one or more hereditary titles, the most senior of which will be held by the "Head of the House" or patriarch.
This category contains people of the most modest rank of French nobility, sometimes designated by the nobiliary particle de added to their surnames, but without other nobles titles such as Count, Duke, Marquis, etc.