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Royal family: extinct 1376: for Philip, son of King Philip VI: Count of Nevers: 1347: Royal family, Flanders: extinct 1383: for Marguerite, daughter of King Philip V: Reign of John II (22 August 1350 - 8 April 1364) Count of Mantes: 1353: Évreux (Royal family) exchanged 1404 Count of Beaumont-le-Roger: 1354: Évreux (Royal family) exchanged ...
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List of governors of Languedoc; List of consorts of Elbeuf; List of French marquesses; List of lords and counts of Hanau; List of lords of Bouillon; List of lords of Chantilly; List of nobles and magnates of France in the 13th century; List of rulers of Frisia; List of lords of Mailly
Sources differ about the actual number of French families of noble origin, but agree that it was proportionally among the smallest noble classes in Europe. For the year 1789, French historian François Bluche gives a figure of 140,000 nobles (9,000 noble families) and states that about 5% of nobles could claim descent from feudal nobility ...
The Colbert family is a surviving family of the French nobility, originally from Reims, Marne. Descended from merchants and bankers established in Reims and Troyes in the 16th century, the family formed several branches which successively acceded to the nobility during the 17th century.
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these houses may lose this status when the dynasty ends and their familial relationship with the position of power is superseded.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 ...
The House of Crussol (formerly Bastet), is a surviving family of French nobility, originally from Languedoc. Its members have included general officers, a governor, prelates, a woman of letters in the 18th century and deputies in 1789 and the 19th century. The title, Duke of Uzès, was given to the family in 1565 and the Peerage in 1572.