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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]
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 extinction of the peerage is ...
A type of personal peerage, instituted in 1576 for the princes of the blood of France. This practically ensures that any adult prince of the blood is a peer of France. At the age of 15, they are allowed to sit among the other Peers of the Realm.
Pierre d'Hozier (1592–1660), genealogist and juge d'armes of France, employed to verify the French nobility. 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.
The peerage of France consists of the great officers, direct vassals of the Crown of France, with the title peer of France. They represent the primitive constituents of elective monarchy, before the succession became hereditary in the House of Capet .
Duchy-peerage created in 1581 on Elbeuf (department of Seine-Maritime) for Charles de Lorraine-Guise. Title extinguished in 1825 with the 6th Duke Charles-Eugène de Lorraine-Guise, also Prince of Lambesc. Duke of Retz: 1581 Gondi 1634 Duchy-peerage created in 1581 on Retz (canton of Machecoul) for Marshal Albert de Gondi. Title extinguished in ...
The hereditary title and position of Peer of France (French: Pair de France) was held by the highest-ranking members of the French nobility.It first appeared in the Middle Ages, was abolished in 1789 during the French Revolution, reappeared in 1814 with the Bourbon Restoration, and was definitively abolished in 1848.
Under the House of Capet there were five laic duchies: . Duke of Normandy, peer of France: mightiest vassal of the French crown, later also kings of England.By privilege, they cannot be summoned by the King of France beyond the borders of the duchy of Normandy; King John of England had attempted to invoke this privilege to avoid the summons of Philip Augustus to his court in Paris.