The title of Duc d'Auerstaedt (sometimes written Auerstädt) was created by

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, for the

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Louis Nicolas Davout Louis-Nicolas d'Avout (10 May 1770 – 1 June 1823), better known as Davout, 1st Duke of Auerstaedt, 1st Prince of Eckmühl, was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who served during both the French Revolutionary Wars and t ...

in 1808 as a

victory title A victory title is an honorific title adopted by a successful military commander to commemorate his defeat of an enemy nation. The practice is first known in Ancient Rome and is still most commonly associated with the Romans, but it was also adop ...

rewarding and commemorating Davout's splendid victory at the Battle of Auerstaedt in 1806. The title became extinct in 1853 but was then given to the descendants of one of Marshal Davout's brothers, Charles Isidore d'Avout, by an imperial edict of

Napoleon III Napoleon III (Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was the first President of France (as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte) from 1848 to 1852 and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870. A nephew ...

Ducs d'Auerstaedt (1808)

Louis-Nicolas Davout Louis-Nicolas d'Avout (10 May 1770 – 1 June 1823), better known as Davout, 1st Duke of Auerstaedt, 1st Prince of Eckmühl, was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who served during both the French Revolutionary Wars and t ...

, Prince d'Eckmühl,

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(10 May 1770-1 Jun 1823) * Napoléon Louis Davout d'Auerstaedt d'Eckmühl, (6 January 1811 – 13 June 1853), son of

Marshal Davout Louis-Nicolas d'Avout (10 May 1770 – 1 June 1823), better known as Davout, 1st Duke of Auerstaedt, 1st Prince of Eckmühl, was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who served during both the French Revolutionary Wars and t ...

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Léopold Davout d'Auerstaedt (9 August 1829 – 1904), restored to the extinct title in 1864 * Louis Nicolas Marie Bernard Davout d'Auerstaedt (24 March 1877 – 1 March 1958) *

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Léopold Henri Jean Louis Marie Davout d'Auerstaedt (12 February 1904 – 18 May 1985) * Charles Louis Iwao Marie Davout d'Auerstaedt (30 November 1951 – 8 February 2006) * Sébastien Davout d'Auerstaedt (1992–present)

External links

Héraldique européenne: Maison Davout
(European Heraldry: House of Davout, in French)