Coats of arms of the Dukes of Longueville

Duke of Longueville ('' Longueville-sur-Scie'') was a title of

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, though not a peerage of France.

History

The title was created in 1505 by King Louis XII of France for his

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, François d'Orléans,

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, son of François d'Orléans, Count of Dunois, son of Jean d'Orléans, himself an illegitimate son of the

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. The title became extinct in 1694, following the death of Jean Louis Charles d'Orléans, who was the brother of

Marie de Nemours Marie de Nemours, originally known as Marie d'Orléans-Longueville (1625–1707), was Princess of Neuchâtel from 1694 to 1707. She was the daughter of Henri II d'Orléans, duc de Longueville and Louise de Bourbon. After the death of her brother ...

. From 1648, the Duke of Longueville was also Sovereign Prince of Neuchâtel, a

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territory. In 1654, the eighth duke was created a peer as Duke of Coulommiers, but the peerage was never registered and so became extinct at his death.

Dukes of Longueville

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(1478–1513). # Louis I (1480–1516), brother of the preceding. #

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(1508–1524), son of the preceding. # Louis II (1510–1537), brother of the preceding. # François III (1535–1551), son of the preceding. #

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(1540–1573), first cousin of the preceding. # Henri I (1568–1595), son of the preceding. # Henri II (1595–1663), son of the preceding. # Jean Louis Charles (1646–1694), son of the preceding. He resigned the title to his brother in 1668. # Charles Paris (1649–1672), brother of the preceding. On his death, the title went back to his brother. # Jean Louis Charles (1646–1694).

Other members of the family

* Jean d'Orléans, brother of the first and second dukes. * Marie of Lorraine ("Mary of Guise"), wife of the fourth duke. * Jacqueline de Rohan, mother of the sixth duke. * Françoise d'Orléans, Princess of Condé, sister of the sixth duke. * the

Dukes of Fronsac Duke of Fronsac (French: ''duc de Fronsac'') was a title of French nobility, first created by promoting the ''seigneurie'' of Fronsac to a duchy in 1608, but the title became extinct a few decades later. This title was revived in 1634 for Arm ...

, descended from the sixth duke. * Louise de Bourbon and Anne Geneviève de Bourbon, wives of the eighth duke. *

, daughter of the eighth and sister of the ninth and tenth dukes. *

Charles d'Orléans de Rothelin Charles d'Orléans de Rothelin (5 August 1691, in Paris – 17 July 1744) was a French churchman, writer, scholar, numismatist and theologian Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious bel ...

, descended from an illegitimate half-brother of the sixth duke. *Princess

Charlotte Louise de Rohan Princess Charlotte Louise Dorothée de Rohan (25 October 1767 – 1 May 1841) is reputed to have been the secret wife of Louis de Bourbon-Condé, ''Duc d'Enghien'', an important '' prince du sang'' and ''émigré'' during the French Revoluti ...

wife of

Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien Louis Antoine de Bourbon, Duke of Enghien (''duc d'Enghien'' pronounced ) (Louis Antoine Henri; 2 August 1772 – 21 March 1804) was a member of the House of Bourbon of France. More famous for his death than for his life, he was executed on charg ...

References

* http://www.heraldica.org/topics/france/peerage2.htm * {{Better source, date=August 2012 * http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Swiss_Cantons2.html#Neuchatel Dukes of Longueville House of Valois