Duke of Cars (french: duc des Cars, comte des Cars) is a French noble title that was first created in 1816.

Creation of the title

Jean-François de Pérusse des Cars was created Lieutenant-General of the Armies on 22 June 1814 and Premier Maître d'hôtel du Roi to King

Louis XVIII of France Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier; 17 November 1755 – 16 September 1824), known as the Desired (), was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815. He spent twenty-three years in e ...

on 23 August 1814. After the death of his eldest brother in March 1814, he was created Count of Cars and

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Duke of Cars on 9 March 1816. The dukedom was officially registered with the regional

Parlement A ''parlement'' (), under the French Ancien Régime, was a provincial appellate court of the Kingdom of France. In 1789, France had 13 parlements, the oldest and most important of which was the Parlement of Paris. While both the modern Fre ...

on 29 December 1817. The 1st Duke died on 10 November 1822 at

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in Paris without male issue. In 1825, the title was renewed on behalf of the son of the Duke's first cousin,

Amédée François Régis de Perusse des Cars Amédée is a French masculine forename. Notable people with the forename include: Persons * Amédée, stage name of Philippe de Chérisey (1923-1985), French writer, radio humorist, surrealist and actor *Amédée Artus (1815-1892), French condu ...

. Since its renewal, the title has been inherited by a son of the preceding Duke.

List of Dukes of Cars

The Dukes of Cars since 1816:

Pérusse des Cars estates

Château des Cars The Château des Cars is a ruined castle at Les Cars in the Limousin region of west France. It was traditionally the residence of the Pérusse family. Architecture The castle was built as a square with sides of 30 metres length inside which was ...

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Haute-Vienne Haute-Vienne (; oc, Nauta Vinhana, ; English: Upper Vienne) is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwest-central France. Named after the Vienne River, it is one of the twelve departments that together constitute Nouvelle-Aquitai ...

), original seat of the Pérusse des Cars family. * Château de Montal in

Laroquebrou Laroquebrou (; oc, La Ròcabrau) is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France. Population See also *Communes of the Cantal department The following is a list of the 246 Communes of France, communes of the Cantal Departmen ...

, municipal property, acquired by marriage in 1595 with Rose de Montal. * Château de Saint-Jean-de-Lespinasse in

Saint-Jean-Lespinasse Saint-Jean-Lespinasse (; Languedocien: ''Sent Joan Lespinassa'') is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France. See also *Communes of the Lot department The following is a list of the 313 communes of the Lot department of Franc ...

, acquired by marriage in 1591 to Rose de Montal. *

Château de Sourches The Château de Sourches is Neoclassical architecture, neoclassical château located in the Communes of France, commune of Saint-Symphorien, Sarthe, Saint-Symphorien, near Le Mans, in the Sarthe Departments of France, department in the Regions of ...

in Saint-Symphorien (

Sarthe Sarthe () is a department of the French region of Pays de la Loire, and the province of Maine, situated in the ''Grand-Ouest'' of the country. It is named after the river Sarthe, which flows from east of Le Mans to just north of Angers. It had ...

), inherited in 1845. *

Château d'Abondant Château d'Abondant is a château in Abondant, in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France, built in the mid 17th century and significantly remodelled and enlarged in the 1750s under the direction of Jean Mansart de Jouy. The Château was ...

Abondant Abondant () is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. History It is located 10 km north east of Dreux on the D147 road. The l'Avre aqueduct passes to the north of the commune. The Château d'Abondant dates from the reig ...

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Eure-et-Loir Eure-et-Loir (, locally: ) is a French department, named after the Eure and Loir rivers. It is located in the region of Centre-Val de Loire. In 2019, Eure-et-Loir had a population of 431,575. * Château de La Roche-de-Bran in

Montamisé Montamisé () is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. Population See also *Communes of the Vienne department The following is a list of the 266 communes of the Vienne department of France ...

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Vienne Vienne (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Viéne'') is a landlocked department in the French region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It takes its name from the river Vienne. It had a population of 438,435 in 2019.Nazi Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in ...

s in 1944. * Château de Beauvais in

Lussas-et-Nontronneau Lussas-et-Nontronneau is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. In 1827, the former communes of Lussas and Nontronneau merged into Lussas-et-Nontronneau. Population See also *Communes of the Dordog ...

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Dordogne Dordogne ( , or ; ; oc, Dordonha ) is a large rural department in Southwestern France, with its prefecture in Périgueux. Located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region roughly half-way between the Loire Valley and the Pyrenees, it is named af ...

), the 17th and 18th centuries. File:Les Cars (Haute-Vienne, Fr), ruines du château.JPG, Ruins of the

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Saint-Symphorien, Sarthe Saint-Symphorien () is a Communes of France, commune in the Sarthe Departments of France, department in the Regions of France, region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France. See also *Communes of the Sarthe department References

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External links

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