The Duchy of Montbazon is the area around

Montbazon Montbazon () is a Communes of France, commune in the Indre-et-Loire Departments of France, department, France. It is located on the river Indre (river), Indre between the towns of Veigné, Monts and Sorigny. The town is about 12 km from Tours ...

, near

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, in

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. During the

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, Montbazon became a ''

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'' held by the

House of Rohan The House of Rohan ( br, Roc'han) is a Breton people, Breton family of viscounts, later dukes and princes in the French nobility, coming from the locality of Rohan (commune), Rohan in Brittany. Their line descends from the viscounts of Porhoët ...

in the fifteenth century; was elevated to a '' comté'' in 1557, and raised to the level of a

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in 1588.

List of Lords of Guéméné, ca. 1430—1557

List of Counts of Montbazon, 1557—1611

List of Dukes of Montbazon, 1588—Present

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Hercule, Duke of Montbazon Hercule de Rohan (27 August 1568 – 16 October 1654) was a member of the princely House of Rohan. The second Duke of Montbazon, he is an ancestor of the present Princes of Guéméné. His daughter was the famous Frondeur the '' duchesse de C ...

(1568-1654) , - , 1654 , 1667 ,

Louis VIII de Rohan Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis (d ...

(1598-1667) , - , 1667 , 1699 , Charles II de Rohan (1633-1699) , - , 1699 , 1727 ,

Charles III, Prince of Guéméné Charles de Rohan (30 September 1655 – 10 October 1727) was a French nobleman. His primary title was Duke of Montbazon, and before acceding to that title he was known by his other title, prince de Guéméné. He was the son of Charles de Ro ...

(1655-1727) , - , 1727 , 1757 ,

Hercule Mériadec, Prince of Guéméné Hercule Mériadec de Rohan (13 November 1688 – 21 December 1757) was a ''prince étranger'' and the sixth Duke of Montbazon in France, "Prince de Guéméne" being the title he bore prior to inheriting the dukedom. Lineage Born to Charles de ...

(1688-1757) , - , 1757 , 1800 ,

Jules, Prince of Guéméné Jules de Rohan (Jules Hercule Mériadec; 25 March 1726 – 10 December 1800) was Prince of Guéméné. Born in Paris, he died in Carlsbourg. Biography Jules was the oldest son of Hercule Mériadec, Prince of Guéméné (1688–1757) and Lo ...

(1726-1800) , - , 1800 , 1809 , Henri Louis, Prince of Guéméné (1745-1809) , - , 1809 , 1836 ,

Charles Alain, Prince of Guéméné Charles Alain de Rohan (Charles Alain Gabriel; 18 January 1764 – 24 April 1836) was a French nobleman and Prince of Guéméné. He died without any surviving descendants as his daughter died without children. Biography Born on 18 January 1 ...

(1764-1836) , - , 1836 , 1846 ,

Louis IX Victor Meriadec de Rohan Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis (d ...

(1766-1846) , - , 1846 , 1892 ,

Camille Philippe Joseph Idesbald de Rohan-Rochefort Camille may refer to: Fictional entities * a Power Rangers Jungle Fury character * Camille Wallaby, a character in Alfred Hedgehog * a character from ''League of Legends'' video game voiced by Emily O'Brien Films *'' Camille (1912 film)'', a ...

(1800-1892) , - , 1892 , 1914 ,

Alain I Benjamin Arthur de Rohan-Rochefort Alain may refer to: People * Alain (given name), common given name, including list of persons and fictional characters with the name * Alain (surname) * "Alain", a pseudonym for cartoonist Daniel Brustlein * Alain, a standard author abbreviation u ...

(1853-1914) , - , 1914 , 1976 ,

Alain II Anton Joseph de Rohan-Rochefort Alain may refer to: People * Alain (given name), common given name, including list of persons and fictional characters with the name * Alain (surname) * "Alain", a pseudonym for cartoonist Daniel Brustlein * Alain, a standard author abbreviation u ...

(1893-1976) , - , 1976 , 2008 ,

Charles V Alain Albert de Rohan-Rochefort Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was " ...

(1934-2008) , - , 2008 , 2019 ,

Albert Marie de Rohan-Rochefort Albert Rohan, Duke of Bouillon and Duke of Montbazon (Prince Albert de Rohan) (9 May 1936 – 4 June 2019) was an Austrian diplomat. He served as Secretary General (Generalsekretär) of the Austrian Foreign Ministry from 1996 to 2001. Biography ...

(1936-2019) , - , 2019 , , Charles VI Raoul de Rohan (1954-)

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