Duke of Albret () was a title in the

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. It was created in 1550 for the

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, Henry II. He died in 1555 and was succeeded by his daughter, Jeanne III. The duchy was made into a peerage for her in 1556. On her death in 1572 the title was inherited by her son

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; he became King of France as Henry IV in 1589 when the title merged in the Crown. He bestowed it on his sister,

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, the regent of Navarre. Between 1641 and 1651 the duchy-peerage was held by the

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, Henri (died 1646) and his son

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. In 1651 the duchy-peerage was granted to the

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, and was held by subsequent Dukes of Bouillon until becoming extinct in 1802. In the nineteenth century Duke of Albret was a courtesy title borne by Prince Henri d'Orléans, duc d'Aumale (1822–1897), the heir to the Condé estates.Dynastie de Bourbon-Orléans
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List of dukes

First creation

Henry II of Navarre Henry II (18 April 1503 – 25 May 1555), nicknamed ''Sangüesino'' because he was born at Sangüesa, was the King of Navarre from 1517, although his kingdom had been reduced to a small territory north of the Pyrenees by the Spanish conquest of 1 ...

(1550–55), Comte de Foix, Duc d'Albret (1550) and King of Navarre

Second creation

Jeanne d'Albret Jeanne d'Albret ( Basque: ''Joana Albretekoa''; Occitan: ''Joana de Labrit''; 16 November 1528 – 9 June 1572), also known as Jeanne III, was Queen of Navarre from 1555 to 1572. Jeanne was the daughter of Henry II of Navarre and Margar ...

(1556–72) * Henry III and IV (1572-1589)

Third creation

(1589-1604)

Fourth creation

* Henri, Prince of Condé (1641–46) *

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(1646–51) *

(1651–52) *

Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (21 June 1636 – 26 July 1721) was a French nobleman and member of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne, one of the most important families in France at the time. He married Marie Anne Manci ...

(1652–96) * Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne (1696–1730) *

Charles Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne Charles Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne (16 July 1706 – 24 October 1771) was a French nobleman and member of the powerful House of La Tour d'Auvergne. Biography His parents, Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne (1668–1730) and Marie Arma ...

(1730–71) * Godefroy Charles Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne (1771–92)

References

External links

* http://www.heraldica.org/topics/france/peerage2.htm
Duché d'Albret
", ''Heraldique Europeenne'' * Dukedoms of France {{Duke-stub