Duke of Estrées (
Fr.: ''duc d'Estrées'') was a title of nobility in the
peerage of France
The Peerage of France (french: Pairie de France) was a hereditary distinction within the French nobility which appeared in 1180 in the Middle Ages.
The prestigious title and position of Peer of France (french: Pair de France, links=no) was ...
that was created for
François Annibal d'Estrées
François-Annibal d'Estrées, duc d'Estrées (1573 – 5 May 1670) was a French diplomat, soldier and Marshal of France.
Biography
François-Annibal d'Estrées was the son of Antoine d'Estrées and Françoise Babou de La Bourdaisière, and ...
in 1663 by
Louis XIV of France
, house = Bourbon
, father = Louis XIII
, mother = Anne of Austria
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
, death_date =
, death_place = Palace of Versa ...
. This title became extinct in 1771. In 1892,
Alfonso XIII of Spain
Alfonso XIII (17 May 1886 – 28 February 1941), also known as El Africano or the African, was King of Spain from 17 May 1886 to 14 April 1931, when the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed. He was a monarch from birth as his father, Alf ...
revived the title by granting it to
Charles de La Rochefoucauld-Doudeauville, whose great grand mother was Bénigne Le Tellier de Louvois, sister to the last duke.
List of Dukes of Estrées, 1663—1771
List of Dukes of Estrées, 1892—Present
Claimants also include:
Pierre-Claude d'Estrée, Comte-Duc d'Estrées (1933 - 1985);
Claude Philippe d'Estrée, Comte-Duc d'Estrées (b. 1952)
References
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this page on
French Wikipedia
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.
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1663 establishments in France