The Seigneurs and Dukes of Mercœur were a line of powerful lords deriving their name from the estate of Mercœur in
Auvergne
Auvergne (; ; or ) is a cultural region in central France.
As of 2016 Auvergne is no longer an administrative division of France. It is generally regarded as conterminous with the land area of the historical Province of Auvergne, which was dis ...
, France. The line became extinct in the 14th century, and passed by inheritance to the
dauphins of Auvergne, counts of
Clermont. In 1426 it passed to the
Bourbons
The House of Bourbon (, also ; ) is a dynasty that originated in the Kingdom of France as a branch of the Capetian dynasty, the royal House of France. Bourbon kings first ruled France and Navarre in the 16th century. A branch descended from ...
by the marriage, of
Jeanne de Clermont
Jeanne may refer to:
Places
* Jeanne (crater), on Venus
People
* Jeanne (given name)
* Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc, c.1412–1431), French folk heroine and saint
* Jeanne Devos (religious sister)
* Jeanne Devos (photographer)
* Joan of Flanders, Co ...
, dauphine of Auvergne, to
Louis I, Count of Montpensier
Louis de Bourbon (1405 – May 1486) was the third son of John I, Duke of Bourbon and Marie, Duchess of Auvergne. He was Count of Montpensier, Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-en-Auvergne and Sancerre and Rulers of Auvergne, Dauphin of Auvergne an ...
. It formed part of the confiscated estates of the
Constable de Bourbon, and was given by
Francis I and
Louise of Savoy
Louise of Savoy (11 September 1476 – 22 September 1531) was a French noble and regent, Duchess ''suo jure'' of Auvergne (province), Auvergne and House of Bourbon, Bourbon, Duchess of Nemours and the mother of King Francis I of France, Francis I ...
to
Antoine, Duke of Lorraine
Antoine (4 June 148914 June 1544), known as the Good, was Duke of Lorraine from 1508 until his death in 1544. Raised at the French court, Antoine would campaign in Italy twice: once under Louis XII and the other with Francis I. During the G ...
, and his wife,
Renée of Bourbon
Renée of Bourbon, Duchess of Lorraine (1494 – 26 May 1539), also called Renée, Lady of Mercœur, was a Duchess consort of Lorraine. She was a daughter of Gilbert de Bourbon, Count of Montpensier by Clara Gonzaga, and sister of Charles de ...
, sister of the Constable.
Nicholas of Lorraine, son of Duke Antoine, was created Duke of Mercœur and a peer of France in 1569. His son
Philippe Emmanuel left a daughter, who married the
duc de Vendôme in 1609.
Dukes of Mercœur
House of Lorraine
*
Nicholas
Nicholas is a male name, the Anglophone version of an ancient Greek name in use since antiquity, and cognate with the modern Greek , . It originally derived from a combination of two Ancient Greek, Greek words meaning 'victory' and 'people'. In ...
1569–1577
*
Philippe Emmanuel 1577–1602
House of Bourbon-Vendôme
*
Françoise
Françoise () is a French feminine given name (equivalent to the English Frances or Italian Francesca) and may refer to:
* Anne Françoise Elizabeth Lange (1772–1816), French actress
* Claudine Françoise Mignot (1624–1711), French adventuress ...
1602–1649, with her husband
César de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme 1609–1649
*
Louis
Louis may refer to:
People
* Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name
* Louis (surname)
* Louis (singer), Serbian singer
Other uses
* Louis (coin), a French coin
* HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy
See also
...
1649–1669
*
Louis Joseph 1669–1712
The title became extinct in 1712.
Other creations
The title was re-created in 1723 for
Louis François I de Bourbon, prince de Conti, who sold it back to the crown in 1770.
In 1773, it was re-created for
Charles, Count of Artois, but was exchanged in 1778 for
Poitou
Poitou ( , , ; ; Poitevin: ''Poetou'') was a province of west-central France whose capital city was Poitiers. Both Poitou and Poitiers are named after the Pictones Gallic tribe.
Geography
The main historical cities are Poitiers (historical ...
.
Notes
References
Pre-1789 French Peerage* St François de Sales, Oraison funèbre de Philippe-Emmanuel de Lorraine, duc de Mercœur et de Penthièvre. Introduction de Pierre-Olivier Combelles. Editions Saint-Rémi (Cadillac). 93 p., ill.
Noble titles created in 1569
Noble titles created in 1723
Noble titles created in 1773
1569 establishments in France
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