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Duke of Aiguillon (
French: ''duc d'Aiguillon'') was a title of
French nobility
The French nobility (french: la noblesse française) was a privileged social class in France from the Middle Ages until its abolition on June 23, 1790 during the French Revolution.
From 1808 to 1815 during the First Empire the Emperor Napoléo ...
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 ...
, first created in 1599 by
Henry IV of France
Henry IV (french: Henri IV; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithets Good King Henry or Henry the Great, was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610. He was the first monarc ...
for
Henry of Lorraine, son of
Charles, Duke of Mayenne
Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne (26 March 1554 – 3 October 1611), or Charles de Guise, was a French nobleman of the house of Guise and a military leader of the Catholic League, which he headed during the French Wars of Religion, followi ...
. The title takes its name from the town of
Aiguillon.
List of Dukes of Aiguillon, 1599—1789
The title of Duke of Aiguillon was suppressed at the time of the
French Revolution
The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are considere ...
.
External links
Duke of Aiguillon - heraldryEuropean Heraldry page{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426203726/http://www.europeanheraldry.org/france/families/maison-du-plessis-de-richelieu/ , date=2017-04-26
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