Duke of Decazes, also called Duke Decazes (), is 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 Napol ...

that was granted in 1820 to

Élie Decazes Élie is the French equivalent of "Elie (given name), Elie", "Elias" or "Elijah."''The Complete Baby Name Book'' 1989 Page 92 "It was revived in the seventeenth century by the Puritans, and it's still used, especially by religious Protestant famili ...

, a French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France from November 19, 1819 to February 20, 1820. He had already been made a French

count Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: ...

in 1816. Separately, he was given the hereditary Danish title of Duke of Glücksbierg upon his second marriage in 1818, which title was recognized in France in 1822. In 1826, he founded ''Houillères et Fonderies de l'Aveyron'', a mining and metal-working business in the

Aveyron Aveyron (; oc, Avairon; ) is a department in the region of Occitania, Southern France. It was named after the river Aveyron. Its inhabitants are known as ''Aveyronnais'' (masculine) or ''Aveyronnaises'' (feminine) in French. The inhabitants ...

département In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety ...

'' that marked the beginning of industrialised metallurgy. In 1829, the name of

Decazeville Decazeville ( oc, La Sala) is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region in southern France. The commune was created in the 19th century because of the Industrial Revolution and was named after the Duke of Decazes (1780–18 ...

was given to the principal centre of the industry.

List of Dukes

# Élie Decazes, 1st Duke Decazes and of Glücksbierg (1780–1868), Prime Minister of France # Louis-Charles-Élie-Amanien Decazes, 2nd Duke Decazes and of Glücksbierg (1819–86), French Foreign Minister # Jean-Élie-Octave-Louis-Sévère-Amanien Decazes, 3rd Duke Decazes and of Glücksbierg (1864–1912), Olympic sailing competitor # Louis-Jean-Victor-Sévère Decazes, 4th Duke Decazes and of Glücksbierg (1889–1941), businessman and owner of Haras d'Ouilly # Élie Ludovic Henri Christian Decazes, 5th Duke Decazes and of Glücksbierg (1914–2011), President of the ''Polo de Paris'' from 1940 to 1950 # Louis-Frédéric-René-Marie-Edouard Decazes, 6th Duke Decazes and of Glücksbierg (b. 1946), wine producer

External links

Decazes family website
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