Jacques de Crussol is the son of Louis de Crussol, a member of the chivalric
Order of Saint-Michel
, status = Abolished by decree of Louis XVI on 20 June 1790Reestablished by Louis XVIII on 16 November 1816Abolished in 1830 after the July RevolutionRecognised as a dynastic order of chivalry by the ICOC
, founder = Louis XI of France
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. Born into a relatively small inheritance of the castle Crussol - later abandoned in favour of the castle in Uzès - Jacques was the first of his house to become viscount of Uzès. After the husband of the only daughter of the house of Uzès died without having left any successors, Jacques was the next to marry Simone d'Uzès. They married on 24 June 1486 and the two houses were thus joined on the condition that the house of Crussol would thereafter accept both the name of the house of Uzès and its coat of arms, incorporating it into their own.
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Viscounts and Dukes of Uzès
Lords, viscounts and then dukes of Uzès, in the Languedoc.
Lords of Uzès (''Seigneur d'Uzès'')
Viscounts of Uzès (''Vicomte d'Uzès'')
Dukes of Uzès (''Duc d'Uzès'')
The viscounty of Uzès became a duchy by letters patent of Charles IX ...
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1460 births
1525 deaths
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