Marquess of Saint-Floris (''Markies van Sint-Floris / Marquis de Saint-Floris'') was a French noble title, belonging to the Picardian
nobility
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Saint-Floris is a town in former
Flanders
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The title was created in 1674 by king
Louis XIV
, 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 Ver ...
for the
House of Ghistel. However, the
Lords of Saint-Floris belonged to old Flemish nobility, their descendants were incorporated by the French Crown. The title belonged to the Spanish Grandeza.
Genealogic list
Charles de Ghistelles x Barbe de La Plancque, ''Lady of Saint-Floris''.
* Alexander de Ghistelles, Lord of Saint-Floris x Florence de Wissocq.
** Adrian-François de Ghistelles, 1st Marques of Saint-Floris x Marie-Françoise de Wissocq, Lady of Erny.
***Philippe I Alexandre François de Ghistelles, 2nd Marquess of Saint-Floris x Marie-Isabelle de Crecquy
****Philippe II Alexandre Marie Joseph Antoine de Ghistelles, 3rd Marquess of Saint-Floris x
Marie-Joseph de Hornes-Bassignies.
*****
Philippe III Alexandre Emmanuel François: 1st Prince de Ghistelles in 1760,
[Le Guide des châteaux de France: Pas-de-Calais, Jacques Thiébaut Hermé, 1986 - p. 70] 4th Marquess of Saint-Floris x Louise-Elisabeth de Melun.
References
Margraves of France
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