Duke of Saint-Aignan (
Fr.: ''duc de Saint-Aignan'') was a title of nobility 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 ...
created by
Louis XIV of France
, 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 ...
for
François de Beauvilliers in 1663. It takes its name from Beauvilliers' hometown of
Saint-Aignan (which is close to
Blois
Blois ( ; ) is a commune and the capital city of Loir-et-Cher department, in Centre-Val de Loire, France, on the banks of the lower Loire river between Orléans and Tours.
With 45,898 inhabitants by 2019, Blois is the most populated city of the ...
).
List of Dukes of Saint-Aignan, 1663—1828
References
Profile of Saint-Aignan{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100828111330/http://www.heraldique-europeenne.org/Regions/France/Duche_Saint_Aignan.htm , date=2010-08-28
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1663 establishments in France