The titles of Count of Châteauroux and Duke of Châteauroux take their name from the commune of

Châteauroux Châteauroux ( ; ; ) is the capital city of the French department of Indre, central France and the second-largest town in the province of Berry, after Bourges. Its residents are called ''Castelroussins'' () in French. Climate Châteauroux te ...

, located in the

Indre Indre (); is a department in central France named after the river Indre. The inhabitants of the department are known as the ''Indriens'' (masculine; ) and ''Indriennes'' (feminine; ). Indre is part of the current administrative region of Cent ...

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of central France, and have changed hands several times.

History

Around 937, Raoul, known as the Large, or the Liberal, abandoned his palace at

Déols Déols () is a commune in the department of Indre, region of Centre-Val de Loire, central France. Déols is an ancient town with a famous Benedictine abbey, Abbaye Notre-Dame-du-Bourg-Dieu. Today it is somewhat overshadowed by the nearby city ...

, either due to its insecurity, or to endow the founded in 917 by his father ; Ebbes was titled prince de Déols, as was his father, prince Laune de Déols, and he built a fortress on a hillside on the left bank of the

. From 1112 onwards, this castle was called “”, after the first name often used by the lords of Déols, which became Châteauroux. A town of craftsmen and merchants eventually grew up around the castle. The lords of Châteauroux were powerful: their fief covered two-thirds of today's Indre department; in the 11th century, they had their own coinage. Initially a

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(the barony of Château-Raoul), the title was raised to a county in 1497 for Jean V d'Aumont, as the county of Château-Raoul. In 1612, its then holder Antoine d'Aumont, 1st Duke of Aumont sold half of the Châteauroux estate to Henry II de Bourbon, prince de Condé. In 1616 the title was raised to a duchy (the Duchy of Châteauroux) by Henry II, who passed it to his son

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. It remained in their family line until its inheritance by

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and then, eventually,

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List of title holders

Barons of Château-Raoul

*Raoul I the Liberal or the Large of Déols, prince of Déols and

Issoudun Issoudun () is a commune in the Indre department, administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is also referred to as ''Issoundun'', which is the ancient name. Geography Location Issoudun is a sub-prefecture, located in the eas ...

(915-952) *Raoul II the Bald of Déols (945-1012) *, lord of Déols, Châteauroux and Issoudun (980-1038) *Raoul III the Prudent, lord of Déols and Châteauroux (1010-1052) *Raoul IV Thibaut, lord of Déols and Châteauroux (1040-1099) *Raoul V the Old, lord of Déols (1070-1128) *Ebbes II, lord of Déols and Châteauroux (1113-1160) *Raoul VI, lord of Déols and Châteauroux (1148-1176) * and Châteauroux (1173-1207) *Guillaume I of Chauvigny, son of Denise and

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, lord of Châteauroux (1188-1233) *Guillaume II of Chauvigny, lord of Châteauroux and Argenton (1224-1270) *Guillaume III ''Dent de May'', lord of

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and Châteauroux (1250-1322) *André II the Deaf of Chauvigny, baron of Châteauroux (1281-1356) *Guy I of Chauvigny, and baron of Châteauroux (1315-1365) *Guy II of Chauvigny, viscount of Brosse and baron of Châteauroux (1357-1422) *Guy III of Chauvigny, viscount of Brosse and Dun-le-Palestel, baron of Châteauroux, lord of

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, La Châtre-Langlin, Argenton, Cluis and

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(1407-1483) *Antoinette of Chauvigny, dame of Châteauroux and viscountess of Brosse (1435-1473) *François of Chauvigny, brother to Antoinette, viscount of Brosse (1430-1491)

Counts of Château-Raoul

*Jean V of Aumont, brother-in-law to François of Chauvigny, count of Châteauroux (d. 1521) *Pierre III of Aumont * Jean VI of Aumont, count of Châteauroux,

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(1522-1595) *Jacques II of Aumont * Antoine of Aumont, count of Châteauroux, marquess of

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, marshal of France (1601-1669)

Dukes of Châteauroux

*Henri II of Bourbon-Condé (1588-1646) *Louis II of Bourbon-Condé, the Grand Condé (1621-1686) *

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(1643-1709) *

Louis III, Prince of Condé Louis III de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (10 November 1668 – 4 March 1710) was a '' prince du sang'' as a member of the reigning House of Bourbon at the French court of Louis XIV. Styled as Duke of Bourbon from birth, he succeeded his father i ...

(1668-1710) *

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(1692-1740) *Louis XV (1710-1774) * Marie Anne de Mailly-Nesle, mistress to Louis XV, marchioness of La Tournelle, duchess of Châteauroux (1717-1744) *Charles X (1757-1836)

References

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