The title of Duc d'Auerstaedt (sometimes written Auerstädt) was created by Napoleon I

Napoleon I of France

Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution.As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815...

, Emperor of the French

Emperor of the French

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, for the Marshal of France

Marshal of France

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 Louis Nicolas Davout

Louis Nicolas Davout

Louis-Nicolas d'Avout , better known as Davout, 1st Duke of Auerstaedt, 1st Prince of Eckmühl, was a Marshal of France during the Napoleonic Era. His prodigious talent for war along with his reputation as a stern disciplinarian, earned him the title "The Iron Marshal"...

 in 1808 as a victory title

Victory title

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 rewarding and commemorating Davout's splendid victory at the Battle of Auerstaedt in 1806.

The title became extinct in 1853 but was then given to the descendants of one of Marshal Davout's brothers, Charles Isidore d'Avout, by an imperial edict of Napoleon III

Napoleon III of France

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Ducs d'Auerstaedt (1808)

• Louis-Nicolas Davout, Marshal of France
  Marshal of France
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  , Prince d'Eckmühl, Peer of France
  Peerage of France
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   (10 May 1770-1 Jun 1823)

• Napoléon Louis Davout d'Auerstaedt d'Eckmühl
  Napoléon Louis Davout d'Auerstaedt d'Eckmühl
  Napoléon Louis Davout d'Auerstaedt d'Eckmühl, 2nd Duc d'Auerstaedt, 2nd and last Prince d'Eckmühl , was the son of Louis Nicolas Davout, Marshal of France. Davout inherited the title Duke of Auerstaedt upon his father's death in 1823. The title became extinct in 1853.Davout was also Mayor of...
  
  , (6 January 1811-13 June 1853), son of Marshal Davout

• General
  General
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   Léopold Davout d'Auerstaedt
  Léopold Davout d'Auerstaedt
  Léopold Davout d'Auerstedt, 3rd Duc d'Auerstedt was a French General of the Second Empire and restored to the extinct title as 3rd Duc d'Auerstaedt, a title originally held by his uncle Louis Nicolas Davout. The title was resurrected by an Imperial edict of Napoleon III in 1864...
  
   (9 August 1829-1904), restored to the extinct title in 1864

• Louis Nicolas Marie Bernard Davout d'Auerstaedt (24 March 1877-1 March 1958)

• Colonel
  Colonel
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   Léopold Henri Jean Louis Marie Davout d'Auerstaedt (12 February 1904-18 May 1985)

• Charles Louis Iwao Marie Davout d'Auerstaedt (30 November 1951-8 February 2006)

• Sébastien Davout d'Auerstaedt (1992-present)

External links

• An (out-of-date) Online Gotha: Davout d'Auerstaedt
• Héraldique européenne: Maison Davout (European Heraldry: House of Davout, in French
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