Duc de Longueville
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Duc de Longueville was a French title of nobility, though not a peerage
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It was created in 1505 by King Louis XII of France
for his first cousin once removed François d'Orléans, comte de Dunois, son of François d'Orléans, comte de Dunois, son of Jean d'Orléans, comte de Dunois (comte de Longueville in 1443), who was an illegitimate son of Louis de Valois, duc d'Orléans. The title became extinct in 1694. From 1648 the duke of Longueville was also Sovereign Prince of Neuchâtel. In 1654 the eighth duke was created a peer as duc de Coulommiers but the peerage was never registered and so became extinct at his death.
Peerage of France
The Peerage of France was a distinction within the French nobility which appeared in the Middle Ages. It was abolished in 1789 during the French Revolution, but it reappeared in 1814 at the time of the Bourbon Restoration which followed the fall of the First French Empire...
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It was created in 1505 by King Louis XII of France
Louis XII of France
Louis proved to be a popular king. At the end of his reign the crown deficit was no greater than it had been when he succeeded Charles VIII in 1498, despite several expensive military campaigns in Italy. His fiscal reforms of 1504 and 1508 tightened and improved procedures for the collection of taxes...
for his first cousin once removed François d'Orléans, comte de Dunois, son of François d'Orléans, comte de Dunois, son of Jean d'Orléans, comte de Dunois (comte de Longueville in 1443), who was an illegitimate son of Louis de Valois, duc d'Orléans. The title became extinct in 1694. From 1648 the duke of Longueville was also Sovereign Prince of Neuchâtel. In 1654 the eighth duke was created a peer as duc de Coulommiers but the peerage was never registered and so became extinct at his death.
Dukes of Longueville
- François II d'Orléans, duc de Longueville (1478–1513)
- Louis I d'Orléans, duc de Longueville (1480–1516), brother of the preceding.
- Claude d'Orléans, duc de Longueville (1508–1524), son of the preceding.
- Louis II d'Orléans, duc de Longueville (1510–1537), brother of the preceding.
- François III d'Orléans, duc de Longueville (1535–1551), son of the preceding.
- Léonor d'Orléans, duc de Longueville (1540–1573), first cousin of the preceding.
- Henri I d'Orléans, duc de Longueville (1568–1595), son of the preceding.
- Henri II d'Orléans, duc de LonguevilleHenri II d'Orléans, duc de LonguevilleHenri II d'Orléans, duc de Longueville or Henri de Valois-Longueville , a legitimated prince of France and peer of France, was a major figure in the civil war of France, the Fronde, and served as governor of Picardy, then of Normandy.Longueville headed the French delegation in the talks that led...
(1595–1663), son of the preceding. - Jean-Louis d'Orléans, duc de Longueville (1646–1694), son of the preceding. He resigned the title to his half-brother in 1668.
- Charles-Paris d'Orléans, duc de Longueville (1649–1672), half-brother of the preceding. On his death the title went back to his half-brother.
Other members of the family
- Jean d'Orléans-LonguevilleJean d'Orléans-LonguevilleJean d'Orléans-Longueville , Cardinal de Longueville was the third son of François d'Orleans, duc de Longueville and comte de Dunois, and Agnes of Savoy; thus he was kin to Louis XI and Louis XII of France. He was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church for six months in 1533...
, brother of the first and second dukes - Mary of GuiseMary of GuiseMary of Guise was a queen consort of Scotland as the second spouse of King James V. She was the mother of Mary, Queen of Scots, and served as regent of Scotland in her daughter's name from 1554 to 1560...
, wife of the fourth duke - Jacqueline de Rohan, Marquise de RothelinJacqueline de Rohan, Marquise de RothelinJacqueline de Rohan, Marquise de Rothelin was the daughter of Charles de Rohan and Jeanne de Saint-Severin.Her paternal grandparents were Pierre de Rohan, Viscount de Fronsac and Françoise de Penhoet. Her maternal grandparents were Bernard de Saint-Severin, Prince of Besignano, and Jeanne Eléonore...
, mother of the sixth duke - Françoise d'Orléans-LonguevilleFrançoise d'Orléans-LonguevilleFrançoise d'Orléans was the second wife of Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé, a "Prince du Sang" and leader of the Huguenots during the French Wars of Religion.- Family:...
, sister of the sixth duke - the dukes of FronsacDuke of FronsacThe seigneurie of Fronsac was promoted to a duchy twice during the 17th century.- First promotion : 1608 :The title of duke of Fronsac was first created in 1608 for the Orléans-Longueville family, a bastard branch of the house of Valois...
, descended from the sixth duke - Anne Geneviève de Bourbon, wife of the eighth duke
- Marie d'Orleans-Longueville, Duchess de NemoursMarie d'Orleans-Longueville, Duchess de NemoursMarie d'Orléans was the daughter of Henry II of Orléans, duke of Longueville. After the death of her brother Jean Louis Charles d'Orléans-Longueville in 1694 she succeeded him as Princess of Neuchâtel....
, daughter of the eighth and sister of the ninth and tenth dukes - Charles d'Orléans de RothelinCharles d'Orléans de RothelinCharles d'Orléans de Rothelin was a French churchman, writer, scholar, numismatist and theologian.A descendent of Dunois, he was held to be one of the wisest bibliophiles of his time and owned an important cabinet of medals...
, descended from an illegitimate half-brother of the sixth duke