Duchy of Montbazon
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The Duchy of Montbazon is the area around Montbazon
Montbazon
Montbazon is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.Montbazon is located on the river Indre between the towns Veigné, Monts and Sorigny...

, near Tours
Tours
Tours is a city in central France, the capital of the Indre-et-Loire department.It is located on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection of its local spoken French, and for the...

, in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

. During the Ancien Régime, Montbazon became a seigneurie held by the House of Rohan in the fifteenth century; was elevated to a comté
Comté
Comté is a French word that can refer to:* The territory ruled by a count in medieval France...

in 1557, and raised to the level of a duchy
Duchy
A duchy is a territory, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess.Some duchies were sovereign in areas that would become unified realms only during the Modern era . In contrast, others were subordinate districts of those kingdoms that unified either partially or completely during the Medieval era...

 in 1588.

List of Lords of Guéméné, ca. 1430—1557

From To Lord of Guéméné
1438 Charles I de Rohan (d. 1438)
1438 1457 Louis I de Rohan (d. 1457)
1457 14?? Louis II de Rohan (d. 1508)
14?? 1498 Louis III de Rohan (d. 1498)
1498 1527 Louis IV de Rohan (d. 1527)
1527 1557 Louis V de Rohan (d. 1557)

List of Counts of Montbazon, 1557—1611

From To Count of Montbazon
1557 1611 Louis V de Rohan (d. 1611)

List of Dukes of Montbazon, 1588—Present

From To Duke of Montbazon
1588 1589 Louis VII de Rohan (1562-1589)
1589 1654 Hercule, Duke of Montbazon
Hercule, Duke of Montbazon
Hercule de Rohan was a member of the princely House of Rohan. The second Duke of Montbazon, he is an ancestor of the present Princes of Guéméné. His daughter was the famous Frondeur the duchesse de Chevreuse...

 (1568-1654)
1654 1667 Louis VIII de Rohan (1598-1667)
1667 1699 Charles II de Rohan (1633-1699)
1699 1727 Charles III, Prince of Guéméné
Charles III, Prince of Guéméné
Charles de Rohan was a French noble man and Duke of Montbazon. He is known by his other title, Prince of Guéméné. He was the son of Charles de Rohan and Jeanne Armande de Schomberg.-Biography:...

 (1655-1727)
1727 1757 Hercule Mériadec, Prince of Guéméné
Hercule Mériadec, Prince of Guéméné
Hercule Mériadec de Rohan was a French noble man and Duke of Montbazon. He is known by his other title, Prince of Guéméné...

 (1688-1757)
1757 1800 Jules, Prince of Guéméné
Jules, Prince of Guéméné
Jules de Rohan was Prince of Guéméné. Born in Paris, he died in Carlsbourg. He was known as Jules.-Biography:...

 (1726-1800)
1800 1809 Henri Louis, Prince of Guéméné
Henri Louis, Prince of Guéméné
Henri Louis de Rohan, Prince of Guéméné , was a French courtier and the penultimate Grand Chamberlain of France.-Biography:...

 (1745-1809)
1809 1836 Charles Alain, Prince of Guéméné
Charles Alain, Prince of Guéméné
Charles Alain de Rohan was a French nobleman and Prince of Guéméné. He died without any surviving descendants as his daughter died without children.-Biography:...

 (1764-1836)
1836 1846 Louis IX Victor Meriadec de Rohan (1766-1846)
1846 1892 Camille Philippe Joseph Idesbald de Rohan-Rochefort (1800-1892)
1892 1914 Alain I Benjamin Arthur de Rohan-Rochefort (1853-1914)
1914 1976 Alain II Anton Joseph de Rohan-Rochefort (1893-1976)
1976 2008 Charles V Alain Albert de Rohan-Rochefort (1934-2008)
2008 Albert Marie de Rohan-Rochefort (1936-)
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