The Neufville de Villeroy family was a French noble family, the most notable member of which was François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi

François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi

François de Neufville, 2ème duc de Villeroy was a French soldier.-Biography:Villeroy was born in Lyon into noble family which had risen into prominence in the reign of Charles IX....

. It was descended from a finance minister to Louis XII

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...

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Titles

It held two main duchies, that of Villeroy (peerage rank) and Alincourt (non-peerage rank). It also acquired the duchies and titles of Beaupréau and Retz (1716). Before becoming duke of Villeroy in title, Louis François Anne de Neufville de Villeroy called himself "Duke of Retz", a purely courtesy title

Courtesy title

A courtesy title is a form of address in systems of nobility used for children, former wives and other close relatives of a peer. These styles are used 'by courtesy' in the sense that the relatives do not themselves hold substantive titles...

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Duke of Villeroy

The title duke of Villeroy was created in September 1651 for Nicolas V de Villeroy. He was raised to the peerage of France

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...

 in 1663.

1. 1651-1685 : Nicolas V de Neufville de Villeroy
   Nicolas de Neufville de Villeroy
   Nicolas V de Neufville de Villeroy was a French nobleman and marshal of France. He was marquis then 1st duke of Villeroy and peer of France, marquis d'Alincourt and lord of Magny, and acted as governor of the young Louis XIV. His son François succeeded him as duke...
   
    (1597-1685), 1st duke of Villeroy. Marshal of France
   Marshal of France
   The Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank. It is granted to generals for exceptional achievements...
   
   , named governor by Louis XIV
   Louis XIV of France
   Louis XIV , known as Louis the Great or the Sun King , was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre. His reign, from 1643 to his death in 1715, began at the age of four and lasted seventy-two years, three months, and eighteen days...
   
    in 1646.
2. 1685-1730 : François de Neufville de Villeroy (1644-1730), 2nd duke of Villeroy, son of the former, marshal, governor under Louis XV.
3. 1730-1734 : Louis Nicolas de Neufville de Villeroy (1663-1734), 3rd duke of Villeroy, son of the former.
4. 1734-1766 : Louis François Anne de Neufville de Villeroy (1695-1766), 4th duke of Villeroy, son of the former.
5. 1766-1794 : Gabriel Louis François de Neufville de Villeroy (1731-1794), 5th and last duke of Villeroy, nephew of the former.

Duke of Alincourt

The title duke of Alincourt was created on 20 September 1729 for François Camille de Neufville de Villeroy, younger son of Louis Nicolas de Neufville de Villeroy.

1. 1729-1732 : François Camille de Neufville de Villeroy (†1732).
2. 1732-1794 : Gabriel Louis François de Neufville de Villeroy (1731-1794).

Other notable family members

• Camille de Neufville de Villeroy
  Camille de Neufville de Villeroy
  Camille de Neufville de Villeroy was archbishop and count of Lyon and primate of the Gauls from 1653 to 1693. He was the second of five sons of Charles I de Neufville de Villeroy, marquis d'Halincourt, and grandson of Nicolas IV de Neufville de Villeroy, minister to the kings of France...
  
   (1606-1698), archbishop of Lyon.
• François Paul de Neufville de Villeroy
  François Paul de Neufville de Villeroy
  François Paul de Neufville de Villeroy was archbishop of Lyon from 15 August 1714 to 6 February 1731. He was a member of the Neufville de Villeroy family....
  
   (1677-1731), archbishop of Lyon.