Prince of Guéméné

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With the title of Prince of Guéméné (Prince de Guéméné) was awarded in 1570 Louis VII. De Rohan (1540–1589). At the same time, the Guéméné rule , which had been owned by the Rohan family for centuries , was elevated to a principality.

The elevation was part of the Rohan's efforts to rise to the first rank of the French nobility.

Lords of Guéméné

Princes of Guéméné

Anne de Rohan
  • Louis VI. de Rohan (1540–1611), his son, Comte de Montbazon in 1547, Prince of Guéméné in 1570
  • Louis VII. De Rohan (1562–1589), his son, 1588 Duc de Montbazon , 2nd Prince de Guéméné
    • Pierre de Rohan (1567–1622), his brother, 3rd Prince de Guéméné
  • Anne de Rohan (1604–1685) his daughter, 1622 4th Princesse de Guéméné; ∞ Louis VIII. De Rohan († 1667), 1654 3rd Duc de Montbazon, 4th Prince de Guéméné (see below)
  • Hercule de Rohan (1568–1654), brother of Pierre de Rohan, 1594 Duc de Montbazon, Prince de Guéméné
  • Louis VIII. De Rohan (1598–1667), his son, 1654 3rd Duc de Montbazon, 4th Prince de Guéméné; ∞ Anne de Rohan († 1685) daughter of Pierre de Rohan, 1622 4th Princesse de Guéméné (see above);
  • Charles II. De Rohan (1633–1699), his son, 1657 4th Duc de Montbazon, 5th Prince de Guéméné
  • Charles III de Rohan (1699–1727), 6th Prince de Guéméné, 1692/99 5th Duc de Montbazon
    • François Armand de Rohan (1682-1717), his son, called Prince de Montbazon
  • Hercule Mériadec de Rohan (1688–1757), his brother, called Chevalier de Rohan, 7th Prince de Guéméné, 1699/1726 6th Duc de Montbazon
  • Jules Hercule Mériadec de Rohan (1726-1800), his son, called Prince de Montbazon, 1726 7th Duc de Montbazon, 8th Prince de Guéméné
  • Henri Louis Marie de Rohan (1745–1808), his son, 9th Prince de Guéméné, 1800 8th Duc de Montbazon, 1808 Bohemian prince of Rohan-Guéméné
  • Charles Alain Gabriel de Rohan (1764–1836), his son, Prince of Rohan in 1808, 10th Prince de Guéméné, 9th Duc de Montbazon, 1816 Duc de Bouillon
  • Louis Victor Mériadec de Rohan (1766–1846), his brother, 1830 Austrian Prince of Rohan-Guéméné, 1836 10th Duc de Montbazon, Duc de Bouillon, 11th Prince de Guéméné etc.
  • Camille Philippe Joseph Ildesbald de Rohan (1800–1892), his son, adopted by Louis Victor Mériadec de Rohan in 1833 and prince of Austria, Prince Rohan in 1846, 11th Duc de Montbazon, Duc de Bouillon, 12th Prince de Guéméné, Prince de Rochefort et de Montauban
    • Arthur de Rohan (1826-1885), his son
  • Alain Benjamin Arthur de Rohan (1853–1914), his son, Prince Rohan in 1892, 12th Duc de Montbazon, Duc de Bouillon, 13th Prince de Guéméné, Prince de Rochefort et de Montauban
  • Alain Anton Joseph Adolf Ignaz Maria de Rohan (1893–1976), his son, Prince Rohan in 1914, 13th Duc de Montbazon, Duc de Bouillon, 14th Prince de Guéméné, Prince de Rochefort et de Montauban
  • Karl-Alain Albert Maria de Rohan (* 1939), his son, Prince Rohan in 1976, etc.

See also: The Austrian princes of Rohan-Guéméné at the Duke of Rohan