Duke of Beaumont

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The French title Duke of Beaumont ( Duc de Beaumont ) was created twice in the Ancien Régime .

  1. 1543 as a Duché-Pairie based on the vice-county of Beaumont-sur-Sarthe (Beaumont-au-Maine) for a member of the House of Valois . The title passed to the Bourbons in 1550 and expired in 1589 as King Henry III. of Navarre when Henry IV became King of France.
  2. 1765 as Duché and 1817 as Duché-Pairie based on Beaumont-du-Gâtinais for the House of Montmorency . The title expired in 1878 with the 3rd Duke.

First award

The vice-county of Beaumont-au-Maine had belonged to the House of Valois-Alençon since 1370 , and Françoise d'Alençon was the heir to the vice-county.

  1. Françoise d'Alençon (* 1490/91, † 1550) Vice Countess of Beaumont, 1543 Duchess of Beaumont. ⚭ I 1505 François II. D'Orléans (* 1478, † 1513), Count of Dunois , 1505 Duke of Longueville ( House of Orléans-Longueville ); ⚭ II 1513 Charles I. de Bourbon (* 1489, † 1537), Count and 1515 Duke of Vendôme ( Bourbon )
  2. Antoine de Bourbon (* 1518, † 1562), their son from their second marriage, 1537 Duke of Vendôme , 1550 Duke of Beaumont. ⚭ 1548 Jeanne d'Albret (* 1528, † 1572), 1555 Queen of Navarre
  3. Henri de Bourbon (* 1551, † 1552), their son, Duc de Beaumont
  4. Henri de Bourbon (* 1553, † 1610), whose brother was named Heinrich III in 1572. King of Navarre and in 1589 as Henry IV. King of France, with which the title expires

Second award

  1. Charles-François Christian de Montmorency-Luxembourg (* 1713, † 1787), their son, February 7, 1765 Duc de Beaumont, Prince de Tingry
  2. Anne Christian de Montmorency-Luxembourg (* 1767, † 1821), his son, 1787 2nd Duc de Beaumont, Prince de Tingry, 1817 Duc-Pair
  3. Anne Edouard Louis Joseph de Montmorency-Luxembourg (* 1802, † 1878), his son, called Le Duc de Montmorency-Luxembourg, 1821 3rd Duc de Beaumont, Prince de Tingry,

Others

See also: County of Beaumont-sur-Oise and County of Beaumont-le-Roger