Duke of Chevreuse

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The title Duke of Chevreuse was created in 1545 for Jean IV. De Brosse , Duke of Étampes and husband of Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly , mistress of King Francis I of France .

The Chevreuse dominion around the town of Chevreuse southwest of Paris had been owned by a family named after him since the 11th century, who were also responsible for building La Madeleine Castle above the city. At times the lords of Chevreuse also held the bailiwick of the Saint-Denis abbey . Later they came under the suzerainty of the Counts of Montfort . With Jeanne de Chevreuse, who was married to Pierre d'Amboise (see House Amboise ), the family died out in the mid-14th century.

In 1536 King Francis I married his mistress Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly to Jean IV. De Brosse for the sake of form, and in this context appointed them both Duke and Duchess of Etampes. In 1545 Jean de Brosse, who was in financial difficulties, was appointed Duke of Chevreuse, which he sold a few years later, in 1551, to François de Lorraine, duc de Guise . His brother Charles de Lorraine , Archbishop of Reims since 1546 , was made Duke of Chevreuse in 1555; he died in 1574.

The Guise family, richly endowed with ducal titles, did not use the title Chevreuse continuously. The second title holder was Claude de Lorraine , a younger son of Henri I de Lorraine, duc de Guise , who was appointed Duke of Chevreuse in 1612, but whose appointment was not registered until 1627 (opposite the Parliament ). In 1622 he married Marie de Rohan , the widow of Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes , who became famous as the second woman with the title Chevreuse.

Claude de Lorraine and Marie de Rohan had three daughters, two of whom went to the monastery and became abbess at a young age, while the third, Charlotte-Marie de Lorraine (after a turbulent life as the mistress of Cardinal Jean-François Paul de Gondi , fiancee of Prince Armand de Bourbon, prince de Conti and later a nephew of Cardinal Jules Mazarin ) died before her father was married. The question of succession was then resolved by the fact that the title of Duke of Chevreuse was bestowed on the grandson Marie de Rohan from her first marriage, Charles Honoré d'Albert, in 1677. Since then, the title has been in the Albert family , and has been used by them above all to provide the heir of the Duc de Luynes with a duke title.

Lords of Chevreuse

  • Milon I. de Chevreuse (de Caprosia), 1024-1031 attested
  • Milon II. De Chevreuse, probably his son, 1064-1074 attested
  • Gui I. de Chevreuse, whose brother, 1064-1074 attests
  • Milon le Grand, † after 1102, Seigneur de Montlhéry et de Chevreuse, Vicomte de Troyes ( House Montlhéry )
  • Gui Troussel, † after 1108, his son, 1102 Seigneur de Montlhéry, de Chevreuse etc.
  • Milon III, son of Milon II, 1118–1137 Châtelain de Chevreuse,
  • Gui II. De Chevreuse, his son, † before 1192, Châtelain de Chevreuse, Vogt of the Abbey of Saint-Denis
  • Philippe de Chevreuse, whose brother, 1178–1179 testifies
  • Milon IV, son of Guis II, attested from 1172 to around 1190, Seigneur de Chevreuse
  • Simon de Chevreuse, his brother, Seigneur de Chevreuse, 1188
  • Gui III. de Chevreuse, son of Milon IV, Vogt of Saint-Denis, † 1209–1210
  • Gui IV, his son, Seigneur de Chevreuse, vassal of the Count of Montfort in 1226 , † 1263
  • Hervé, his son, 1263 Seigneur de Chevreuse, † 1275–1277
  • Sédile, whose sister, 1280 Dame de Chevreuse, 1263-1304 testifies
  • Anseau, nephew Guis IV., X 1304, 1265 in Italy, 1296 Seigneur de Chevreuse
  • Jeanne, † after 1343, his daughter, Dame de Chevreuse, ⚭ 1309 Pierre, Seigneur d'Amboise, † probably 1322

Dukes of Chevreuse

House Albert

  • Charles Honoré d'Albert (1646–1712), his son, 1677 Duc de Chevreuse, 1698 Duc de Chaulnes , 1699 3rd Duc de Luynes;
    • Honoré Charles d'Albert (1669–1704), his son, Duc de Montfort
  • Charles Philippe d'Albert (1695–1758), his son, 4th Duc de Luynes et de Chevreuse-Montfort
  • Charles Louis d'Albert (1717–1771), his son, 5th Duc de Luynes et de Chevreuse
  • Louis Joseph Charles Amable d'Albert (1748–1807), his son, 6th Duc de Luynes etc.
  • Charles Marie Paul André d'Albert (1783–1839), his son, Duc de Luynes, de Chevreuse, de Chaulnes etc.
  • Honoré Théoderic d'Albert (1802–1867), his son, 8th Duc de Luynes etc.
  • Honoré Louis Joseph d'Albert (1823-1854), his son, Duc de Chevreuse
  • Charles d'Albert (1845–1870), his son, 9th Duc de Luynes et de Chevreuse
  • Honoré d'Albert (1868–1924), his son, 10th Duc de Luynes et de Chevreuse
  • Philippe d'Albert (1905–1993), his son, 11th Duc de Luynes et de Chevreuse
  • Charles d'Albert (* 1943), his son, Duc de Chevreuse
  • Jean d'Albert (* 1945), his brother, 1993 12th Duc de Luynes et de Chevreuse

literature

  • For the gentlemen from Chevreuse: Detlev Schwennicke: Europäische Stammtafeln Volume III.4 (1989) Plate 624 and Volume XIII (1990) Plate 73
  • For the House of Albert: Frank Baron Freytag von Loringhoven: European Family Tables Volume IV (1957) Plate 142–143