Duke of Piney

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The title Duke of Piney ( Duc de Piney ) was a French nobility title. The titleholders are often referred to as the Duke of Luxembourg (Duc de Luxembourg) because the title was awarded to a member of the House of Luxemburg-Ligny . The French name has nothing to do with the German duke title of the same name.

The title of Duke was given to François de Luxembourg in September 1576 , the third son of Antoine de Luxembourg , Count of Ligny and Brienne . The duchy was formed from the dominions Piney , Ramerupt and Montaignon and their dependent territories, all of which were located in the counties of Chaumont-en-Bassigny or Troyes . In October 1581 the Duchy of Piney was raised to a peerage .

François de Luxembourg died in 1613 and was inherited by his son Henri (1583-1616). His daughter and heiress was Marguerite Charlotte de Luxembourg (1607–1680). She married in 1620 first marriage Léon d'Albert de Luynes (1582-1630), the younger brother of Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes , who after the conclusion of the marriage contract and before the wedding on July 10, 1620 to the 3rd Duc de Piney was appointed. Charles Henri de Clermont-Tonnerre (1607–1674), her second husband from 1631, also carried the title.

The mentally handicapped and under guardianship son of Marguerite Charlotte and Léon, Henri Léon d'Albert de Luxembourg (1630-1697), 4th Duc de Luxembourg, "renounced" on March 1, 1661 on the title. Since his mother also waived at the same time, the title now went to her daughter from her second marriage, Madeleine Charlotte de Clermont (1635-1701). A good two weeks later, on March 17, 1661, Madeleine Charlotte de Clermont married François Henri de Montmorency (1628–1695). In the same month, Piney was once again raised to duché pair by the king, with the stipulation that he and his descendants should bear the name and coat of arms Luxembourg. With the renewed elevation, the king automatically "rejuvenated" the age of the title from 1581 to 1661, which Montmorency later tried to enforce as invalid in a lawsuit against the other pairs. It was not until 1711 that a royal edict made the elevation of 1661 decisive.

Her son Charles François I de Montmorency-Luxembourg (1662-1726), 2nd Duc de Piney, had already become Duc de Beaufort (renamed Duc de Beaufort-Montmorency in 1689) before he inherited the Luxembourg title in 1695 . He was the father of Charles François II. De Montmorency-Luxembourg (1702–1764), 3rd Duc de Piney. Since this had no surviving male descendants, the title Duc de Montmorency went to his granddaughter with deissen death , while the Piney property was acquired by Anne Charles Sigismond de Montmorency-Luxembourg (1737-1803), who then became Duc de Piney . He was the son of Charles Anne Sigismond, Duc d'Olonne (1721–1777), and grandson of Charles Paul Sigismond, Duc de Bouteville (1697–1785), a cousin of the last Duke and his next male heir, both of which took the title Piney didn't accept. His son Charles Emmanuel Sigismond de Montmorency-Luxembourg (1774–1861) was the last holder of the title, since the last male member of the Montmorency-Luxembourg family, Anne Edouard Louis Joseph (1802–1878), holds the title of Duc de Beaumont.

Dukes of Piney

House Luxembourg-Ligny

House Albert

  • Léon d'Albert de Luynes (1582–1630), her first husband, July 10, 1620 3rd Duc de Piney et de Luxembourg, Pair de France
  • Henri Léon d'Albert (1630–1697), their son, 1630 4th Duc de Piney-Luxembourg, Pair de France, resigned in 1661

House Clermont-Tonnerre

  • Charles Henri de Clermont-Tonnerre (1607–1674), 1631 Marguerite Charlotte's second husband, Duc de Luxembourg et de Piney
  • Madeleine de Clermont-Tonnerre (1635–1701), her daughter, 1661 Duchesse de Luxembourg et de Piney, Pair de France

Montmorency House

literature

  • Père Anselme : Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France, des pairs, grands officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des anciens barons du royaume ...., par le P. Anselme, ...; continuée par M. Du Fourny, 3rd edition (1726–1733), Volume 3, p. 868 (Awarded 1576/81), Volume 4, p. 327 (Awarded Albert), Volume 4, p. 578 (Awarded Montmorency)
  • Detlev Schwennicke: European Family Tables , Volume I.2 (1999) Table 231–233 (Luxemburg-Ligny)
  • Frank Baron Freytag von Loringhoven: European Family Tables, Volume 4 (1961), Plate 143 (House Albert)
  • Detlev Schwennicke: European Family Tables, Volume XXVIII (2011) Plate 24 (Clermont-Tonnerre House)
  • Detlev Schwennicke: European Family Tables, Volume XIV (1991) Plate 116–144 (House Montmorency)