Duke of Villars
The title Duke of Villars ( Duc de Villars ) is a French nobility title from the 17th to 19th centuries that was awarded twice in the 18th century:
- a title that was worn from 1627 to 1852 in a younger branch of the House of Brancas , often called "Duke of Villars-Brancas" to distinguish it from the other, more recent;
- a title that was worn in the house of Villars from 1705 to 1770 , also called "Duke of Vaux-Villars".
Dukes of Villars from the House of Brancas
The title "Duke of Villars" was 1627 by Louis XIII. awarded in favor of Georges de Brancas (around 1565 / 68–1657). The center of the duchy was Villars in what is now the Vaucluse department . Georges de Brancas was named Pair de France in 1652 .
- 1627–1657: Georges de Brancas (1565–1657), 1st Duc de Villars, Pair de France, husband of Julienne-Hippolyte d'Estrées
- 1657–1679: Louis-François de Brancas († 1679), 2nd Duc de Villars, Pair de France, his son
- 1679–1709: Louis I de Brancas (1663–1739), 3rd Duc de Villars, Pair de France, his son
- 1709–1760: Louis-Antoine de Brancas (1682–1760), 4th Duc de Villars, Pair de France, his son
- 1760–1794: Louis II. De Brancas (1714–1793), 5th Duc de Villars, 2nd Duc de Lauraguais, Pair de France, his son, husband of Diane Adélaïde de Mailly
- 1794–1824: Louis-Léon-Félicité de Brancas (1733–1824), 6th Duc de Villars, 3rd Duc de Lauraguais, Pair de France, his son, husband of Élisabeth-Pauline de Gand (1737–1794)
- 1824–1852: Louis Marie Baptiste de Brancas (1772–1852), called Bufile , 7th (and last) Duc de Villars, 4th Duc de Lauraguais, Pair de France, his nephew
Dukes of Villars from the House of Villars
The title "Duke of Villars" was given in 1705 by Louis XIV in favor of Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars , called Maréchal de Villars (whose name comes from the small fief of La Chapelle-Villars southwest of Vienne ). The king elevated a group of goods that the Marshal had acquired southeast of Paris (Vicomté de Melun en partie with Vaux-le-Vicomte ), and whose center was in Vaux-le-Vicomte, to the duchy. The marshal was appointed Pair de France in 1709.
- 1705–1734: Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars (1653–1734), 1st Duc de Villars, Pair de France, Marshal of France
- 1734–1770: Honoré-Armand de Villars (1702–1770), 2nd (and last) Duc de Villars, Pair de France, his son, who died without male heirs
literature
- François-Alexandre Aubert de La Chenaye-Desbois , Jacques Badier, Dictionnaire de la Noblesse , Paris, Schlesinger, 1853, 3rd edition, volume 3, columns 984ff
- Jean Gallian, Généalogie de la famille Brancas , 2016
Web link
- Libro d'Oro della Nobilità Mediterranea - de Brancas - Duchi di Villars e Pari di Francia ( online , accessed January 10, 2020)
Individual evidence
- ↑ In addition, there was a dominion in Villars with the center of Villars-les-Dombes in what would later become the Ain department , which was made a marquisate in 1565