Duchy of Uzès
The lordship (Seigneurie), later Vice County (Vicomté) and Duchy of Uzès (Duché) was a French feudal territory around the city of Uzès in Languedoc .
history
The rule of Uzès is first documented around 1088; at that time Elzéart d'Uzès was lord of Uzès. After Robert d'Uzès in 1328 in the army of the French King Philip VI. had participated in the victorious battle of Cassel , 1329 whose rule was raised by the king to vice-county. The male line of the House of Uzès died out in 1475 with Jéhan d'Uzès. The vice-county passed through the marriage of his daughter Simone d'Uzès to Jacques de Crussol to the House of Crussol . In 1565 the vice-county was raised to a duchy under Antoine de Crussol, and in 1572 he was also peer of France .
When the French Revolution broke out in 1789, Duke François Emmanuel de Crussol fled abroad, where he joined Prince Condé and became a field marshal in his royalist army (Armée des émigrés), and opposed the revolution and Napoleon's rule. His duchy was dissolved in 1790, the peerage abolished. As part of the restoration , the title of nobility for Marie François Emmanuel de Crussol was restored with the charter of 1814 , and in 1831 the inheritance of the title was abolished, making him the last Duke and Peer of Uzès. During the February Revolution of 1848 , all titles of nobility were finally abolished in France. The heirs of the last Duke of Uzès from the House of Crussol have since called themselves "de Crussol d'Uzès" and continue to count themselves as (titular) dukes. The head of the House of Crussol d'Uzès is today Jacques de Crussol, Duc d'Uzès, who still lives in the ducal castle in Uzes.
List of Lords, Vice Counts and Dukes of Uzès
The gentlemen (les seigneurs)
| title | Surname | married to | lifespan | government |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st liege lord | Elzéart d'Uzès | 1080-1125 | 11 __– 1125 | |
| 2nd liege lord | Decan I. d'Uzes | Baronne de Posquières | 1110-1138 | 1125-1138 |
| 3rd liege lord | Bermond I. d'Uzes | Douce de Mézoargues | 1105-1181 | 1138-1181 |
| 4th feudal lord | Raymond Rascas d'Uzès | Lady Clothilde | 1163-1209 | 1181-1209 |
| 5th feudal lord | Bermond II. D'Uzès | Géraude d'Adjémar de Rochemaure | 1209-1254 | 1209-1254 |
| 6th feudal lord | Decan II. D'Uzes | Hermingarde d'Alais (Alès) | 1254-1285 | 1254-1285 |
| 7th feudal lord | Bermond III. d'Uzes | Alix | 1250-1318 | 1285-1318 |
The Vice Counts (Les vicomtes)
| title | Surname | married to | lifespan | government |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Vice Count | Robert I. d'Uzes | Guitoe de Posquières | 1300-1349 | 1318-1349 |
| 2nd Vice Count | Decane III. d'Uzes | Agathe de Baux | 1330-1361 | 1349-1361 |
| 3. Vice Count | Raymond d'Uzes | |||
| 4. Vice Count | ||||
| 5th Vice Count | Alzias d'Uzès | Dauphine de la Roche | 1340-1390 | 13 __– 1390 |
| 6th Vice Count | Robert II d'Uzes | Gilette de Pressigny | 1380-1426 | 1390-1426 |
| 7. Vice Count | Jéhan d'Uzès | Anne de Brancas | 1430-1475 | |
| 8th Vice Count | Jacques de Crussol ( House of Crussol ) | Simone d'Uzès | 1460-1525 | 1475-1525 |
| 9. Vice Count | Charles de Crussol | Jeanne Ricard de Genouillac | 1483-1546 | 1525-1546 |
The dukes (les ducs)
| title | Surname | married to | lifespan | government |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Duke | Antoine de Crussol | Louise de Clermont Tallart | 1528-1573 | 1546-1573 |
| 2nd Duke | Jacques II de Crussol | Françoise de Clermont | 1540-1586 | 1573-1586 |
| 3rd Duke | Emmanuel I. de Crussol | Claudine d'Ebrard | 1570-1657 | 1586-1657 |
| 4th Duke | François de Crussol | Marguerite d'Apchier | 1604-1680 | 1657-1680 |
| 5th Duke | Emmanuel II de Crussol | Julie Marie de Montausier | 1637-1692 | 1680-1692 |
| 6th Duke | Louis de Crussol | 1673-1693 | 1692-1693 | |
| 7th Duke | Jean Charles de Crussol | Marguerite de Bullion | 1675-1739 | 1693-1739 |
| 8th Duke | Charles Emmanuel de Crussol | Emilie de la Rochefoucvault | 1707-1762 | 1739-1762 |
| 9th Duke | François Emmanuel de Crussol | Magdeleine de Pardaillan | 1728-1802 | 1762-1802 |
| 10th Duke | Marie François Emmanuel de Crussol | Emilie de Chastillon | 1756-1843 | 1802-1842 |
The titular dukes (Les ducs titulaire)
| title | Surname | married to | lifespan | government |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11th Duke | Géraud de Crussol d'Uzès | Françoise de Talhouët-Roy | 1808-1872 | 1842-1872 |
| 12th Duke | Emmanuel de Crussol d'Uzes | Anne de Rochechouart-Mortemart | 1840-1878 | 1872-1878 |
| 13th Duke | Jacques de Crussol d'Uzes | 1870-1893 | 1878-1893 | |
| 14th Duke | Louis Emmanuel de Crussol d'Uzes | (1) Thérèse d'Albert de Luynes; (2) Josephine Angela | 1871-1943 | 1893-1943 |
| 15th Duke | Emmanuel de Crussol d'Uzes | (1) Carolyn Baily Brown; (2) Margaret Bedford | 1927-1999 | 1943-1999 |
| 16th Duke | Louis de Crussol d'Uzes | (1) Françoise Marque; (2) Elizabeth de Belleville; (3) Jeannine Rolande Coudouneau | 1925-2001 | 1999-2001 |
| 17th Duke | Jacques de Crussol d'Uzes | Alessandra Passerin d'Entreve et Courmayeur | 1957– | 2001– |