List of the Dukes of Joyeuse
The Vice- County Joyeuse was founded in 1581 by the French King Henry III. in favor of Anne de Batarnay de Joyeuse raised to the Duchy of Joyeuse and a pairie .
House Joyeuse
- 1581–1587: Anne de Joyeuse (* 1560, † 1587), son of Guillaume de Joyeuse and Marie de Batarnay.
- 1587–1590: François de Joyeuse (* 1562, † 1615), his brother
- 1590–1592: Antoine Scipion de Joyeuse (* 1565, † 1592), his brother
- 1592–1608: Henri de Joyeuse (* 1563, † 1608), his brother, married Catherine de Nogaret de la Valette (* 1566, † 1587) in 1581
- 1608–1647: Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse (* 1585, † 1656), whose daughter married
- 1. 1597 Henri de Bourbon , Duke of Montpensier (* 1573, † 1608)
- 2. 1611 Charles , Duke of Guise (* 1591, † 1640)
House Guise
- 1647–1654: Louis de Lorraine (* 1622, † 1654), Duke of Joyeuse, whose son married Françoise de Valois (* 1621, † 1696), Duchess of Angoulême
- 1654–1671: Louis Joseph (* 1650, † 1671), Duke of Guise and Joyeuse, his son, married Elisabeth d'Orléans (* 1646, † 1696) in 1667
- 1671–1675: François Joseph (* 1670, † 1675), Duke of Guise and Joyeuse, his son
- 1675–1688: Marie (* 1615, † 1688), Duchess of Guise, Princess of Joinville, daughter of Charles de Lorraine and Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse
- 1688–1690: Charles François (* 1661, † 1702), Prince of Commercy, received Joyeuse through a legacy from Marie de Lorraine, his distant relative
- 1690–1693: confiscated by the king because Charles François was in the emperor's service
- 1693–1693: Jean François de Paule de Lorraine (* 1672, † 1693), Prince of Lillebonne , his brother
- 1693–1694: François Marie de Lorraine (* 1624, † 1694), Prince of Lillebonne , Duke of Joyeuse, his father, son of Charles II , Duke of Elbeuf .
- 1694–1714: Anne de Lorraine (* 1639, † 1720), his wife, daughter of Charles IV , Duke of Lorraine
House Melun
- 1714–1724: Louis II. De Melun (* 1694, † 1724), Prince of Epinay, Baron von Antoing, then Duke of Joyeuse, son of Louis I. de Melun, Prince of Epinay and Baron d'Antoing, and Marie Elisabeth de Lorraine-Elbeuf (* 1664, † 1748), daughter of François Marie de Lorraine-Elbeuf and Anne de Lorraine
In theory, his nephew Charles de Rohan (* 1715, † 1787), son of Jules de Rohan, Prince of Soubise , and Anne Julie de Melun, heir to the title, but the king would have had to re-establish the peerage and the duchy for that but he doesn't seem to have done so.