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to be heirs to the French throne in the event of extinction of the
Bourbons, the Courtenays protested, requesting substitution of the phrase "the royal house issued in legitimate male line from the kings of France" to no avail. In 1715 Louis-Charles de Courtenay, his son Charles-Roger and his brother
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succession, the agnates of the king, being "capable of the crown", rose in prominence. New peerages were created for the king's agnates, and for a long time this continued to be so, before the peerage was extended to non-royalty. Over time, the dignity of a peer, which was feudal in nature, and the
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The rank carried with it various privileges, including the right to a household paid out of state revenues. The rank was held for life: the birth of a new, more senior prince who qualified for the position did not deprive the current holder of his use of the style. The
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dignity of a prince of the blood, which was dynastic in nature, clashed. Non-royal peers and princes of the blood who were peers constantly competed for precedence. As the royal line contracted, each prince of the blood gained greater prominence. Finally, in 1576, King
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601:). As his descent from a prior monarch went back generations, in practice, it was not always clear who was entitled to the rank and thus succession to the throne should the main line fail, and it often took a specific act of the king to make the determination.
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became restricted in use to refer to dynasts who were distant members of the royal family (i.e., those who were not children or grandchildren in the male line of a French king and, as such, entitled to specific, higher rank of their own as
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420:
de
Courtenay, was the last male of the family, dying on 5 May 1733, and his sister HĂ©lĂšne de Courtenay, marquise de Bauffremont (1689â20 June 1768), obtained no redress when she appealed to the king in 1737 after the
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1739:
290:, which made the princes of the blood supreme over the peerage, and amongst themselves, the closer in the line of succession would outrank the more distant, without regard to the actual title that they held.
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1755:
1226:
270:. In the feudal era, the agnates of the king held no special status, because agnatic primogeniture had not yet received its sanction as the law governing the succession to the French throne.
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884:
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1794:. After the legitimisation occurred, the child was given a title. Males were given titles from their father's lands and estates and females were given the style of
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of Orléans before the
Bourbons did. Non-legitimised natural children of royalty took whatever surname the king permitted, which might or might not be that of the
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639:
left the title to the House of Orléans rather than to the
Spanish branch of the Bourbons, which had renounced its right to succeed to the French throne by the
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on the authority of the regent after the king's death. As a chancellor of Louis XIV had warned, a king could only produce princes of the blood with the queen.
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407:, but had become impoverished, minor nobles over the centuries. Their repeated petitions for recognition to the Bourbon rulers were in vain. When the
1799:
1791:
1273:
246:, and the younger sons and grandsons of kings did not have rights or precedence based on their royal descent. Feudal titles determined rank. Under
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In some
European kingdoms, especially France, this appellation was a specific rank in its own right, with a more restricted use than other titles.
1004:
1710:. This was not a traditional style by right but was simply a means the court used to distinguish between the three widows who held the title of
1836:
1202:
974:
1895:
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This address was used by the head of the most junior branch of the House of
Bourbon, the comte de Soissons. The comtes de Soissons, like the
2175:
1534:
1687:
1573:
1335:
225:
1501:
944:
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The
Soissons title was acquired by the first Prince of Condé in 1557 and was held by his descendants for two more generations:
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In order to tell the wives of the various
Princes of Conti apart after their deaths, the widows were given the name of
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1986:. However, if they were legitimised, the king might raise them to a rank just below or even equivalent to that of a
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of the second rank", even though the latter was a paternal cousin of the king, while the former was only a distant
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1459:
1173:
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In an edict of July 1714, Louis XIV declared his legitimized sons, the Duke of Maine and Count of
Toulouse, to be
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1298:. She later held onto the style even in her widowhood when she was the Princess of Condé. She was later known as
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1882:
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children of the King of France, and of other males of his dynasty, took surnames according to the branch of the
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1852:
1819:
1762:
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Since 1733, all legitimate male
Capetians were of the House of Bourbon, of the VendĂŽme branch, descended from
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but the Conti title lapsed upon his death in 1614 without legitimate heirs. It was later revived in 1629 for
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81:, being applied to the daughter of a prince of the blood. The most prominent examples include members of the
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1635:) and a number corresponding to when they lost their husband. After being widowed their full style would be
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1277:
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1159:
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1867:
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1166:
716:
1476:
1464:
790:
783:
1083:
1014:
652:
400:
31:
807:
456:
1901:
1487:
449:
853:
1054:
970:
959:
647:, duke of Orleans in the late 18th century, was the First Prince of the Blood immediately before the
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in 1709; however, they seldom if ever used it. The title should theoretically have passed in 1752 to
39:
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1599:. The Soissons title became extinct upon the death of Prince EugĂšne-Jean of Savoy-Carignan in 1734.
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The 2nd Count of Soissons died without an heir, so the Soissons title passed to his younger sister,
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refused to register the decree, the king exercised his right to compel registration by conducting a
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as she was the first to be widowed, in 1685. The title went to her husband's younger brother,
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1913:
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Roger were once again rebuffed in their attempt to seek recognition of their status. Roger,
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90:
8:
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Capetians as princes of the blood. The Courtenays descended in legitimate male-line from
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581:) male member of the royal dynasty who was not in the present kings line, neither a
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ordered the term "princesse du sang royal de France" deleted from court documents.
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1639:. Between 1727 and 1732, there were three widowed Princesses de Conti. They were:
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of the Bourbon line, the Bourbon-Carencys, who were most distantly related to the
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The Institutions of France Under the Absolute Monarchy, 1598â1789, Volume 2, p.93
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and accorded them rights of succession to the French throne following all other
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and to precedence among each other according to their respective places in the
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520:, but sometimes other titles were used, indicating a more precise status than
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30:"Prince of the blood" redirects here. For the novel by Raymond E. Feist, see
1775:
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463:, was the ancestor of the royal dynasties of France and Spain, and of the
955:, she was also the Duchess of Fronsac in her own right from 1646 to 1674.
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for over a century (1589â1709). The right to use the style passed to the
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like her mother-in-law. On his death, the title went to his eldest son,
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has been used in other families more generally, for example among the
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1131:. After that, the eldest son was often given the courtesy title of
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1037:. She was the last holder of the style before the outbreak of the
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1430:. The line started in 1566 when the Soissons title was given to
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In theory, the princes of the blood included all members of the
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181:
73:) or prince of the blood is a person legitimately descended in
1824:, two legitimised daughters of Louis XIV and Mme de Montespan.
939:. The duchesses/princesses that were entitled to use it were:
504:. The edict was revoked and annulled on 18 August 1715 by the
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1508:
363:, when religious strife brought forth rivals for the throne,
283:
263:
98:
1595:, who was the older brother of the famous Austrian general,
1127:, but that changed in 1709 when the Condés lost the rank of
655:, which he used as a platform to advocate liberal reforms.
516:
Those who held this rank were usually styled by their main
1708:
Madame la Princesse de Conti TroisiĂšme/DerniĂšre DouairiĂšre
1568:. On her death, the title passed first to her second son,
399:. France's kings, for instance, refused to recognize the
651:, entitling him to sit on various bodies, such as the
527:
The most senior princes used specific styles such as
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of France, could be reckoned to be mightier than the
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to a French king or prince were never recognised as
1121:. Originally, the eldest son was given the title of
440:
until their extinction in 1530. They descended from
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of the Capetian dynasty who were not members of the
1706:. After her husband died in 1727, she was known as
1798:. Examples of this are (children of Louis XIV and
577:), which normally belonged to the most senior (by
436:, were denied princely rank and excluded from the
336:came to be recognized as entitled to seats on the
306:after the immediate family of the king during the
1866:Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon (1674â1681), titled
1620:
1458:, first Count of Soissons and the founder of the
1390:due to the Condé loss of Mme la Princesse to the
1143:, and his eldest son was then given the title of
2152:
1851:Louise-Françoise de Bourbon (1673â1743), titled
1763:Madame la Princesse de Conti DerniĂšre DouairiĂšre
1731:Madame la Princesse de Conti PremiĂšre DouairiĂšre
1660:Madame la Princesse de Conti PremiĂšre DouairiĂšre
1637:Madame la Princesse de Conti 'number' DouairiĂšre
1035:Louis Philippe Joseph d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans
1020:Madame la Princesse de Conti DerniĂšre DouairiĂšre
832:Louis Philippe Joseph d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans
1894:Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon (1678â1737), titled
1875:Françoise-Marie de Bourbon (1677â1749), titled
1747:Madame la Princesse de Conti Seconde DouairiĂšre
1678:Madame la Princesse de Conti Seconde DouairiĂšre
1348:(1750â1820) â wife of the last Prince of CondĂ©.
1327:(1714â1741) second wife of the Duke of Bourbon;
1071:, did not use the style as her husband did not.
1005:Margravine Auguste Marie Johanna of Baden-Baden
988:Madame la Princesse de Conti Seconde DouairiĂšre
383:. In practice, only the agnatic descendants of
1770:
1115:This style was used for the eldest son of the
2144:ib. Spanheim, ĂzĂ©chiel, pp. 100â105, 323â327.
1829:Louis-Auguste de Bourbon (1670â1736), titled
219:
535:, whereas the junior princes used the style
359:During the last century of the reign of the
2089:
1951:, extinct in 1672 (1694), bore the surname
1842:Louis CĂ©sar de Bourbon (1672â1683), titled
1268:(1673â1743) â The illegitimate daughter of
77:from a sovereign. The female equivalent is
2048:
2046:
2044:
2042:
759:(1553â1610), and King of France from 1589;
587:("son of France", i.e. of the King or the
226:
212:
1806:Louise Françoise de Bourbon (1669â1672);
1646:(1666â1739), the legitimised daughter of
1025:Louis Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans
839:Louis Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans
825:Louis Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans
2095:"Episode 3.5 "The Assembly of Notables""
2052:
1807:
1574:Prince EugÚne-François of Savoy-Carignan
1572:(1631â1656), and then to her third son,
1570:Prince Joseph-Emmanuel of Savoy-Carignan
332:. Originating in the 14th century, male
38:
2039:
1908:Also the child would be referred to as
1325:Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Rotenburg
541:followed by their noble title, such as
475:. A cadet branch of the Condés was the
14:
2153:
1942:
1837:Anne-Louise-Bénédicte de Bourbon-Condé
1784:Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine
1332:Charlotte Ălisabeth Godefride de Rohan
928:
735:Charles IV de Bourbon, Duke of VendĂŽme
286:, to counter the growing power of the
1782:to which their father belonged, e.g.
1602:
1245:
965:(1648â1723). She was the daughter of
798:Henri III de Bourbon, Prince of Condé
659:First Princes of the Blood, 1465â1830
558:
450:Jean I de Bourbon, Count of La Marche
411:was concluded in 1662, declaring the
68:
2135:ib. Spanheim, ĂzĂ©chiel, pp. 104â105.
1465:François de Bourbon, Prince de Conti
1415:
1252:This style was used for the wife of
843:Louis-Philippe I, King of the French
820:, later Duke of OrlĂ©ans (1703â1752);
791:Louis II de Bourbon, Prince of Condé
784:Henri II de Bourbon, Prince of Condé
27:Legitimate descendant of a sovereign
1609:This style was used by the wife of
1558:Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano
1527:Louis de Bourbon, Count of Soissons
1436:Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé
981:. Anne Henriette was the mother of
935:This style was held by the wife of
742:Antoine de Bourbon, Duke of VendĂŽme
24:
1473:Armand de Bourbon, prince de Conti
1276:, she was married in May 1685, to
1108:
621:, the first great-grandson of the
481:Henri, Prince of CondĂ© (1588â1646)
469:Louis, Prince of CondĂ© (1530â1569)
25:
2207:
2176:Court titles in the Ancien RĂ©gime
2062:. le Temps retrouvé (in French).
1680:after losing her husband in 1709.
1445:The first Prince had three sons:
1256:. The most famous holder of this
1174:Louis III Joseph, Duke of Enghien
1103: â wife of Philippe ĂgalitĂ©.
818:Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Chartres
753:Henri de Bourbon, Duke of VendĂŽme
544:monseigneur le duc de Montpensier
448:(1378â1457), the youngest son of
1955:, as legitimised descendants of
1754:
1738:
1722:
1688:Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti
1533:
1519:
1500:
1398:
1376:
1354:
1225:
1209:
1189:
1091:
1076:
1061:
1047:
1031:Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon
909:
891:Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans
883:
866:
852:
841:(1773â1850), who later ruled as
597:("grandson of France", son of a
479:, who in male line descended of
115:
2056:(1973). Ămile Bourgeois (ed.).
1692:François Louis, Prince of Conti
1674:François Louis, Prince of Conti
1664:François Louis, Prince of Conti
1656:Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti
1290:. Since his style at court was
1181:Louis IV Henri, Duke of Enghien
1167:Louis II Henri, Duke of Enghien
945:Claire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé
619:Prince Philip, Duke of Calabria
2138:
2129:
2113:
2083:
2074:
2066:: Mercure de France. pp.
1622:Madame la Princesse DouairiĂšre
1613:. The best example of this is
1589:Madame la Comtesse de Soissons
1566:Madame la comtesse de Soissons
665:Valois House of Valois-Orléans
13:
1:
2059:Relation de la Cour de France
2032:
1384:Marie Anne, Princess of Condé
1336:Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé
1300:Madame la Duchesse DouairiĂšre
324:was restricted to legitimate
1859:Louis III de Bourbon-Condé,
1318:Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon
1316:(1689â1720) â first wife of
1137:, which had been granted to
1086:, mother of Philippe ĂgalitĂ©
999:Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
975:Henry Jules, Duke of Bourbon
717:Charles III, Duke of Bourbon
708:House of Bourbon-Montpensier
681:François, Count of AngoulĂȘme
555:) was used in writing only.
330:immediate family of the king
293:
242:of France, the monarchy was
7:
2191:Princes of France (Orléans)
2186:Princes of France (Bourbon)
1993:
1935:, later given the title of
1771:Legitimised royal offspring
1690:, the son and successor of
1684:Louise Ălisabeth de Bourbon
1266:Louise-Françoise de Bourbon
1084:Louise Henriette de Bourbon
1015:Louise Henriette de Bourbon
699:Charles IV, Duke of Alençon
32:Prince of the Blood (novel)
10:
2212:
1902:Marie Victoire de Noailles
1694:. She was the daughter of
1488:Charles, Count of Soissons
1278:Louis III, Prince of Condé
1239:Louis III, Prince of Condé
1069:Françoise-Marie de Bourbon
995:Françoise-Marie de Bourbon
983:Louis III, Prince of Condé
565:This was the style of the
471:, was the ancestor of the
348:, to precedence above all
107:
93:and when referring to the
29:
1900: â later married to
1686:(1693â1775), the wife of
1672:(1666â1732), the wife of
1477:Henry II, Prince of Condé
1460:House of Bourbon-Soissons
1452:, second Prince of Condé;
1055:Anne Henriette of Bavaria
971:Charles I, Duke of Mantua
875:Louis II, Prince of Condé
674:Louis II, Duke of Orléans
653:1787 Assembly of Notables
567:First Prince of the Blood
511:
467:, while his youngest son
1670:Marie ThérÚse de Bourbon
1493:Louis, Count of Soissons
1203:Henri I, Duke of Enghien
1160:Louis I, Duke of Enghien
1153:Henri I, Duke of Enghien
977:the son and heir of the
860:Antoine, Duke of VendĂŽme
814:
808:House of Bourbon-Orléans
726:House of Bourbon-VendĂŽme
461:Antoine, King of Navarre
457:Charles, Duke of VendĂŽme
374:petits-enfants de France
302:was the highest held at
1931:. Her full brother was
1786:, was the elder son of
780:
731:
713:
695:
690:House of Valois-Alençon
670:
395:, were acknowledged as
298:In France, the rank of
1957:Jean, bùtard d'Orléans
1857: â later wife of
1854:Mademoiselle de Nantes
1835: â later married
1825:
1821:Mademoiselle de Nantes
1654:; she was the wife of
1597:Prince Eugene of Savoy
1564:. She became known as
1366:. She was the wife of
1334:(1737â1760) â wife of
1294:, she became known as
1007:(1704â1726) â wife of
997:(1677â1749) â wife of
973:. In 1663 she married
947:(1628â1694). Niece of
920:of the Ancien RĂ©gime,
774:House of Bourbon-Condé
575:premier prince du sang
574:
459:. Charles' eldest son
55:
1978:Children born out of
1929:Louise de La ValliĂšre
1920:mademoiselle de Blois
1883:Philippe II d'Orléans
1878:Mademoiselle de Blois
1869:Mademoiselle de Tours
1815:Mademoiselle de Blois
1811:
1652:Louise de La ValliĂšre
1644:Marie Anne de Bourbon
1426:, descended from the
1342:Louise Marie ThérÚse
1314:Marie Anne de Bourbon
1033:(1753â1821); wife of
79:princess of the blood
66:French pronunciation:
42:
1967:prince who held the
1916:légitimée de Bourbon
1507:Charles de Bourbon,
1475:, the second son of
1434:, the second son of
1280:, then known by the
1017: â daughter of
633:petit-fils de France
594:petit-fils de France
409:Treaty of Montmartre
159:Assembly of Notables
139:Estates of the realm
91:British royal family
70:[pÊÉÌsdysÉÌ]
2196:Men's social titles
1949:ducs de Longueville
1943:Orléans-Longueville
1937:comte de Vermandois
1910:Légitimé de Bourbon
1676:; she was known as
1658:. She was known as
1593:Prince Louis-Thomas
1587:. She was known as
1274:Madame de Montespan
1100:Madame la Princesse
930:Madame la Princesse
878:by Joost van Egmont
627:that was neither a
553:altesse sérénissime
446:seigneur de Carency
354:order of succession
314:Bourbon Restoration
280:Henry III of France
87:prince of the blood
18:Prince of the Blood
2093:(17 August 2014).
2054:Spanheim, ĂzĂ©chiel
2005:Princes of Orléans
1947:The branch of the
1826:
1713:Princesse de Conti
1703:Madame la Duchesse
1604:Madame la Comtesse
1560:, a member of the
1545:Madame la Comtesse
1456:Charles de Bourbon
1432:Charles de Bourbon
1388:Madame la Duchesse
1363:Madame la Duchesse
1296:Madame la Duchesse
1272:and his mistress,
1247:Madame la Duchesse
949:Cardinal Richelieu
937:Monsieur le Prince
918:Monsieur le Prince
764:Charles de Bourbon
643:. This meant that
611:Monsieur le Prince
609:used the style of
560:Monsieur le Prince
529:monsieur le prince
496:Parlement de Paris
423:Parlement of Paris
345:Parlement de Paris
195:Seigneurial system
56:
1897:comte de Toulouse
1796:Mademoiselle de X
1790:by his mistress,
1716:at the same time.
1611:Monsieur le Comte
1417:Monsieur le Comte
1039:French Revolution
649:French Revolution
641:Treaty of Utrecht
413:House of Lorraine
322:princesse du sang
236:
235:
83:French royal line
53:Kingdom of France
16:(Redirected from
2203:
2145:
2142:
2136:
2133:
2127:
2117:
2111:
2110:
2108:
2106:
2087:
2081:
2078:
2072:
2071:
2050:
1933:Louis de Bourbon
1881: â wife of
1800:Mme de Montespan
1792:Mme de Montespan
1758:
1742:
1726:
1585:Cardinal Mazarin
1554:Marie de Bourbon
1537:
1523:
1504:
1450:Henri de Bourbon
1428:Princes of Condé
1424:Princes of Conti
1402:
1392:House of Orléans
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895:Duke of Chartres
887:
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252:Duke of Burgundy
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1697:Monsieur le Duc
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1440:Prince of Condé
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1369:Monsieur le Duc
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1234:Monsieur le Duc
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533:monsieur le duc
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488:princes du sang
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361:House of Valois
334:princes du sang
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248:Philip Augustus
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1988:prince du sang
1984:fils de France
1944:
1941:
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1873:
1864:
1849:
1845:comte de Vexin
1840:
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1780:House of Capet
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1198:le Grand Condé
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510:
501:lit de justice
477:House of Conti
473:House of Condé
438:Conseil du Roi
387:, such as the
385:Saint Louis IX
365:prince du sang
339:Conseil du Roi
318:prince du sang
316:. The rank of
300:prince du sang
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2124:The Sun King
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1579:He married
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1330:1753â1760:
1323:1728â1741:
1312:1713â1720:
1264:1685â1709:
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1165:1710â1740:
1158:1709â1710:
1151:1689â1709:
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979:Grand Condé
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683:(1494â1547)
679:1498â1515:
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635:; however,
538:monseigneur
164:Crown lands
2155:Categories
2033:References
1912:; such as
1629:DouairiĂšre
1237:as son of
282:issued an
238:Under the
175:Parlements
2101:(Podcast)
1963:son of a
1953:d'Orléans
1925:Louis XIV
1788:Louis XIV
1648:Louis XIV
1409:d'Orléans
1346:d'Orléans
1270:Louis XIV
1258:honorific
916:The last
591:") nor a
506:Parlement
401:Courtenay
294:As a rank
200:Peasantry
169:Provinces
131:Structure
75:male line
43:Heraldic
2105:18 April
1994:See also
1969:appanage
1547:at court
1513:Soissons
1467:, first
1407:Bathilde
1344:Bathilde
755:, later
744:, later
637:Louis XV
393:Bourbons
391:and the
342:and the
312:and the
95:ShinnĆke
51:in the
2181:Princes
1980:wedlock
1973:dynasty
1961:natural
1633:dowager
899:Orléans
589:Dauphin
428:Even a
370:enfants
326:agnates
189:Gabelle
108:History
45:coronet
1965:Valois
1959:, the
902:Prince
631:nor a
571:French
512:Styles
389:Valois
275:Valois
268:agnate
250:, the
244:feudal
182:Taille
2064:Paris
2026:FĂŒrst
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284:edict
264:baron
262:, a "
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2107:2017
2021:esp.
1927:and
1818:and
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