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CHAP. IV.

Of the particular Lords, that are at present Dukes and Peers, according to the Order of their Verification, being in all 29.

Names of the Dukedoms, and the date of their Verification.

• 1. USês, in 1572.
• 2. Ventadour, in 1594.
• 3. Suilly, in 1606.
• 4. Luynes, in 1619.
• 5. Les diguieres, in 1620.
• 6. Brissac, in 1620.
• 7. Chaunes, in 1631.
• 8. Richelieu, in 1631.
• 9. St. Simon, in 1635.
• 10. La Rochefoucault, in 1637.
• 11. La Force, in 1637.
• 12. Aiguillon, in 1638.
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• 13. Rohan, in 1645.
• 14. Piney de Luxemburg, in 1662.
• 15. Etrées, in 1663.
• 16. Gramont, in 1663.
• 17. Mazarin, in 1663.
• 18. Villeroy, in 1663.
• 19. Mortemar, in 1663.
• 20. Poix Crequy, in 1663.
• 21. St. Aiguan, in 1663.
• 22. Rendan de Foix, in 1663.
• 23. Tremes, at present Gêvres, in 1663.
• 24. Noailles, in 1663.
• 25. Coislin, in 1663.
• 26. Plessis Prâlin, in 1665.
• 27. Aumont, in 1665.
• 28. Seneterre, in 1665.
• 29. Montausier, in 1665.

Names of the present Dukes of the aforesaid Dukedoms.

• 1. Emanuel de Crussol.
• 2. Lewis-Charles de Levis.
• 3. Maximilian Peter Francis de Bethune.
• 4. Lewis Charles d' Albert.
• 5. John Francis Paul de Bonne de Creqy de Blanchefort, &c.
• 6. Henry Albert de Cosse.
• 7. Charles d' Albret, alias d' Ailly.
• 8. John Armand de plessis de Vignerod.
• 9. Claudius de St. Simon.
• 10. Francis de la Rochefoucault.
• 11. James Nompar de Caumont.
• 12. Marie-Magdalen Teresa of Vignerod.
• 13. Lewis de Rohan Chabot.
• 14. Francis Henry de Montmorency.
• 15. Francis Hannibal d' Etrées.
• 16. Antony Charles de Gramont.
• 17. Armand Charles de la Porte de Mazarini.
• 18. Francis de Neuville.
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• 19. Lewis Victor de Rochechouart.
• 20. Charles de Creqy.
• 21. Francis de Beauvilliers.
• 22. Henry-Charles de Foix.
• 23. Leon Potier.
• 24. Lewis Anne Julius of Noailles.
• 25. Armand du Cambout.
• 26. Augustus de Choiseul du plessis pralin.
• 27. Lewis-Marie de Aumont de Roche-baron.
• 28. Henry de Senneterre.
• 29. Charles de St. Maure.

Rouanez en Forets was Erected into a Dutchy, and the Letters verified in Parliament, in 1567. There are also Patents making the same a Peerage, which are not verified.

This Dukedom is possessed by Francis d' Aubusson de la Fenillade. Marshal of France.

The Dukedom of Chevreuse, is confirmed as such by Letters Patents, verified the 16th of May, 1668. which confirm to the present Duke the Enjoyment of all Honours and Precedences due to it when it was first Created.