LORDS AND See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

DUKES OF See also:

• NEMOURS
• LORDS AND DUKES OF NEMOURS
• NEMOURS, LOUIS CHARLES PHILIPPE RAPHAEL

NEMOURS  . In the 12th and 13th centuries the lordship of See also:

• NEMOURS
• NEMOURS, LORDS AND DUKES OF
• NEMOURS, LOUIS CHARLES PHILIPPE RAPHAEL

Nemours, in Gatinais, See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, was in See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of Villebeon, a member of which, See also:

• GAUTIER
• GAUTIER, EMILE THEODORE LEON (1832-1897)
• GAUTIER, THEOPHILE (1811-1872)

Gautier, was See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal of France in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 13th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . The lordship was sold to See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip III. in 1274 and 1276 by See also:

• JEAN

Jean and Philippe de Nemours, and was then made a See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county and given to Jean de Grailly, See also:

• CAPTAL (Lat. capitalis, " first," " chief ")

captal de See also:

• BUCH
• BUCH, CHRISTIAN LEOPOLD VON, BARON (1774-1853)

Buch in 1364 . In 1404 See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles VI. of France gave it to Charles III. of See also:

• EVREUX

Evreux, king of See also:

• NAVARRE (Span. Navarra)

Navarre, and erected it into a duchy in the See also:

• PEERAGE
• PEERAGE (Fr. pairage, med. Lat. paragium; M.E. Pere, 0. Fr. per, peer, later pair; Lat. Paris, " equal ")

peerage of France (duche-pairic) . Charles III.'s daughter, Beatrix, brought the duchy to her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband Jacques de See also:

• BOURBON
• BOURBON, CHARLES, DUKE OF (149o-1527)

Bourbon, See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of La See also:

• MARCHE
• MARCHE, or LA MARCHE

Marche, and by the See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage of their daughter, Eleanor, to See also:

• BERNARD, CHARLES DE
• BERNARD, CLAUDE (1813-1878)
• BERNARD, JACQUES (1658--1718)
• BERNARD, MOUNTAGUE (1S2o—1882)
• BERNARD, SAINT
• BERNARD, SAINT (Iogo-1153)
• BERNARD, SIMON (1779—1839)
• BERNARD, SIR THOMAS, BART

Bernard of See also:

• ARMAGNAC

Armagnac, count of Pardiac, it passed to the house of Armagnac . After being confiscated and restored several times, the duchy reverted to the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• CROWN

crown in 1505, after the extinction of the house of Armagnac-Pardiac . In 1507 it was given by See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XII. to his See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew, Gaston de See also:

• FOIX

Foix, who was killed at See also:

• RAVENNA
• RAVENNA, EXARCHATE OF

Ravenna in 1512 . The duchy then returned to the royal domain, and was detached from it successively for Giuliano de See also:

• MEDICI
• MEDICI, GIACOMO (1817-1882)

Medici and his wife Philiberta of See also:

• SAVOY, HOUSE
• SAVOY, HOUSE OF

Savoy in 1515, for See also:

• LOUISE [AUGUSTE WILHELMINE AMALIE LUISE] (1776-1810)

Louise of Savoy in 1524, and for Philip of Savoy, count of Genevois, in 1528 . The descend-ants of the last-mentioned See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke possessed the duchy until its See also:

• SALE
• SALE, GEORGE (c. 1697-1736)
• SALE, SIR ROBERT HENRY (1782—1845)

sale to Louis XIV . In 1572 Louis gave it to his See also:

• BROTHER

brother Philip, duke of See also:

• ORLEANS
• ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
• ORLEANS, DUKES OF
• ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
• ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
• ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
• ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
• ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
• ORLEANS, PHILIP I
• ORLEANS, PHILIP II

Orleans, whose descendants possessed it until the Revolution . The See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of duc de Nemours was afterwards given to Louis Charles, son of King Louis Philippe, who is dealt with separately below . The following are the most noteworthy of the earlier See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

dukes of Nemours .