{{Short description|French noble title}} [[File:Duc d'etampes.jpg|thumb|right|Portrait of Jean IV de Brosse, 1st Duke of Chevreuse, by Corneille de Lyon, {{circa|1535}}]] '''Duke of Chevreuse''' (French ''Duc de Chevreuse'') was a French title of nobility, elevated from the barony of Chevreuse in 1545.
==History== The duchy of Chevreuse was originally created for Jean de Brosse, Duc d'Étampes, it was transferred in 1555 to Charles of Guise, the Cardinal of Lorraine, and became a possession of the House of Guise, becoming the title of the Cardinal's grandnephew, Charles de Guise (1578–1657).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charles de Lorraine, 4e duke de Guise {{!}} French noble {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-de-Lorraine-4e-duc-de-Guise |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> It was sold in 1655 to his wife, Marie de Rohan,<ref name="Campbell1930">{{cite book |last1=Campbell |first1=Dorothy de Brissac |title=The Intriguing Duchess, Marie de Rohan, Duchesse de Chevreuse |date=1930 |publisher=Covici, Friede |pages=84, 133, 132 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1CQsAAAAIAAJ |access-date=20 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref> who transferred it to the son of her first marriage, the Duc de Luynes. It has since been held by the ducs de Luynes.<ref name="Batiffol1913">{{cite book |last1=Batiffol |first1=Louis |title=The Duchesse de Chevreuse: A Life of Intrigue and Adventure in the Days of Louis XIII |date=1913 |publisher=William Heineman |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O1BBAAAAIAAJ |access-date=20 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
==Dukes of Chevreuse== [[File:Marie de Rohan Chevreuse.png|thumb|Portrait of Marie de Rohan, ''suo jure'' 5th Duchess of Chevreuse, by the circle of Daniel Dumonstier, {{circa|1621}}]] [[File:Charles Honoré Emmanuel d'Albert de Luynes.jpg|thumb|right|Charles Honoré d'Albert, 13th Duke of Chevreuse]] List of dukes of Chevreuse since 1545:
{| class="wikitable" !Number !From !To !Duke of Chevreuse !Relationship to predecessor |- | 1 | 1545 | 1555 | Jean IV de Brosse | 1st Duke of Chevreuse{{refn|group=lower-alpha|Jean IV de Brosse was compelled to sell the duchy and the lands of Meudon to Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine in return for 50,000 écus.<ref>{{cite book |last=Durot |first=Éric |title=François de Lorraine, duc de Guise entre Dieu et le Roi |page =278 |publisher=Classiques Garnier |year=2012}}</ref>}} |- | 2 | 1555 | 1574 | Charles I | |- | 3 | 1574 | 1606 | Charles II | Great-nephew of the preceding |- | 4 | 1606 | 1655 | Claude | Brother of the preceding<ref name="britishmuseum">{{cite web |title=Collections Online {{!}} Claude de Lorraine, Duc de Chevreuse |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG219085 |website=www.britishmuseum.org |publisher=British Museum |access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref>{{refn|group=lower-alpha|Elevated to Duke-Peer in 1612; Peerage extinct 1655 upon sale of duchy.}} |- | 5 | 1655 | 1663 | Marie de Rohan | Wife of the preceding<ref name="britannica">{{cite web |title=Marie de Rohan-Montbazon, duchess de Chevreuse {{!}} French Duchess, Court Intrigue & Exile |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marie-de-Rohan-Montbazon-duchesse-de-Chevreuse |website=www.britannica.com |publisher=Britannica |access-date=20 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref> |- | 6 | 1663 | | Louis Charles d'Albert | Son of the preceding<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles d'Albert, duke de Luynes {{!}} Courtier, Louis XIII, Cardinal Richelieu |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-dAlbert-duc-de-Luynes |website=www.britannica.com |publisher=Britannica |access-date=20 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref> |- | 7 | 1663 | 1704 | Charles Honoré d'Albert | Son of the preceding |- | 8 | 1704 | 1735 | Charles Philippe d'Albert | Grandson of the preceding |- | 9 | 1735 | 1768 | Marie Charles Louis d'Albert | Son of the preceding |- | 10 | 1768 | 1807 | Louis-Joseph-Charles-Amable d'Albert | Son of the preceding |- | 11 | 1807 | 1839 | Charles Marie Paul André d'Albert | Son of the preceding |- | 12 | 1839 | 1867 | Honoré Théodoric d'Albert de Luynes | Son of the preceding{{refn|group=lower-alpha|His only son, Honoré-Louis d'Albert de Luynes (1823–1854), ''styled'' Duke of Chevreuse, predeceased him in 1854.}} |- | 13 | 1867 | 1870 | Charles Honoré Emmanuel d'Albert | Grandson of the preceding |- | 14 | 1870 | 1923 | Honoré Charles Marie Sosthène d'Albert | Son of the preceding |- | 15 | 1923 | 1993 | Philippe d'Albert | Son of the preceding |- | 16 | 1993 | 2008 | Jean d'Albert de Luynes | Son of the preceding |- | 17 | 2008 | Incumbent | Philippe d'Albert | Son of the preceding<ref name="Sainty2018">{{cite book |last1=Sainty |first1=Guy Stair |title=The Constantinian Order of Saint George: and the Angeli, Farnese and Bourbon families which governed it |date=1 December 2018 |publisher=Boletín Oficial del Estado |isbn=978-84-340-2506-6 |page=254 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Constantinian_Order_of_Saint_George/GBjRDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA254 |access-date=20 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref> |- |}
==See also== *Duke of Luynes *Peerage of France
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==External links== *[https://www.theheraldrysociety.com/shop/images/lorraine-claude-de-duke-of-chevreuse/ Lorraine, Claude de Duke of Chevreuse] The Heraldry Society
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