{{Short description|French noble title}} {{Expand language|topic=|langcode=fr|otherarticle=Liste des seigneurs de Mayenne|date=June 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} '''Duke of Mayenne''' (French: {{lang|fr|duc de Mayenne}}) is a title created for a cadet branch of the House of Guise. It subsequently passed by marriage to the Gonzaga in 1621, who sold it to Cardinal Mazarin in 1654; he bestowed it on his niece, Hortense Mancini in 1661. Due to the terms of the entailment on the title, it became extinct in 1781, but it is still claimed by the Sovereign Prince of Monaco, a descendant of Hortense.
== Dukes of Mayenne == 150px|right|thumb|Coat of arms of the Dukes of Mayenne. * Charles Ι de Lorraine (1573–1611), also known as Charles de Guise<ref name="Charles 1870" /> * Henry of Lorraine (1611–1621)<ref name="Hoefer 1861" /> * Charles II Gonzaga (1621–1631)<ref name="Oresko 1997" /> * Ferdinand Gonzaga (1631–1632) * Charles III Gonzaga (1632–1654) * Cardinal Mazarin (1654–1661) * Hortense Mancini (1661–1699) * Paul-Jules de La Porte (1699–1731) * Guy-Paul-Jules de La Porte (1731–1738) * Louise-Jeanne de Duras (1738–1781)
Due to various entailments, Louise-Jeanne could not pass on the title, which became extinct at her death. Her daughter, Louise-Félicité d'Aumont, married Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco, and their descendants still claim the title.
== See also == * List of consorts of Mayenne * Mayenne
== References == <references>
<ref name="Charles 1870">{{cite book | last = Charles | first = Léopold | title = Les sires de Ferté-Bernard au Maine, depuis le XIe siècle | publisher = Monnoyer | date = 1870 | url = https://www.google.com/books/edition/Les_sires_de_Fert%25C3%25A9_Bernard_au_Maine_dep/Ip8MH_7uiSkC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA67&printsec=frontcover | language = fr | access-date = 27 June 2025 | page = 67 }}</ref> <ref name="Hoefer 1861">{{cite book | last = Hoefer | first = Jean Chrétien Ferdinand | title = Nouvelle biographie générale: depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours : avec les renseignements bibliographiques et l'indication des sources à consulter. Martialis Gargilius – Mérard de Saint Just | publisher = Didot | date = 1861 | url = https://www.google.com/books/edition/Nouvelle_biographie_g%25C3%25A9n%25C3%25A9rale/SrY5AAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA535&printsec=frontcover | language = fr | access-date = 27 June 2025 | page = 535–36 }}</ref> <ref name="Oresko 1997">{{cite book | last = Oresko | first = Robert | last2 = Gibbs | first2 = G. C. | last3 = Scott | first3 = H. M. | title = Royal and Republican Sovereignty in Early Modern Europe: Essays in Memory of Ragnhild Hatton | publisher = Cambridge University Press | date = 30 January 1997 | isbn = 978-0-521-41910-9 | url = https://www.google.com/books/edition/Royal_and_Republican_Sovereignty_in_Earl/kfXtdrD6kVIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA159&printsec=frontcover | access-date = 27 June 2025 | page = 158–59 }}</ref>
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Category:Dukes of Mayenne Category:1573 establishments in Europe
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