{{Short description|French Empire nobility title}} {{No footnotes|date=May 2011}} {{Infobox nobility title | name = Dukedom of Otranto | image = [[File:Heraldic achievement of Joseph Fouché, Duke of Otranto.jpg]] | image_size = | alt = | caption = Arms of the 1st Duke of Otranto | creation_date = 1809 | creation = | monarch = [[Napoleon I]] | peerage = | baronetage = | first_holder = [[Joseph Fouché|Joseph Fouché, 1st Duc d'Otrante]] | last_holder = | present_holder = Charles-Louis Fouché d'Otrante, 8th Duc d'Otrante | heir_apparent = | heir_presumptive = | remainder_to = | subsidiary_titles =Comte Fouché | status = | extinction_date = | family_seat =[[Elghammar Castle]] | former_seat = | motto = | footnotes = }} '''Duke of Otranto''' ({{langx|fr|Duc d'Otrante}}) is a [[title of nobility|hereditary title]] in the [[nobility of the First French Empire]] which was bestowed in 1809 by Emperor [[Napoleon I]] upon [[Joseph Fouché]] (1759–1820), a French politician and [[List of Police Ministers of France|Minister of Police]]. Fouché had been made a [[Count]] of the French Empire previously.
==Background== The dukedom was named after the town of [[Otranto]] on the east coast of the [[Salento]] peninsula in [[Italy]] and created – under the French name of ''Otrante'' – as a ''[[duché grand-fief]]'' (a hereditary but nominal honor) in the satellite [[Kingdom of Naples]].
The ducal house of Fouché d'Otrante is still extant in the [[Kingdom of Sweden]], where the dukes have lived since the 19th century.
As of 2025, the title is held by Charles-Louis Armand Fouché d'Otrante, 8th Duc d'Otrante (born in [[Stockholm]], 14 March 1986) who succeeded his father in 1995. He is not a cousin of the King of Denmark, but through the union of [[Princess Benedikte of Denmark]] and his father's late cousin, he is remotely related by marriage to [[Frederik X]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Jonathan |date=2022-03-12 |title=Fouché d’Otrante: French Neapolitan dukes in Sweden |url=https://dukesandprinces.org/2022/03/12/fouche-dotrante-french-neapolitan-dukes-in-sweden/ |access-date=2025-08-29 |website=Dukes and Princes |language=en}}</ref>
==Genealogy== [[File:Fouché Joseph Duke of Otranto.jpg|thumb|[[Joseph Fouché|Joseph Fouché,1st Duc d'Otrante]]]] '''[[Joseph Fouché|Joseph Fouché, 1st Duc d'Otrante]]''' (21 May 1759 [[Le Pellerin]], near [[Nantes]], [[France]] - 25 December 1820 [[Trieste]], then [[Austrian Empire]], now [[Italy]]) was a son of Julien Joseph Fouché (1719–1771) and wife Marie Françoise Croizet (1720–1793), paternal grandson of Julien Fouché (1667–1745, son of Ambroise Fouché and wife Jeanne Passedouet born in 1629) and wife Marguerite Chiron (1683–1723, daughter of Toussaint Chiron and wife Marguerite Leray, paternal granddaughter of Pierre Chiron and wife Marguerite Hillaire and maternal granddaughter of Samson Leray and wife Marguerite Caillaud) and maternal grandson of Jean Croizet (c. 1690 -, son of Guillaume Croizet born in 1649 and died in 1719 and wife Nicole Bebar) and wife Marie Chesneau.
By his marriage to Bonne Jeanne Coiquaud (1763–1812), daughter of Nicolas François Coiquaud (1732–1794) and wife Marguerite Gautier (1734–1801), paternal granddaughter of Noël Coiquaud (1689–1764, son of Charles Coiquaud and wife Catherine Recoquille born in 1655 - 1733) and wife Catherine Lahogue (1690–1758, daughter of Charles Lahogue and wife Catherine Lefevre, born in 1646 and died in 1733) and maternal granddaughter of Pierre Gautier (c. 1690 - 1737, son of Jean Gautier and wife Claire Agaisse) and wife Jacquette Boisgontier (- 1743, daughter of Guillaume Boisgontier and wife Jacquette Jolivette born in 1644 and died in 1749), the 1st Duc d'Otrante had the following issue who reached adulthood:
* '''Joseph Liberté Fouché d'Otrante, 2nd Duc d'Otrante''' (Saint-Leu-la-Forêt, 22 July 1796 – [[Paris]], 31 December 1862), married to Fortunée Collin de Sussy on 14 July 1824; they separated shortly after without issue. * '''''Armand'' François Cyriac Fouché d'Otrante, 3rd Duc d'Otrante''' ([[Paris]], 25 March 1800 – Stjärnholm, 26 November 1878). Unmarried and without issue. * '''Paul ''Athanase'' Fouché d'Otrante, 4th Duc d'Otrante''' ([[Paris]], 25 June 1801 – [[St. Germain-en-Laye]], 10 February 1886), [[Chamberlain (office)|chamberlain]] to [[Oscar I of Sweden]]. Married firstly at [[Finspång]], 24 January 1824 Christina Baroness Palmstierna ([[Stockholm]], 11 February 1799 – [[Paris]], 26 April 1826), without issue, secondly in [[Stockholm]], 18 August 1836 Vilhelmina Amalia Baroness von Stedingk ([[Turku]], Finland, 28 January 1802 – [[Helsinki]], Finland, 25 February 1863), daughter of Victor Friherre von Stedingk and wife Lovisa Löf, and thirdly at [[St. Germain-en-Laye]], 9 June 1884 Fronika Marx ([[Lyon]], 4 February 1846 – [[Paris]], 14 March 1887); he had issue, which remained in [[Sweden]]: ** (by second wife) Pauline Ernestine Fouché d'Otrante (25 June 1839 – 22 August 1906), married on 7 November 1861 Ture Greve Bielke (8 September 1829 – 28 October 1899), son of Nils Greve Bielke and wife Ebba friherrinna Sture, and had issue ** [[File:Elghammars herrgård 2001.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Elghammar Castle]]]](by second wife) '''''Gustave'' Armand Fouché d'Otrante, 5th Duc d'Otrante''' ([[Paris]], 17 June 1840 – [[Stjernholm]], 5 August 1910), married firstly in [[Stockholm]], 2 May 1865 Augusta Baroness Bonde ([[Gimmersta]], 30 August 1846 – [[Stockholm]], 4 March 1872), daughter of Knut Philip Baron Bonde and wife Lady Augusta Fitzclarence, daughter of the 1st [[Earl of Munster|Earls of Munster]], and secondly in [[London]], 5 July 1873 Therese Baroness von Stedingk ([[Stockholm]], 30 January 1837 – [[Baden-Baden]], 21 June 1901), heiress of [[Elghammar Castle]] in [[Gnesta Municipality|Gnesta]], Sweden; daughter of Ludvig Baron von Stedingk and wife Lovisa von Haxthausen, and had issue, a daughter and a son: *** (by first wife) Adelaide Augustine Fouché d'Otrante ([[Paris]], 2 May 1866 – [[Stockholm]], 12 November 1943), married in [[Stockholm]], 14 October 1893 Frederik Mauritz Peyron ([[Karlskrona]], 2 July 1861 – [[Stockholm]], 8 January 1915) *** (by second wife) '''''Charles'' Louis Fouché d'Otrante, 6th Duc d'Otrante''' ([[Elghammar]], 21 June 1877 – [[Elghammar]], 31 May 1950), married at [[Linköping]], 8 June 1906 and divorced in 1931 Hedvig Ingeborg ''Madeleine'' Countess [[Douglas family in Sweden|Douglas]] ([[Gerstorp]], 2 September 1886 – [[Drottningholm]], 21 July 1983), daughter of [[Ludvig Count Douglas]] (maternal grandson of [[Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden]] by [[Katharina Werner]], {{Interlanguage link multi|Langenstein (Baden family)|de|3=Langenstein (badisches Adelsgeschlecht)|lt=Countess of Gondelsheim and Langenstein}}) and wife Anna Countess Ehrensvärd, and had issue, two daughters and two sons: **** Victoria Anne ''Therese'' Fouché d'Otrante ([[Stockholm]], 9 March 1907 – 6 July 2000), married firstly [[Elghammar]], 18 August 1929 and divorced in 1937 Axel Hans Wilhelm Hjalmarsson Bennich ([[Stockholm]], 2 April 1895 – [[Sundsvall]], 12 July 1950), and had issue, and secondly at [[Elghammar]], 29 August 1937 Eugen Frederik Christer Baron von Stedingk ([[Stockholm]], 1 June 1896 – [[Stockholm]], 30 August 1947), and had female issue **** [[Margareta Fouché]] d'Otrante ([[Elghammar]], 28 March 1909 – 25 August 2005), married at [[Björnlunda]], 26 January 1934 [[Gustav Albrecht, 5th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg|H.S.H. ''Gustav Albrecht'' Alfred Franz Friedrich Otto Emil Ernst 5th Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg]] ([[Berleburg]], 28 February 1907 – [[Missing in action|m.i.a.]] in the [[Second World War]] in [[Russia]], 1944, [[Declared death in absentia|declared dead]] 29 November 1969), and had issue **** '''''Gustaf'' Douglas Armand Fouché d'Otrante, 7th Duc d'Otrante''' ([[Björnlunda]], 27 November 1912 – [[Stockholm]], 31 January 1995), married at [[Vendel]], 21 October 1967 Metta Christine Gunnel Beata Carolina Countess von Rosen ([[Stockholm]], 24 February 1939), daughter of {{Ill|Eugene von Rosen|lt=Count Eugène von Rosen|sv|Eugène von Rosen}} and his second wife {{Ill|Metta von Rosen|lt=Metta Claesdotter Breitholtz|sv}} who grew up at [[Örbyhus Castle]], and had issue: ***** Marguerite Ebba Fouché d'Otrante ([[Stockholm]], 20 August 1968), unmarried and without issue ***** Pauline Louise Fouché d'Otrante ([[Stockholm]], 14 March 1970), married on 27 May 2000 Mattias Dymling ([[Stockholm]], 3 September 1966) ***** Josephine Madeleine Désirée Fouché d'Otrante ([[Stockholm]], 23 February 1979) ***** '''''Charles''-Louis Armand Fouché d'Otrante, 8th Duc d'Otrante''' ([[Stockholm]], 14 March 1986) **** Louis Douglas Fouché d'Otrante ([[Elghammar]], 5 March 1917- 3 November 2010), married in [[Stockholm]], 20 June 1944 Birgitta Helena Christina Tham ([[Örebro]], 11 December 1915 - Stockholm, 5 July 2012), and had female issue: ***** Josephine Ebba ''Madeleine'' Fouché d'Otrante ([[Stockholm]], 31 May 1946), married in [[Stockholm]], 26 September 1973 Hans Olof Dyhlen ([[Stockholm]], 23 November 1945), and had issue ***** Agneta Hélène ''Marie'' Fouché d'Otrante ([[Stockholm]], 12 February 1948), married in [[Stockholm]], 3 October 1970 H.S.H. ''Philipp-Reinhard'' 7th Fürst zu [[Solms-Hohensolms-Lich]] ([[Lich, Germany|Lich]], 27 November 1934 - Lich, 28 July 2015), and had issue ** (by third wife, born before wedlock) Paul Joseph Marie Fouché d'Otrante ([[Ostend]], 21 July 1871 – [[Buenos Aires]], 6 November 1930), married at [[Villiers-sur-Morin]], 24 November 1892 Amélie Adrienne Berthe Ancellin ([[Crécy-en-Brie]], 15 January 1872 – [[Villiers-sur-Morin]], 22 March 1963), and had female issue: *** Madeleine Paule Fouché d'Otrante ([[Paris]], 14 August 1895 – [[London]], 25 January 1973), unmarried and without issue *** Thérèse Berthe Fouché d'Otrante ([[Paris]], 28 November 1900 – [[Meaux]], 1 October 1985), married in [[Paris]], 24 December 1946 Jean Arthur Plisson ([[Rosny-sous-Bois]], 27 November 1900 – [[Meaux]], 19 September 1986) * Joséphine-Ludmille Fouché d'Otrante (1803 – 1893), married to Adolphe Comte de La Barthe de Thermes (1789–1869), and had issue.
==See also== * [[French nobility]] * [[Dukes in France]] * [[List of French peerages]]
== References == {{Reflist}} *[http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/f#a8355 The Fouché Memoirs] (not genuine, but they were apparently compiled, at least in part, from notes written by Fouché) *Gilbert Augustin-Thierry, ''Conspirateurs et gens de police; le complot de libelles'' (Paris, 1903) (English translation, London, 1903) *[[Pierre Coquelle]], ''Napoléon et l'Angleterre'' (Paris, 1903, English translation, London, 1904) * [[Ernest Daudet]], ''La Police et les Chouans sous le Consulat et l'Empire'' (Paris, 1895) *[[Pierre M. Desmarest]], ''Témoignages historiques, ou quinze ans de haute police'' (Paris, 1833, 2nd ed., 1900) *E. Guillon, ''Les Complots militaires sous le Consulat et l'Empire'' (Paris, 1894) *[[Louis Madelin]], ''Fouché'' (2 vols., Paris, 1901) *E. Picard, ''Bonaparte et Moreau'' (Paris, 1905) * H. Welschinger, ''Le Duc d'Enghien'' (Paris, 1888) * [http://www.heraldica.org/topics/france/napoleon.htm#duches Heraldica.org] (Napoleonic heraldry)
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