Duke of Châtellerault

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Duke of Châtellerault
Armorial stone of Regent Arran and Lady Margaret Douglas at Kinneil House (Historic Scotland)
Creation date1492
First holderFrançois de Bourbon-Montpensier, 1st Duke of Châtellerault
Last holderWilliam Alexander Louis Stephen Douglas-Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Châtellerault
Extinction date1895

Duke of Châtellerault (French: duc de Châtellerault) is a French noble title that has been created several times, originally in the Peerage of France in 1515. It takes its name from Châtellerault, in the Vienne region.

The first title was created for François de Bourbon-Montpensier, a younger son of

Auvergne. This title was confiscated in 1527 after the Duke, who was Constable of France, betrayed the King by allying himself with the Emperor Charles V.[1]

The duchies of Châtellerault and Bourbon were then conferred on

Duc de Montpensier
. However, the dukedom was again conferred on Louise of Savoy that year, and she retained it until her death in 1532.

The dukedom was next created for Louise's grandson

Duke of Angoulême in 1544. He died unmarried in 1545, when these titles became extinct.[1]

The next creation of the dukedom was in 1548, for

James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran,[1] and Regent of Scotland, who arranged the marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots, to the Dauphin Francis, son of King Henry II, and who had been promised a duchy by the Treaty of Châtillon, 1548
. However, he turned against the Queen in 1559, and his French estates and title were confiscated.

The next recipient of the dukedom was

duchy of Angoulême in 1582.[1]

The next year, the dukedom was given to François, Duke of Montpensier, son of Louis above-mentioned, in 1584. His granddaughter Marie, Duchesse de Montpensier, in 1626 married

Louis XIII.[1]

In the 1720s, he sold the lands to

Prince de Talmont
in 1738 and died without issue in 1759, when the dukedom became extinct, and the lands passed to another branch of the La Trémoille family.

That was the last legally defined creation of the dukedom, but in 1864, the Hamilton creation of 1548 was revived by the Emperor

Alfred, Duke of Hamilton. The Dukes of Hamilton and the Dukes of Abercorn
have since then used the title in France, though without any legal justification.

Dukes of Châtellerault, first creation (1515)

Dukes of Châtellerault, second and third creations (1527 and 1530)

Dukes of Châtellerault, fourth creation (1540)

  • Charles de Valois, 1st Duke of Orléans and Châtellerault
    (1522–1545)

Dukes of Châtellerault, fifth creation (1548)

  • James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Châtellerault
    (1515–1575)

Dukes of Châtellerault, sixth creation (1563)

Dukes of Châtellerault, seventh creation (1583)

  • François de Bourbon-Montpensier, 1st Duke of Châtellerault
    (d. 1592)
  • Henri de Bourbon-Montpensier, 2nd Duke of Châtellerault
    (1573–1608)
  • Marie de Bourbon-Montpensier, 3rd Duchess of Châtellerault
    (1605–1627)
  • Anne Louise d'Orléans, 4th Duchess of Châtellerault
    (1627–1693)

The title was then used by the House of Orléans.[1]

Dukes of Châtellerault, eighth creation (1730)

Dukes of Châtellerault, fifth creation, revived (1864)

  • William Alexander Louis Stephen Douglas-Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Châtellerault
    (1845–1895), 12th Duke of Hamilton

For further succession, see Duke of Abercorn.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Dictionnaire de la noblesse, contenant les généalogies, l'histoire et la chronologie des familles nobles de France (in French). Schlesinger Frères. 1864. pp. 439–440. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Tables décennales des matières". Bulletin des lois de la République Française (in French). 14. Impr. Nationale des Lois: 234–235. 1 January 1874. Retrieved 7 September 2016.

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