Viscounts and Dukes of Uzès

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The Château du Duché in Uzès.

Lords, viscounts and then dukes of Uzès, in the Languedoc.

Lords of Uzès (Seigneur d'Uzès)[]

Name Spouse(s) Lived Ruled
? 1080–1125 ?–1125
daughter of the Lord of Posquières 1110–1138 1125–1138
Douce de Mézoargues 1105–1181 1138–1181
Clothilde 1163–1209 1181–1209
Géraude d'Adjémar de Rochemaure 1209–1254 1209–1254
Hermingarde d'Alais (of Alès) 1254–1285 1254–1285
Alix 1250–1318 1285–1318

Viscounts of Uzès (Vicomte d'Uzès)[]

Name Spouse(s) Lived Ruled
Robert Ier d'Uzès Guiote de Posquières 1300–1349 1318–1349
Agathe de Baux 1330–1361 1349–1361
? ? ?
? ? ? ?
Dauphine de la Roche 1340–1390 ?–1390
Gilette de Pressigny 1380–1426 1390–1426
Anne de Brancas 1430–1475 1426–1475
Jacques Ier de Crussol Simone d'Uzès 1460–1525 1475–1525
Jeanne Ricard de Genouilhac 1483–1546 1525–1546

Dukes of Uzès (Duc d'Uzès)[]

The viscounty of Uzès became a duchy by letters patent of Charles IX issued at Mont-de-Marsan in May 1565. The dukes were included in the peerage of France from 1572, and if the Kingdom of France existed today, they would rank immediately after the Princes of the Blood.[1]

Name Spouse(s) Lived Ruled
Louise de Clermont Tallart 1528–1573 1546–1573
Françoise de Clermont 1540–1586 1573–1586
Claudine d'Ebrard 1570–1657 1586–1657
Marguerite d'Apchier 1604–1680 1657–1680
Julie Marie de Sainte-Maure de Montausier 1637–1692 1680–1692
Did not marry, succeeded by brother 1673–1693 1692–1693
Anne-Hypolite of Monaco
Marguerite de Bullion 		1675–1739 1693–1739
Emilie de la Rochefoucauld 1707–1762 1739–1762
Julie de Pardaillan de Gondrin 1728–1802 1762–1802
Emilie de Chastillon 1756–1843 1802–1842
Françoise de Talhouët 1808–1872 1842–1872
Anne de Rochechouart de Mortemart 1840–1878 1872–1878
Succeeded by his brother 1870–1893 1878–1893
Marie Thérèse d'Albert de Luynes 1871–1943 1893–1943
Emmanuel Jacques de Crussol d'Uzès Carolyn Baily Brown[2]
Margaret "Peggy" Bedford Bancroft d'Arenberg[3] 		1927–1999 1943–1999
Elizabeth de Belleville 1925–2001 1999–2001
Alessandra Passerin d'Entrèves e Courmayeur 1957– 2001–

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References[]

  1. ^ Almanach de Gotha (in French). Johann Paul Mevius sel. Witwe und Johann Christian Dieterich. 1893. p. 492. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  2. ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (19 July 1946). "CAROLYN B. BROWN, DUKE OF UZES WED; Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Raleigh, N.C., Is Scene of Their Marriage". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  3. ^ Nemy, Enid (18 October 1977). "DUCHESS D'UZES DIES IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT: U.S. Born Socialite is Killed After A Party Near Paris--Was Wife of France's Premier Duke". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
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