Duchy of Chevreuse

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The Duchy of Chevreuse was a French noble territory and title centered on the town of Chevreuse, historically held by prominent aristocratic families under the Ancien Régime.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French noble title
duchy
abolishedUnder French Revolution
administrativeStructure seigneurial administration
associatedWithMonarch Louis XIII of France
linked to: King Louis XIII

Louis XIV of France
associatedWithPerson Charles d'Albert, Duke of Luynes
Claude de Lorraine
Henri I de Guise
Marie de Rohan
belongsToClass French territorial duchies
country Kingdom of France
feudalHierarchyLevel above county
below principality
governmentForm feudal lordship
hasCapital Chevreuse
hasFemaleNobleStyle Duchesse de Chevreuse
hasNobleStyle Duc de Chevreuse
hasTitle Duke of Chevreuse
heldByFamily House of Guise
House of Lorraine
House of Luynes
historicalEra Ancien Régime
historicalSignificance example of French high aristocratic domain
jurisdiction local justice and seigneurial rights
language French
linkedToEvent political intrigues of Marie de Rohan
linkedToInstitution French monarchy
French nobility
locatedIn Chevreuse
France
Île-de-France
namedAfter Chevreuse
nobilityStatus high nobility
nobleRank duchy
partOf French peerage
politicalRole seat of a peer of France
regionHistorically Bassin parisien
religionHistorically Roman Catholicism
socialFunction hereditary noble fief
status extinct noble title
tenureSystem hereditary tenure
titleHolder Charles d'Albert, Duke of Luynes and Chevreuse
Marie de Rohan, Duchess of Chevreuse
members of the House of Luynes
typeOfTerritory seigneurial domain
under Ancien Régime

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