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Chalon family (2 C, 1 P) House of Châtillon (30 P) Clary family (4 P) Clermont-Tonnerre (2 C, 1 P) Colbert family (6 P) House of Coligny (14 P) Conradines (1 C, 20 P) Constant de Rebecque (6 P) House of Courcillon (3 P)
The French nobility ( French: la noblesse française) was an aristocratic social class in France from the Middle Ages until its abolition on 23 June 1790 during the French Revolution . From 1808 [ 1] to 1815 during the First Empire the Emperor Napoléon bestowed titles [ 2] that were recognized as a new nobility by the Charter of 4 June 1814 ...
A noble house is an aristocratic family or kinship group, either currently or historically of national or international significance [clarification needed], and usually associated with one or more hereditary titles, the most senior of which will be held by the "Head of the House" or patriarch.
Duchy of Bar. County of Bigorre. Counts of Blois. Du Bouëxic family. House of Bourbon-Montpensier. List of Breton royal consorts. House of Broglie. List of Burgundian royal consorts. Duke of Burgundy.
List of Bavarian noble families. This List of Bavarian noble families contains all 338 Bavarian aristocratic families named in 1605 by Siebmacher as well as further additions. The list is an alphabetical overview of Bavarian nobility. It contains information about name variants, ancestry, extent and well-known personalities of the line.
Founder. Bouchard I of Montmorency. Motto. Dieu ayde le premier baron chrestien. (God help the first Christian baron) Cadet branches. House of Laval. Anne de Montmorency, 1530, by Jean Clouet. The House of Montmorency ( pronounced [mɔ̃.mɔ.ʁɑ̃.si]) was one of the oldest and most distinguished noble families in France .
List of French peerages. Heraldic depiction of a duke's coronet, with blue bonnet of a peer. Coronet and mantle of a duke and peer of France, shown here with the collars of the Ordres du roi. For an explanation of the French peerage, see the article Peerage of France. Note that peerages and titles were distinct, and the date given for the ...
House of Broglie. Of gold with a saltire anchored azure. The House of Broglie ( / ˈbroʊɡli /, [ 1] also US: / broʊˈɡliː, brɔɪ /; [ 2][ 3] French: Maison de Broglie, pronounced [də bʁɔj] [ 4][ 5] or [də bʁœj] ⓘ) is a distinguished French noble family, originally Piedmontese, who migrated to France in the year 1643. [ 6]