Duc de Piney

The title Duke of Piney ( Duc de Piney ) was a French noble title. The title holders are often called Duke of Luxembourg ( Duc de Luxembourg ) because the title was awarded to a member of its House of Luxembourg - Ligny. With the same German ducal title the French name has nothing to do.

The title of duke was awarded in September 1576 François de Luxembourg, the third son of Antoine de Luxembourg, Count of Ligny and Brienne. The Duchy was formed here from the dominions Piney, Ramerupt and Montaignon and its dependent territories, all of which were in the counties of Chaumont -en- Bassigny or Troyes. In October 1581 the duchy was elevated to the peerage Piney.

François de Luxembourg, died in 1613 and was succeeded by his son Henri ( 1583-1616 ) inherited. His daughter and heiress was Marguerite Charlotte de Luxembourg ( 1607-1680 ). She married in 1620 his first marriage Léon d' Albert de Luynes ( 1582-1630 ), the younger brother of Charles d' Albert, duc de Luynes, who after the conclusion of the marriage contract and before the wedding on July 10, 1620 3rd Duc de Piney was appointed. Charles Henri de Clermont- Tonnerre (1607-1674), from 1631 to her second husband, also bore the title.

The mentally disabled and is under guardianship son of Marguerite Charlotte and Léon, Léon Henri d' Albert de Luxembourg (1630-1697), 4th Duc de Luxembourg, " renounced " on March 1, 1661 on the title. And his mother also abandoned at the same time, the title now went to her daughter from her second marriage, Madeleine Charlotte de Clermont ( 1635-1701 ). About two weeks later, on March 17, 1661 Madeleine Charlotte de Clermont François Henri de Montmorency married ( 1628-1695 ). Piney was again raised in the same month by the king to Duchy - Peerage, to carry with us his descendants applicable to him proviso name and arms of Luxembourg. With the renewed survey " rejuvenated " the king automatically the age of the title from 1581 to 1661, which Montmorency later tried to enforce in a lawsuit against the other pairs as invalid. It was not until 1711 survey from 1661 was chosen as the by royal edict.

Her son Charles François I de Montmorency -Luxembourg (1662-1726), 2nd Duc de Piney, was before 1695 the Luxembourg title inherited, already Duc de Beaufort became ( 1689 Duc de Montmorency Beaufort renamed). He was the father of Charles François II de Montmorency -Luxembourg (1702-1764), 3rd Duc de Piney. Since he had no surviving male issue, the title Duc de Montmorency went with deissen death of his granddaughter, while the Piney tenure of Anne Charles Sigismond de Montmorency -Luxembourg (1737-1803), was acquired, which then became the Duc de Piney. He was the son of Charles Sigismond Anne, Duc d' Olonne (1721-1777), and grandson of Charles Paul Sigismond, Duc de Bouteville (1697-1785), a cousin of the last Duke and his nearest male heir, both the title Piney did not accept. His son Charles Emmanuel Sigismond de Montmorency -Luxembourg (1774-1861) was the last title holder since the last male member of the family of Montmorency -Luxembourg, Anne Edouard Louis Joseph (1802-1878), the title Duc de Beaumont leads.

Dukes of Piney

House Luxembourg - Ligny

  • François de Luxembourg († 1613 ), Duc de Piney September 1576, October 1581 Pair de France
  • Henri de Luxembourg (1583-1616), 1613 2nd Duc de Luxembourg et de Piney, Pair de France
  • Marguerite Charlotte de Luxembourg (1607-1680), 1616 Duchesse de Luxembourg et de Piney, 1630 Resigns

House Albert

  • Léon d' Albert de Luynes (1582-1630), her first husband, July 10, 1620 3rd Duc de Piney et de Luxembourg, Pair de France
  • Henri León d' Albert (1630-1697), whose son, 1630 4th Duc de Piney -Luxembourg, Pair de France, dispensed in 1661

Clermont- Tonnerre House

  • Charles Henri de Clermont- Tonnerre (1607-1674), 1631 Marguerite Charlotte's second husband, Duc de Luxembourg et de Piney
  • Madeleine de Clermont Tonnerre (1635-1701), whose daughter, 1661 Duchesse de Luxembourg et de Piney, Pair de France

House of Montmorency

  • François Henri de Montmorency (1628-1695), whose husband, in 1661 the Duc de Piney -Luxembourg, Pair de France
  • Charles François I de Montmorency -Luxembourg (1662-1726), whose son, Duc de Piney - 2 1695 Luxembourg, 1st Duc de Beaufort, renamed in 1689 the Duc de Beaufort Montmorency.
  • Charles François II de Montmorency -Luxembourg (1702-1764), whose son, 3rd Duc de Piney -Luxembourg, Pair de France Anne François de Montmorency -Luxembourg (1735-1761), whose son, Duc de Montmorency -Luxembourg
  • Paul Sigismond de Montmorency -Luxembourg (1664-1731), brother of Charles François I., 1696 Duc de Châtillon
  • Charles Paul Sigismond de Montmorency -Luxembourg (1697-1785), whose son, Duc de Châtillon in 1731 2, 1736 Due de Bouteville waived in 1764, the Duchy of Piney
  • Anne Charles Sigismond de Montmorency -Luxembourg (1721-1777), whose son, Duc d' Olonne, Duc de Chatillon, dispensed in 1764, the Duchy of Piney
  • Anne Henri de Montmorency -Luxembourg Renier Sigismond (1772-1799), whose son, Duc de Châtillon
  • Christian Louis de Montmorency -Luxembourg (1675-1746), brother of Charles François I, Prince de Tingry,
  • Charles François de Montmorency -Luxembourg Christian (1713-1787), whose son, 1765 Duc de Beaumont
  • Anne de Montmorency -Luxembourg Christian (1767-1821), whose son, 1787 2nd Duc de Beaumont, 1814 ( for life) or 1815 ( hereditary ) Pair de France, 1817 hereditary Duc Pair
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