Viscounts and Dukes of Uzès
The rule ( Seigneurie ), later vice- county ( Vicomté ) and Duchy of Uzès ( Duchy ) was a French Feudalterritorium around the town of Uzes in the Languedoc.
History
The rule is to Uzès in 1088 first documented in records; then Elzéart was d' Uzes Uzès Lord. After Robert d' Uzès in 1328 in the army of the French king Philip VI. had participated in the victorious battle of Cassel, in 1329 the reign of King Vice County was charged. The male line of the house Uzès died in 1475 with Jéhan d' Uzes from. The Vice- county went through marriage of his daughter Simone d' Uzès with Jacques de Crussol to the house Crussol about. 1565, the Vice- county under Antoine de Crussol was elevated to a duchy, in 1572 he also became a peer of France.
At the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789, Duke François Emmanuel de Crussol fled abroad, where he joined the prince of Condé, and Field Marshal in the royalistischem army ( Armée of émigrés ) was, and opposed the Revolution and the Napoleonic rule. His duchy was dismissed in 1790, the Pair title abolished. Under the Restoration, the title of nobility for Marie François Emmanuel de Crussol were restored with the Charter of 1814, in 1831 the hereditary title was abolished, so he should be the last duke and peer of Uzes. As part of the February Revolution of 1848, all titles of nobility were abolished in France. The heir of the last Duke of Uzes from the house Crussol call since then " de Crussol d' Uzès' and count continues to be a ( titular ) dukes. Head of the house de Crussol d' Uzes is now Jacques de Crussol, Duc d' Uzès, who lives to be the ducal palace in Uzes.