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See also:NEMOURS, LORDS AND See also:DUKES OF . In the 12th and 13th centuries the lordship of Nemours, in Gatinais, See also:France, was in See also:possession of the See also:house of Villebeon, a member of which, See also:Gautier, was See also:marshal of France in the See also:middle of the 13th See also:century. The lordship was sold to See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip III. in 1274 and 1276 by See also:Jean and Philippe de Nemours, and was then made a See also:county and given to Jean de Grailly, See also:captal de See also:Buch in 1364. In 1404 See also:Charles VI. of France gave it to Charles III. of See also:Evreux, king of See also:Navarre, and erected it into a duchy in the See also:peerage of France (duche-pairic). Charles III.'s daughter, Beatrix, brought the
duchy to her See also:husband Jacques de See also:Bourbon, See also:count of La See also:Marche, and by the See also:marriage of their daughter, Eleanor, to See also:Bernard of See also:Armagnac, count of Pardiac, it passed to the house of Armagnac. After being confiscated and restored several times, the duchy reverted to the See also:French See also:crown in 1505, after the extinction of the house of Armagnac-Pardiac. In 1507 it was given by See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XII. to his See also:nephew, Gaston de See also:Foix, who was killed at See also:Ravenna in 1512. The duchy then returned to the royal domain, and was detached from it successively for Giuliano de See also:Medici and his wife Philiberta of See also:Savoy in 1515, for See also:Louise of Savoy in 1524, and for Philip of Savoy, count of Genevois, in 1528. The descend-ants of the last-mentioned See also:duke possessed the duchy until its See also:sale to Louis XIV. In 1572 Louis gave it to his See also:brother Philip, duke of See also:- ORLEANS
- ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
- ORLEANS, DUKES OF
- ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
- ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
- ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
- ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
- ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
- ORLEANS, PHILIP I
- ORLEANS, PHILIP II
Orleans, whose descendants possessed it until the Revolution. The See also:title of duc de Nemours was afterwards given to Louis Charles, son of King Louis Philippe, who is dealt with separately below.
The following are the most noteworthy of the earlier dukes of Nemours.
End of Article: NEMOURS, LORDS AND DUKES OF
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