List of French peers

They were probably, at the time of the old Frankish monarchy, the great princes and vassals who were called to appoint the successor of the king among the eligible princes to the crown. At the Capetian era, we find that the number is set at twelve, but all throughout the Old Regime, there were 173 fiefs which were erected in peerage.

Since 1204, when the duchies of Normandy and Aquitaine were absorbed into the French crown, the roster of the Twelve Peers had never been complete. By 1297, there were only three lay peers — the duke of Burgundy, the duke of Guyenne, and the count of Flanders (the county of Champagne was held by the king's eldest son and heir). Philip IV decided to restore the number of peers to twelve by granting peerage to three princes of the royal line — the duke of Brittany, the count of Anjou, and the count of Artois.

Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais

Poitou

La Marche

Évreux

Angoulême

Mortain

Étampes

Bourbon

Beaumont-le-Roger

Clermont-en-Beauvaisis

Maine

Orléans

Valois

Nevers

Rethel then Rethel-Mazarin

Mantes-et-Meulan

Mâcon

Berry

Auvergne

Touraine

Vertus

Alençon

Montpellier

Forez

Roannais

Blois

Chartres

Dunois

Fère-en-Tardenois

Chateau-Thierry

Périgord

Soissons

Coucy

Nemours

Châtillon-sur-Marne

Mortagne-lès-Tournay

Évry-le-Châtel

Jouy-le-Châtel

Coulommiers

Ponthieu

Saintonge

Auxerre

Foix

Eu

Beaujeu

Villefranche

Civray

Vendôme

Châtellerault

Guise

Montpensier

Aumale

Montmorency

Albret

Enghien

Perche

Graville

Penthièvre

Dreux

Mercœur

Clermont-Tonnerre

Uzès

Mayenne

Saint-Fargeau

Joyeuse

Piney-Luxembourg

Épernon

Elbeuf

Retz

Brienne

Hallwin

Montbazon

Ventadour

Beaufort

Thouars

Biron

Aiguillon

Rohan

Sully

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