Duke of Aiguillon (

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: ''duc d'Aiguillon'') was a title of

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in the

peerage of France The Peerage of France () was a hereditary distinction within the French nobility which appeared in 1180 during the Middle Ages. The prestigious title and position of Peer of France () was held by the greatest, highest-ranking members of the Fr ...

, first created in 1599 by

Henry IV of France Henry IV (; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithets Good King Henry (''le Bon Roi Henri'') or Henry the Great (''Henri le Grand''), was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 16 ...

for Henry of Lorraine, son of

Charles, Duke of Mayenne Charles de Lorraine, duc de Mayenne (26 March 1554 –3 October 1611) was a French noble, governor, military commander and rebel during the latter French Wars of Religion. Born in 1554, the second son of François, Duke of Guise, François d ...

. The title takes its name from the town of Aiguillon.

List of dukes of Aiguillon, 1599—1789

{, class="wikitable" !From !To !Duke of Aiguillon !Relationship to predecessor , - , 1599 , 1621 ,

Henry of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne Henry of Mayenne or Henry of Lorraine, (Dijon, 20 December 1578 – Montauban, 20 September 1621) was a French noble from the House of Lorraine and more particularly from the House of Guise. He was the eldest son of Charles, Duke of Mayenne an ...

(1578-1621) , Son of Charles, Duke of Mayenne, whom he succeeded in 1611 , - , 1634 , 1635 , Antoine de l'Age, duc de Puylaurens (1602–1635) , The Duchy of Aiguillon was granted to him under the title of Duke of Puylaurens , - , 1638 , 1675 , Marie Madeleine de Vignerot du Plessis (1604-1675) ,

Cardinal Richelieu Armand Jean du Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu (9 September 1585 – 4 December 1642), commonly known as Cardinal Richelieu, was a Catholic Church in France, French Catholic prelate and statesman who had an outsized influence in civil and religi ...

purchased the Duchy of Aiguillon in 1638 and gave it to Marie Madeleine, the daughter of René de Vignerot and his wife Françoise du Plessis, the sister of Cardinal Richelieu , - , 1675 , 1704 ,

Thérèse de Vignerot du Plessis Therese or Thérèse is a variant of the feminine given name Teresa. It may refer to: Persons Therese *Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1773–1839), member of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and a Duchess of Mecklenburg *Therese of Br ...

(d. 1704) , Niece of Marie Madeleine , - , 1731 , 1750 , Armand-Louis de Vignerot du Plessis (d. 1750) , Grandnephew of Thérèse , - , 1750 , 1788 , Emmanuel-Armand de Vignerot du Plessis-Richelieu (1720-1788) , Son of Armand-Louis , - , 1788 , 1789 , Armand-Désiré de Vignerot du Plessis-Richelieu (1750-1800) , Son of Emmanuel-Armand , - The title of Duke of Aiguillon was suppressed at the time of the French Revolution. *