Duchy of Montbazon

The Duchy of Montbazon is the area around Montbazon, near Tours, in France. During the Ancien Régime, Montbazon became a seigneurie held by the House of Rohan in the fifteenth century; was elevated to a comté in 1557, and raised to the level of a duchy in 1588.

List of Lords of Guéméné, ca. 1430—1557

From To Lord of Guéméné
1438 Charles I de Rohan (d. 1438)
1438 1457 Louis I de Rohan (d. 1457)
1457 14?? Louis II de Rohan (d. 1508)
14?? 1498 Louis III de Rohan (d. 1498)
1498 1527 Louis IV de Rohan (d. 1527)
1527 1557 Louis V de Rohan (d. 1557)

List of Counts of Montbazon, 1557—1611

From To Count of Montbazon
1557 1611 Louis V de Rohan (d. 1611)

List of Dukes of Montbazon, 1588—Present

From To Duke of Montbazon
1588 1589 Louis VII de Rohan (1562-1589)
1589 1654 Hercule, Duke of Montbazon (1568-1654)
1654 1667 Louis VIII de Rohan (1598-1667)
1667 1699 Charles II de Rohan (1633-1699)
1699 1727 Charles III, Prince of Guéméné (1655-1727)
1727 1757 Hercule Mériadec, Prince of Guéméné (1688-1757)
1757 1800 Jules, Prince of Guéméné (1726-1800)
1800 1809 Henri Louis, Prince of Guéméné (1745-1809)
1809 1836 Charles Alain, Prince of Guéméné (1764-1836)
1836 1846 Louis IX Victor Meriadec de Rohan (1766-1846)
1846 1892 Camille Philippe Joseph Idesbald de Rohan-Rochefort (1800-1892)
1892 1914 Alain I Benjamin Arthur de Rohan-Rochefort (1853-1914)
1914 1976 Alain II Anton Joseph de Rohan-Rochefort (1893-1976)
1976 2008 Charles V Alain Albert de Rohan-Rochefort (1934-2008)
2008 Albert Marie de Rohan-Rochefort (1936-)

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