Constable of France

(Title being added sometimes to Marshal of France )

List Connétable S of France:

Capétiens

Under Henri Ier, of 1031 to 1060

  • Albéric, towards 1060

Under Philippe Ier, of 1060 to 1108

Under Louis VII, of 1131 to 1180

Under Philippe II, of 1180 to 1223

  • 1194 Dreux IV of Mello, lord of Saint-Breaking (1148 - 1218)
  • 1218 Matthieu II of Montmorency, known as the Large Constable , baron de Montmorency, took part in the Bataille of Bouvines (° 1174 - † November 24th 1230, with the return of a voyage in Brittany).
  • Jean de Montmirail

Under Louis IX, of 1226 to 1270

Under Philippe III, of 1270 to 1285

  • Humbert de Beaujeu († 1285), lord of Beaujeu and Montpensier, 1277

Under Philippe IV, of 1285 to 1314

  • Raoul II of Clermont († 1302), lord of Nesles, 1277-1302 Left-handed
  • V of Châtillon (v. 1249-1329), count de Porcéan, 1302-1329

Valois

Under Philippe VI, of 1328 to 1350

Under Jean II, of 1350 to 1364

  • Charles of Cerda or of Spain († 1354), count d' Angoulême, 1350-1354
  • Jacques Ier de Bourbon (1319-1362), count of Walk, 1354-1356
  • Gauthier VI, count de Brienne and titular duke of Athens († 1356), 1356
  • Robert Moreau de Fiennes (v.1308-1372), lord of Tingry, 1356-1370

Under Charles V, of 1364 to 1380

Under Charles VI, of 1380 to 1422

Under Charles VII, of 1422 to 1461

  • Jean Stuart (1380-1424), count de Buchan, 1424
  • Arthur (1393-1458), known as the Constable of Richemont , semi-official count of Richmond (Yorkshire), then Duke of Brittany, 1425-1458
  • In 1445, the king Henri VI of England, as a king de France, created constable John Talbot, Count de Shrewsbury.

Under Louis XI, of 1461 to 1483

Under Charles VIII, of 1483 to 1498

  • Jean II, duke of Bourbon (1426-1488), 1483-1488

Valois Angouleme

Under François I {{er}}, of 1515 to 1547

  • Charles III, duke of Bourbon (1490-1527), 1515-1523
  • Anne, duke of Montmorency (1492-1567), Large Master of France 1538-1567

Bourbons

Under Henri IV, of 1589 to 1610

  • 1593 Henri Ier, duke of Montmorency (1534-1614), lord of Damville, then duke of Montmorency

Under Louis XIII, of 1610 to 1643

  • Charles of Albert, duke of Luynes (1578-1621), large falconer of France, named constable to repress the Protestant insurrection in 1621
  • François de Bonne, duke of Lesdiguières (1543-1626), lord then duke of Lesdiguières, last constable of France, 1622-1626

See too

Wikisource

  • Nomination of Charles of Bourbon, duke of Bourbon, like constable of France (1483)

External bonds

  • Constables on Heraldique-europeenne.org
  • Constables on Généalogie.free.fr
  • Remarkable work on the Constables & the Marshals of France

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