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Marquisate | Province | Department | Time of Creation | Receiving family | Current status | Comments |
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BACQUEHEM | Artois | 62 | 1765 | de Bacquehem | Extinct 1917 | |
BADENS | Languedoc | 11 | c1770 | du Pac de Badens | Extinct 19__ | uncertain marquisate |
BAGÉ-le-CHÂTEL | Bresse | 01 | 1575 | de Savoie-Tende | Extinct | raised by the duc de Savoie |
BAGNAC | Marche | 87 | 1724 | de Saint-Martin de Bagnac | Extinct 1892 | |
BALAGNY | Picardie | 60 | c1620 | de Lasseran-Massencôme de Montluc | Extinct | |
BALAY | Franche-Comté | 39 | 1712 | de Balay | Extinct 1843 | |
BALINCOURT | Île-de-France | 95 | 1719 | Testu de Balincourt | Extant | |
BALINCOURT | Île-de-France | 95 | 1748 | Testu de Balincourt | Extant | confirmation of the previous title |
BALLEROY | Normandie | 14 | 1704 | de la Cour de Balleroy | Extinct 1957 | alias marquisat de la COUR; some sources state raised initially for de Choisy by Louis XIII |
la BALLUE | Bretagne | 35 | 1622 | Ruellan de la Ballue | Extinct 1819 | |
BALON | Bugey | 01 | 1760 | de Regard de Perrucard | Extinct | alias BALLON |
BALON | Maine | 72 | c1600 | de Saint-Gelais de Lusignan | Extinct | alias BALLON |
BANDEVILLE | Île-de-France | 91 | 1682 | Bazin | Extant | held by Doublet de Bandeville |
BANDEVILLE | Île-de-France | 91 | 1704 | Doublet de Bandeville | Extant | confirmation of the previous title |
BARASTRE | Artois | 62 | 1771 | de Couronnel | Extinct 1924 | alias marquisat de COURONNEL |
BARBANTANE | Comtat-Venaissin | 13 | 1745 | de Puget de Cabassole du Réal | Extant | papal title |
la BARBEN | Provence | 13 | L XVI | de Forbin-la Barben | Extinct 1987 | probably courtesy title |
BARBENTANE | Comtat-Venaissin | 13 | c1680 | de Robin de Barbentane | Extant | uncertain marquisate |
BARBEZIEUX | Saintonge | 16 | 1678 | le Tellier de Louvois | Extinct 1797 | |
BARGEMON | Provence | 83 | 1770 | de Villeneuve-Bargemon | Extant | probably courtesy title |
la BARRE | Maine | 53 | 1633 | de Chivré | County 1735 | became county of BIERNÉ 1735 |
BASSOMPIERRE | Lorraine | 55 | 1633 | de Bassompierre | Extinct | raised by the duc de Lorraine |
BASSOMPIERRE | Lorraine | 88 | 1766 | de Bassompierre | Extinct 1837 | raised by the duc de Lorraine; based on previous marquisat de BAUDRICOURT |
BASVILLE | Île-de-France | 91 | 1670 | de Lamoignon | Extinct 1845 | |
la BÂTIE-de-SEYSSEL | Savoie | 73 | 1699 | d'Oncieu de la Bâtie | Extant | raised by the duc de Savoie |
BAUCHÉ | Berry | 36 | 1649 | de Crevant-Bauché | Extinct | |
BAUDRICOURT | Lorraine | 88 | 1719 | de Bassompierre | Name change 1766 | raised by the duc de Lorraine; new name marquisat de BASSOMPIERRE 1766 |
la BAUME-d'HOSTUN | Dauphiné | 26 | Henri IV | d'Hostun de Gadagne | Duchy 1712 | marquisate raised to duché d'HOSTUN |
les BAUX | Provence | 13 | 1642 | Grimaldi de Monaco | Extinct 1949 | title still used by the current princes of MONACO of the house de Polignac |
BAYERS | Angoumois | 16 | Louis XIV | de la Rochefoucauld-Bayers | Extinct 1940 | probably courtesy title |
BAYON | Lorraine | 54 | 1720 | de Ludre-Frolois | Extinct 1846 | raised by the duc de Lorraine |
BAZILLAC | Bigorre | 65 | b1645 | d'Audéric de Savignac | Extinct 1878 | |
BEAUCHAMP | Comtat-Venaissin | 84 | mid 16__ | de Merles de Beauchamp | Extinct 1864 | papal title |
BEAUCOURT | Picardie | 80 | Louis XV | du Fresne de Beaucourt | Extant | probably courtesy title |
BEAUCOURT(-en-SANTERRE) | Picardie | 80 | c1670 | de Festart | Extinct 19__ | |
BEAUFORT | Languedoc | 30 | mid 16__ | de Frezals | Extinct 1890 | |
BEAUJEU | Berry | 18 | mid 16__ | du Mesnil-Simon | Extinct 19__ | |
BEAUMONT-la-RONCE | Touraine | 37 | 1757 | Bonnin de la Bonninière | Extant | |
BEAUPRÉ | Champagne | 55 | mid 16__ | de Choiseul-Daillecourt | Extinct | maybe courtesy title |
BEAUPRÉAU | Anjou | 49 | 1554 | de Montéspedon+de Bourbon-Montpensier | Extinct 1884 | Duchy between 1562 and 1737 |
BEAUREGARD | Savoie | 74 | 1700 | Costa de Beauregard | Extant | raised by the duc de Savoie |
BEAUREPAIRE | Bourgogne | 71 | c1760 | de Beaurepaire | Extant | probably courtesy title |
BEAUVAIS | Périgord | 24 | c1740 | de la Cropte de Chantérac | Extant | later styled marquis de CHANTÉRAC |
BEAUVAU | Anjou | 49 | 1664 | de Beauvau(-Craon) | Extinct 1982 | |
BEAUVOIR | Normandie | 76 | c1760 | Hébert de Beauvoir | Extant | probably courtesy title |
BEAUVOIR-sur-MER | Poitou | 85 | ? | ? | Extinct | maybe confusion and only barony under marquisat de la GARNACHE |
BÉLESTA | Languedoc | 31 | c1725 | de Varagnes de Gardouch | Extinct 1863 | probably courtesy title |
le BELLAY | Anjou | 49 | Louis XIII | du Bellay | Extinct | |
BELLEBRUNE | Picardie | 62 | mid 16__ | de Blondel de Joigny | Extinct | |
BELLEFONDS | Normandie | 50 | Louis XIII | Gigault de Bellefonds | Extinct 1928 | |
BELLEGARDE | Orléanais | 45 | 1757 | Gaultier de Bézigny | Extinct 1939 | based on earlier marquisate de CHOISY |
BELLE-ISLE | Bretagne | 56 | 1573 | de Gondi-Retz | Extinct 1789 | Crown domain since 1722 |
BELLE-ISLE | Bretagne | 56 | 1668 | Fouquet de Belle-Isle | Extinct 1789 | confirmation of previous title |
BELLENAVES | Bourbonnais | 03 | c1670 | de Rochechouart-Champdeniers | Extant | or BELLENAVE; held by Dutour de Salvert since 1771 |
BELLEVILLE-sur-MER | Normandie | 76 | c1752 | de Belleville | Extant | |
BÉNAC | Bigorre | 65 | 1612 | de Montault-Bénac | Extant | held by de Rohan-Rochefort since 1764 |
BÉNÉHART | Maine | 72 | 1649 | de Maillé-Bénéhart | Extinct? | |
BÉNOUVILLE | Normandie | 14 | 1752 | Gillain de Bénouville | Extinct c1792 | |
BERCY | Île-de-France | 94 | Louis XIV | de Malon de Bercy | Extinct 1871 | |
BERNIÈRES | Normandie | 76 | 1678 | Maignart de Bernières | Extant | held by le Duc de Lillers since 1767 |
BERNY | Île-de-France | 94 | c1653 | de Lionne | Extinct 1789 | belonged to abbaye de Saint-Germain-des-Prés since 1682 |
BERSAILLIN | Franche-Comté | 39 | 1748 | de Froissard(-Bersaillin) | Extant | |
BERTOULT d'OEUFS | Artois | 62 | 1766 | de Bertoult de Hauteclocque | Extant | alias marquisat de HAUTECLOCQUE d'OEUFS |
BÉRULLE | Champagne | 10 | 1720 | de Bérulle | Extinct c1950 | |
BERVILLE | Seine-Maritime | 76 | 1729 | d'Escors | Extinct | referenced in Fortgesetzte neue genealogisch-historische Nachrichten von den vornehmsten Begebenheiten, welche sich an den europäischen Höfen zugetragen, Heinsius, 1762. Bavarian State Library. |
BESANCEUIL | Bourgogne | 71 | c1720 | de Prisque | Extant | probably courtesy title; held by Dubois de Prisque since 1793 |
BESMAUX | Armagnac | 32 | 1657 | de Montlezun-Pardiac | Extant | maybe confirmation of older title, held by de Luppé du Garané since 1697 |
BEUVRON | Normandie | 14 | 1593 | de Harcourt-Beuvron | Duchy 1784 | |
BEYNAC | Périgord | 24 | 1619 | de Beynac | Extant | held by de Beaumont du Repaire since 1761 |
BIÈVRE | Île-de-France | 91 | 1770 | Mareschal de Bièvre | Extant | held by the branche Mareschal de Montéclair since 1789 |
BIGNY | Berry | 18 | c1640 | de Chevenon de Bigny | Extant | title held by de Vigan de Bigny since 1872 |
BIRAN | Armagnac | 32 | 1657 | de Roquelaure | Extinct 1884 | |
BIRON | Périgord | 24 | 1651 | de Gontaut-Biron | Extant | Duchy between 1723 and 1800, then reverted to marquisate |
BIZY | Normandie | 27 | 1675 | Jubert de Bouville | Extant | Duchy of BELLE-ISLE 1759-61; held by royal house of d'Orléans as heirs to de Bourbon-Penthièvre |
BLACONS | Dauphiné | 26 | c1750 | d'Armand de Forest de Mirabel | Extinct 1805 | uncertain marquisate |
BLAIN | Bretagne | 44 | c1548 | de Rohan-Gié | Extant | marquisate by brevet; inherited by de Rohan-Chabot 1684 |
BLAIN | Bretagne | 44 | 1660 | de Rohan-Gié | Extant | confirmation of the previous title |
BLAINVILLE | Lorraine | 54 | 1629 | de Lenoncourt | Extinct | raised by the duc de Lorraine |
BLAINVILLE | Normandy | Calvados | 1680 | Colbert de Seignelay | Extinct 1875 | Lordship of Blainville bought in 1675 by Jean-Baptiste Colbert for 108 000 livres. Fief of Ségries bought in 1676 for 25 000 livres. Jules Armand Colbert (1663–1704) his son, Ist marquis de Blainville. Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1683–1712), son of Seignelay, IInd marquis. Marie Sophie Colbert, marquise de Seignelay, duchess of Piney his daughter, IIIrd marchioness. |
BLAINVILLE | Normandie | 76 | Louis XIV | de Tourzel d'Alègre | Extinct | |
le BLANC | Berry | 36 | 1664 | d'Aloigny de Rochefort | Extinct 1794 | |
BLANCHEFORT | Languedoc | 11 | 1680 | d'Hautpoul de Rennes | Extant | held by de Fleury since 1767 |
BLANGY | Normandie | 14 | 1780 | le Viconte de Blangy | Extant | only brevet royal |
BLANQUEFORT | Guyenne | 33 | c1670 | de Durfort-Duras | Extinct 1838 | |
BLARU | Île-de-France | 78 | 1659 | de Tilly-Blaru | Extinct 1855 | |
BLÉRANCOURT | Picardie | 02 | Louis XIII | Potier de Gesvres | Extinct 1839 | |
BOIRY | Artois | 62 | c1750 | Quarré de Boiry | Extant | probably courtesy title |
le BOIS-de-la-MUSSE | Bretagne | 44 | 1651 | Blanchard de la Muce | Extinct | alias marquisat de la MUCE |
BOIS-DAUPHIN | Maine | 72 | c1640 | de (Montmorency-)Laval-Boisdauphin | Extinct 1835 | probably early courtesy title |
le BOIS-FÉVRIER | Bretagne | 35 | 1674 | de Langan | Extinct 1795 | title possibly used already 1606 |
BOISRAGON | Poitou | 79 | c1780 | de Chevaleau | Extinct 1839 | probably courtesy title |
BOISSEZON | Albigeois | 81 | c1760 | Barbara de la Belloterie | Extant | probably courtesy title |
BOISY | Forez | 42 | 1564 | Gouffier de Roannais | Extinct 1802 | |
BOLLWILLER | Alsace | 68 | 1739 | de Rosen | Extant | held by de Broglie since 1779 |
BONAC | Foix | 09 | 1685 | d'Usson de Bonac | Extinct 1821 | |
BONAS | Armagnac | 32 | 1629 | de Pardaillan de Séailles | Extinct 1836 | |
BONAS | Armagnac | 32 | 1773 | de Mellet | Extinct 1836 | confirmation of the previous title |
BONNECOURT | Champagne | 52 | 1685 | de Capizuchi de Bologne | Extinct 1794 | |
BONNEGUISE | Périgord | 24 | 1762 | de Bonneguise-Badefols | Extinct 18__ | earlier baronnie de BADEFOLS |
BONNEUIL | Poitou | 86 | c1765 | de Vernou de Bonneuil | Extant | probably courtesy title |
BONNEVAL | Limousin | 87 | c1655 | de Bonneval | Extant | uncertain marquisate |
BONNEVAL | Normandie | 27 | 1677 | du Val de Bonneval | Extinct 1949 | |
BONNIVET | Poitou | 86 | c1600 | Gouffier de Bonnivet | Extinct 1865 | |
la BORDE | Bourgogne | 21 | 1645 | Brulart de la Borde | Extinct 1918 | |
BORN | Agenais | 47 | 1724 | de Belsunce-Castelmoron | Extinct 1796 | |
BOUC | Provence | 13 | 1690 | de Séguiran | Name change 1767 | changed name to marquisat d'ALBERTAS |
le BOUCHET-VALGRAND | Île-de-France | 91 | 1720 | le Bas de Montargis | Extant | based on earlier marquisate du QUESNE; held by de Noailles-Poix since 1767 |
BOUCLANS | Franche-Comté | 25 | 1749 | le Bas de Clevans | Extant | |
BOUILLÉ | Maine | 53 | c1615 | de Bouillé | Extinct 1836 | |
la BOULAYE | Bourgogne | 71 | 1619 | de Rochefort | Extant | held by de Champeaux since 1774 |
la BOULAYE | Bourgogne | 71 | 1696 | Gigault de Bellefonds | Extant | confirmation of previous title |
BOURBONNE | Champagne | 52 | c1620 | de Livron | Extinct 1805 | |
la BOURDAISIÈRE | Touraine | 37 | 1717 | de Courcillon-Dangeau | Extant | held by royal house of d'Orléans as heirs to de Bourbon-Penthièvre |
BOURDEILLE | Périgord | 24 | 1609 | de Bourdeille | County 17__ | |
le BOURDET | Poitou | 79 | mid 16__ | Acarie du Bourdet | Extant | held by de Cugnac de Causade since 1692 |
la BOURDONNAYE | Bretagne | 56 | 1717 | de la Bourdonnaye | Extant | earlier vicomté de COUËTION |
BOURNAZEL | Rouergue | 12 | 1624 | de Buisson de Bournazel | Extinct 1864 | |
BOURY | Île-de-France | 60 | 1652 | de Pellevé | Extant | held by Aubourg de Boury since 1681 |
BOURY | Île-de-France | 60 | 1686 | Aubourg de Boury | Extant | confirmation of previous title |
BOUTETIÈRES | Dauphiné | 38 | 1676 | Emé de Marcieu | Extant | usually styled as marquis de MARCIEU |
BOUTEVILLE | Angoumois | 16 | Louis XIII | de Béon de Luxembourg | Extinct 1883 | held by the comte d'Artois, future king Charles X, at the revolution |
BOUVILLE | Normandie | 76 | 1698 | Jubert de Bouville | Extinct 1793 | |
BOUZOLS | Velay | 43 | c1630 | de Montagut de Beaune | Extinct 1834 | |
BOVES | Picardie | 80 | 1630 | de Moy-Riberpré | Extinct | |
BOYNES | Orléanais | 45 | c1774 | Bourgeois de Boynes | Extant | maybe courtesy title |
BOZAS | Vivarais | 07 | 1693 | du Bourg de Bozas | Extant | |
BRANGES | Bourgogne | 21 | 1655 | de Barillon d'Amoncourt | Extinct 1890 | |
BRANTES | Comtat-Venaissin | 84 | 1674 | des Laurents | Extinct 1848 | papal title |
BRAZAIS | Normandie | 27 | Louis XV | Dyel de Clermont d'Enneval | Extant | held by du Hamel du Breuil since 1746 |
BRAZEUX | Île-de-France | 91 | Louis XIII | Gouffier d'Heilly | Extinct | alias BRASEUX |
BRESSIEUX | Dauphiné | 38 | 1612 | de Grolée de Mevouillon | Extinct | |
BRETAGNE | Bretagne | 35 | 753 | non-hereditary | Dissolved 845 | feudal marche/marquisate integrated into kingdom of BRETAGNE |
la BRETESCHE | Bretagne | 44 | 1657 | Jousseaume de la Bretesche | Extant | |
BRETEUIL | Île-de-France | 78 | 1743 | le Tonnelier de Breteuil | Extant | |
le BREUIL | Bourgogne | 71 | 1670 | de Chargères du Breuil | Extant | held by branch de Chargères de la Creuzille since 1760 |
BRÉVAL | Île-de-France | 78 | 1623 | de Harlay de Champvallon | Extinct 1861 | |
BRÉZÉ | Anjou | 49 | 1615 | de Maillé-Brézé | Extant | |
BRÉZÉ | Anjou | 49 | 1685 | de Dreux-Brézé | Extant | confirmation of previous title |
BRÉZOLLES | Perche | 28 | 1660 | de Broglie | Extinct 1824 | |
BRIDORÉ | Touraine | 37 | 1651 | de Boursault | Extinct 1789 | belonged to a priory in Loches until the revolution |
BRINON | Guadeloupe | 971 | 1738 | de Senneterre | Extinct 1793 | |
BRINON | Guadeloupe | 971 | 1755 | Pinel | Extinct 1793 | confirmation of previous title |
BRINVILLIERS | Picardie | 60 | 1660 | Gobelin-l'Escalopier | Name change 1700 | Changed name to la MOTHE |
BRION | Gévaudan | 48 | 1756 | de Michel du Roc de Brion | Extant | |
BROC | Anjou | 49 | 1758 | de Broc | Extinct 1916 | |
BROISSIA | Franche-Comté | 39 | 1691 | Froissard de Broissia | Extant | |
BROISSIA | Franche-Comté | 39 | 1697 | Froissard de Broissia | Extant | |
les BROSSES | Poitou | 16 | c1740 | d'Assier des Brosses | Extinct 1914 | probably courtesy title |
BRÜE | Provence | 83 | 1750 | Roux de Corse | Extinct 1792 | maybe only confirmation of earlier title for de Laurens de Saint Martin |
BRUN | Franche-Comté | 25 | 1694 | de Brun | Extant | alias marquisat de la ROCHE; title inherited by de Scey-Montbéliard |
BRUNOY | Île-de-France | 91 | 1737 | Paris de Montmartel | Duchy 1775 | |
BRUYÈRES-le-CHÂTEL | Île-de-France | 91 | 1676 | Lespinette de Meirat | Extinct 1886 | purchased by de la Croix de Castries 1785 |
BRUYÈRES-le-CHÂTEL | Île-de-France | 91 | 1731 | Lespinette de Meirat | Extinct 1886 | confirmation of previous title |
la BUSSIÈRE | Artois | 62 | 1663 | de Maulde | Extinct 1844 | |
la BUSSIÈRE | Orléanais | 45 | 1679 | du Tillet | Extinct 18__ | |
BUSSY-le-CHÂTEAU | Champagne | 51 | 1699 | d'Arnolet de la Rochefontaine | Extinct | |
BUSSY-le-CHÂTEAU | Champagne | 51 | 1703 | d'Arnolet de la Rochefontaine | Extinct | confirmation of previous title |
BUZANCY | Champagne | 08 | 1658 | d'Anglure | Extinct 1805 |
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