Duc de Beaumont


Duc de Beaumont is an extinct title of nobility in the peerage of France which was created by letters patent in 1765 for French [Royal Army] officer Charles-François-Christian de Montmorency-Beaumont-Luxembourg.

History

The lordship of Beaumont-du-Gâtinais in the Île-de-France, was raised to County for Achille de Harlay, a prominent judge and Premier President of the Parlement of Paris. The title went extinct in 1717 with his great-grandson, another Achille de Harlay, but the lands themselves were inherited by the latter's daughter, wife of the Marhall of Montmorency.
The Beaumont title was resurrected as a Dukedom for their son Charles-François-Christian de Montmorency-Luxembourg, a general in the French Army. It was a "simple dukedom", meaning his holder was not a Peer of France. It became extinct on the death of the grantee's grandson Anne-Édouard-Louis-Joseph de Montmorency-Beaumont-Luxembourg, in 1878.

Counts of Beaumont (1612)

  • 1612-1616 : Achille de Harlay, Premier President of the Parlement of Paris, 1st count of Beaumont.
  • 1616-1671 : Achille de Harlay, Procurator General of the Paris Parliament, 2nd count of Beaumont.
  • 1671-1712 : Achille de Harlay, Premier President of the Paris Parliament, 3rd count of Beaumont.
  • 1712-1717 : Achille de Harlay, Advocate General of the Paris Parliament, 4th count of Beaumont.
  • ''1717-1749 : Louise-Madeleine de Harlay, heiress of Beaumont, wife of the Marshall of Montmorency.''

Ducs de Beaumont (1765)