In the 12th and 13th centuries the lordship of Nemours, in the Gatinais, France, was in possession of the house of Villebeon, a member of which, Gautier was marshal of France in the middle of the 13th century. The lordship was sold to King Philip III of France in 1274 and 1276 by Jean and Philippe de Nemours, and was then made a county an given to Jean de Grailly, captal de Buch in 1364. In 1404, Charles VI of France gave it to Charles III of Evreux, king of Navarre, and erected it into a duchy in the peerage of France.
After being confiscated and restored several times, the duchy reverted to the French crown in 1505, after the extinction of the house of Armagnac-Pardiac. In 1507 it was given by Louis XII of France to his nephew, Gaston de Foix, who was killed at Ravenna in 1512. The duchy then returned to the royal ___domain, and was detached from it successively for Giuliano de Medici and his wife Philiberta of Savoy in 1515, for Louise of Savoy in 1524, and for Philip of Savoy, count of Genevois, in 1528. The descendants of the last-mentioned duke possessed the duchy until its sale to Louis XIV of France. In 1672 Louis gave it to his brother Philip, duke of Orleans, whose descendants possessed it until the French Revolution. The title of duc de Nemours was afterwards given to Louis Charles, son of King Louis Philippe of France.
Ducs de Nemours, 1404
- Charles d'Evreux, 1st Duc de Nemours, also King of Navarre (1361–1425)
After the death of Charles III in 1425, the Duchy was claimed both by the descendants of his younger daughter, Beatrix d'Evreux, and his elder daughter and heiress, Blanche I of Navarre. Blanche's descendants, the Kings of Navarre, claimed the title until 1571. However, Louis XII settled the claim on Jacques d'Armagnac, grandson of Beatrix, in 1462.
- Eleanor of Bourbon-La Marche (1412–1462)
- Jacques d'Armagnac, 4th Duc de Nemours (1437–1477)
- Jean d'Armagnac, 5th Duc de Nemours (1467–1500)
- Louis d'Armagnac, 6th Duc de Nemours (d. 1503)
- Marguerite d'Armagnac, 7th Duchesse de Nemours (d. 1503)
- Charlotte d'Armagnac, 8th Duchesse de Nemours (d. 1504)
Charlotte, the last descendant of Beatrix d'Evreux, died childless in 1504.
Ducs de Nemours, 1507
Ducs de Nemours, 1515
- Philiberte de Savoie, 1st Duchesse de Nemours (1498-1524)
- Julien de Medicis, 1st Duc de Nemours (1479-1516), married Philiberte in 1515
Ducs de Nemours, 1524
- Louise de Savoie, 1st Duchesse de Nemours (1476-1531) (duchy transferred to her brother in 1528; she received Auvergne in exchange)
- Philippe de Savoie, 1st Duc de Nemours (1490-1533)
- Jacques de Savoie, 2nd Duc de Nemours (1531-1585)
- Charles Emmanuel de Savoie, 3rd Duc de Nemours (1567-1595)
- Henri de Savoie, 4th Duc de Nemours (1572-1632)
- Louis de Savoie, 5th Duc de Nemours (1615-1641)
- Charles Amédée de Savoie, 6th Duc de Nemours (1624-1652)
- Henri de Savoie, 7th Duc de Nemours (1625-1659)
Ducs de Nemours, 1672
- Philippe I de Bourbon, 1st Duc d'Orléans et de Nemours (1640-1701)
- Philippe II de Bourbon, 2nd Duc d'Orléans et de Nemours (1674-1723), Regent of France from 1715 to 1723
- Louis de Bourbon, 3rd Duc d'Orléans et de Nemours (1703-1752)
- Louis Philippe I de Bourbon, 4th Duc d'Orléans et de Nemours (1725-1785)
- Louis Philippe II de Bourbon, 5th Duc d'Orléans et de Nemours (1747-1793)
- Louis Philippe III de Bourbon, 6th Duc d'Orléans et de Nemours (1773-1850) (became King of the French in 1830 as Louis-Philippe I)
Ducs de Nemours of the House of Orléans
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public ___domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
