Peer of France

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A Peer of France was a member of the historic French noble assembly that held high hereditary or life-ranking status and significant political and judicial privileges under the French monarchy.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Peerage of France 11
Peer of France canonical 10
Prince-peers of France 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French noble title ⓘ
hereditary title ⓘ
noble rank ⓘ
abolished French Revolution ⓘ
associatedWithCity Paris ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution French royal court ⓘ
Parlement of Paris ⓘ
coronationRole holding regalia at Reims Cathedral ⓘ
supporting the king during coronation ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
equivalentTo British peer ⓘ
finalAbolition 1848 ⓘ
governedBy customary law of the French kingdom ⓘ
royal letters patent ⓘ
grantedBy King of France ⓘ
hasPart duke-peer ⓘ
ecclesiastical peer ⓘ
lay peer ⓘ
peerage of France ⓘ
prince-peer ⓘ
hasPrivilege high precedence at court ⓘ
judicial privileges ⓘ
political privileges ⓘ
right to be tried by peers ⓘ
role in royal coronation ceremonies ⓘ
seat in the Parlement of Paris ⓘ
hasQuality hereditary dignity ⓘ
high nobility ⓘ
life dignity ⓘ
historicalPeriod Ancien Régime ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
early modern France ⓘ
linked to: Ancien Régime
inception 12th century ⓘ
judicialBody Parlement of Paris ⓘ
language French ⓘ
legalStatus noble estate ⓘ
modeledAfter Twelve Peers of Charlemagne (legendary) ⓘ
originalComposition 6 ecclesiastical peers ⓘ
6 lay peers ⓘ
originalNumberOfPeers 12 ⓘ
partOf Ancien Régime social hierarchy ⓘ
linked to: Ancien Régime

French peerage system ⓘ
rankAbove ordinary nobility ⓘ
rankBelow royal family of France ⓘ
reestablishedAs Chamber of Peers ⓘ
reestablishedUnder Bourbon Restoration ⓘ
July Monarchy ⓘ
typeOf feudal dignity ⓘ
usedIn French monarchy ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Victor Hugo → positionHeld → Peer of France ⓘ
Duke of Richelieu → peerage → Peerage of France ⓘ
linked to: Peer of France
Count of Poitiers → partOf → Peerage of France ⓘ
linked to: Peer of France
Duke of Maine → peerage → Peerage of France ⓘ
linked to: Peer of France
Anne de Montmorency → nobleTitle → Peer of France ⓘ
Duchess of Touraine → partOf → Peerage of France ⓘ
linked to: Peer of France
Nicolas-Joseph Maison → positionHeld → Peer of France ⓘ
Duchy of Vendôme → titleInPeerage → Peerage of France ⓘ
linked to: Peer of France
Marshal Villars → positionHeld → Peer of France ⓘ
Duc de Maine → peerage → Peerage of France ⓘ
linked to: Peer of France
Peers of France → hasPart → Prince-peers of France ⓘ
linked to: Peer of France
Duke of La Meilleraye → nobilityType → Peerage of France ⓘ
linked to: Peer of France
Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr → positionHeld → Peer of France ⓘ
Nicolas Oudinot → positionHeld → Peer of France ⓘ
subject linked to: Marshal Nicolas Oudinot
Duke of Rambouillet → nobilityCategory → Peerage of France ⓘ
linked to: Peer of France
Duke of Gisors → nobilityType → Peerage of France ⓘ
linked to: Peer of France
Auguste de Marmont → hasHonorificTitle → Peer of France ⓘ
subject linked to: de Marmont
Duke of Montpensier → peerage → Peerage of France ⓘ
linked to: Peer of France
Duke of Beaumont → titleScope → Peerage of France ⓘ
linked to: Peer of France
Étienne Maurice Gérard → positionHeld → Peer of France ⓘ
subject linked to: Marshal Gérard
Duke of Montmorency → precedence → Peer of France ⓘ