Duke of Chartres

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The title of Duke of Chartres was originally an Earldom or comté of Chartres. The title of comte de Chartres was later turned into a duchy holding the title of duc de Chartres. This title of duchy-peer was given by Louis XIV of France to his nephew at his birth in 1674. He was the younger son and hier of his brother Philippe de France the duc d'Orléans.

Contents 1 Carolingian Counts 2 Hereditary Counts 2.1 House of Blois 3 Duke of Chartres 3.1 After 1848

[edit] Carolingian Counts

• 882-886 : Hasting, Viking chief, defeated by Carloman in 879, agreed to settle in and received the County of Chartres. He sold it in 886 to subsidize an expedition during which he died.

[edit] Hereditary Counts

[edit] House of Blois

960-965 : Theobald I the Cheater († 975) count of Blois and Chartres, of which he took possession in 960.

married to Liutgarde de Vendermois

975-996 : Odo I († 996) count of Blois and Chartres, and count of Reims (982-985)

married to Bertha of Burgundy

995-1004 : Theobald II († 1004) count of Blois, Chartres, and Reims

[edit] Duke of Chartres

After its revival and elevation, it was used by the House of Orléans, cadet branch of the House of Bourbon, the hier to the titles and lands of the House of Orléans which had been founded by Philippe de France. Holders of the title were:

• Philip II d'Orléans, duc de Chartres (1674–1723), Regent of France from 1715 to 1723.
• Louis d'Orléans, duc de Chartres (1703–1752).
• Louis Philippe I d'Orléans, duc de Chartres (1725–1785).
• Louis Philippe II d'Orléans, duc de Chartres (1747–1793).
  • Also known as Philippe Égalité.
• Louis Philippe III d'Orléans, duc de Chartres (1773-1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848.

[edit] After 1848

• Ferdinand Philippe d'Orléans, duc de Chartres (1810–1842) eldest son of King Louis Philippe.

A younger brother of the comte de Paris was again Robert, duc de Chartres (1840-1910). The title is currently held, as a courtesy title, by Charles-Louis, duc de Chartres, son of the Orléanist claimant to the throne of France, Jacques, duc d'Orléans.