Duke of Enghien

The title of count then duke of Enghien was carried since the 16th century in the Maison of Cop, connects junior by the Maison of Bourbon.

History

The Seigneurie of Enghien had belonged to the dowry brought by Marie of Luxembourg († 1546) at the time of its marriage with François de Bourbon, count de Vendôme.

Enghien is initially a city of Hainaut (" Enghien on Escaut"). When the county of Enghien was included in the prerogative made up with the profit of the house of Cop, the grandson of Marie, Louis Ier de Bourbon-Cop transported the name of Enghien on his seigniory of Nogent-le-Rotrou which it made re-elect " Enghien-the-French " , then to set up in Duchy - peerage in 1566. He died in 1569 before the recording of the letters patent. The title should thus have died out with him, but his/her son Henri Ier de Bourbon-Cop, then his grandson Henri II of Bourbon-Cop, continued to carry, inter alia, jointly with the title of prince de Condé, that of duke of Enghien.

In 1621 however, this wire of Henri Ier, Henri II of Bourbon-Cop (1588 - 1646), gave to his new-born Louis son (the future " Large Condé") its title of duke of Enghien. The use was thus inaugurated to name " duke of Enghien" the oldest son of prince de Condé in title.

However, this same Henri II was created Duc of Montmorency in 1633 after the execution of his brother-in-law, the last duke of Montmorency, in 1632. In September 1689, definitively to give under " duke of Enghien" a legitimacy up to that point contestable, the grandson of Henri II and wire of the Large Cop, Henri Jules de Bourbon-Cop, makes re-elect the duchy of Montmorency in duchy of Enghien, with the profit of his/her own son Louis III of Bourbon-Cop (1668 - 1710). (A little later the duchy of Beaufort was famous duchy of Montmorency: V. Duke of Beaufort). The title of duke of Enghien thus continued to be carried by the oldest son of prince de Condé in title, however, if this oldest son had itself a son, it is the latter which took the title of duke of Enghien, the oldest son of prince de Condé in title keeping in this case the title of duke of Bourbon.

List counts and dukes of Enghien

1536 - 1546: François de Bourbon-Cop (1519 - 1546), count d' Enghien;
1566 - 1569: Louis I {{er}} of Bourbon-Cop (1530 - 1569), count then 1st duke of Enghien, brother of the precedent;
1569 - 1588: Henri I {{er}} of Bourbon-Cop (1552 - 1588), 2nd duke of Enghien, wire of the precedent;
1588 - 1621: Henri II of Bourbon-Cop (1588 - 1646), 3rd duke of Enghien, wire of the precedent;
1621 - 1646: Louis II of Bourbon-Cop (1621 - 1686), known as “the Large Cop”, 4th duke of Enghien, wire of the precedent;
1646 - 1686: Henri Jules de Bourbon-Cop (1643 - 1709), 5th duke of Enghien, wire of the precedent;
1689 - 1709: Louis III of Bourbon-Cop (1668 - 1710), 6th duke of Enghien, wire of the precedent;
1709 - 1710: Louis IV Henri de Bourbon-Cop (1692 - 1740), 7th duke of Enghien, wire of the precedent;
1736 - 1740: Louis V Joseph de Bourbon-Cop (1736 - 1818), 8th duke of Enghien, wire of the precedent;
1756 - 1772: Louis VI Henri de Bourbon-Cop (1756 - 1830), 9th duke of Enghien, wire of the precedent;
1772 - 1804: Louis Antoine of Bourbon-Cop (1772 - 1804), 10th and last duke of Enghien, wire of the precedent.

Random links: