Duke of Merc Ur

By Jesse Russell

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Mercoeur, Seigneurs and Dukes of. The estate of Mercoeur in Auvergne, France, gave its name to a line of powerful lords, which became extinct in the 14th century, and passed by inheritance to the dauphins of Auvergne, counts of Clermont. In 1426 it passed to the Bourbons by the marriage, of Jeanne de Clermont, dauphine of Auvergne, with Louis I, Count of Montpensier. It formed part of the confiscated estates of the Constable de Bourbon, and was given by Francis I and Louise of Savoy to Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, and his wife, Ren e of Bourbon, sister of the Constable. Nicholas of Lorraine, son of Duke Antoine, was created Duke of Mercoeur and a peer of France in 1569. His son Philippe Emmanuel left a daughter, who married the duc de Vend me in 1609.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 5510832746
• ISBN13: 9785510832747
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Book on Demand Ltd.
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.3" x 11.0"