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'''Duc de Poix''' in the [[peer of France|French peerage]] was created by [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]] in 1663, for [[Charles III de Créquy|Charles de Créquy]] (1623-1687),<ref name="x472">{{cite web | title=Charles de Blanchefort-Créquy, Duc de Poix, Collections Online | website=British Museum | url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG223913 | access-date=2025-06-28}}</ref> who served as ambassador to Spain, England, Rome and Bavaria. | '''Duc de Poix''' in the [[peer of France|French peerage]] was created by [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]] in 1663, for [[Charles III de Créquy|Charles de Créquy]] (1623-1687),<ref name="x472">{{cite web | title=Charles de Blanchefort-Créquy, Duc de Poix, Collections Online | website=British Museum | url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG223913 | access-date=2025-06-28}}</ref> who served as ambassador to Spain, England, Rome and Bavaria. | ||
The title was taken from de Créquy's home town of [[Poix-de-Picardie]] but it became extinct when he died in 1687 without a male heir. It now forms one of the secondary titles of the current [[duc de Mouchy|ducs de Mouchy]]. | The title was taken from de Créquy's home town of [[Poix-de-Picardie]] but it became extinct when he died in 1687 without a male heir. | ||
Poix became in 1729 a princely, and later (1819) a ducal, title for a cadet branch of the [[House of Noailles]]. It now forms one of the secondary titles of the current [[duc de Mouchy|ducs de Mouchy]]. | |||
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Latest revision as of 10:06, 28 December 2025
Template:Use dmy dates Duc de Poix in the French peerage was created by Louis XIV in 1663, for Charles de Créquy (1623-1687),[1] who served as ambassador to Spain, England, Rome and Bavaria.
The title was taken from de Créquy's home town of Poix-de-Picardie but it became extinct when he died in 1687 without a male heir.
Poix became in 1729 a princely, and later (1819) a ducal, title for a cadet branch of the House of Noailles. It now forms one of the secondary titles of the current ducs de Mouchy.
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