Duke Decazess ( French Duc Decazess ) - French aristocratic title. It was created on February 20, 1820, by King Louis XVIII for the French statesman Ely Decase (1780-1868). He served as Prefect of the Paris Police (1815), Member of the Chamber of Deputies from the Department of Seine (1815-1816), Minister of Police (1815-1818), Minister of the Interior (1818-1820) and Prime Minister of France (1819-1820). In 1816 he received the title of Count Dekaz. In 1818, after his second marriage, Eli Dekaz received the Danish hereditary title of Duke Glucksberg . In 1822, this title was recognized in France.
| Duke Decazus | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms of the Dukes Decaz and Glucksberg | |
| Period | February 20, 1820 - present |
| Ancestor | Eli Louis Decaz |
| Homeland | Kingdom of france |
Ely Louis Decazus, 1st Duke of Decazus (1780-1860)
List of Dukes Decazus
- 1820-1860 : Eli Louis Decaz , 1st Duke of Decaz and Glucksberg (September 28, 1780 - October 24, 1860), Prime Minister of France (1819-1820). The son of Michel Dekase (1747-1832) and Catherine de Trigan de Beaumont (1750-1834)
- 1860-1886 : Louis-Charles-Elie Decaz , 2nd Duke of Decaz and Glucksberg (May 29, 1819 - September 16, 1886), French Minister of Foreign Affairs (1873-1877), the eldest son of a previous second marriage
- 1886-1912 : Jean-Elie-Octav-Louis-Sever-Amanien Decaz , 3rd Duke of Decaz and Glucksberg (April 30, 1864 - August 30, 1912), the only son of the previous
- 1912-1941 : Louis-Jean-Victor-Sever Decasus , 4th Duke of Decazus and Glucksberg (February 24, 1889 - June 2, 1941), the eldest son of the previous
- 1941—2011 : Eli-Louis-Henry-Christian Dekaz , 5th Duke of Dekaz and Glucksberg (May 16, 1914 - March 17, 2011), the eldest son of the previous
- 2011 - present : Louis-Frederic-Renee-Marie-Edouard Decaz , 6th Duke of Decaz and Glucksberg (born 1946), the only son of the previous one.
Links
Sources
- François Velde, "Armory of the French Hereditary Peerage (1814-30) " [archive], Lay Peers, sur www.heraldica.org, 27 septembre 2005 (consulté le 25 mai 2011)
- "Duc Decazes" [archive], sur roglo.eu (consulté le 25 mai 2011)
- »Duc DECAZES" [archive], sur gw1.geneanet.org (consulté le 25 mai 2011)