Peerage of France
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The Peerage of France was a hereditary distinction within the French nobility which appeared in 1180 during the Middle Ages.
Coats of arms of the twelve peers of France, 1516
Chamber of Peers in the Palais du Luxembourg (1841)
French nobility
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The French nobility is an aristocratic social class in France dating from the Middle Ages.
Pierre d'Hozier (1592–1660), genealogist and juge d'armes of France, employed to verify the French nobility
The abolition of privileges, relief by Léopold Morice at the "Monument to the Republic", Paris
A signet ring with coat of arms