The list of the knights of the Order of the Holy Spirit presents the chronological list of knights and commanders of the most important French Order of the Holy Spirit, established by Henry III (1578), abolished under the French Revolution (1791), re-established under the Restoration (1814), abolished in turn by the July Monarchy (1830).
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Collar of the commanders (prelates) of the Order of the Holy Spirit
Collar of the Chevaliers of the Order of the Holy Spirit
Henry III was the founder of the order, First sovereign chief of the order.
Jacques de Mouy, seigneur de Pierrecourt, state councilor.
Charles de Vivonne, seigneur de la Chasteigneraye, sénéchal of Saintonge.
Jacques le Veneur, comte de Tillières, lieutenant général of Haute-Normandie.
Tenth promotion (21 December 1587)
Prelate received on 31 December 1587:
François de Foix-Candale, bishop of Aire.
During the reign of Henry III, Knights and commanders appointed without having been received
Several eminent personages were appointed Knight or Commander of the Order of the Holy Spirit during the reign of Henry III, without having been received, and therefore they cannot be counted as members of the order. However, as proof of their appointments exists either in the archives of the order itself, or in the genealogies of the great officers of the crown, it seemed necessary to recall their names.
Philippe d'Angennes, seigneur de Fargis, governor of Maine.
René du Bellay, prince d'Yvetot.
Artus de Maillé, seigneur de Brézé, governor of Anjou.
Henri IV, second sovereign head of the order, did not receive the collar until his coronation, 28 February 1594, and during this interval made the most senior chevalier to preside in his place (it was Marshal de Biron, the father, who presided in the absence of the king).
Claude de Lorraine, prince de Joinville, duc de Chevreuse, pair and Grand Chamberlain of France, governor of Haute and Basse Marche.
César, duc de Vendôme, Beaufort, Étampes and Ponthièvre, prince de Martigues, governor of Bretagne, pair and then Grand master and surintendant général of the navigation and commerce of France.
Charles de Valois, duc d'Angoulême, comte d'Auvergne, etc., pair de France and colonel général of the light cavalry.
Honoré d'Albert, duc de Chaulnes, pair and Marshal of France, governor of Picardie.
Louis de Rohan, comte de Rochefort, then prince de Guémené, duc de Montbazon, pair and Grand veneur de France.
Joachim de Bellengreville, seigneur de Neuville-Gambetz, de Bomicourt, etc., Provost of l'hôtel du Roi and of France.
Martin III du Bellay, prince of Yvetot, marquis of Thouarcé, etc., lieutenant général in Normandy, then in Anjou, captain of 50 armed men of the Ordinances, Marshal General of France.
Charles, sire de Créquy, prince de Poix, comte de Sault, then duc de Lesdiguières, pair and marshal of France.
Gilbert Filhet, seigneur de la Curée and la Roche-Turpin, captain of 50 armed men, Marshal General of France.
Philippe de Béthune, comte de Charost, bailli de Mantes and Meulant, ambassador in Scotland, Rome, Savoy and Germany.
Charles de Coligny, marquis d'Andelot, lieutenant général of the government of Champagne.
Jean François de La Guiche, seigneur de Saint-Géran, comte de la Palisse, governor of Bourbonnais, then Marshal of France.
René Du Bec, marquis de Vardes and La Bosse, State councillor, captain of 50 armed men, governor of pays de Thiérache.
Antoine Arnaud de Pardaillan de Gondrin, seigneur de Pardaillan, Gondrin and Antin, marquis de Montespan, captain of the Life Guards, maréchal de camps, and lieutenant général in the province of Guyenne.
Henri de Bourdeille, vicomte de Bourdeille, marquis d'Archiac, captain of 100 armed men, sénéchal and governor of Périgord.
Jean-Baptiste d'Ornano, comte de Montlor, colonel général of the Corsicans, lieutenant général in Normandy, governor of the King's brother, then Marshal of France.
Henri de Bauffremont, marquis de Sénecey, governor of Auxonne.
René Potier, comte then Duke of Tresmes, pair de France, captain of the Life Guards, lieutenant général of the government of Champagne.
Philippe-Emmanuel de Gondi, comte de Joigny, général of the galleys.
Charles d'Angennes, marquis de Rambouillet, vidame du Mans, seigneur d'Arquenay, etc., captain of the 100 Gentlemen of la maison du Roi, ambassadeur extraordinaire in Spain.
Louis de Crévant, vicomte de Brigueil, marquis d'Humières, captain of the 100 Gentlemen of la maison du Roi and governor of Compiègne.
Bertrand de Vignolles, dit de la Hire, baron de Vignolles, seigneur de Casaubon and Preschat, lieutenant général in Champagne, First Marshal General of France, governor of Sainte-Ménéhould.
Antoine II de Gramont, souverain de Bidache, comte de Guiche and Louvignières, then duc de Gramont, vice-roi de Navarre and Béarn, governor of Bayonne.
François Nompar de Caumont, comte de Lauzun, State councillor, captain of 50 armed men.
Melchior Mitte, comte de Miolans, marquis de Saint-Chaumontand Montpezal, seigneur de Chevrières, State minister, lieutenant général of the King's armies, and government of Provence, ambassadeur extraordinaire in Rome.
Léonor de la Magdeleine, Seigneur then marquis de Ragny, King's lieutenant in the county of Charollois.
Jean de Warignies, seigneur de Blainville, master of the King's wardrobe.
Léon d'Albert, seigneur de Brantes, captain lieutenant of the Guards light horse, governor of Blaye, then duc de Piney-Luxembourg and pair de France.
Nicolas de Brichanteau, marquis de Nangis, State councillor, captain of 50 armed men.
Charles de Vivonne, baron de la Chasteigneraye, governor of Parthenay.
André de Cochefilet, comte de Vauvineux, baron de Vaucelas, ambassador in Spain.
Gaspard Dauvet, seigneur des Marêts, State councillor, governor of Beauvais and pays de Beauvaisis, ambassador in England.
Lancelot, seigneur de Vassé, baron de la Roche-Mabile, seigneur d'Esquilly, etc., State councillor.
Charles, sire de Rambures, maréchal de camps, governor of Doullens.
Antoine de Buade, seigneur de Frontenac, baron de Palluau, captain of the Saint-Germain-en-Laye castle, first master of l'hôtel du Roi.
Nicolas de L'Hospital, marquis then duc de Vitry, Marshal of France, governor of la Brie.
Jean de Souvré, Marquis de Courtanvaux, State councillor, first gentilhomme of the King's Chamber, and governor of Touraine.
François de L'Hospital, seigneur du Hallier, comte de Rosnay, captain of the King's Life guards, then Marshal of France and State minister.
Louis de la Marck, marquis de Mauny, first Squire of Queen Anne of Austria.
At the chapel of Somerset House, London, on 28 June 1625.
Antoine Coeffier, dit Ruzé, marquis d'Effiat and Longjumeau, baron de Massy and Beaulieu, governor of Bourbonnais and Auvergne, surintendant of Finances and then Marshal of France.
Armand-Jean du Plessis, cardinal, duc de Richelieu, pair de France, Grand master and surintendant général of the navigation and commerce, governor of Bretagne.
Louis de Nogaret, cardinal de la Valette, archbishop of Toulouse.
Claude de Rebé, archbishop of Narbonne, président of the States of Languedoc.
Bernard de Nogaret, de la Valette and Foix, duc de la Valette and Epernon, colonel général of the French infantery française, governor of Metz.
Charles-Henri, comte de Clermont and Tonnerre, marquis de Crusy, etc., first baron and hereditary Constable of the Dauphiné, State councillor and captain of 100 armed men.
Jean de Nettancourt, comte de Vaubecourt, baron d'Orne and Choiseul, State councillor, Marshal General of France, governor of Châlons.
Henri I de Saint-Nectaire, or Senneterre, marquis de la Ferté-Nabert, ambassador in England and Rome, State minister.
Philibert, vicomte de Pompadour, the King's lieutenant général in Limousin.
René aux Epaules, dit de Laval, marquis de Néelle, maréchal de camp.
Guillaume de Simiane, marquis de Gordes, captain of the Life Guards.
Charles, comte de Lannoi, first maître d'hôtel du Roi, governor of Montreuil.
François de Nagu, marquis de Varennes, governor of Aigue-Mortes.
Urbain de Maillé, marquis de Brézé, Marshal of France, governor of Calais and Saumur.
Jean de Galard de Béarn, comte de Brassac, governor of Saintonge.
François de Noailles, comte d'Ayen, State councillor, captain of 100 armed men of the Ordinances, Marshal General of France, lieutenant général in Auvergne.
Bernard de Baylens, baron de Poyanne, lieutenant général in pays de Béarn.
Gabriel de La Vallée-Fossés, marquis d'Everly, maréchal de camp, governor of Lorraine and of Montpellier and Verdun.
Charles de Livron, marquis de Bourbonne, lieutenant général en Champagne, maréchal de camp.
Gaspard-Armand, vicomte de Polignac, marquis de Chalançon, governor of Puy-en-Velay.
Louis, vicomte then duc d'Arpajon, marquis de Séverac, lieutenant général of the King's armies.
Charles d'Escoubleau, marquis de Sourdis and Alluye, State councillor, Marshal General of France, governor of Orléans.
François de Blanchefort de Bonne de Créqui, comte de Sault, then duc de Lesdiguières, pair de France and governor of Dauphiné.
François de Béthune, comte d'Orval, then duc de Béthune, first Squire of Queen Anne of Austria.
Charles du Camboût, baron de Pont-Château and la Roche-Bernard, marquis de Coislin, governor of Brest, the King's lieutenant général in Basse-Bretagne.
François de Vignerot, marquis du Pont-de-Courlai, governor of Havre de Grâce, then général of the galleys of France.
Charles de La Porte, marquis then duc de la Meilleraye, pair, Grand master of the artillery and Marshal of France.
Gabriel de Rochechouart, marquis then duc de Mortemart, pair of France, and governor of Paris.
Just-Henri, comte de Tournon and Roussillon, sénéchal d'Auvergne, maréchal de camp.
Louis de Mouy, seigneur de la Meilleraye, lieutenant général of the government of Normandie.
Charles de Damas, comte de Thianges, maréchal de camp, lieutenant général of pays de Bresse and Charollois.
Hector de Gelas de Voisins, marquis de Leheron and Ambres, vicomte de Lautrec, sénéchal and governor of Lauragais.
Henri de Baudean, comte de Parabère, marquis de la Mothe-Sainte-Heraye, vicomte de Pardaillan, seigneur de Castelnau, etc., State councillor, governor of Haut and Bas-Poitou.
Jean de Monchy, marquis de Montcavrel, governor of Ardres and Etampes.
Roger du Plessis, seigneur de Liancourt, marquis de Guercheville, comte de la Rocheguyon, then duc de Liancourt and pair de France.
Charles de Rouvroy de Saint-Simon, a.k.a. marquis de Saint-Simon, seigneur du Plessis and Pont-Sainte-Maixence, colonel of the regiment of Navarre, lieutenant général of the King's armies and governor of Senlis.
Georges de Brancas, duc de Villars, pair de France
Louis XIV, known as 'the great', fourth head and sovereign Grand maître de l'Ordre, received the collar of l'Ordre the day after his coronation on 8 June 1654.
Louis Auguste de Bourbon, legitimized son of the King, duc du Maine, pair de France, Grand master of the artillery of France, colonel général of the Swiss and Grisons.
Eleventh promotion (Versailles, 31 December 1688)
Prelates:
César d'Estrées, cardinal of Trinité-des-Monts, before bishop and Duke of Laon, pair de France
Pierre de Bonzi, cardinal of Saint-Onuphre, archbishop of Narbonne
Victor Marie d'Estrées, comte, puis duc d'Estrées, pair, vice-admiral and marshal of France, a.k.a. maréchal de Cœuvres then maréchal d'Estrées.
Hector de Villars, duc de Villars, pair and marshal of France, grandee of Spain First class, Knight in the order of the Golden Fleece and governor of the Provence.
Noël Bouton, marquis de Chamilly, marshal of France, governor of Strasbourg.
Louis-Vincent, marquis de Goësbriant, lieutenant général
Thirty first promotion (Versailles, 2 December 1712)
Knight:
Louis, duc d'Aumont, pair de France, marquis de Piennes, comte de Berzé, etc., first gentleman of the King's chamber and ambassadeur extraordinaire in England.
Abraham de Fabert d'Esternay, Marshal of France, Governor of Sedan, appointed Knight on the Orders of the King, but did not take advantage of this honor, "not being in a position to prove himself. The letter whose Majesty honored him on the invincibility of this obstacle manifests the greatness and goodness of the master and eternalizes the merit of the subject. " (Catalogue des Chevaliers de l'Ordre du Saint-Esprit, p.306.)
Joseph-Emmanuel de la Tremoille de Noirmoustier, cardinal archbishop of Cambrai.
The fifth head and sovereign Grand maître de l'Ordre du Saint-Esprit, Louis XV received the collar of l'Ordre the day after his coronation, at Reims, on 27 October 1722.
1st promotion (26 July 1717)
Proclaimed at Versailles, but reception done at Madrid:
François-Bernard Potier, duc de Tresme, pair de France, first gentleman of the King's Chamber.
Adrien Maurice de Noailles, duc de Noailles, pair de France, Knight of the Golden Fleece, Grandee of Spain first class, captain of the 1st company of the Life Guards and governor of Roussillon.
Armand de Béthune, duc de Charost, pair de France, captain of the Life Guards.
Jacques Fitz-James, duc de Berwick, Fitz-James, Léria and Xérica, peer of France and England, Grandee of Spain first class, Knight of the Order of the Garter and of the Golden Fleece, marshal of France.
Marie-Joseph, duc d'Hostun, comte de Tallard, pair de France, governor of comté de Bourgogne.
Louis de Brancas, des comtes de Forcalquier, comte de Cereste, known as marquis de Brancas, Grandee of Spain, Knight of the Golden Fleece, etc., marshal of France.
Jean de Montboisier, comte de Canillac, lieutenant général, captain-lieutenant of the 2nd company of Mousquetaires and governor of cities and citadels of Amiens and Corbie.
Jacques-Joseph Vipart, marquis de Silly, State councillor of the sword, lieutenant général.
Jacques de Cassagnet-Tilladet-Narbonne, marquis de Fimarcon, lieutenant général of the province of Roussillon, governor of Mont-Louis.
Henri de Saint-Nectaire, known as marquis de Sennecterre, lieutenant général and ambassador in England.
Pierre-Magdeleine de Beauvau, comte de Beauvau, lieutenant général.
Louis de Gand de Mérode de Montmorency, prince d'Isenghien, lieutenant général.
Louis-Pierre Engilbert de la Marck-Bouillon, known as comte de la Marck, lieutenant général.
César de Saint-Georges, marquis de Coué-Vérac, lieutenant général of the province of Poitou.
Alexandre-Magdeleine-Rosalie de Châtillon, baron d'Argenton, known as comte de Châtillon, grand bailli of Haguenau, lieutenant général.
Henri-Camille, marquis de Beringhen, de Châteauneuf and Uxelles, first Squire of the King.
11th promotion (Versailles, 13 May 1731)
Knights:
Jean-Baptiste de Durfort, duc de Duras, comte de Rozan, baron de Pujols, lieutenant général and later marshal of France.
François-Marie de Broglie, comte de Revel, baron de Ferrières, then duc de Broglie and marshal of France.
Philippe Charles de La Fare, marquis de la Fare, Knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece, Marshal General of France, lieutenant général in the province of Languedoc.
Gaston-Charles-Pierre de Lévis de Lomagne, marquis de Mirepoix, Hereditary Marshal of the Faith, then marshal of France and captain of the Life Guards.
Daniel-François, comte de Gélas de Voisins d'Ambres, known as comte de Lautrec, lieutenant général, inspector général of the infantry, the marshal of France.
Jean-Antoine-François de Franquetot, comte de Coigny, colonel général of the dragoons.
29th promotion (Versailles, 6 January 1745)
Prelate:
Armand de Rohan, cardinal de Soubise, bishop and prince of Strasbourg, Grand Almoner of France.
30th promotion (Versailles, 2 February 1745)
Knights:
Louis-Marie-d'Aumont, duc d'Aumont, pair de France, first gentleman of the King's Chamber, then lieutenant général and governor of Boulonnais.
Henri-Louis de Choiseul, marquis de Meuze, lieutenant général.
Henri-Charles de Saulx, comte de Tavannes, marquis de Trichâteau, lieutenant général for the King in Bourgogne.
31st promotion (Versailles, 1 January 1746)
Knight:
Louis Riggio Saladino-Branciforti-Colonna, prince of Campo-Florido, Grandee of Spain first class, captain général of the Guards of the King of Spain, ambassador in France.
32nd promotion (Versailles, 2 February 1746)
Prelate:
Louis-Jacques Chapt de Rastignac, archbishop of Tours.
Knights:
Nicolas-Joseph-Balthasar de Langlade, vicomte du Chayla, lieutenant général, director général of the cavalry.
Jacques-François Milano Franco-Arragon, 2nd prince of Ardore and the Holy Empire, gentleman of the chamber of the King of the Two Sicilies and his ambassador in France.
Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, duc de Nivernois, pair de France, Grandee of Spain first class, ambassadeur extraordinaire in Rome.
43rd promotion (Versailles, 1 January 1753)
Knight:
Emmanuel d'Hautefort, marquis d'Hautefort and Sarcelles, comte de Montignac, Marshal General of France, ambassadeur extraordinaire in the Germanic Empire.
44th promotion (Versailles, 2 February 1753)
Knights:
André-Hercule de Rosset, duc de Fleury, pair de France, lieutenant général, first gentleman of the King's Chamber.
Bufile-Hyacinthe-Toussaint de Brancas, des comtes de Forcalquier, comte de Céreste.
Paul-Gallucio de l'Hôpital, marquis de Châteauneuf-sur-Cher, lieutenant général, ambassadeur extraordinaire in Saint Petersburg, inspector général of the cavalry and dragoons, first Squire of Adélaïde de France.
Antoine-Paul-Jacques de Quélen, prince de Carency, comte de la Vauguyon, lieutenant général, governor of the King's children, first gentleman of the King's Chamber, Grand master of the King's wardrobe.
Pierre-Emmanuel, marquis de Crussol, Marshal General of France, ministre plénipotentiaire in Parma.
45th promotion (Versailles, 10 June 1753)
Prelates:
Charles Antoine de La Roche-Aymon, archbishop of Narbonne, then Reims, and in this capacity, first ecclesiastical peer, Grand Almoner of France and cardinal, in charge of the sheet of benefices.
Emmanuel Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, duc d'Aiguillon, pair de France, lieutenant général, commander-in-chief in Bretagne, minister and State secretary in the Foreign affairs and War departement.
47th promotion (Versailles, 6 June 1756)
Knights:
Jacques-Antoine, comte de S. Vital et de Fontanellato, marquis de Belleforte, etc., honorary knight to the infante duchess of Parma.
Charles-François de Broglie, known as comte de Broglie, ambassadeur extraordinaire for France in Poland, first colonel attaché to the grenadiers of France.
Étienne-René Potier de Gesvres, cardinal, bishop and count of Beauvais, pair de France.
Knights:
Marie-Charles-Louis d'Albert, duc de Luynes and Chevreuse, pair de France, colonel général of the dragoons, governor and lieutenant général in Paris.
Louis Georges Érasme de Contades, marquis de Contades, seigneur de la Verne, Montgeoffroy and La Roche-Thibaut, Colonel of the Flanders infantry regiment, Brigadier des armées du roi, Maréchal de camp, lieutenant général, then inspector général of the infantry in 1745, Marshal of France in 1758, chevalier des ordres du Roy and governor of Strasbourg.
Louis-Robert Mallet de Graville, dit comte de Graville, comte de Chamilly, lieutenant général, inspector général of the cavalry and the dragoons, commander-in-chief in the province of Roussillon, Conflans and Cerdagne.
François-Charles, comte de Rochechouart, marquis de Faudoas, lieutenant général, governor of Orléans and the Orléanais, ministre plénipotentiaire at the court of Infante Don Philippe, Duke of Parma.
Hyacinthe-Gaëtan de Lannion, known as comte de Lannion, baron de Malestroit, pair de Bretagne, life-time president of the States of Bretagne, governor and lieutenant général of the island of Minorca.
Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix de Castries, marquis de Castries, marshal of France, minister and State Secretary of the departement of the Navy, commandant général and inspector of the gendarmerie corps.
62nd promotion (25 August 1762)
Knight:
Don Ferdinand, infante of Spain, future Duke of Parma.
Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy, marshal of France, Grandee of Spain first class.
Gabriel Marie de Talleyrand, comte de Périgord, Grandee of Spain first class, Marshal General of France, governor and lieutenant général of the province of Haut et Bas Berry.
Louis-Paul, marquis de Brancas, Grandee of Spain first class, lieutenant général, lieutenant général in the government of Provence.
Gabriel Louis François de Neufville de Villeroy, duc de Villeroy and Retz, pair de France, captain of the 1st French company of the King's Life Guards, lieutenant général, governor of Lyon, and the provinces of Lyonnais, Forez and Beaujolais.
Louis Potier de Gesvres, duc de Tresmes, pair de France, lieutenant général, governor and lieutenant général of the province of Île-de-France.
Jean-Baptiste-Joachim Colbert, marquis de Croissy, lieutenant général.
Antoine Grimaldi, prince de Monaco, duc de Valentinois, pair de France.
Charles Auguste de Goyon de Matignon, marshal de France (In view of his great age, the King appointed his son, the Marquis de Matignon, in his place, who was received on 1 January 1725).
Cristóbal Gregorio Portocarrero, 5th Count of Montijo, Grandee of Spain, marshal of Castille, etc.
Annibal Déodat, marquis de Scotti.
1748
Anne-Louis de Thiard, marquis de Bissy, mestre-de-camp général of the cavalry, named chevalier des Ordres du Roi in an extraordinary session called by the king at Choisy on 4 May 1748. This appointment was cancelled when news arrived that he had died of wounds sustained during the Siege of Maastricht, however by a brêvet on 17 May 1748 his family was granted permission to add the honour of the order to their coat of arms.
1749
Marc-Antoine Front de Beaupoil de Saint-Aulaire, marquis de Lanmary, etc., ambassador in Sweden. Receiving appointment to the order on 1 January 1749, he died in Stockholm before he could be formerly enrolled. His family obtained a brêvet on 25 May of that year to allow them to display the honour in their coat of arms.
The sixth head and sovereign Grand maître de l'ordre du Saint-Esprit, Louis XVI received the collar of l'Ordre on 2 February 1767, seven years before becoming king.
1st promotion (Versailles, 1 January 1776)
Knights:
Jean-Louis-Roger de Rochechouart, marquis de Rochechouart.
Antoine Louis François de La Roche-Aymon, marquis de La Roche-Aymon.
Charles Daniel de Talleyrand-Périgord, comte de Talleyrand-Périgord.
Jean François de La Rochefoucauld, vicomte de La Rochefoucauld, marquis de Surgères, seigneur de Doudeauville.
Jean François de Talaru, vicomte de Talaru, seigneur de Montpeyroux.
Charles-Eugène de Lorraine, prince de Lambesc, comte de Brionne, duc d'Elbeuf and pair de France, Grand Squire of France.
Marie François Henri de Franquetot, duc de Coigny and pair de France, marquis de Bordage and La Moussaye, colonel général of the Dragoons and marshal of France.
4th Promotion (2 February 1777)
Knights:
Louis Alexandre Céleste d'Aumont, duc d'Aumont, pair de France.
Louis Melchior Armand de Polignac, vicomte de Polignac, marquis de Chalencon.
Pierre Raymond de Bérenger, marquis de Bérenger, comte de Gua.
Maximilien Antoine Armand de Béthune, duc de Sully and pair de France, sovereign prince of Henrichemont and Boisbelle, marquis de Lens, comte de Béthune and Montgommery, baron of La Chapelle d'Aiguillon and Mêle-sur-Sarthe.
The unfortunate child, son of Louis XVI, reigned from behind the bars of the Temple from 21 January 1793 to 8 June 1795 and is not known to have received the collar of the Ordre du Saint-Esprit as this customarily only conferred on prince's after receiving their first communion.Given the royalists recognised him as king he is considered among them to be the seventh head and sovereign Grand Maître de l'Ordre du Saint-Esprit.[2]
The eighth head and sovereign Grand Maître de l'Ordre du Saint-EspritLouis XVIII received the collar of the Order on 7 June 1767. For the knights of Saint-Esprit, the republic, consulate and empire never existed and the reign of Louis XVIII began on 8 June 1795 upon the death of the young king, his nephew, and continued without interruption until 1824.[2]
Monseigneur de Talleyrand-Périgord, who was part of the Council of King Louis XVIII and who had followed this prince to Germany and from there to England, was appointed in 1808 Grand Almoner of France and Prelate Knight of the Order of the Holy Spirit, in the death of Cardinal de Montmorency.
Louis-Marie-Céleste, duc d'Aumont, pair de France.
Anne-Adrien-Pierre de Montmorency, duc de Laval-Montmorency, pair de France, grandee of Spain first class, Knight of the Golden Fleece, lieutenant général.
Amédée-Bretagne-Malo de Durfort, duc de Duras, pair de France, maréchal de camp.
Popoff, Michel; Pinoteau, préface d'Hervé (1996). Armorial de l'Ordre du Saint-Esprit: d'après l'œuvre du père Anselme et ses continuateurs. Paris: Le Léopard d'or. p.204. ISBN2-86377-140-X.;