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The house of la Croix de Castries (traditionally pronounced "Castre"), in Latin de Cruce, is a French noble family from Languedoc. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Languedoc ( in French Lengadòc in Occitan) is a former Province of France, now continued in the modern-day ''régions'' of Languedoc-Roussillon Castries was named after one of its members. Castries (ˈkæstriːz population 10634 aggl 37963 (2001-05-12 is the Capital city of Saint Lucia, a country in the West Indies.

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History

Their heraldic shield is "azure, on a cross, or". This article is about the heraldic tincture. For other meanings see Azure (disambiguation. In Heraldry, or (from the French word for gold) is the tincture of gold, and belongs to the class of light tinctures called "metals" Family tradition holds that one of the family's members was saint Roch, the pilgrim apostle who dedicated his life to the service of the sick and plague-victims in the 13th century. Saint Roch ( Latin: Rochus Catalan: Roc Italian: Rocco French: Roch Spanish and Portuguese: Roque German The La Croix de Castries family, however, was not ennobled until the end of the 15th century, as Nobles of the Robe. See also French nobility Under the Old Regime, the Nobles of the Robe or Nobles of the Gown (noblesse de robe were French Aristocrats It was admitted to the honours of court in 1744, 1753, 1776, and 1786.

Duc de Castries

The title of duc de Castries was conferred by brevet in 1784, with the promise that the title duc de Guines would revert to them, to Armand Charles Augustin de La Croix de Castries. Under the Bourbon Restoration, on 4 June 1817 he was re-created duc de Castries et Pair de France. Following the ousting of Napoleon I of France in 1814 the Allies restored the Bourbon Dynasty to the French throne Peerage of France (Pairie de France was a distinction within the French nobility which appeared in the Middle Ages.

The ducal title, fallen into disuse due to the death of the third duke without issue, was re-created as a courtesy title in 1907 by René Edmond Marie Gabriel de La Croix de Castries (1842-1913), comte de Castries, an old diplomat belonging to a cadet branch of the family. A courtesy title is a form of address in systems of Nobility used by children former wives and other close relatives of a peer. The descendants in the male-line of a younger son of a Monarch or Patriarch collectively constitute a cadet branch of that ancestor's lineage

Notable members of the family

The house of Castries has included a marshal of France, a navy minister, several lieutenant generals and Field Marshals, knights knighted by the king, and masters of the royal bedchamber. The Marshal of France (Maréchal de France and pl Maréchaux de France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a Military rank. One of France 's Secretaries of State under the Ancien régime was entrusted with control of the French Navy ( Secretary of State of the Navy (France Lieutenant General is a Military rank used in many countries The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the Field Marshal ( French: Maréchal de camp) was a general officer rank used by the French Army until 1848.

By year of birth, notable members are:

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The Hôtel de Castries Hôtel particulier in Paris located in the VIIe arrondissement, at 72 Rue de Varenne. Castries (ˈkæstriːz population 10634 aggl 37963 (2001-05-12 is the Capital city of Saint Lucia, a country in the West Indies.
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