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| Marquisate | Province | Department | Time of Creation | Type | Receiving family | Current status | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BACQUEHEM | Artois | 62 | 1765 | LP | de Bacquehem | Extinct 1917 | |
| BADENS | Languedoc | 11 | c1770 | TC | du Pac de Badens | Extinct 1927 | |
| BAGÉ-le-CHÂTEL | Bresse | 01 | 1575 | LP | de Savoie-Tende | Extinct | raised by the duc de Savoie; earlier more commonly BEAUGÉ or BAUGÉ |
| BAGNAC | Marche | 87 | 1724 | LP | de Saint-Martin de Bagnac | Extinct 1892 | |
| BALAGNY | Picardie | 60 | c1620 | LP | de Lasseran-Massencôme de Montluc | Extinct 1825 | |
| BALAY | Franche-Comté | 39 | 1712 | LP | de Balay | Extinct 1843 | |
| BALINCOURT | Île-de-France | 95 | 1719 | LP | Testu de Balincourt | Extant | |
| BALINCOURT | Île-de-France | 95 | 1748 | C LP | Testu de Balincourt | Extant | |
| BALLEROY | Normandie | 14 | 1704 | LP | de la Cour de Balleroy | Extinct 1957 | alias marquisat de la COUR; one source state raised initially for de Choisy by Louis XIII |
| la BALLUE | Bretagne | 35 | 1622 | LP | Ruellan de la Ballue | Extinct 1819 | |
| BALON | Bugey | 01 | 1760 | LP | de Regard de Perrucard | Extinct | or BALLON |
| BALON | Maine | 72 | c1600 | LP | de Saint-Gelais de Lusignan | Extinct | or BALLON |
| BANDEVILLE | Île-de-France | 91 | 1682 | LP | Bazin | Extant | held by Doublet de Persan |
| BANDEVILLE | Île-de-France | 91 | 1704 | C LP | Doublet de Persan | Extant | |
| BARASTRE | Artois | 62 | 1771 | LP | de Couronnel | Extinct 1924 | alias marquisat de COURONNEL |
| BARBANTANE | Comtat-Venaissin | 13 | 1745 | BR | de Puget de Cabassole du Réal | Extant | papal title |
| la BARBEN | Provence | 13 | L XV | TC | de Forbin-la Barben | Extinct 1987 | |
| BARBENTANE | Comtat-Venaissin | 13 | c1750 | TC | de Robin de Barbentane | Extant | |
| BARBEZIEUX | Saintonge | 16 | 1678 | LP | le Tellier de Louvois | Extinct 1797 | |
| BARGEMON | Provence | 83 | Louis XV | TC | de Villeneuve-Bargemon | Extant | |
| la BARRE | Maine | 53 | 1633 | LP | de Chivré | County 1735 | became comté de BIERNÉ 1735 |
| BARVILLE | Normandie | LP | de Livet | Extinct | |||
| BASSOMPIERRE | Lorraine | 57 | 1633 | LP | de Bassompierre | Extinct | raised by the duc de Lorraine |
| BASSOMPIERRE | Lorraine | 88 | 1766 | LP | de Bassompierre | Extinct 1837 | raised by the duc de Lorraine; based on previous marquisat de BAUDRICOURT |
| BASVILLE | Île-de-France | 91 | 1670 | LP | de Lamoignon | Extinct 1845 | |
| la BÂTIE-de-SEYSSEL | Savoie | 73 | 1699 | LP | d'Oncieu de la Bâtie | Extant | raised by the duc de Savoie |
| BAUCHÉ | Berry | 36 | 1649 | LP | de Crevant-Bauché | Extinct 1875 | |
| BAUDRICOURT | Lorraine | 88 | 1719 | LP | de Bassompierre | Name change 1766 | raised by the duc de Lorraine; new name marquisat de BASSOMPIERRE 1766 |
| la BAUME-d'HOSTUN | Dauphiné | 26 | Henri IV | LP | d'Hostun de Gadagne | Duchy 1712 | letters patent not found, marquisate raised to duché d'HOSTUN |
| les BAUX | Provence | 13 | 1642 | LP | Grimaldi de Monaco | Extinct 1949 | title still used by the current princes of MONACO of the house de Polignac |
| BAYERS | Angoumois | 16 | c1640 | LP | de la Rochefoucauld-Bayers | Extinct 1940 | |
| BAYON | Lorraine | 54 | 1720 | LP | de Ludre-Frolois | Extinct 1846 | raised by the duc de Lorraine |
| BAZILLAC | Bigorre | 65 | b1645 | LP | d'Audéric de Savignac | Extinct 1878 | |
| BEAUCHAMP | Comtat-Venaissin | 84 | mid 16__ | BR | de Merles de Beauchamp | Extinct 1864 | papal title |
| BEAUCOURT | Picardie | 80 | Louis XV | TC | du Fresne de Beaucourt | Extant | |
| BEAUCOURT(-en-SANTERRE) | Picardie | 80 | c1670 | LP | de Festart | Extinct 1899 | |
| BEAUFORT | Languedoc | 30 | mid 16__ | LP | de Frézal de Vabres | Extinct 1890 | |
| BEAUJEU | Berry | 18 | Louis XIII | LP | du Mesnil-Simon | Extinct 1962 | |
| BEAUMONT-la-RONCE | Touraine | 37 | 1757 | LP | Bonnin de la Bonninière | Extant | |
| BEAUPRÉ | Champagne | 55 | mid 16__ | TC | de Choiseul-Daillecourt | Extinct | |
| BEAUPRÉAU | Anjou | 49 | 1554 | LP | de Montéspedon+de Bourbon-Montpensier | Extinct 1884 | Duchy between 1562 and 1737 |
| BEAUREGARD | Savoie | 74 | 1700 | LP | Costa de Beauregard | Extant | raised by the duc de Savoie |
| BEAUREPAIRE | Bourgogne | 71 | c1760 | TC | de Beaurepaire | Extant | |
| BEAUVAIS | Périgord | 24 | c1740 | BR | de la Cropte de Chantérac | Extant | later styled marquis de CHANTÉRAC |
| BEAUVAU | Lorraine | 54 | mid 16__ | LP | de Beauvau(-Craon) | Extinct 1982 | |
| BEAUVOIR | Normandie | 76 | c1760 | TC | Hébert de Beauvoir | Extant | |
| BEAUVOIR-sur-MER | Poitou | 85 | ? | * | ? | Extinct | maybe confusion and only barony under marquisat de la GARNACHE |
| BÉLESTA | Languedoc | 31 | c1725 | TC | de Varagnes de Gardouch | Extinct 1863 | |
| le BELLAY | Anjou | 49 | Louis XIII | LP | du Bellay | Extinct | |
| BELLEBRUNE | Picardie | 62 | mid 16__ | * | de Blondel de Joigny | Extinct | |
| BELLEFONDS | Normandie | 50 | Louis XIII | LP | Gigault de Bellefonds | Extinct 1928 | |
| BELLEGARDE | Orléanais | 45 | 1757 | LP | Gaultier de Bézigny | Extinct 1939 | based on earlier marquisate de CHOISY |
| BELLE-ISLE | Bretagne | 56 | 1573 | LP | de Gondi-Retz | Extinct 1789 | Crown domain since 1722 |
| BELLE-ISLE | Bretagne | 56 | 1668 | C LP | Fouquet de Belle-Isle | Extinct 1789 | |
| BELLENAVES | Bourbonnais | 03 | c1670 | LP | de Rochechouart-Champdeniers | Extant | or BELLENAVE; held by Dutour de Salvert since 1771 |
| BELLEVILLE-sur-MER | Normandie | 76 | c1752 | * | de Belleville | Extant | |
| BÉNAC | Bigorre | 65 | 1612 | LP | de Montault-Bénac | Extant | held by de Rohan-Rochefort since 1764 |
| BÉNÉHART | Maine | 72 | 1649 | LP | de Maillé-Bénéhart | Extinct? | |
| BÉNOUVILLE | Normandie | 14 | 1752 | LP | Gillain de Bénouville | Extinct c1792 | |
| BERCY | Île-de-France | 94 | Louis XIV | * | de Malon de Bercy | Extinct 1871 | |
| BERNIÈRES | Normandie | 76 | 1678 | LP | Maignart de Bernières | Extant | held by le Duc de Lillers since 1767 |
| BERNY | Île-de-France | 94 | c1653 | LP | de Lionne | Extinct 1789 | belonged to abbaye de Saint-Germain-des-Prés after 1682 |
| BERSAILLIN | Franche-Comté | 39 | 1748 | LP | de Froissard(-Bersaillin) | Extant | |
| BERTOULT d'OEUFS | Artois | 62 | 1766 | LP | de Bertoult de Hauteclocque | Extant | alias marquisat de HAUTECLOCQUE d'OEUFS |
| BÉRULLE | Champagne | 10 | 1720 | LP | de Bérulle | Extinct c1950 | |
| BESANCEUIL | Bourgogne | 71 | c1720 | TC | de Prisque | Extant | held by Dubois de Prisque since 1793 |
| BESMAUX | Armagnac | 32 | 1657 | LP | de Montlezun-Pardiac | Extant | maybe only confirmation of older title, held by de Luppé du Garané since 1697 |
| BEUVRON | Normandie | 14 | 1593 | LP | de Harcourt-Beuvron | Duchy 1784 | |
| BEYNAC | Périgord | 24 | 1619 | LP | de Beynac | Extant | held by de Beaumont du Repaire since 1761 |
| BIÈVRE | Île-de-France | 91 | 1770 | LP | Mareschal de Bièvre | Extant | held by the branche Mareschal de Montéclair since 1789 |
| BIGNY | Berry | 18 | c1640 | * | de Chevenon de Bigny | Extinct 1910 | title held by de Vigan de Bigny since 1872 |
| BIRAN | Armagnac | 32 | 1657 | LP | de Roquelaure | Extinct 1884 | |
| BIRON | Périgord | 24 | 1651 | LP | de Gontaut-Biron | Extant | Duchy between 1723 and 1800, then reverted to marquisate |
| BIZY | Normandie | 27 | 1675 | LP | Jubert de Bouville | Extant | Duchy of BELLE-ISLE 1759-61; held by royal house of d'Orléans as heirs to de Bourbon-Penthièvre |
| BLACONS | Dauphiné | 26 | c1750 | TC | d'Armand de Forest de Mirabel | Extinct 1805 | |
| BLAIN | Bretagne | 44 | c1548 | BR | de Rohan-Gié | Extant | inherited by de Rohan-Chabot 1684 |
| BLAIN | Bretagne | 44 | 1660 | C LP | de Rohan-Gié | Extant | |
| BLAINVILLE | Lorraine | 54 | 1629 | LP | de Lenoncourt | Extinct | raised by the duc de Lorraine |
| BLAINVILLE | Normandie | 14 | 1680 | LP | Colbert de Seignelay | Extinct 1875 | |
| BLAINVILLE | Normandie | 76 | Louis XIV | * | de Tourzel d'Alègre | Extinct | |
| le BLANC | Berry | 36 | 1664 | LP | d'Aloigny de Rochefort | Extinct 1794 | |
| BLANCHEFORT | Languedoc | 11 | 1680 | LP | d'Hautpoul de Rennes | Extant | held by de Fleury since 1767 |
| BLANGY | Normandie | 14 | 1780 | BR | le Viconte de Blangy | Extant | only brevet royal |
| BLANQUEFORT | Guyenne | 33 | c1670 | LP | de Durfort-Duras | Extinct 1838 | |
| BLARU | Île-de-France | 78 | 1659 | LP | de Tilly-Blaru | Extinct 1855 | |
| BLÉRANCOURT | Picardie | 02 | Louis XIII | LP | Potier de Gesvres | Extinct 1839 | |
| BOIRY | Artois | 62 | c1750 | TC | Quarré de Boiry | Extant | |
| le BOIS-de-la-MUSSE | Bretagne | 44 | 1651 | LP | Blanchard de la Muce | Extinct | alias marquisat de la MUCE |
| BOIS-DAUPHIN | Maine | 72 | c1640 | TC | de (Montmorency-)Laval-Boisdauphin | Extinct 1835 | |
| le BOIS-FÉVRIER | Bretagne | 35 | 1674 | LP | de Langan | Extinct 1795 | title possibly used already 1606 |
| BOISRAGON | Poitou | 79 | c1780 | TC | de Chevaleau | Extinct 1839 | |
| BOISSEZON | Albigeois | 81 | c1760 | TC | Barbara de la Belloterie | Extant | |
| BOISY | Forez | 42 | 1564 | LP | Gouffier de Roannais | Extinct 1802 | |
| BOLLWILLER | Alsace | 68 | 1739 | LP | de Rosen | Extant | held by de Broglie since 1779 |
| BONAC | Foix | 09 | 1685 | LP | d'Usson de Bonac | Extinct 1821 | |
| BONAS | Armagnac | 32 | 1629 | LP | de Pardaillan de Séailles | Extinct 1836 | |
| BONAS | Armagnac | 32 | 1773 | C LP | de Mellet | Extinct 1836 | |
| BONNECOURT | Champagne | 52 | 1685 | LP | de Capizuchi de Bologne | Extinct 1794 | |
| BONNEGUISE | Périgord | 24 | 1762 | LP | de Bonneguise-Badefols | Extinct 18__ | earlier baronnie de BADEFOLS |
| BONNEUIL | Poitou | 86 | c1765 | TC | de Vernou de Bonneuil | Extant | |
| BONNEVAL | Limousin | 87 | c1655 | * | de Bonneval | Extant | |
| BONNEVAL | Normandie | 27 | 1677 | LP | du Val de Bonneval | Extinct 1949 | |
| BONNIVET | Poitou | 86 | c1600 | LP | Gouffier de Bonnivet | Extinct 1865 | |
| la BORDE | Bourgogne | 21 | 1645 | LP | Brulart de la Borde | Extinct 1918 | |
| BORN | Agenais | 47 | 1724 | LP | de Belsunce-Castelmoron | Extinct 1796 | |
| BOUC | Provence | 13 | 1690 | LP | de Séguiran | Name change 1767 | changed name to marquisat d'ALBERTAS |
| le BOUCHET-VALGRAND | Île-de-France | 91 | 1720 | LP | le Bas de Montargis | Extant | based on earlier marquisate du QUESNE; held by de Noailles-Poix since 1767 |
| BOUCLANS | Franche-Comté | 25 | 1749 | LP | le Bas de Clevans | Extant | |
| BOUILLÉ | Maine | 53 | c1615 | LP | de Bouillé | Extinct 1836 | letters patent not found |
| la BOULAYE | Bourgogne | 71 | 1619 | LP | de Rochefort | Extant | held by de Champeaux since 1774 |
| la BOULAYE | Bourgogne | 71 | 1696 | C LP | Gigault de Bellefonds | Extant | |
| BOURBONNE | Champagne | 52 | c1620 | LP | de Livron | Extinct 1838 | |
| la BOURDAISIÈRE | Touraine | 37 | 1717 | LP | de Courcillon-Dangeau | Extant | held by royal house of d'Orléans as heirs to de Bourbon-Penthièvre |
| BOURDEILLE | Périgord | 24 | 1609 | LP | de Bourdeille | County 17__ | |
| le BOURDET | Poitou | 79 | mid 16__ | LP | Acarie du Bourdet | Extant | held by de Cugnac de Caussade since 1692 but styled marquis de Cugnac since mid 1700- |
| la BOURDONNAYE | Bretagne | 56 | 1717 | LP | de la Bourdonnaye | Extant | earlier vicomté de COUËTION |
| BOURNAZEL | Rouergue | 12 | 1624 | LP | de Buisson de Bournazel | Extinct 1864 | |
| BOURY | Île-de-France | 60 | 1652 | LP | de Pellevé | Extant | held by Aubourg de Boury since 1681 |
| BOURY | Île-de-France | 60 | 1686 | C LP | Aubourg de Boury | Extant | |
| BOUTETIÈRES | Dauphiné | 38 | 1676 | LP | Emé de Marcieu | Extant | usually styled as marquis de MARCIEU |
| BOUTEVILLE | Angoumois | 16 | Louis XIII | LP | de Béon de Luxembourg | Extinct 1883 | held by the comte d'Artois, future king Charles X, at the revolution |
| BOUVILLE | Normandie | 76 | 1698 | LP | Jubert de Bouville | Extinct 1793 | |
| BOUZOLS | Velay | 43 | c1630 | LP | de Montagut de Beaune | Extinct 1834 | |
| BOVES | Picardie | 80 | 1630 | LP | de Moy-Riberpré | Extinct | |
| BOYNES | Orléanais | 45 | c1774 | TC | Bourgeois de Boynes | Extant | |
| BOZAS | Vivarais | 07 | 1693 | LP | du Bourg de Bozas | Extant | |
| BRANGES | Bourgogne | 21 | 1655 | LP | de Barillon d'Amoncourt | Extinct 1890 | |
| BRANTES | Comtat-Venaissin | 84 | 1674 | LP | des Laurents | Extinct 1848 | papal title |
| BRAZAIS | Normandie | 27 | Louis XV | * | Dyel de Clermont d'Enneval | Extant | held by du Hamel du Breuil since 1746 |
| BRAZEUX | Île-de-France | 91 | Louis XIII | * | Gouffier d'Heilly | Extinct | alias BRASEUX |
| BRESSIEUX | Dauphiné | 38 | 1612 | LP | de Grolée de Mevouillon | Extinct | |
| BRETAGNE | Bretagne | 35 | 753 | FD | non-hereditary | Dissolved 845 | integrated into kingdom of BRETAGNE |
| la BRETESCHE | Bretagne | 44 | 1657 | LP | Jousseaume de la Bretesche | Extant | |
| BRETEUIL | Île-de-France | 78 | 1743 | LP | le Tonnelier de Breteuil | Extant | |
| le BREUIL | Bourgogne | 71 | 1670 | LP | de Chargères du Breuil | Extant | held by branch de Chargères de la Creuzille since 1760 |
| BRÉVAL | Île-de-France | 78 | 1623 | LP | de Harlay de Champvallon | Extinct 1861 | |
| BRÉZÉ | Anjou | 49 | 1615 | LP | de Maillé-Brézé | Extant | |
| BRÉZÉ | Anjou | 49 | 1685 | C LP | de Dreux-Brézé | Extant | alias marquisat de DREUX-BRÉZÉ |
| BRÉZOLLES | Perche | 28 | 1654 | LP | de Broglie | Extinct 1824 | together with Senonches |
| BRIDORÉ | Touraine | 37 | 1651 | LP | de Boursault | Extinct 1789 | belonged to a priory in Loches until the revolution |
| BRINON | Guadeloupe | 971 | 1738 | LP | de Senneterre | Extinct 1793 | |
| BRINON | Guadeloupe | 971 | 1755 | C LP | Pinel | Extinct 1793 | |
| BRINVILLIERS | Picardie | 60 | 1660 | LP | Gobelin-l'Escalopier | Name change 1700 | Changed name to la MOTHE |
| BRION | Gévaudan | 48 | 1756 | LP | de Michel du Roc de Brion | Extant | |
| BROC | Anjou | 49 | 1758 | LP | de Broc | Extinct 1916 | |
| BROISSIA | Franche-Comté | 39 | 1691 | LP | Froissard de Broissia | Extant | |
| BROISSIA | Franche-Comté | 39 | 1697 | LP | Froissard de Broissia | Extant | |
| les BROSSES | Poitou | 16 | c1740 | TC | d'Assier des Brosses | Extinct 1914 | |
| BRÜE | Provence | 83 | 1750 | LP | Roux de Corse | Extinct 1792 | maybe only confirmation of earlier title for de Laurens de Saint Martin |
| BRUN | Franche-Comté | 25 | 1694 | LP | de Brun | Extant | alias marquisat de la ROCHE; title inherited by de Scey-Montbéliard |
| BRUNOY | Île-de-France | 91 | 1737 | LP | Paris de Montmartel | Duchy 1775 | |
| BRUYÈRES-le-CHÂTEL | Île-de-France | 91 | 1676 | LP | Lespinette de Meirat | Extinct 1886 | purchased by de la Croix de Castries 1785 |
| BRUYÈRES-le-CHÂTEL | Île-de-France | 91 | 1731 | C LP | Lespinette de Meirat | Extinct 1886 | |
| la BUSSIÈRE | Artois | 62 | 1663 | LP | de Maulde | Extinct 1844 | |
| la BUSSIÈRE | Orléanais | 45 | 1679 | LP | du Tillet | Extinct 18__ | |
| BUSSY-le-CHÂTEAU | Champagne | 51 | 1699 | LP | d'Arnolet de la Rochefontaine | Extinct | |
| BUSSY-le-CHÂTEAU | Champagne | 51 | 1703 | C LP | d'Arnolet de la Rochefontaine | Extinct | |
| BUZANCY | Champagne | 08 | 1658 | LP | d'Anglure | Extinct 1805 |
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