Lords of Béthune and advocates of Arras In 1639 André Du Chesne gave a lineage that went back to 1037, • Robert II, lord of Béthune (died before 1075), elder son of Robert I. • Daniel (died 1227), eldest son of Guillaume II. • Maximilien François (1614–1661), son of Maximilien II, was 2nd Duke of Sully. • Maximilien Pierre François (1640–1694), son of Maximilien François, was 3rd Duke of Sully. • Maximilien François Pierre (1664–1712), elder son of Maximilien Pierre François, was 4th Duke of Sully. • Maximilien Henri (1669–1729). younger son of Maximilien Pierre François, was 5th Duke of Sully. • Louis Pierre Maximilien (1685–1751), third cousin of Maximilien Henri, was 6th Duke of Sully. • Maximilien Antoine Armand (1730–1786), first cousin once removed of Louis Pierre Maximilien, was 7th Duke of Sully but called Duc de Béthune. • Maximilien Alexis (1750–1776), elder son of Maximilien Antoine Armand, was 8th Duke of Sully. • Maximilien Gabriel (1756–1807), younger son of Maximilien Antoine Armand, was 9th Duke of Sully • Maximilien III (1784–1807), son of Maximilien Gabriel, was 10th and last Duke of Sully.
Béthune-Orval • François (1598–1678), second son of Maximilien, 1st Duke of Sully, was created Duke of
Orval and Peer of France by King Louis XIII but the grant was not registered and so could not pass to his heirs. • Maximilien Alpin (1631–1692), eldest surviving son of François, was Marquess of Béthune and Count of Orval. • Louis Pierre Maximilen (1685–1751), grandson of Maximilien Alpin, became 6th Duke of Sully (
see above).
Béthune-Chârost • Philippe (1566–1649), younger brother of Maximilien I, Count of
Selles, Chârost and Mors, Marquess of
Chabris, was a diplomat and art connoisseur who was made a
cardinal. • Henri (1604–1680), second son of Philippe, was Bishop of
Bayonne and of
Maillezais from 1630, then Archbishop of
Bordeaux from 1646. • Louis (1605–1681), third son of Philippe, became 1st Duke of Chârost. • Louis Armand (1640–1717), son of Louis, was 2nd Duke of Chârost. • Armand I (1663–1741), son of Louis Armand, was 3rd Duke of Chârost and Baron of
Ancenis. • Paul François (1682–1757), son of Armand I, was 4th Duke of Chârost and 1st Duke of Ancenis. • François Joseph (1719–1739), son of Paul François, was 5th Duke of Chârost and 2nd Duke of Ancenis. • Armand II Joseph (1738–1800), son of François Joseph, was 6th and last Duke of Chârost and 3rd and last Duke of Ancenis, as well as the last inheritor to the title of
Count of Roucy.
Béthune-Chabris • Hippolyte I (1603–1665), eldest son of Philippe, was Marquess of Chabris and Count of Selles. • Henri (1632–1690), second son of Hippolyte I, was Count of Selles. • Armand (1635–1703), fourth son of Hippolyte I, was Bishop of
Le Puy from 1661. • Hippolyte II (1643–1720), sixth son of Hippolyte I, was
Bishop of Verdun from 1681. • Louis (1663–1734), son of Henri, was Count of Béthune. • Louis Armand (1711–1792), son of Louis, was Marquess of Béthune. • Armand Louis (1756–1833), son of Louis Armand, was the last Marquess of Béthune.
Béthune-Selles • François Gaston (1638–1692), 5th son of Hippolyte I, Marquess of Chabris and a Lieutenant-General in the French army, married
Marie Louise de La Grange, sister of the
Queen Consort of Poland. Two daughters of François Gaston married important members of the
Polish–Lithuanian aristocracy and have numerous descendants. • Louis Marie Victor, son of François Gaston (1670–1744), Count of Béthune, was a Field Marshal in the French army and Grand Chamberlain to
Stanislaus Leszczyński, former King of Poland, when he became
Duke of Lorraine and Bar in 1737. • Joachim Casimir Léon (1724–1769), son of Louis Marie Victor, a Field Marshal in the French army, was the last Count of Béthune.
Béthunes in Poland and Lithuania • Jeanne Marie de Béthune (about 1673–1744), daughter of François Gaston, married Count Jan Stanislaw
Jablonowski (1669–1731) and had five children, all of whom married. • Marie Christine Cathérine de Béthune (1677–1721), daughter of François Gaston, was married first to Prince Stanisław Kazimierz
Radziwiłł (1648–1690), without children, and then to Prince
Aleksander Paweł Sapieha (1671–1734), leaving three married children. ==References==