Prince de la Moskowa

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The titles of Duc d'Elchingen and Prince de la Moskowa were created by Napoleon I for Marshal Michel Ney. Both were victory titles; Ney was created duc d'Elchingen in 1808, after the Battle of Elchingen, and prince de la Moskowa ("prince of Moscow") in 1813, after the Battle of Borodino outside Moscow. In 1814, Ney became a peer of France. On his execution in 1815, the peership was revoked, however.

Clauses in the titles' patents of creation caused the title of prince de la Moskowa to pass to Ney's eldest son, Joseph, and that of duc d'Elchingen to pass to his second son, Michel. The peership was restored in 1831.

The two titles were reunited in 1928 and both became extinct with the death of the last heir in 1969.

Ducs d'Elchingen (1808)

• Michel Ney, 1st duc d'Elchingen and 1st Prince de la Moscowa (1769–1815)
• Michel Ney, 2nd duc d'Elchingen (1804–1854), second son of the 1st duc, confirmed in his title in 1826
• Michel Ney, 3rd duc d'Elchingen (1835–1881), only son of the 2nd duc
• Charles Ney, 4th Duc d'Elchingen (1873–1933), younger son of the 3rd duc, succeeded as 5th prince de la Moskowa in 1928
• Michel Ney, 5th duc d'Elchingen, 6th prince de la Moskowa (1905–1969), only son of the 4th duc

Princes de la Moskowa (1813)

• Michel Ney, 1st duc d'Elchingen and 1st Prince de la Moscowa (1769–1815)
• Joseph Ney, 2nd prince de la Moskowa (1803–1857), eldest son of the 1st prince
• Edgar Ney, 3rd prince de la Moskowa (1812–1882), fourth son of the 1st prince
• Napoléon Ney, 4th prince de la Moskowa (1870–1928), elder son of the 3rd duc d'Elchingen
• Charles Ney, 4th Duc d'Elchingen (1873–1933), younger son of the 3rd duc d'Elchingen
• Michel Ney, 5th duc d'Elchingen, 6th prince de la Moskowa (1905–1969), only son of the 5th prince

External links

• An Online Gotha: Ney d'Elchingen
• Héraldique européenne: Maison Ney (European Heraldry: House of Ney, in French)