Note 613 — Chapter I · SUMMARY.
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Le Laboneur says, in his Memoires de Castlenau, tome ii. p. 655, “Louis XII, was greatly attached to the family of Dunois. He considered the debt of gratitude was immense, which not only France but his own line owed to their heroic founder, whom he called the ‘restorer of France,’ and supporter of the house of Orleans.” Francis I. confirmed all his predecessor had given to the representatives of Dunois, and added the dukedom of Longueville to their domains in 1505, with the hereditary dignity of Grand Chamberlain of France. The line of Dunois, and its representative, walked in processions with the princes of the blood, being recognized as princes of the house of Orleans.