List of Peerages in the Royal Kingdom of Quebec

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The peerage of the Royal Kingdom of Quebec is a legal system of life and hereditary titles that incorporate noble ranks in the Quebecois honours systems. By the name of their title they are considered peers of their realm, but is not always the case, for in some cases their surname would supplant that of their realm in titles.

Since the incorporation of the honour system, defined by the Royal Act of Union Among Quebecois Peoples in 1677, the peerage has been open to Quebecois citizens. Citizens of the autonomous territories and colonies of the Quebecois Empire and later the Quebecois Commonwealth were also given Quebecois peerages until the Commonwealth Act of 1947.

Given its relatively late establishment of ranks, the ranks of the Quebecois peerage remain conventional. The ranks of the Quebecois peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, and Baron, with hereditary peerages applicable in all ranks and life peerages from Earl to Baron. The system, in recent times, is simplified, with the last non-royal dukedom was created in 1921, with the last marquessate 1948. The remainder of the ranks continues to be issued, even though Earldom, largely in favour of life peerage and the lower ranks of peerage issued, have been issued fairly irregularly and increasingly at a rare frequency.

List of Hereditary Peerages in the Royal Kingdom of Quebec

# Title Year of creation Class Status & Current holder Age Acceded Peerage Seat Notes
1. The Duke of Unamaꞌkik 1654 Duke Extant: The Princess Christine, 24th Duchess of Cornwall 17 2025 Acadie Montebello House
2. The Duke of Uashau 1671 Duke Extant: Kim Nam-Joon, 13th Duke of Uashau 24 2035 Nord-Est Samjookheon
9. The Duke Strathcona 1897 Duke Extant: Sebastien de Strathcona, 6th Duke Strathcona 40 2021 Montreal Meteghan Hall (Acadie)
11. The Duke of Ganghwa 1788 Duke Extant: Marcel Regimbault, 12th Duke of Ganghwa 40 2012 Capitale-Nationale Sangmyeongdang (Saguenay)
13. The Earl of Bathurst 1767 Earl Extant: Marcel Cody-Yi, 13th Earl of Bathurst 85 2012 Acadie Chunghoondang
19. The Duke of Somerset 1881 Duke Extant: Pierre-Eric Hwang, 7th Duke of Somerset 57 2037 Capitale-Nationale Kirkley House (Estrie)
21. The Earl of Waihopai 1877 Earl Extant: Tahana Tuhituhi, 10th Earl of Waihopai 46 2027 West Aotearoa Esperance Hall
24. The Baron Briand 1886 Baron Extinct 12 November 1981 Montreal Briand House
25. The Viscount Caplan 1775 Viscount Extant: Michael Ferguson-Lauzon, 10th Viscount Caplan 76 2025 Gaspesie Coxwell Park
27. The Viscount Anticosti 1812 Viscount Extant: Jean-Pierre Michener, 11th Viscount Anticosti 74 2009 Nord-Est Maison
30. The Duke of Attawapiskat 1887 Duke Extant: Harald Borgenstrom, 4th Duke of Attawapiskat 88 1977 Nord-Est Samjookheon
37. The Earl of Meghanville 1892 Earl Extant: Kim Han-Yeong, 5th Earl of Meghanville 49 2017 Frontenac Hongmooweon
40. The Viscount Lebel 1919 Earl Extant: Jeanne Lebel-Byeon, 3rd Viscountess of Sangju 93 1972 Saguenay Lebel Mansion Yoann Lebel, the first Baron of Sangju, is best known as a Donnaconan businessman who moved from Quebec in his teenagers, but was eligible for the barony as he did not forfeit his citizenship and continued to spend time in his hometown of Sangju, and Quebec City. Jeanne Cousteau-Lebel, the daughter of the first Baron of Sangju, continues to do so as the chairman of Sohwa Company, and spends her time between Quebec City and Saint-Urbain.
57. The Earl of Malartic 1989 Earl Extant: Tomas Cernak Lanka, 3rd Earl of Malartic 60 2025 Abitibi-Temiscamingue
68. The Viscount Lecavalier 2035 Earl Extant: Serge Lecavalier, 1st Viscount Lecavalier 61 2035 Frontenac
77. The Earl of Chomedey 1978 Earl Extinct 11 January 2027 Montreal 146 Casavant Drive