The title of Baron of Gesvres first came to the Potier family with the marriage of Jacques Potier to Françoise Cueillette, daughter of Jean, seigneur de Freschines et de Gesvres.
Their son, Louis Potier inherited this title.
From 1608, however, Louis Potier was known as the Count of Tresmes, and his son, René Potier, succeeded in elevating the title to Duke of Tresmes.
In 1670, René Potier's son Léon Potier (who became Duke of Tresmes in 1669) changed the name of the title to "Duke of Gesvres".
The title was abolished at the time of the French Revolution when the last Duke of Gesvres was guillotined.