House of Sabran

Because his marriage with Victorine-Antoinette de Pontevès was childless, he named as his heirs the two nephews of his wife: Edouard and Léonide de Pontevès-Bargème, in whose favor a royal ordinance of 1828 and 1829 letters-patent authorised the transmission of the title of Duke of Sabran.

[1] The name stemmed from the barony of Sabran near Bagnols sur Cèze in the north of the département of Gard.

The barony also possessed in Provence significant assets in the town of Beaucaire, as well as a portion of the city of Uzès, which fell to it as a result of the marriage around 1156 of Rostaing II to Roscie du Caylar, granddaughter of Elzéart d'Uzès.

The ancient old, former lords of Sabran styled themselves by the grace of God, constables of the counts of Toulouse.

The House of Sabran descends from Charles Martel through his son Pepin the Short.

Coat of Arms of the House of Sabran
The arms of William I of Sabran
Coat of arms of the Dukes of Sabran-Pontevès ( Quarterly; 1,4 Gules, a lion rampant Argent (Sabran); 2,3 counter-charged; a,d Gules, two-arched bridge Or (Pontevès); b,c Or, a wolf rampant Azure, claws, tongue, genitals Gules (Agoult) )