T H E A Q U I T A I N I A N D U C A L F A M I L Y & H O U S E H O L D
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THE HOUSE AND FAMILY OF POITIERS IS AN ANCIENT FRENCH ARISTOCRATIC FAMILY WITH ORIGINS THAT GO BACK WELL OVER 1,000 YEARS. RAMNULF I BECAME THE FIRST COUNT OF POITIERS IN AD 862 THUS LAYING THE FOUNDATION OF THE HOUSE WHICH CONTINUES TO EXIST. THE LINE OF COUNTS OF POITIERS AND THE DUKES OF AQUITAINE ARE OFTEN REFERRED TO AS “THE RAMNULFIDS” IN HONOR OF RAMNULF.
IN AD 888 RAMNULF II BECAME THE KING OF AQUITAINE WHICH WAS THE GENESIS OF AQUITAINIAN KINGDOM UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE AND CHARLEMAGNE. THEREAFTER RAMNULF II MAINTAINED THE POITIERS’ CONTROL OVER AQUITAINE AS A VASSAL STATE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE.
THE HOUSE OF POITIERS IS ONE OF THE OLDEST CONTIGUOUS HEREDITARY ARISTOCRATIC HOUSES IN ALL OF EUROPE AND THE WORLD. THE HOUSE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE SOURCE OF THE GOVERNANCE OF THE COUNTIES OF POITOU, POITIERS, AND THE DUCHY OF AQUITAINE. THE HOUSE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CONTINUOUSLY EXISTING INSTITUTION THAT WAS AND IS THE CONDUIT THAT CONTAINS THE SOVEREIGN AND HIS OR HER FAMILY. THE HOUSE HAS BEEN HANDED DOWN AUTOMATICALLY FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION WITH LIMITED DRAMADY. THE PEACEFUL TRNASFERENCE OF POWER HAS BEEN MADE INTO AN ARTFORM BY THE HOUSE.
KING RAMNULF OF AQUITAINE’S SON EBLAUS BECAME THE SOURCE OF THE LINE OF THE DUKES OF AQUITAINE THAT HAS SURVIVED THE CRUELTY OF THE AGES WHILE THRIVING IN THE MIDST OF THE CONSTANT TURMOIL OF HISTORY. THE LINE OF THE DUKES OF AQUITAINE ENDS AT THE CURRENT INCUMBENT SOVEREIGN DUKE - HRH THE PRINCE CONSORT JAMES OF BOURBON DAMPIERRE, SOVEREIGN DUKE OF AQUITAINE. THE INCUMBENT DUKE IS THE 19TH GREAT GRANDSON OF ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE. SINCE THE INCUMBENT DUKE IS MARRIED TO THE PRINCE OF BOURBON DAMPIIERRE HRH HAS ASSIGNED THE POSITION OF HEIR APPARENT TO THE DUCAL CORONET TO HIS NIECE, THE RIGHT HONORABLE DR. KYLIE ELIZABETH DePRIEST, VICOMTESSE D’AR FAOU, VMD.
AS OF 5 JANUARY 2025 THE DUCAL HOUSE OF POITIERS' NAME IS AMENDED TO:
THE DUCAL HOUSE AND FAMILY OF BOURBON - POITIERS
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THE REASON FOR THE NAME AMENDMENT WAS TO REFLECT THAT THE HOUSE AND FAMILY HAS EVOLVED UPON THE MARRIAGE OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE INCUMBENT SOVEREIGN DUKE AND HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF BOURBON DAMPIERRE. THE NEWLY MINTED HOUSE OF BOURBON - POITIERS CONTINUES AS IT ALWAYS HAS - WITH SOBER DIGNITY IN ITS SERVICE TO THE DUCHY OF AQUITAINE, AND TO THE PEOPLE OF AQUITAINE.
AS OF JANUARY 2025 THE DUCAL COURT OF POITIERS HAS BEEN REBORN AS THE ROYAL COURT OF BOURBON POTIERS. THE CHANGE WAS MADE DUE TO THE MARRIAGE BETWEEN HRH PRINCE JAMES OF BOURBON, DUKE OF AQUITAINE AND HRH PRINCE LOUIS OF BOURBON DAMPIERRE. CHANGING THE NAME OF THE COURT AND THE DUCAL FAMILY WAS DONE TO SHOW UNITY BETWEEN THE PRINCELY COUPLE AND THAT THEIR INDIVIDUAL REALMS HAVE BEEN JOINED TO CREATE THE BRAND NEW ROYAL PRINCIPALITY OF BOURBON POITIERS.
AS STATED IN THE PROCLAMATION, THE PRINCELY COUPLE WILL BE RETAINING THE SURNAME OF BOURBON DAMPIERRE TO SIMPLIFY THE CHANGE IN MANY RESPECTS OF ADMINISTRATIVE NATURE. THE SURNAME RETENTION IS ALSO A UNIFYING MEASURE TO KEEP ALL STAKEHOLDERS ON THE SAME PAGE OF THE BOOK.
MOVING FORWARD THE DUKE OF AQUITAINE’S TITLE HAS BEEN AMENDED TO :
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE JAMES OF BOURBON POITIERS. THE SOVEREIGN DUKE OF AQUITAINE. THE COUNT DES PRÉS DE MONTPÉZAT.
THE PRINCE OF BOURBON DAMPIERRE’S TITLE HAS BEEN AMENDED TO :
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE LOUIS OF BOURBON DAMPIERRE, COMTE BRABANT, VICOMTE DE FLANDRÉS.
THESE TITULAR CHANGES ARE HENCEFORTH BOUND TO THE OTHER 120 + TITLES, STYLES, AND HONORIFICS THAT TRH BOTH HAVE CREDITED TO THEM.
THE NEW ROYAL PRINCIPALITY OF BOURBON POITIERS IS A FREE NATION STATE WITH THE ABSOLUTE RIGHT OF SELF DETERMINATION. THE LAND AREA OF THE PRINCIPALITY IS THE ENTIRE DUCHY OF AQUITAINE, THE DUCHY OF BRITTANY, AND THE CHANNEL ISLANDS. THE PRINCIPALITY IS A VOLUNTARY MEMBER NATION-STATE OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC BUT NOT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION.
FURTHERMORE, THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES HAVE COMPLETE POWER AND AUTHORITY TO HAVE CREATED THE PRINCIPALITY IN ACCORD WITH THE ROYAL CODES OF JUSTICE, AND THE LAWS AND BYLAWS OF THE ROYAL COURT OF MONTJOIE - SAINT DENIS AS HAVE BEEN IN PLACE SINCE THE REIGN OF LOUIS XVI OF FRANCE.
THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES WILL RETAIN THE SURNAME OF BOURBON DAMPIERRE
THE DUCAL COURT OF POITIERS IS THE LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY BODY OF THE DUCHY OF AQUITAINE AND ITS MEMBER MUNICIPALITIES. IT IS THE LAWFUL BODY THAT TABLES PROPOSED LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS FOR THE MANNER OF GOVERNANCE EMPLOYED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DAY. THE SOVEREIGN DUKE OR SOVEREIGN DUCHESS REIGNS OVER THE COURT AND MAKES ALL OF THE BINDING STATUTORY DECISIONS ISSUED VIA EDICT.
THE COURT IS COMPRISED OF 3 COMPONENTS:
1. THE SOVEREIGN DUKE/DUCHESS. THE SOVEREIGN DUKE/DUCHESS REIGNS BY EDICT AND BY PROCLAMATION WITHOUT IMPEDIMENT. HOWEVER, THE SOVEREIGN TAKES ADVICE FROM THE TWO COUNCILS OF THE COURT TO BALANCE HIS/HER DECISIONS. THE SOVEREIGN DOES NOT HAVE TO SEEK ADVICE FROM EITHER COUNCIL AND CAN EMPANEL OR DISMISS THE COUNCILS AT HIS OR HER PLEASURE.
2. THE CONSEIL DES SENECHAUX. THE COUNCIL IS COMPRISED OF EACH APPOINTED SENECHAUX OF THE REALM. THE SOVEREIGN HAS THE ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO APPOINT OR TO DISMISS THE INDIVIDUAL SENECHAUX AS HIS OR HER WILL AND PLEASURE REQUIRES. THE SENECHAUX ARE THE MINISTERS OF THE CROWN OF AQUITAINE AND THEY MANAGE THE SENECHALERIES IN THE DUKE'S OR THE DUCHESS' NAME. THE SENECHAUX ARE ALSO THE BODYGUARDS OF THE SOVEREIGN.
3. CONSEIL DES MUNICIPALITÉS. THE COUCIL IS COMPRISED OF THE APPOINTED GOVERNORS OF THE INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPALITIES OF THE DUCHY OF AQUITAINE. IT IS THE COUNCIL'S STATUTORY DUTY TO TABLE PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT WILL GOVERN THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS OF THE MUNICIPALITIES OF THE DUCHY. ANY PROPOSED LEGISLATION MUST BE APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE SENECHAUX BEFORE IT CAN BE SENT TO THE SOVEREIGN'S DESK FOR ROYAL ASSENT TO BE GRANTED OR DENIED. THE COUNCIL CAN BE IMPANELED OR DISMISSED AT THE SOVEREIGN WILL AND PLEASURE.
THE COURT OF BOURBON POITIERS HAS BEEN IN CONTINUOUS EXISTANCE SINCE AD 682 AND IS ONE OF THE OLDEST LEGISLATIVE BODIES IN THE WORLD.
CHATEAU DE ROSANBO, LANVELLEC, BRITTANY
15 OCTOBER 2025
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE LOUIS CHRISTIAN ALBERT BAUDOIN DE BOURBON ET DAMPIERRE WAS LAID TO REST THIS MORNING IN A PRIVATE AND SECRET INTERMENT CEREMONY AT L'ABBAYE DE FONTEVRAULT IN NORTHERN FRANCE. THE INTERMENT WAS OFFICIATED BY A CHRISTIAN REVEREND COMMISSIONED BY THE ROYAL COURT OF MONTJOIE - SAINT DENIS OF FRANCE. THERE WERE SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE BOURBON FAMILY IN ATTENDANCE AND VARIOUS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FRENCH, SPANISH, AND LUXEMBOURGISH MILITARIES WERE PRESENT TO HONOR THE LONG, DECORATED MILITARY CAREER OF PRINCE LOUIS OF BOURBON DAMPIERRE.
BY ORDER OF THE PRINCE CONSORT OF BOURBON DAMPIERRE A FORMAL PERIOD OF 24 MONTHS OF COURT MOURNING WILL NOW TAKE PLACE WITHOUT EXCEPTION. THE PRINCE CONSORT REMAINS IN CLOISTER AT CHATEAU DE ROSANBO UNTIL SUCH A TIME AS HIS OWN PRIVATE PERIOD OF MOURNING FOR HIS LATE HUSBAND WILL FINISH BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS' APPOINTMENT.
C R E A T I N G M U R A L S I N T O R O N T O , O N
His Royal Highness the Sovereign Duke is a published multimedia artist and published author of more than 11 books that span a broad range of non-fiction topics. Pictured here is an original mural concept by Paula Gonzalez-Ossa, a famous Chilean Canadian Indigenous Artist that the Duke collaborated on in an advisory capacity.
HRH THE PRINCE HAS A UNIQUE ABILITY TO CREATE THE MOST DAZZLING GRAPHIC DESIGNS THAT HE CREATES FOR ALL CROWN BUSINESS OF THE DUCHY OF AQUITAINE. HE DESIGNS EVERY FORM THAT THE CROWN ISSUES FOR IT'S DAILY BUSINESS FUNCTIONS. BEFORE HIS ACCESION IN 2022 HRH HAD A ROBUST CLIENTELE THAT PRIZED HIS EXQUISITE DESIGNS. THE PRINCE HAS BEGUN TO PLAN A BOOK ABOUT HIS ORIGINAL GRAPHIC DESIGNS, PROPRIETARY WORKS OF ART, AND USE HIS LARGE PORTFOLIO OF CLIENTS' ART COMMISSIONS WHICH WILL BE RELEASED SOMETIME IN 2026. THE PRINCE HAS THE VERY BOHEMIAN FREE SPIRIT OF A NATURAL BORN ARTIST. IN FACT, HIS KNICKNAME IS THE "AMERICAN GYPSY" BECAUSE OF PROPENSITY TO LIVE BY THE SEAT OF HIS PANTS WHILE IGNORING CONVENTIONAL NORMS AND VALUES. THE PRINCE'S STATED IDEA OF HELL IS TO SPEND EACH DAY EXACTLY AS THE PREVIOUS. HE VOWED LONG AGO TO DO IT HRH'S WAY AND HAD KEPT THAT VOW TO DATE.
GARRISON CREEK PARK MURAL
PICTURED ABOVE: THE GARRISON CREEK MURAL THAT WAS DESIGNED BY PAULA GONZALEZ-OSSA, A FAMOUS CHILEAN-CANADIAN ARTIST. HRH DESIGNED EACH WOLF IN THE PACK OF WOLVES AND MISS GONZALEZ-OSSA WORKED THE WOLVES INTO HER DESIGN. HRH ALSO DID MUCH OF THE RESEARCH OF VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE MURAL COLLABORATING WITH INDIGENOUS ARTIST BROWN OTTER.
COLLABORATION WITH THE CELEBRATED, AND WONDERFULLY TALENTED INDIGENOUS ARTIST
PICTURED ABOVE IS THE FAMOUS CHILEAN-CANADIAN ARTIST PAULA GONZALEZ-OSSA. MISS GONZALEZ-OSSA CREATED THE GARRISON CREEK PARK MURAL AND IT IS SOLELY HER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. THE DUKE COLLABORATED WITH MISS GONZALEZ-OSSA AND TOOK DIRECTION FROM HER TO BRING HER ORIGINAL CONCEPT TO LIFE.
MISS GONZALEZ-OSSA IS VERY TALENTED AND SHE UIS A VERY PRECISE AEROSOL ARTIST WHO BRINGS ART TO LIFE, HER DESIGNS HAVE AND CONTINUE TO INSPIRE THE ART COMMUNITY OF TORONTO.
GONZALEZ-OSSA IS A MEMBER OF THE MAPUCHE INDIGENOUS NATION OF CHILE. SHE IS A RECOGNIZED AND LAUDED INDIGENOUS ARTIST. SHE HAS WORKED WITH THE CBC, THE NA-ME-RES/SAGATAY ORGANIZATION, AND IS A COMMISSIONED ARTIST BY THE CITY OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.
PAULA GONZALEZ-OSSA
THE SHOPPER'S DRUG MART MURAL
THE SHOPPER'S DRUG MART MURAL IS A ORIGINAL WORK OF ART BY PAULA GONZALEZ-OSSA WHO OWNS ALL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS TO THE ENTIRETY OF THE MURAL. HRH WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ASSISTING MISS GONZALEZ-OSSA WITH THE RESEARCH AND LAYOUT OF THE MURAL. LOCATED IN THE MIDTOWN SECTION OF TORONTO. THE MURAL CAN BE SEEN IF ONE IS TRAVELING NORTH OF VAUGHAN ROAD 1 BLOCK SOUTH OF SINCLAIR ROAD, TORONTO, ONTARIO. PICTURED ABOVE IS "DA CREW" - HRH THE DUKE OF AQUITAINE; MU'QKWA BROWN; PAULA GONZALEZ-OSSA; BROWN OTTER; CURTIS MAENGUN WHEATLEY; (IN THE BACK ROW) BROTHER HOPE; AND MOUSE
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