<P> Peerage was attached to a specific territorial jurisdiction, either an episcopal see for episcopal peerages or a fief for secular . Peerages attached to fiefs were transmissible or inheritable with the fief, and these fiefs are often designated as pairie - duché (for duchies) and pairie - comté (for counties). </P> <P> By 1216 there were nine peers: </P> <Ul> <Li> Archbishop of Reims who had the distinction of anointing and crowning the king </Li> <Li> Bishop of Langres </Li> <Li> Bishop of Beauvais </Li> <Li> Bishop of Châlons </Li> <Li> Bishop of Noyon </Li> <Li> Duke of Normandy </Li> <Li> Duke of Burgundy </Li> <Li> Duke of Aquitaine also called Duke of Guyenne </Li> <Li> Count of Champagne </Li> </Ul> <Li> Archbishop of Reims who had the distinction of anointing and crowning the king </Li>

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