Duke of Otranto

Dukedom of Otranto
Arms of the 1st Duke of Otranto
Creation date1809
Created byNapoleon I
First holderJoseph Fouché, 1st Duc d'Otrante
Present holderCharles-Louis Fouché d'Otrante, 8th Duc d'Otrante

Duke of Otranto (French: Duc d'Otrante) is a hereditary title in the nobility of the First French Empire which was bestowed in 1809 by Emperor Napoleon I upon Joseph Fouché (1759–1820), a French politician and Minister of Police. Fouché had been made a Count of the French Empire previously.

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