Peerage of Haiti

The Peerage of Haiti (: Pairie D'Haïti) consists of all the hereditary titles and distinctions within the Haitian nobility. The Haitian peerage system was established in 1804 by imperial decree of Jacques I of Haiti, who sought to develop an extensive system of titles within the newly independent state of Haiti. The first peers of Haiti were the founding fathers of the new empire, as well as those who had supported the efforts of the Haitian Revolution militarily, financially, or politically, earning them a seat in the new political landscape of imperial Haiti. Among the first peers of Haiti were Jean-Louis Vigouroux, 1st Duke of Cap-Haïtien and Jean-Pierre Boyer, 1st Duke of Port-de-Paix, both of whom served as first chancellors of the Haitian government.