François de La Rochefoucauld, 4th Duke of La Rochefoucauld

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François de La Rochefoucauld[1]
4th Duke of La Rochefoucauld
Coat of arms
Full name
François de La Rochefoucauld
Born17 July 1663
Died22 April 1728 (aged 64)
Noble familyof La Rochefoucauld
Spouse(s)Madeleine Le Tellier (1679[2])
IssueAlexandre, 5th Duke of La Rochefoucauld
FatherFrançois VII de La Rochefoucauld
MotherJeanne Charlotte du Plessis

François de La Rochefoucauld, 4th Duke of La Rochefoucauld[3] (17 August 1663 – 22 April 1728) was a French nobleman who succeeded his father as [4] Duke of La Rochefoucauld and Grand Huntsman of France in January 1714 having already succeeded him as Grand Huntsman of France.[5]

Marriage[edit]

In 1679, he married Madeleine Le Tellier, daughter of François-Michel Le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, minister of Louis XIV and Anne de Souvré[6]

Children[edit]

  1. François de La Rochefoucauld (17 April 1681 – 29 July 1699)
  2. Charles Maurice de La Rochefoucauld (15 August 1684 – 21 August 1694)
  3. Michel Camille de La Rochefoucauld (6 July 1686 - 3 August 1712)
  4. Roger de La Rochefoucauld (27 July 1687 - 18 June 1717)
  5. Guy de La Rochefoucauld (19 September 1688 - May 1698)
  6. Madeleine Françoise de La Rochefoucauld (11 September 1689 - 22 April 1717) nun at Saint Denis de Paris.
  7. Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld, 5th Duke of La Rochefoucauld (29 September 1690 - 4 March 1762) married Marie Louise Elisabeth Nicole de Bermond du Caylar.
  8. Aimery de La Rochefoucauld (15 December 1691 - 1 November 1699)
  9. Guy de La Rochefoucauld (8 September 1698 - 16 November 1731) married Marie Louise Elisabeth Nicole de La Rochefoucauld.
  10. Émilie de La Rochefoucauld (9 November 1700 - 25 February 1753), married Charles Emmanuel de Crussol, 8th Duke of Uzès

References and notes[edit]

  1. ^ Père Anselme , Histoire genéalogique et chronologique , Volume 4, 1728, p. 430
  2. ^ E. de Séréville, F. de Saint-Simon, Dictionnaire de la noblesse française, 1975, page 602)
  3. ^ Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Jullien de Courcelles, Histoire généalogique et héraldique des pairs de France, 1827, p. 57-59
  4. ^ Histoire de la Maison Royale de France et des grands officiers de la Couronne, Anselme de Sainte-Marie, 1726, Tome IV, pages 431-432.
  5. ^ Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Jullien de Courcelles, Histoire généalogique et héraldique des pairs de France, 1827, p. 57-59
  6. ^ E. de Séréville, F. de Saint-Simon, Dictionnaire de la noblesse française, 1975, page 602)