Antoine-François, marquis de Lambertye
Charles-François-Antoine, marquis de Lambertie (22 October 1708, Lunéville – 9 February 1777, Cons-la-Grandville) was a French aristocrat of the Ancien régime.[1]
Career[edit]
Lambertie served as an officer in the Royal Regiment of Guards becoming Lieutenant-Colonel, as well as serving King Louis XV as a diplomatic envoy to London.
He was appointed a Knight of the Order of the Holy Spirit and of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
In 1760 , he wrote a book on his travels in the Carabbean : Histoire des Caraïbes: Nation Sauvage qui habite les Isles du Vent en Amérique et partie de la Terre ferme ou continent.[2]
Family[edit]
He succeeded his father, who had been created a Marquis in 1719 (Nicolas-François, a Lieutenant-General of the French Army[3]) in the family titles, including Count de Cons-la-Grandville, Baron de Bioncourt, Seigneur de Chenières, de Villers-la-Chèvre, de Cônes, Flaubeville, de Cutry, du Grand et Petit-Failly, etc.
The Marquis of Lambertie married three times:
- 1. (1736) Marie-Anne-Françoise-Xavière de Custine (died 1739, in childbirth), daughter and sole heiress of Charles-Ferdinand, comte de Wiltz.[4]
- 2. (1758) Dame Antoinette de Vaux.
- 3. (1771) Marie-Françoise Louvain de Fontaines.
His nephew was Camille Joseph Graf Lambertie, a confidant of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Grand armorial international". Grand-armorial.net. 2003-06-05. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
- ^ Google Books
- ^ "Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Philosophie, histoire, sciences de l'homme, 4-LM3-2449 : GÉNÉALOGIE" (TXT). Gallica.bnf.fr. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
- ^ "Château de Wiltz". Visitluxembourg.com. Retrieved 2015-04-01.