François XIV Marie Auguste Armand Emilien de La Rochefoucauld, 9th Duke of La Rochefoucauld (17 December 1794 – 11 December 1874) was a French aristocrat.
François de La Rochefoucauld | |
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| 9th Duke of La Rochefoucauld 3rd Duke of Liancourt Prince of Marcillac | |
,_9e_duc_de_La_Rochefoucauld.jpg) Portrait of La Rochefoucauld, by Robert Lefèvre, 1823 | |
| Full name | François Marie Auguste Armand Emilien de La Rochefoucauld |
| Born | 17 December 1794 The Hague, Netherlands |
| Died | 11 December 1874 (aged 79) |
| Nationality | Paris, France |
| Noble family | La Rochefoucauld |
| Spouse(s) |
Zénaide Chapt de Rastignac
(m. 1817; died 1874) |
| Issue | François XV de La Rochefoucauld Alfred de La Rochefoucauld Georges de La Rochefoucauld |
| Father | François XIII de La Rochefoucauld |
| Mother | Marie Françoise de Tott |
Early life
editDe La Rochefoucauld was born on 1794 in The Hague, Netherlands. He was the eldest son and heir of François de La Rochefoucauld, 8th Duke of La Rochefoucauld and the former Marie Françoise de Tott (1770–1854). Among his siblings were Count Olivier de La Rochefoucauld (who married Rosine Cuillier-Perron, a daughter of Gen. Pierre Cuillier-Perron)[1][2] Countess Sophie Francoise de La Rochefoucauld (who married Armand, Marquis de Castelbajac),[3] Count Charles Frédéric de La Rochefoucauld (who married Anne Charlotte Cuillier-Perron, also a daughter of Gen. Pierre Cuillier-Perron),[1] Count Hippolyte de La Rochefoucauld (who married Marie du Roux, a daughter of Anatole du Roux),[3] and Countess Frances "Fanny" de La Rochefoucauld (who married Count Armand Alexis de Montault, but was one of the mistresses of Anatoly Nikolaievich Demidov, 1st Prince of San Donato, and bore him an illegitimate child).[3]
His paternal grandparents were François de La Rochefoucauld, 7th Duke of La Rochefoucauld and Félicité de Lannion. Among his extended family were uncles Alexandre, comte de La Rochefoucauld (who married Adélaïde de Pyvart de Chastullé, a San Domingo heiress allied to the Beauharnais family), and Frédéric Gaëtan de La Rochefoucauld, Marquis of Liancourt.[3] His maternal grandparents were François Baron de Tott and Marie Rambaud and his maternal aunt was the well known French painter Sophie de Tott.[4]
Career
editUpon his father's death on 3 September 1848, he succeeded as the 9th Duke of La Rochefoucauld. He was made a Knight of the Order of Saint Louis and an Officer of the Legion of Honour.[5]
Personal life
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On 8 June 1817, La Rochefoucauld married Zénaide Chapt de Rastignac (1798–1875), a daughter of Pierre Chapt de Rastignac, owner of the Château de Rastignac (and granddaughter of Ambroise-Polycarpe de La Rochefoucauld).[6] Together, they were the parents of:
- François XV de La Rochefoucauld (1818–1879), 10th Duke of La Rochefoucauld who married Radegonde Euphrasie Bouvery, a daughter of Claude Bouvery and Marguerite Barbuat, in 1850.[7]
- Alfred de La Rochefoucauld (1819–1883), 1st Duke of La Roche-Guyon who married Isabelle Nivière, a daughter of Baron Laurent Antoine Isidore Nivière and Marie Léontine Françoise Siméon, in 1851.[8]
- Georges de La Rochefoucauld (1828–1861), styled Count of La Rochefoucauld who died unmarried.
The Duke died in Paris on 11 December 1874 and was succeeded in the dukedom by his eldest son, François XV, who became the 9th Duke of La Rochefoucauld.[9]
Descendants
editThrough his son Alfred, he is ancestor of the La Roche-Guyon cadet branch of the family La Rochefoucauld.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b Tellier, Luc-Normand (1987). Face Aux Colbert: Les le Tellier, Vauban, Turgot... et L'Avènement du Libéralisme (in French). PUQ. p. 771. ISBN 978-2-7605-2289-3. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ Annuaire de la noblesse de France (in French). Au Bureau de la publication. 1896. p. 153. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ a b c d Nobiliaire universel de France: recueil général des généalogies historiques des maisons nobles de l'Europe. 26th vol (in French). Archives de la noblesse. 1910. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ Horbulák, Zsolt; Tóth, Ferenc (2020). "François de Tott (1733 – 1793) : Život a dielo jedného osvieteného diplomata". Historický Časopis. 67 (2). doi:10.31577/histcaso.2019.67.2.2.
- ^ Rochefoucauld, Francois de la (1933). A Frenchman in England, 1784, by F. de la Rochefoucauld. C.u.p. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ Notice historique et généalogique sur la maison Chapt de Rastignac: Publiée par la famille (in French). A. Wittersheim. 1858. p. 131. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ Annuaire de la noblesse de France et des maisons souveraines de l'Europe (in French). Bureau de la publication. 1889. p. 84. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ Annuaire de la noblesse de France (in French). Au Bureau de la publication. 1901. p. 87. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ Bulletin de la Société historique et archéologique du Perigord (in French). Société historique et archéologique du Perigord Périgueux. 1908. p. 395. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ Morris, Susan (20 April 2020). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019. eBook Partnership. p. 1989. ISBN 978-1-9997670-5-1. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
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