Jean Charles de Crussol, 7th Duke of Uzès

Jean-Charles de Crussol, 7th Duke of Uzès (29 December 1675 – 19 July 1739), was a French aristocrat and courtier.

Jean-Charles de Crussol
7th Duke of Uzès
BornJean-Charles de Crussol
(1675-12-29)29 December 1675
Paris, France
Died19 July 1739(1739-07-19) (aged 63)
Château d'Uzès, Uzès, France
Noble familyCrussol
Spouse(s)
Princess Anna Hippolyte Grimaldi
(m. 1696; died 1700)

Anne Marie Marguerite de Bullion
(m. 1706, died)
IssueCharles Emmanuel de Crussol
Jeanne Julie Françoise de Crussol
FatherEmmanuel de Crussol, 5th Duke of Uzès
MotherJulie Marie de Sainte-Maure

Early life

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Crussol was born in Paris in 1675.[1] His eldest sister, Julie-Françoise de Crussol, married Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin, 1st Duke of Antin.[2]e was the third son of Emmanuel de Crussol, 5th Duke of Uzès, and Julie Marie de Sainte-Maure. His elder brother was Louis de Crussol, 6th Duke of Uzès, who was killed at the Battle of Landen.[1]

His paternal grandparents were François de Crussol d'Uzès and Marguerite d'Apchier, Countess of Vazeilles.[3] His mother was the only daughter and heiress of Charles de Sainte-Maure, Duke of Montausier, governor of the Dauphin, and Julie d'Angennes, Marquise of Rambouillet (who was known as Princess Julie).[1]

Career

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Upon the death of his brother in 1693, he became the 7th Duke of Uzès.[4] He was made a Chevalier des Ordres du Roi and served as Knight of Honour of the Queen Regent (French: chevalier d'honneur de la reine régente). In 1721, he exchanged with King Louis XV the land of Lévis for the rights of the King in Uzès, which considerably increased the power of the Dukes.[1]

Personal life

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Crussol was twice married. His first marriage was in 1696 to Princess Anna Hippolyte Grimaldi of Monaco (1667–1700), daughter of the reigning Prince of Monaco, Louis I, and Catherine de Gramont (herself a mistress of King Louis XIV). Princess Anna died in 1700, without issue.[5]

Second marriage

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Crussol remarried in 1706 to Anne Marie Marguerite de Bullion de Fervacques (1684–1760), a daughter of Charles-Denis de Bullion, Marquis de Bonnelles (grandson of King Louis XIII's Minister of Finance Claude de Bullion) and Anne Rouillé de Meslay.[6] Together, they were the parents of:[7]

The Duke died at the Château d'Uzès on 19 July 1739 and was succeeded by his only son, Charles-Emmanuel.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Albiousse, Lionel d' (1887). Histoire des ducs d'Uzès: avec une notice sur leur château ducal (in French). H. Champion. pp. 317–320. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  2. ^ Rowlands, Guy (29 August 2002). The Dynastic State and the Army under Louis XIV: Royal Service and Private Interest 1661–1701. Cambridge University Press. pp. 48, 388. ISBN 978-1-139-43930-5. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  3. ^ Yarrow, P.J.; Brooks, William (2010). Memoirs of Mademoiselle de Montpensier (La Grande Mademoiselle). Modern Humanities Research Association. pp. 130, 245. ISBN 978-1-907322-01-3. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  4. ^ Levantal, Christophe (1996). Ducs et pairs et duchés-pairies laïques à l'époque moderne : (1519-1790): dictionnaire prosographique, généalogique, chronologique, topographique et heuristique (in French). Eitions Maisonneuve & Larose. pp. 947–948. ISBN 978-2-7068-1219-4. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  5. ^ Allström, Carl Magnus (1904). Dictionary of Royal Lineage of Europe and Other Countries: From the Earliest Period to the Present Date. Press of S. T. Almberg. p. 502. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  6. ^ Saint-Simon, Louis de Rouvroy (1918). Mémoires de Saint-Simon (in French). Hachette. p. 143. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  7. ^ Merlet, L. (1884). Inventaire-Sommaire des Archives Départementales Antérieures a 1790: Eure-et-Loir (in French). Garnier. p. 207. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  8. ^ a b Chapman, Sara E. (2004). Private Ambition and Political Alliances: The Phélypeaux de Pontchartrain Family and Louis XIV's Government, 1650-1715. University of Rochester Press. p. 197. ISBN 978-1-58046-153-5. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  9. ^ L'Intermédiaire des chercheurs et curieux (in French). 1996. p. 105. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
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French nobility
Preceded by  
Duke of Uzès

1693–1739
Succeeded by