Jules de Rohan (Jules Hercule Mériadec; 25 March 1726 – 10 December 1788) was Prince of Guéméné.[1] Born in Paris, he died in Carlsbourg in the Walloon Region of Belgium.
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| Born | 25 March 1726 Paris, France | ||||
| Died | 10 December 1788 (aged 62) Belgium | ||||
| Spouse | Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne | ||||
| Issue | Henri Louis, Prince of Guéméné | ||||
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| House | Rohan | ||||
| Father | Hercule Mériadec, Prince of Guéméné | ||||
| Mother | Louise Gabrielle Julie de Rohan | ||||
Early life
editJules was the oldest son of Hercule Mériadec, Prince of Guéméné (1688–1757) and Louise Gabrielle Julie de Rohan (1704–1741).
His maternal grandparents were Hercule Mériadec de Rohan, Prince of Soubise and Anne Geneviève de Lévis.
Personal life
editOn 10 February 1743 he married Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne (1725–1793), daughter of Charles Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon and Maria Karolina Sobieska. Together, Jules and Marie Louise had one son:
- Henri Louis de Rohan, Duke of Montbazon, Prince of Guéméné (1745–1809), who married a second cousin, Victoire de Rohan, daughter of Charles de Rohan, Prince of Soubise and Anne Therese of Savoy; she was the sister of the Princess of Condé and posthumous step-daughter of Madame de Soubise.
The Prince of Guéméné died in Belgium in 1788.[2] His son, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren fled to Bohemia before the French Revolution.
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References
edit- ^ 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. 770–771. ISBN 978-2-7068-1219-4.
- ^ Leroy, Stéphen (1896). Notice armoríale & généalogique sur la maison de Bouillon-La Tour: accompagnée de tableaux généalogiques (in French). E. Jourdan. pp. 114, 157–159.