Charles III, Prince of Guéméné

Charles
Prince of Guéméné
Spouse	Charlotte Élisabeth de Cochefilet Marie Anne d'Albert
Detail Issue
François Armand, Prince of Montbazon Hercule Mériadec, Prince of Guéméné Charles, Prince of Rochefort Armand Jules, Archbishop of Reims Louis Constantin, Archbishop of Strasbourg
Full name
Charles de Rohan
Father	Charles de Rohan
Mother	Jeanne Armande de Schomberg
Born	30 September 1655(1655-09-30)
Died	10 October 1727(1727-10-10) (aged 72)[1]

Charles de Rohan (30 September 1655 – 10 October 1727) was a French noble man and Duke of Montbazon. He is known by his other title, Prince of Guéméné. He was the son of Charles de Rohan and Jeanne Armande de Schomberg.

Biography

Born Charles de Rohan, his father was Prince of Guéméné and one of the most senior Foreign prince at court. The House of Rohan claimed their ancestry back to the Dukes of Brittany and were given the prestigious rank of Foreign Princes in the early 17th century.

His mother was Jeanne Armande de Schomberg. She was a daughter of Henri de Schomberg who was a Marshal of France. He was the eldest of four children.

He married twice. Firstly married to Marie Anne d'Abert, daughter of Louis Charles d'Albert de Luynes and Anne de Rohan. Her half sister was Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes, mistress of Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy. She was the grand daughter of Marie de Rohan, the famous duchesse de Chevreuse; as such they were second cousins sharing the same great grand parents. The couple were married on 19 February 1678 and had no children. Marie Anne died in 1679 aged just sixteen.

Charles was then wed to Charlotte Élisabeth de Cochefilet (styled Mademoiselle de Vauvineux prior to marriage) on 30 November 1679, just nine months after Marie Anne death. The new couple had six children.

He held the subsidiary titles of Count of Sainte-Maure, of La Haye and of La Nouatre.^[1]

He died at the Château de Rochefort-en-Beauce aged seventy two. He was succeeded by his son. His third son was the founder of the Rochefort line of the House of Rohan.^[1] His male line descendants currently live in Austria, having fled France during the French Revolution.^[1]

Issue

• Charlotte de Rohan (20 December 1680 – 20 September 1733) never married, no issue;
• François Armand de Rohan, Prince of Montbazon (4 December 1682 – 26 June 1717) married Louise Julie de La Tour d'Auvergne^[2] had a child who lived for three years;
• Hercule Mériadec de Rohan, Prince of Guéméné (13 November 1688 – 21 December 1757) married Louise Gabrielle Julie de Rohan,^[3] had issue;
• Charles de Rohan, Prince of Rohan-Montauban, Prince of Rochefort (7 August 1693 – 25 February 1766) married Eléonore Eugénie de Béthisy de Mézières and had issue; grandparents of the Princess of Carignan and Duke of Elbeuf;
• Armand Jules de Rohan (10 February 1695 – 28 August 1762) Archbishop-Duke of Reims, Premier Pair de France, no issue;
• Louis César Constantin de Rohan (24 March 1697 – 11 March 1779) no issue.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

• 30 September 1655 – 1699 His Highness the Duke of Montbazon
• 1699 – 10 October 1727 His Highness the Prince of Guéméné

References and notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d} van de Pas, Leo. "Charles de Rohan". Genealogics .org. http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00016046&tree=LEO. Retrieved 2010-04-07. 
2. ^ daughter of Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne and Marie Anne Mancini
3. ^ daughter of Hercule Mériadec de Rohan, Duke of Rohan-Rohan and Anne Geneviève de Lévis

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Name	Charles Iii, Prince Of Guemene
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Date of birth	30 September 1655
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Date of death	10 October 1727
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