- Charles Louis d'Albert de Luynes
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Charles Louis d'Albert de Luynes (Marie Charles Louis; 24 April 1717 – 8 October 1771) was a French nobleman and member of the House of Albert. He was the fifth Duke of Luynes as well as Duke of Chevreuse[1].
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Biography
Born in Paris[2] at the Hôtel de Luynes on the rue Saint Dominique[2], as the only child of Charles Philippe d'Albert de Luynes and his wife Louise Léontine de Bourbon, he was styled the duc de Chevreuse while his father was alive. Charles Louis was the titular Duke of Montfort. Through his mother, a granddaughter of Louis Henri de Bourbon who was an illegitimate son of the Count of Soissons, Charles Louis was also the claimant to the Principality of Neuchâtel in modern day Switzerland.
His parents were great friends of Queen Marie Leszczyńska, consort of Louis XV of France. At his father's death in 1758, he succeeded to the title of Duke of Luynes.
Marriages and issue
He married twice.
- Firstly he married Thérèse Pélagie d'Albert on 22 January 1735[1] but the couple had no issue;
- Secondly he married Henriette Nicole d'Egmont-Pignatelli on 27 April 1738[1] with whom he had three children with:
- Charles Marie Léopold d'Albert de Luynes, Count of Dunois (23 May 1740 - 12 April 1758) died unmarried;
- Marie Paule Angélique d'Albert de Luynes (17 September 1744 - ?) married her cousin Louis Joseph d'Albert, Duke of Chaulnes, no issue;
- Mathieu de Montmorency) and had issue[1].
Military career
He took part in the war in 1733 in the War of the Polish Succession. He also took part in campaigns in 1735 and 1745, the latter in the War of the Austrian Succession, and was injured in combat at Sahay at the head of the Dragoons. He participated in the attack of Prague in 1742, and also assisted in various sieges and battles of the era.
In 1754, he was created a Colonel General of the Dragoons. From 1757 to 1771, he was the Gouverneur de Paris (Military governor of Paris), an ancient and prestigious rank representing the king in the capital. He also was created a Knight of the Order of the Holy Spirit at Versailles on 2 February 1759.
He died in Paris in his Hôtel[2]. He was buried at the Chapelle de Saint Jean l'Évangeliste at the Église Saint-Sulpice, Paris[2].
Ancestry
Ancestors of Charles Louis d'Albert de Luynes 16. Louis Charles d'Albert de Luynes 8. Charles Honoré d'Albert de Luynes 17. Louise Marie Seguier, Marquise d'O 4. Honoré Charles d'Albert de Luynes 18. Jean Baptiste Colbert 9. Jeanne Marie Colbert 19. Marie Charron 2. Charles Philippe d'Albert de Luynes 20. Louis de Courcillon, Seigneur of Dangeau 10. Philippe de Courcillon, Marquis of Dangeau 21. Charlotte des Noues 5. Marie Anne Jeanne de Courcillon 11. Anne Françoise Morin 1. Marie-Charles-Louis d'Albert de Luynes 24. Charles de Bourbon, Count of Soissons 12. Louis de Bourbon, Count of Soissons 25. Anne de Montafié 6. Louis Henri de Bourbon, Count of Noyers 13. Élisabeth des Hayes 3. Louise Léontine de Bourbon 28. François de Montmorency, Seigneur of Bouteville 14. François Henri de Montmorency, Duke of Luxembourg 29. Élisabeth Angélique de Vienne 7. Angélique Cunegonde de Montmorency, Mademoiselle de Luxembourg 30. Charles Henri de Clermont-Tonnerre, Duke of Luxembourg 15. Madeleine Charlotte Bonne Thérèse de Clermont-Tonnerre 31. Marguerite Charlotte de Luxembourg, Duchess of Piney References
- ^ a b c d van de Pas, Leo. "Charles Louis d'Abert de Luynes". Genealogics.org. http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00033032&tree=LEO. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
- ^ a b c d von Rosen, Laurent Tahon. "Ducs de France: les 32 quartiers des ducs français et de leurs épouses". Googlebooks.org. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kNd-aDGf290C&pg=PA181&lpg=PA181&dq=Marie-Caroline+Sobieska&source=bl&ots=KSJG3gXbUb&sig=rJYwu2zSbO0lKzeSwXB3MWcJ69s&hl=en&ei=yNa3S_2gBJT40wT77cQx&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CCIQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
French nobility Preceded by
Charles Philippe d'Albert de LuynesDuke of Luynes
1758-1771Succeeded by
Louis Joseph d'Albert de LuynesCategories:- 1717 births
- 1771 deaths
- Dukes of Luynes
- Dukes of Chevreuse
- House of Albert
- French military personnel of the War of the Polish Succession
- Military governors of Paris
- French Army officers
- Recipients of the Order of the Holy Spirit
- Burials at the Église Saint-Sulpice, Paris
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