- Roquelaure
French commune|nomcommune=Roquelaure
région=Midi-Pyrénées
département=Gers
arrondissement=Auch
canton=Auch-Nord-Ouest
insee=32348
cp=32810
maire=
mandat=
intercomm=
longitude=0.579722222222
latitude=43.7211111111
alt moy=228 m
alt mini=106
alt maxi=239 m
hectares=2123
km²=21.23
sans=454
date-sans=1999
dens=21
date-dens=1999Roquelaure is a commune in the
Gers department in southwesternFrance .Title of nobility
Roquelaure is a title derived from the village, and borne by a French family of
Armagnac , one member of which was Antoine, baron de Roquelaure (1544 -1625 ), who was in the service ofHenri IV before he became king, and after his accession was made master of the wardrobe, lieutenant-general in Auvergne (1576) andGuienne (1610), andmarshal of France in 1614.His son, Gaston Jean Baptiste de Roquelaure (
1617 -1683 ), a celebrated wit, was created duke andpeer of France in 1652, and was appointed governor of Guienne in 1679.Gaston's son, Antoine Gaston Jean Baptiste de Roquelaure (
1656 -1738 ), carried on the family reputation for wit, and, in spite of his military incapacity, received the marshal's "baton" in 1724.
commune in theGers department in southwesternFrance .ee also
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Communes of the Gers department References
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