- Léopold Davout d'Auerstedt
Léopold Davout d'Auerstedt, 3rd Duc d'Auerstedt (
August 9 ,1829 -February 9 1904 ) was a FrenchGeneral of the Second Empire and restored to the extinct title as 3rdDuc d'Auerstaedt , a title originally held by his uncleLouis Nicolas Davout . The title was resurrected by an Imperial edict ofNapoleon III in 1864. He was the son of Charles Isidor Davout (1774-1854) and wife (married in 1824) Claire de Chevery (1804-1895).Davout was born to a Burgundian noble family and served in the
French Army from 1849 until 1877. He took part in Napoleon III's disastrousFranco-Prussian War .He married on
June 16 1858 Jeanne Alice de Voize, by whom he had issue, three daughters and a son:
* Napoléonie Jeanne Aimée Marguerite (Lyon ,December 14 1869 -Paris ,March 25 1952 ), married inParis ,June 26 1890 Vicomte Marie Alexandre François Daru (Paris ,July 25 1852 -Pau ,October 31 1921 )
* Marie Mathilde (Motel,September 10 1871 -Bizy ,May 31 1955 ), married inParis ,June 27 1895 Joseph Gaspard Comte de Berthier-Bizy (Bizy ,July 14 1866 -Versailles ,July 26 1910 )
* Claire Marie Marguerite (Versailles ,August 28 1873 -Chevreuse ,September 16 1967 ), unmarried and without issue
* "Louis" Nicolas Marie Bernard, 4th Duc d'Auerstedt (Clermont-Ferrand ,March 24 1877 -Saint-Gaudens ,March 1 1958 ), married inParis ,February 20 1902 Hélène Eugénie Françoise Marie Etignard de la Faulotte (Paris ,September 10 1880 -Bellozanne ,January 24 1946 ), and had issue, fourteen childrenExternal links
* [http://www.souvenir-davout.com/article.php3?id_article=48 Biography (French)]
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