Léopold Davout d'Auerstedt

Léopold Davout d'Auerstedt, 3rd Duc d'Auerstedt (August 9, 1829 - February 9 1904) was a French General of the Second Empire and restored to the extinct title as 3rd Duc d'Auerstaedt, a title originally held by his uncle Louis Nicolas Davout. The title was resurrected by an Imperial edict of Napoleon 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 disastrous Franco-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 in Paris, 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 in Paris, 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 in Paris, February 20 1902 Hélène Eugénie Françoise Marie Etignard de la Faulotte (Paris, September 10 1880-Bellozanne, January 24 1946), and had issue, fourteen children

External links

* [http://www.souvenir-davout.com/article.php3?id_article=48 Biography (French)]