Alain de Rohan-Chabot explained

Alain
Duke of Rohan
Spouse:	Herminie de La Brousse de Verteillac
Issue:	Anne, Countess de Talleyrand-Périgord Marie, Countess de Chambrun Josselin de Rohan Chabot, Duke of Rohan Françoise, Duchess of Caraman Jehan de Rohan Chabot
Issue-Link:	Issue
Full Name:	Alain Charles Louis de Rohan-Chabot
House:	Rohan-Chabot
Father:	Charles Louis Josselin de Rohan-Chabot
Mother:	Octavie Rouillé de Boissy
Birth Date:	1 December 1844
Birth Place:	Paris, France
Death Place:	Paris, France

Alain Charles Louis de Rohan-Chabot (1 December 1844 – 6 June 1914), Prince of Léon, 11th Duke of Rohan, deputy of Morbihan.

Early life

Rohan-Chabot was born on 1 December 1844 in Paris. He was the son of Charles Louis Josselin de Rohan-Chabot (1819–1893), 10th Duke of Rohan, and Octavie Rouillé de Boissy (1824–1866). His sister, Marie-Joséphine de Rohan-Chabot, was the wife of Odet de Montault, Viscount of Montault, and, after his death, Count Arthur de Rougé.

His paternal grandparents were Anne-Louis Fernand de Rohan-Chabot, 9th Duke of Rohan, Peer of France, Maréchal de camp, aide de camp of the Duke of Berry, Squire of the Duke of Bordeaux, and the former Joséphine Françoise de Gontaut-Biron de Saint-Blancard (a daughter of Lt.-Gen. Charles Michel de Gontaut, Viscount of Gontaut-Biron-Saint-Blancard).^[1] His maternal grandparents were Hilaire-Etienne-Octave Rouillé, Marquis of Boissy, and Amélie-Charlotte-Julie de Musnier de Folleville.^[2]

Career

The Prince of Léon was a Royalist Deputy to the National Assembly for the Ploermell division of Morbihan and a member of the Departmental council.

Upon his father's death in 1893, he became the 11th Duke of Rohan.^[2]

Personal life

On 26 June 1872, he married Marie Marguerite Henriette Antoinette Amable Herminie de La Brousse de Verteillac (1853–1926), poetess, daughter of Charles César Augustin de La Brousse de Verteillac, Baron de La Tour Blanche, and his second wife, Marie Henriette de Leuze. She was also a granddaughter of François Gabriel Thibault de La Brousse, Marquis de Verteillac. Together, they were the parents of five children:^[2]

• Marie-Joséphine-Anne de Rohan-Chabot (1873–1903), who married Count Louis de Talleyrand-Périgord (grandson of Louis de Talleyrand-Périgord and nephew of Boson de Talleyrand-Périgord),^[3] in 1891.^[2]
• Marie-Augustine de Rohan-Chabot (1876–1951),^[4] who married Prince Lucien Napoléon Murat, a son of Prince Achille Murat and Princess Salomé Dadiani, in 1897. After his death in 1933,^[5] she married Count Charles de Chambrun in 1934.^{[6] [7] [8]}
• Josselin de Rohan Chabot (1879–1916),^[9] 12th Duke of Rohan who was killed during World War I;^[10] he married Marguerite-Marie de Rohan-Chabot, a daughter of Auguste de Rohan-Chabot, in 1906.
• Françoise de Rohan Chabot (1881–1957), who married Charles de Riquet, Duke of Caraman, in 1900.^[11]
• Jehan de Rohan Chabot (1884–1968), who Anne de Talhouët-Roy in 1906.^[2]

They lived at the Hôtel de Verteillac (renamed Hôtel de Rohan), 35 boulevard des Invalides in Paris, the Château de Josselin in Morbihan, and the Chalet des Fées in Pontaillac, built by his wife's father, the Marquis de Verteillac, on the Défé estate he had acquired in 1865.^[12]

The Duke died in Paris on 6 June 1914.^[13] His widow died in the 7th arrondissement of Paris in 1926.^[14]

External links

• Rohan Family at Britannica

Notes and References

1. Book: Révérend . vicomte Albert . Titres, anoblissements et pairies de la restauration 1814-1830 . 1906 . Chez l'auteur et chez H. Champion . 120-123 . 28 June 2024 . fr.
2. Book: Martin . Georges . Histoire et généalogie des maisons de Chabot et de Rohan-Chabot . 1 January 1996 . FeniXX . 978-2-307-39435-8 . 113 . 28 June 2024 . fr.
3. News: PRINCESS OPENS A SHOP.; Duke de Rohan's Sister to Sell Books and Serve Tea. . . 18 April 1926.
4. News: MME. DE CHAMBURN, WIFE OF EX-ENVOY; French Author Dies in Paris-- Countess' Husband Served as Ambassador to Italy . 28 June 2024 . . 11 Oct 1951 . en.
5. News: PRINCE LUCIEN MURAT DIES IN EXILE AT 63; Russian Refugee in Morocco Descendant of One-Time King of Naples. . . 21 December 1933.
6. News: TIMES . Wireless to THE NEW YORK . WEDDING IN OCTOBER FOR PRINCESS MURAT; Former Marie de Rohan-Chabot Will Be Bride of Count Charles de Chambrun. . 28 June 2024 . . 1 August 1934.
7. News: PRINCESS MURAT WED TO DIPLOMAT; Widow of Prince Lucien Is Bride in Rome of Count Charles de Chambrun. . 28 June 2024 . . 23 November 1934.
8. News: TIMES . Special to THE NEW YORK . COUNT CHAMBRUN, FRENCH DIPLOMAT; Pro-War Ambassador to Rome Dies in Paris--Served in Many Posts in Europe . 28 June 2024 . . 7 November 1952.
9. News: DUKE OF ROHAN WOUNDED.; Nobleman Who Is a French Cavalryman, Hit at Douaumont. . 28 June 2024 . . 5 March 1916.
10. Web site: Recherche - Base de données Léonore . 2023-10-31 . www.leonore.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr.
11. Book: Almanach de Gotha: annuaire généalogique, diplomatique et statistique . 1924 . J. Perthes . 543 . 28 June 2024 . fr.
12. Web site: Musée de Poupées, Château de Josselin – Morbihan . 2023-10-31 . lapagedujouet.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305183103/http://www.lapagedujouet.com/musee-de-poupees-chateau-de-josselin-morbihan/ . 2016-03-05 .
13. News: DUKE DE ROHAN DIES AT 70.; Royalist Member of the Chamber of Deputies Since 1876. . 28 June 2024 . . 7 January 1914.
14. News: EX-DUCHESS DE ROHAN, AUTHOR-ARTIST, DEAD; France Honored Dowager for Caring for Wounded Soldiers, -- Her Family Ancient. . 28 June 2024 . . 14 April 1926.