Antoine de Gramont, 1st Duke of Gramont explained

Antoine de Gramont
1st Duke of Gramont
Noble Family:Gramont
Issue:Antoine, Philibert, & others
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Father:Philibert, Count of Guiche
Mother:Diane d'Andoins
Birth Date:1572
Death Date:1644

Antoine de Gramont, 1st Duke of Gramont (1572–1644) was a member of minor French nobility by birth. Created the 1st Duke of Gramont in 1643 by King Louis XIV,[1] he was automatically a Peer.[2] His granddaughter Catherine Charlotte de Gramont married Louis I, Prince of Monaco, making Antoine a direct ancestor of the present reigning Albert II of Monaco. Though created the 1st Duke of Gramont, the creation of the title was not officially registered in Parliament before his death, so his son had to petition for the dukedom to be recognised.[3] His mother had been royal mistress of King Henri III of Navarre (the future Henri IV of France) between 1582 and 1591.

First marriage

He married Louise de Roquelaure, daughter of Antoine de Roquelaure[4]

Antoine and Louise had two sons:

  1. Antoine (1604–1678), numbered Antoine III, who became the 2nd duc de Gramont
  2. Roger (died 1629), who was known as comte de Louvigny

Second marriage

In 1618, he married Claude de Montmorency of the House of Montmorency.

Antoine and Claude had two sons:

  1. Henri (died 1679), Count of Toulongeon
  2. Philibert (1621-1707), courtier

—and four daughters

  1. Susanne-Charlotte (1627–1688), married Henri Mitte, Marquis of Saint-Chamond
  2. Anne-Louise (died 1666), married Isaac de Pas, Marquis of Feuquière
  3. Françoise-Marguerite, married Philippe, Marquis of Lons
  4. Charlotte-Catherine (died 1714), became abbess of Notre-Dame-du-Ronceray at Angers.

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Notes and References

  1. Jean de Jaurgain and Raymond Ritter, "La maison de Gramont 1040-1967", Les amis du Musée Pyrénéen, Aturbe (Two volumes)
  2. Jean de Jaurgain and Raymond Ritter, "La maison de Gramont 1040-1967", Les amis du Musée Pyrénéen, Aturbe (Two volumes)
  3. Ritter, Raymond (1959). Une dame de chevalerie, Corisande d'Andoins, comtesse de Guiche. Albin Michel.
  4. Roquelaure . 23 . 719.
  5. https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.euraldic.com%2Fblas_gr.html#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url Armorial du duc de Gramont