Antoine d'Aumont, 1st Duke of Aumont explained

The Marshal-Duke of Aumont
1st Duke of Aumont[1]
Full Name:Antoine d'Aumont
Birth Date:1601
Birth Place:Paris, France
Death Date:1 January 1669 (aged 68)
Death Place:Paris, France
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Spouse:Catherine Scarron (March 1629)
Issue:Louis Marie Victor, 2nd Duke of Aumont
Charles, Abbot of the Abbey of Saint-Pierre d'Uzerches
Anne Élisabeth, Countess of Broglio
Catherine Matie, Abbess of the Abbey of Saint-Julien du Pré
Father:Jacques d'Aumont, Seigneur of Estrabonne
Mother:Charlotte de Villequier

Antoine d'Aumont, 1st Duke of Aumont[2] (1601 - 1 January 1669) was a French nobleman who was created the 1st Duke of Aumont in 1665 by King Louis XIV[3] who had already created him a Marshal of France in 1651. His dukedom went extinct in 1888 after the death of the 10th Duke of Aumont Louis Marie Joseph d'Aumont[4] The Duke commissioned the construction and exstention of what became the Hôtel d'Aumont which was painted by Charles Le Brun[5] and gardens designed by André Le Nôtre[6] and in 1938, was purchased by the City of Paris, and restored and classified as a monument historique. Since 1959 the tribunal administratif of Paris has been housed in it. A radical restoration of the decayed framework was completed in 1964.[7]

Background

He was the second son of de Jacques d'Aumont and his wife the heiress Charlotte de Villequier. Antoine was a grandson of the celebrated Marshal of France Jean d'Aumont, Count of Châteauroux and baron of Estrabonne. Raised at the court of Henry IV of France, Antoine was an enfant d'honneur of the future King Louis XIII.

Marriage

In March 1629, he married Catherine Scaron, niece of Paul Scarron.

Children

  1. Louis Marie Victor d'Aumont, 2nd Duke of Aumont[8] (1632 - 1704) married Madeleine Le Tellier.
  2. Charles d'Aumont, Abbot of the Abbey of Saint-Pierre d'Uzerches, Longuilliers, (?-1695)
  3. Élisabeth d'Aumont married Charles Count of Broglio.
  4. Catherine Marie d'Aumont, Abbess o the Abbey of Saint-Julien du Pré au Mans.

Honours

Arms

Notes and References

  1. Burke's Royal Families of The World, Volume 1 (London, 2011), pp.440-441.
  2. Burke's Royal Families of The World, Volume 1 (London, 2011), pp.440-441.
  3. Burke's Royal Families of The World, Volume 1 (London, 2011), pp.440-441.
  4. Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la Maison royale de France, t. IV, par les Pères Anselme, Ange et Simplicien, Honoré Caille du Fourny et Pol Potier de Courcy, chez Firmin Didot Frères et Fils, à Paris, 1868
  5. Alexandre Gady, Les Hôtels particuliers de Paris, du Moyen Âge à la Belle Époque, Éditions Parigramme, 327 p., 2008 ; 2e éd. corrigée, 2011, p.186.
  6. Charles Sellier, L'Hôtel d'Aumont, publié par la Pharmacie centrale de France, 1903.
  7. Under the direction of M. Le Tournon and M. Jouve (Tooth 1967:515 note 23).
  8. Christophe Levantal: Ducs et pairs et duchés-pairies laïques à l'époque modern. 1519-1790. Éditions Maisonneuve & Larose, 1996
  9. Christophe Levantal: Ducs et pairs et duchés-pairies laïques à l'époque modern. 1519-1790. Éditions Maisonneuve & Larose, 1996
  10. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b105361402/f111.item Créations des chevaliers de l'Ordre du St Esprit faits par Louis le Grand, Bibliothèque nationale de France. Estampes et photographie.