Charles Jules | |
Prince of Rochefort | |
Spouse: | Marie Henriette Charlotte d'Orléans-Rothelin |
Issue: | Charles Gaspard, Prince of Rochefort Charlotte Louise, Duchess of Enghien |
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Full Name: | Charles Jules Armand de Rohan |
House: | House of Rohan |
Father: | Charles de Rohan |
Mother: | Eléonore Eugénie de Béthisy de Mézières |
Birth Date: | 29 August 1729 |
Birth Place: | Paris, France |
Charles Jules de Rohan (Charles Jules Armand; 29 August 1729 - 18 May 1811) was a French nobleman and Prince of Rochefort. He was the father of Charlotte Louise de Rohan, secret wife of the executed Duc d'Enghien.
Born to Charles de Rohan, the Prince of Rochefort, and his wife Eléonore Eugénie de Béthisy de Mézières, he was the second child of four and their eldest son.
His family claimed ancestry from the reigning Dukes of Brittany[1] and at the French court, were allowed the rank of Foreign Prince. This entitled them to the style of Highness and other privileges at court.
Styled as the Prince of Montauban from birth, at the death of his father in February 1766 he became the Prince of Rochefort, which was created a hereditary title in 1728.[2]
He married Marie Henriette Charlotte d'Orléans-Rothelin, daughter of Alexandre d'Orléans, Marquis of Rothelin and Marie-Catherine de Roncherolles. The couple were wed at the Église Saint-Sulpice[3] by contract in Paris on 20 May 1762 and officially on 24 May. The marriage produced five children only one of which went on to have further issue.
His older sister Éléonore married Jean de Merode, son of Jean Philippe de Merode. His younger sister was Madame de Brionne, the famous salon hostess and wife of Louis de Lorraine, Prince of Brionne.