François de La Rochefoucauld, 8th Duke of La Rochefoucauld explained

François de La Rochefoucauld
Birth Place:Paris, Kingdom of France
Nationality:French
Parents:François Alexandre Frédéric de La Rochefoucauld, 7th Duke of La Rochefoucauld
Known For:Duke of La Rochefoucauld

François XIII de La Rochefoucauld, 8th Duke of La Rochefoucauld (8 September 1765 – 3 September 1848) was a French aristocrat and writer.

Early life

De La Rochefoucauld was born on 8 September 1765 in Paris. was the heir and eldest son of François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt. Among his siblings were Alexandre, comte de La Rochefoucauld, who married Adélaïde de Pyvart de Chastullé (a San Domingo heiress allied to the Beauharnais family), and Frédéric Gaëtan de La Rochefoucauld, Marquis of Liancourt.

Career

Among his works are Mélanges sur l’Angleterre (a travel memoir) and Souvenirs du 10 Aoȗt 1792 et de l’Armée de Bourbon. The former has twice been translated into English: first in 1933 as A Frenchman in England, 1784 (translated by S.C. Roberts); and subsequently as A Frenchman's Year in Suffolk, 1784 (translated by Norman Scarfe).

Personal life

On 24 September 1793 he married Marie Françoise de Tott (1770–1854) at The Hague. The sister of French painter Sophie de Tott, she was the daughter of François Baron de Tott and Marie Rambaud.[1] Among their children were:

The Duke died on 3 September 1848 and was succeeded in the dukedom by his son, François XIV de La Rochefoucauld, who became the 9th Duke of La Rochefoucauld.[6]

Descendants

Through his son François, he was a grandfather of François XV de La Rochefoucauld (1818–1879), 11th Duke of La Rochefoucauld, and Alfred de La Rochefoucauld, 1st Duke of La Roche-Guyon (through whom he is ancestor of the La Roche-Guyon cadet branch of the family La Rochefoucauld).[7]

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Notes and References

  1. HORBULÁK, Zsolt – TÓTH, Ferenc. François de Tott (1733–1793). The life and work of an Enlightenment Diplomat. Historický časopis. 2019, vol. 67, no. 2, p. 227. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/histcaso.2019.67.2.2.
  2. Book: Notice historique et généalogique sur la maison Chapt de Rastignac: Publiée par la famille . 1858 . A. Wittersheim . 131 . 17 June 2024 . fr.
  3. Book: Tellier . Luc-Normand . Face Aux Colbert: Les le Tellier, Vauban, Turgot... et L'Avènement du Libéralisme . 1987 . PUQ . 978-2-7605-2289-3 . 771 . 17 June 2024 . fr.
  4. Book: Annuaire de la noblesse de France . 1896 . Au Bureau de la publication . 153 . 17 June 2024 . fr.
  5. Book: Nobiliaire universel de France: recueil général des généalogies historiques des maisons nobles de l'Europe. 26th vol . 1910 . Archives de la noblesse . 10-11 . 17 June 2024 . fr.
  6. Book: Bulletin de la Société historique et archéologique du Perigord . 1908 . Société historique et archéologique du Perigord Périgueux . 395 . 17 June 2024 . fr.
  7. Book: Morris . Susan . Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019 . 20 April 2020 . eBook Partnership . 978-1-9997670-5-1 . 1989 . 17 June 2024 . en.