Henri Nompar de Caumont, 3rd Duke of La Force explained

Henri Nompar de Caumont
3rd Duke of La Force Marquis of Castelnau
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Spouse:	Marguerite d'Escodeca
Issue:	Jacques, marquis de Boësse Henri Pierre, Marquis of Cugnac Armand, Marquis of Montpouillan Charlotte Diane Jeanne Jacqueline Henriette
Noble Family:	Caumont
Father:	Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force
Mother:	Charlotte de Gontaut
Birth Date:	1582
Death Date:	January

Henri Nompar de Caumont, 3rd Duke of La Force (1582 – January 1678) was Duc de La Force and peer of France. He was the son of Marshal of France, Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force and Charlotte de Gontaut, daughter of Marshal Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron. First marquis de Castelnau, later Duc de La Force after the death of his brother, he served King Louis XIII on many occasions in the army, under his father, as Maréchal-de-camp.

Marriage and issue

He married 17 October 1602, Marguerite d'Escodeca, dame de Boësse, and by her had nine children:^{[1] [2]}

• Jacques de Caumont La Force, marquis de Boësse, killed in the siege of La Mothe in Lorraine in 1634
• Henri de Caumont La Force, died young
• Pierre de Caumont La Force, marquis de Cugnac, without issue
• Armand de Caumont La Force, marquis de Montpouillan, Lieutenant-general in the Dutch Army, Governor of Naarden, died in The Hague on 16 May 1701 at the age of 86. He married Amable-Guillelmine de Brederode and Grace Angelique Arrazola de Oñate.
  • Charlotte de Caumont La Force, married Gabriel de Caumont, comte de Lauzun, mother of Antoine Nompar de Caumont Diane de Caumont La Force, married Charles-René du Puy de Tournon, marquis de Montbrun en Dauphiné
• Jeanne de Caumont La Force, married Cyrus de Montaut, marquis de Navailles, seigneur de Beynac
• Jacqueline de Caumont La Force, died, 10 May 1702, married Henri de Vivant, comte de Panjas.
• Henriette de Caumont La Force, demoiselle de Castelnau

Death

He died in January 1678 at the Château de La Force in the Dordogne, and was succeeded by his grandson, Jacques-Nompar.

Sources

• Book: Caumont , Jacques-Nompar de, Duc De La Force . Mémoires authentiques de Jacques Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force, maréchal de France, et de ses deux fils, les marquis de Montpouillan et de Castelnaut ... . IV . Paris . Charpentier . 1843 . .
• Web site: Les derniers seigneurs de Caumont . Histoire de Caumont . Mariefb.pagesperso–orange.fr . 24 December 2013.
• Web site: Henri Nompar de Caumont La Force . Généalogie Wailly . Gw.geneanet.org . 24 December 2013.
• Book: Moréri , Louis . Louis Moréri . Le Grand Dictionnaire Historique du Moréri ou le Mélange Curieux de l'Histoire Sacrée et Profane . 5 . 1759 . Geneva . Slatkine Reprints . 1759 . 246 . 2-05-101303-9 .
• Book: Sainte-Marie , Anselme de and Sainte-Rosalie, Ange de . Histoire de la Maison Royale de France, et des grands officiers de la Couronne & de la Maison de Roy: & des anciens Barons de Royaume . IV . Paris . Compaignies des Libraires . 1728 . 3rd . 472–473 .
• Book: Wood , John Philip . The Life of John Law: Including a Detailed Account of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the Mississippi System . Washington . Newton Page . 2009 . 84 . 9781934619018 .

External links

• Henri Nompar de Caumont La Force Family tree
• Seigneurs de Caumont-La Force Lineage of the lords of Caumont and Dukes of La Force

Notes and References

1. Web site: Henri Nompar de Caumont La Force. Généalogie Wailly. Gw.geneanet.org. 24 December 2013.
2. Web site: Les derniers seigneurs de Caumont. Histoire de Caumont. Mariefb.pagesperso–orange.fr. 24 December 2013.