Honoré-Louis d'Albert de Luynes explained

The Duke of Chevreuse
Birth Name:Honoré-Louis d'Albert de Luynes
Birth Date:3 February 1823
Parents:Honoré Théodoric d'Albert de Luynes
Marie Françoise Dauvet de Maineville
Children:Marie Julie d'Albert de Luynes
Charles Honoré Emmanuel d'Albert de Luynes
Paul Marie Stanislas Honoré d'Albert de Luynes
Relations:Emmanuel d'Albert de Luynes (grandson)

Honoré-Louis d'Albert de Luynes (3 February 1823 – 9 January 1854), styled Duke of Chevreuse, was a French nobleman.

Early life

He was the only child of Honoré Théodoric d'Albert de Luynes, 8th Duke of Luynes, and Marie Françoise Dauvet de Maineville, who were married from 1822 until her death on 23 July 1824. After his mother's death, his father married Jeanne d'Amys de Ponceau. His father was a prominent writer on archaeology who is most remembered for the collection of exhibits he gave to the Cabinet des Médailles, and for supporting the exiled Comte de Chambord's claim to the throne of France.

His father was the eldest son of Charles Marie d'Albert, 7th Duke of Luynes (a grandson of Guy André Pierre de Montmorency-Laval, 1st Duke of Laval) and Françoise Ermessinde de Narbonne-Pelet. His maternal grandparents were Gabriel-Nicolas Dauvet, Marquis de Maineville, and Marie-Françoise Vachon de Belmont-Briançon.[1]

Career

As the eldest, and only, son of the Duke of Luynes, who also held the dukedoms of Chevreuse and Chaulnes, Honoré-Louis used the title Duke of Chevreuse.

Personal life

On 12 September 1843,[2] Luynes married Valentine-Julie de Contades (1824–1900), a daughter of French cavalry officer Jules Gaspard Amour de Contades, Viscount de Contades (son of François-Jules de Contades) and Gabrielle Adèle Alexandrine Amys du Ponceau.[3] Together, they were the parents of:[4]

The Duke of Chevreuse died on 9 January 1854,[2] predeceasing his father. Upon his father's death in December 1867, his eldest son, Charles Honoré, inherited the dukedom of Luynes.[9] His widow outlived him and all three of their children before her death in 1900.[7]

Descendants

Through his only daughter Marie, he was posthumously a grandfather of Louise de Sabran-Pontevès (1864–1914), who married Jules Jean Marie de Baillardel, Baron of Lareinty, in 1885. In 1890, their son Jean de Lareinty-Tholozan was born and, in 1891, he was elevated to the title Marquis of Tholozan of Château de Guermantes, which had been held by his of his great-uncle, Ernest René, who died without issue. In 1892, Louise acquired the Château de Blain.[5]

Through his eldest son, he was posthumously a grandfather of Honoré d'Albert de Luynes, 10th Duke of Luynes (1868–1924), who married Simone Louise Laure de Crussol d'Uzes,[10] a daughter of Emmanuel de Crussol, 12th Duke of Uzès and Anne de Rochechouart de Mortemart (who inherited a large fortune from her great-grandmother, Madame Clicquot Ponsardin, founder of Veuve Clicquot).[11] [12]

Through his second son, he was posthumously a grandfather of Thérèse d'Albert de Luynes (1876–1941),[13] who married Louis de Crussol d'Uzès, 14th Duke of Uzès (the younger brother of his cousin Honoré's wife),[14] [15] and Emmanuel d'Albert de Luynes, Duke of Chaulnes and Picquigny (1878–1908), who married American heiress Theodora Mary Shonts, a daughter of railroad executive Theodore P. Shonts.[16] [17] [18]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Spangler . Jonathan . Dukes of Luynes, Chaulnes and Chevreuse . dukesandprinces.org . 13 April 2023 . 20 June 2022.
  2. Book: Annuaire de la noblesse de France . 1894 . Au Bureau de la publication . 160 . 13 April 2023 . fr.
  3. Book: Paris . Société héraldique et généalogique de France . Bulletin de la Société héraldique etʹgenéalogique de France . 1899 . Société héraldique & genéalogique de France . 629 . 3 April 2023 . fr.
  4. Book: Bachelin-Deflorenne . Antoine . Etat présent de la noblesse francaise: contenant le dictionnaire de la noblesse contemporaine et l'armorial general de France d'apres les manuscripts de Ch. d'Hozier ... . 1887 . Librairie des Bibliophiles . 835 . 13 April 2023 . fr.
  5. Book: Raineval . Melville Henry Massue marquis de Ruvigny et . The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal: Being a Complete Table of All the Descendants Now Living of Edward III, King of England. The Mortimer-Percy volume : containing the descendants of Lady Elizabeth Percy, née Mortimer . 1994 . Genealogical Publishing Company . 978-0-8063-1435-8 . 507 . 13 April 2023 . en.
  6. Book: Annuaire de la noblesse de France . 1908 . Au Bureau de la publication . 95 . 9 November 2020 . fr.
  7. Web site: Maison d'Albert de Luynes . www.europeanheraldry.org . European Heraldry . 10 November 2020 . 27 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210227220845/https://europeanheraldry.org/france/families/maison-dalbert-de-luynes/ . dead .
  8. News: GOSSIP IN THE FRENCH CAPITAL.; THE SENSATIONAL LAWSUIT--AN EXHIBITION OF INTERNATIONAL ART. . 12 November 2020 . . 21 May 1882.
  9. Book: Wildenstein . Guy . Baillio . Joseph . N.Y.) . Wildenstein and Company (New York . The Arts of France from François Ier to Napoléon Ier: A Centennial Celebration of Wildenstein's Presence in New York . 2005 . Wildenstein . 978-0-9721956-2-1 . 243 . 13 April 2023 . en.
  10. Book: Ruvigny and Raineval (9th marquis of) . Melville Amadeus Henry Douglas Heddle de La Caillemotte de Massue de Ruvigny. The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who", of the Sovereigns, Princes and Nobles of Europe . 1914 . Harrison & Sons . 960 . 26 June 2020 . en.
  11. Web site: Duchess of Uzes, NEE Adrienne Marie-Anne-Clementine Victurnienne ROCHECHOUART-MORTEMART. Vassor. Bernard. 2008-07-08. 2015-03-27.
  12. News: Duchess D'Uzes . 26 June 2020 . . 10 September 1966.
  13. Book: Channon . Chips . Henry 'Chips' Channon: The Diaries (Volume 1): 1918-38 . 4 March 2021 . Random House . 978-1-4735-6719-1 . 832 . 4 April 2023 . en.
  14. News: A NOTABLE MATCH: The Duke d'Uzes Soon to Be Married. OLDEST DUCHY IN FRANCE. Mme. de Luynes Will Be the Bride. Interesting Bits of Family History. . 27 June 2020 . . 10 December 1893 . 15.
  15. Book: Annuaire de la noblesse de France et des maisons souveraines de l'Europe . 1903 . Bureau de la publication . 26 June 2020 . fr.
  16. News: SHONTS WEDDING PLANS.; Miss Shonts's Marriage to the Duc de Chaulnes to Take Place at Noon Feb. 15. (Published 1908) . 12 November 2020 . . 1 February 1908.
  17. News: MISS SHONTS IS BRIDE OF FRENCH DUKE . 12 November 2020 . . 137 . 16 February 1908. 35.
  18. News: MISS SHONTS BRIDE OF DUC DE CHAULNES; Marriage Ceremony Performed After the French Fashion Before Hundreds of Guests. ONE UNTOWARD INCIDENT Party of Wedding Guests Held Up Between Floors for Fifteen Minutes In the Elevator. MISS SHONTS BRIDE OF DUC DE CHAULNES (Published 1908) . 12 November 2020 . . 16 February 1908.

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