House of Lévis explained

Surname:	Lévis
Coat Of Arms:	Blason famille fr Lévis.svg
Country:	France

The House of Lévis or Lévis-Mirepoix is a French noble family. The family originally came from the village of Lévis-Saint-Nom in the Chevreuse valley, in the Yvelines département of Île-de-France. There are several notable members of the family and they include:

• Philippe de Levis (1435–1475), French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal
• Louis Charles de Lévis (1647–1717), French nobleman
• Anne-Claude de Lévis (1692–1765), French antiquarian
• Gaston Pierre de Lévis (1699–1757), Marshal of France
• François Gaston de Lévis (1719–1787), Marshal of France
• Pierre-Marc-Gaston de Lévis (1764–1830), French politician and aphorist
• Antoine de Lévis-Mirepoix (1884–1981), French historian, novelist and essayist
• Philomène Marie Charlotte Gaudérique Félicité Ghislaine de Lévis-Mirepoix (1887–1978), pen name Claude Silve, French writer

Further reading

• Georges Martin, Histoire et généalogie de la Maison de Lévis, Lyon, 2007.