Jules, Prince of Guéméné explained

Jules
Prince of Guéméné
Spouse:Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne
Issue:Henri Louis, Prince of Guéméné
Full Name:Jules Hercule Mériadec de Rohan
House:Rohan
Father:Hercule Mériadec, Prince of Guéméné
Mother:Louise Gabrielle Julie de Rohan
Birth Date:25 March 1726
Birth Place:Paris, France
Death Place:Belgium

Jules de Rohan (Jules Hercule Mériadec; 25 March 1726 – 10 December 1788) was Prince of Guéméné.[1] Born in Paris, he died in Carlsbourg in the Walloon Region of Belgium.

Early life

Jules was the oldest son of Hercule Mériadec, Prince of Guéméné (1688–1757) and Louise Gabrielle Julie de Rohan (1704–1741).

His maternal grandparents were Hercule Mériadec de Rohan, Prince of Soubise and Anne Geneviève de Lévis.

Personal life

On 10 February 1743 he married Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne (1725–1793), daughter of Charles Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon and Maria Karolina Sobieska. Together, Jules and Marie Louise had one son:

The Prince of Guéméné died in Belgium in 1788.[2] His son, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren fled to Bohemia before the French Revolution.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Levantal, Christophe . Ducs et pairs et duchés-pairies laïques à l'époque moderne : (1519-1790): dictionnaire prosographique, généalogique, chronologique, topographique et heuristique . 1996 . Eitions Maisonneuve & Larose . 978-2-7068-1219-4 . 770–771 . fr.
  2. Book: Leroy, Stéphen . Notice armoríale & généalogique sur la maison de Bouillon-La Tour: accompagnée de tableaux généalogiques . 1896 . E. Jourdan . 114, 157–159 . fr.