Louis Auguste d'Albert, 4th Duke of Chaulnes explained

Louis Auguste d'Albert
Spouse:Marie Anne Romaine
Issue:Louis Marie, Vidame of Amiens
Charles François, Duke of Picquigny
Michel Ferdinand, 5th Duke of Chaulnes
Marie-Thérèse, Marquise of Plessis Bellière
Full Name:Louis Auguste d'Albert
Father:Charles Honoré d'Albert
Mother:Jeanne Marie Colbert
Birth Date:22 December 1676
Birth Place:Saint Germain en Laye, France
Death Date:9 November 1744 (aged 67)
Death Place:Paris, France

Louis Auguste d'Albert, 4th Duke of Chaulnes (2 December 1676 - 9 November 1744[1]) was a French nobleman and Peer and 4th Duke of Chaulnes. He was created a Marshal of France in 1741 by King Louis XV. He was the subject of a 1707 portrait by Hyacinthe Rigaud.[2]

Marriage

On 22 January 1704, he married Marie Anne Romaine in the Church of Notre-Dame, Versailles. They had seven children.

Children

  1. Louis Marie d'Albert (31 Julie 1705 - 23 November 1724), Vidame of Amiens had no children.
  2. Charles François d'Albert (6 September 1707 14 July 1731), Count, then Duke of Picquigny Count of Montfort, then "Cardinal de Luynes" and lieutenant.
  3. Louis Joseph d'Albert (1713-1714)
  4. Michel Ferdinand d'Albert, 5th Duke of Chaulnes (1714-1769) married twice and had children.
  5. Marie Thérèse d'Albert (10 February 1709 11 July 1765) married Louis de Rougé, Marquis of Plessis Bellière.
  6. Marie Françoise de Sales d'Albert (4 August 1710 - 14 January 1749) nun at the Benedictine convent of Montargis.
  7. Marie Thérèse d'Albert (1711 - 1714) died in infancy.

Arms

Notes and References

  1. Christophe Levantal, Ducs et pairs et duchés-pairies laïques à l'époque moderne : (1519-1790), Paris 1996, p. 521.
  2. Joseph Roman, Le livre de raison du peintre Hyacinthe Rigaud, Paris, Laurens, 1919
  3. Hervé Pinoteau), Armorial de l'Ordre du Saint-Esprit : d'après l'œuvre du père Anselme et ses continuateurs, Paris, Le Léopard d'or, 1996, p 204