Louis Auguste d'Albert, 4th Duke of Chaulnes

French noble (1676–1744)
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Louis Auguste d'Albert
4th Duke of Chaulnes
The Duke of Chaulnes in 1707 by Rigaud.
Coat of arms
Full name
Louis Auguste d'Albert
Born22 December 1676
Saint Germain en Laye, France
Died9 November 1744 (aged 67)
Paris, France
Spouse(s)Marie Anne Romaine
IssueLouis Marie, Vidame of Amiens
Charles François, Duke of Picquigny
Michel Ferdinand, 5th Duke of Chaulnes
Marie-Thérèse, Marquise of Plessis Bellière
FatherCharles Honoré d'Albert
MotherJeanne Marie Colbert

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

  • De gueules diapré de deux branches d'alisier d'argent recourbées et passées en sautoir, au chef échiqueté d'azur et d'argent de trois tires (qui est d'Ailly moderne), avec en cœur, entre les branches d'alisier, un écusson d'or, au lion de gueules armé et couronné du champ (qui est d'Albert)[3]

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